Jezebel: Hurricanes

Hospital Inundated With Births During Hurricane Irene

Margaret Hartmann — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 21:11:00 EDT

North Carolina's New Hanover Regional Medical Center reports that there was a significant uptick in the number of babies born during Hurricane Irene. Seventeen babies were born while the hospital was on 18-hour lockdown on Friday and Saturday. "Certainly, it is noteworthy," said spokeswoman Carolyn Fisher. "The normal average per day is more like 10 or 11." Disappointingly, none of the moms chose to name their baby Irene, but perhaps we'll see a surge in the name's popularity nine months from now. More »

"Evacuistas" Allegedly Clothes-Shopping As Hurricane Approaches

Whitney Jefferson — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:20:00 EDT

Here on the East Coast, the only thing being covered on the morning and local news is the impending hurricane coming straight at us, and that certainly gets boring after a while. Trust us. So you can imagine our delight when we saw a segment on local fashion! More »

North Carolinians Have A Message For Hurricane Earl

Margaret Hartmann — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:25:00 EDT

[Avon, North Carolina, September 1: Members of the Wood and Rollins families, who plan to ride out the storm in their rented beach house, stand on the balcony waving at passing cars. Image via Getty]

Hurricane Ike Open Thread

Anna Holmes — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 15:45:00 EDT

We Don't Like Ike

Anna Holmes — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Hurricane Ike, a category 2 storm heading towards Galveston, threatens to grow in size and strength as it continues its march northwest through the Gulf. At the request of a few readers, we're putting up this post to wish everyone good luck and Godspeed, and to tell others: get the hell out of Dodge. More »

"The Mother Of All Storms"

Anna Holmes — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:00:00 EDT

For those in southern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, we don't need to tell you about the Category 4 storm currently tearing its way north in the Gulf of Mexico. For those who aren't there — or don't know — a massive, massive hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States, one that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is now calling "the storm of the century". At the request of a number of readers, we're putting up this short post — not to announce news updates about the storm (we suggest you rely on television, radio, the internet and other people for that) — but to provide a forum for interested parties to converse. Good luck, all, and Godspeed. [CNN] More »

Trouble The Water Gives One Woman's Katrina Experience Airtime

Maria — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:20:00 EDT

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Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and with the memoirs and films of the wreckage left after the natural destruction and human mismanagement comes the documentary Trouble The Water. It stands out from previous films about Katrina because it includes first-person footage shot by a woman and her husband who were living in the Ninth Ward when the hurricane hit. That woman is Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rapper and self-proclaimed small-time hustler, who bought the camcorder that would document her experience during Katrina a week before the storm touched down. After the storm, she teamed up with documentary filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal to get her personal account out there...and made herself one hell of a movie. The glowing reviews, after the jump. More »