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Hurricane Ike grows to a Cat 3 storm
Sun-Sentinel.comAfter weakening slightly this morning, Hurricane Ike returned to Category 3 strength this afternoon and continued on a course toward northeastern Cuba. The 2 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center reported that the storm increased maximum...Tags: West Palm Beach, South Florida Water Management District, Disasters, Executive Branch, Academic Progress
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Corps lowers level of Lake Okeechobee
(Fort Lauderdale) Sun SentinelTo prepare for a possible hit from Hurricane Ike, the Army Corps of Engineers on Thursday started draining water from Lake Okeechobee to ease the strain on the 70-year-old dike that protects South Florida from flooding. It's the first time in more than...Tags: Meteorological Disasters, Armed Forces, Disasters, South Florida Water Management District, Natural Disasters
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Ike could strain South Florida's soggy drainage system
South Florida Sun-SentinelThink of saturated South Florida as a sponge that already absorbed a soggy summer and the drenching Tropical Storm Fay delivered. Now here comes Hurricane Ike, threatening to bring more water than the sponge can handle. Just when South Florida's 1,800...Tags: Tropical Storms, South Florida Water Management District, Everglades, Lake Okeechobee, Hurricane Ike
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Plant profile: Pineapple
Special to the SentinelScientific name: Ananas comosus Growth habit: An evergreen upright clump forming perennial with arching leaves that grows to 5 feet tall and 4 feet wide. The leaves arise from a basal stem, are lancelike dark-green to blue-green, sometimes with spines,...Tags: Fertilizer
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South Florida prepares for Hurricane Ike's wrath
South Florida Sun-SentinelAs fierce but compact Hurricane Ike swerved toward the Florida Keys, the entire coastline of southeast Florida went on alert for a storm whose destination remains unclear. The hurricane weakened slightly as it moved north of Puerto Rico toward the...Tags: South Florida Water Management District, Disasters, Executive Branch, Academic Progress, Puerto Rico
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Water drained from Lake Okeechobee as storms approach
South Florida Sun-SentinelAfter two years of record-low Lake Okeechobee levels, the dumping and draining of lake water resumed today and will continue for the next 10 days, to ease the strain on an aging dike threatened by three new storms. The once drought-strained lake, which...Tags: Tropical Storms, Meteorological Disasters, Hurricane Hanna, Hurricanes, Lake Okeechobee
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California revives program to buy water from farmers
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSaying California's water reserves are all but gone, state officials on Thursday announced the revival of a dormant 17-year-old program to buy water from Sacramento Valley farmers and sell it to the thirstiest Southern California agencies in case this...Tags: Natural Resource Industry, Ventura (Ventura, California)
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Hurricane Ike spurs concern about Lake Okeechobee dike
South Florida Sun-SentinelTropical Storm Fay gave Lake Okeechobee a welcome boost, but a repeat drenching from a parade of storms churning toward Florida threatens to push the lake's aging dike past its limits. For the first time since April 2006, the Army Corps of Engineers on...Tags: Tropical Storms, Meteorological Disasters, Disasters, Natural Disasters, Everglades
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Garden Q & A: Ailing pygmy date, robellini and paurotis palms; troublesome Christmas palm roots; powdery mildew
My pygmy date palm is in poor health. The inner leaves are turning brown. I watered it sporadically due to Water restrictions. I bought the plant two years ago and until now it was fine. What is wrong? — Steve De Marco, Hollywood The palm has fatal...Tags: Oakland Park, Tamarac, Cooper City, Building Material, Diseases
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Two gardens, one idea: Drought-tolerant doesn't have to mean dull
Times Staff WriterAt first glance, the two homes have nothing in common. One's an urban update of a rustic log cabin. The other, a 1920s Mediterranean casa. What links them is their imaginative drought-resistant gardens -- drastic departures from the lush carpets of...Tags: Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Building Material, Homes, Conservation
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Lawn? Yawn. Along the sidewalk, think different
Special to The TimesLandscape designer Robert Cornell just wanted to save water. When he planted drought-tolerant shrubs instead of turf grass on a little belt of land between the sidewalk and the street, he hardly expected the brouhaha that followed. The landmark garden on...Tags: Beverly Hills, Van Nuys, Transportation, Tourism and Leisure, Venice
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How we use water is more crucial than turf we plant
Sentinel Staff WriterTALKING WITH... Barry C. Troutman, 63, Orlando-based vice president of technical services for ValleyCrest Cos., a major landscaping company. Troutman has taken the lead locally in opposing efforts by local communities to ban St. Augustine grass as a...Tags: Local Authority, Weather Reports, Orlando Weather, Water Supply
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