Articles by Katharine Wroth

From Harry to Housing

Um, forgiven In coastal Cali, Clint Eastwood has a rep as a Dirty-Harry developer. But that may change with his latest project, Tehama, which boasts solar and wind power, open space, an organic farm, and native plants. Of course, there’s also a golf course … you got a problem with that? Bar none A London-based […]

Animal hows

OK, possibly the best part of this story about a proposed House bill requiring that pets be considered as part of storm evacuation plans is the response from Sara Spaulding of the American Humane Association. She said the legislation, put forth by reps from California, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, doesn't "have any real meat in it."

Seriously, that's sick.

It’s all geek to me

One of the fun jobs at the National Hurricane Center is naming storms. Ponder for a moment.

OK -- so each year, the center publishes an alphabetical list of 21 monikers for the impending Atlantic storm season. (Tricky letters Q, U, X, Y, and Z don't make the cut.) There have never been that many storms -- except once, in 1933 -- but this year there've already been 17, with two months to go. (And no, likely not because of climate change -- read this to find out more.)

So what happens if the names run out? Greek names! Yes, that's right, Hurricane Alpha could be coming soon to a neighborhood near you -- but not before Stan, Tammy, Vince, and Wilma. (For real.)

Took her out and tried to win her

As if they haven't suffered enough: Louisianans spent today dealing with both a potential repeat of the hurricane and a repeat visit from President Bush. The nearly-giddy-with-contrition President is keeping a careful eye on "what we pray is not a devastating storm."

Makes me tired just thinking about it.