| Sep 1999 | Sep 15, 1999 - By RICK BRAGG. After days of worry and preparation, with much of the state's eastern coast boarded up and deserted, people here in Florida braced today for an encounter with monstrous Hurricane Floyd. But, even as the hurricane's leading winds began to buffet the barrier islands on the ... www.nytimes.com/1999/09/15/us/hurricane-floyd-the-overview-southeast-coast-braces-as-hurricane-wheels -nearer.html?pagewanted=all
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| Sep 15, 1999 - By DAVID FIRESTONE. The evacuation of Savannah began at dawn today, an endless motorized march of steaming engines and crying children fleeing the winds that threatened this old city's historic buildings and Spanish moss. More than half a million people were on the move today away from ... www.nytimes.com/1999/09/15/us/hurricane-floyd-the-city-slowly-and-testily-savannah-empties.html
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| Sep 15, 1999 - By WARREN E. LEARY. Hurricane Floyd not only threatens the country's southeastern coast, but also places the nation's entire manned space program at risk as it barrels down on Florida. The Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla., and nearby launching pads at Cape Canaveral Air ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D10F83D580C768DDDA00894D1494D81
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| Sep 16, 1999 - By DAVID GONZALEZ. Despite extensive damage to houses and land on some of the islands east of here, Bahamian officials said today that they were cautiously optimistic that they survived a pummeling from Hurricane Floyd with only one reported fatality. ... select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0810FC3F580C758DDDA00894D1494D81
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| Sep 16, 1999 - CANNY STOCKBROKERS are urging clients to see Hurricane Floyd as an opportunity to buy weather-ravaged insurance stocks, despite fears that the bill for the industry worldwide could top the $15bn paid out for Hurricane Andrew in 1992. Concern in the wake of reports that Floyd could be ... www.independent.co.uk/news/business/silver-lining-for-insurers-from-hurricane-floyd-1119446.html
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| Sep 17, 1999 - (CNN) -- Hurricane Floyd's foray up the East Coast has raised concerns about beach erosion, particularly in North Carolina, which was already recovering from the destructive force of Hurricane Dennis. Researchers are now bouncing laser beams from airplanes to make three-dimensional ... edition.cnn.com/NATURE/9909/17/hurricane.beach.erosion/
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| Sep 30, 1999 - In the chaotic days of the flooding that followed Hurricane Floyd, Ronald (Child) and Tina Child held on to the hope that their middle son, Aaron (Christopher Child)--the star baseball player they had just launched on his freshman year here at East Carolina University--was only missing ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/45239465.html?dids=45239465:45239465&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+30%2C+1999...Floyd...
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| Oct 1999 | Oct 20, 1999 - Allstate Corp. reported a sharp drop in third-quarter earnings, citing losses from Hurricane Floyd, increased reserves for old asbestos-related claims and low premium rates in its core auto and home insurance business. The company reported operating income of $401 million or 51 cents ... pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/45703156.html?dids=45703156:45703156&FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct...HURRICANE+FLOYD%2C...
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| Nov 1999 | Nov 5, 1999 - (CNN) -- Satellite imagery indicates that Hurricane Floyd's record-breaking rains may have had a major impact on the marine food chain along the North Carolina coast, a NASA oceanographer says. Following Hurricane Floyd, rains continued to soak the area, washing mountains of sediment ... www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9911/05/floyd.effect/index.html
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| Dec 1999 | Dec 8, 1999 - The last time I talked to you we'd just emerged overnight from the ordeal known as Floyd - Hurricane Floyd. Note my use of the word "ordeal". A word capable of enormous extension, meaning getting drenched in the street with your umbrella turned upside down or drowning in your car, ... news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/letter_from_america/458783.stm
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