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Here’s what the hurricane categories mean

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

By Jennifer Gray | CNN MeteorologistOnce a tropical storm strengthens into a hurricane, it earns a category designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale: 1 through 5.Knowing about each category can help predict what damage an incoming storm may inflict – and how best to prepare.The categories are defined by wind speed, with a storm of Category 3, 4, or 5 considered a major hurricane. And damage is exponential as wind speed increases, meaning a strong Category 3 storm could do up to 60 times as much damage as a weak Category 1 storm.But it’s not always as simple as ticking up from 1 to 5.Hurricanes carry many risks not adequately conveyed by the wind speed-based scale, including:• Storm surge – when winds push water onto shore – which accounted for about half of hurricane fatalities between 1963 and 2012, according to a 2014 report in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society;• Rainfall-induced flooding and mudslides, which made up about a quarter of such deaths, ...

Chip City opens cookie outposts in Bethesda, Arlington; 1st outside of New York area

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

Chip City, a small chain of cookie shops known for its rotating menu of over-the-top cookies, is opening its first stores outside of the Greater New York area in Bethesda, Maryland, and in Arlington, Virginia.Chip City plans to open 40 locations by the end of this year on the East Coast, including in the DMV, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida.Chip City currently has 18 locations throughout the New York City boroughs and New Jersey. Last year the owners landed a $10 million investment from Shake Shack founder and New York restaurateur Danny Meyer through his Enlightened Hospitality Investments, which it is using for the expansion.Chip City plans to open 40 locations by the end of this year on the East Coast, including in the DMV, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Florida.The Bethesda store opens later this year at 4939 Elm Street, across from Bethesda Row.The Arlington location opens this winter at the Village at Shirlington at 4014 Campbell Avenue.A Taco Bamba location recently op...

Roaming Rooster lands at Woodmore Towne Centre

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

Roaming Rooster has gained a large following for its free-range, grain-fed fried chicken sandwiches and wings. (Courtesy Roaming Rooster) Roaming Rooster has gained a large following for its free-range, grain-fed fried chicken sandwiches and wings. (Courtesy Roaming Rooster) Fast-growing, family-owned fried chicken restaurant Roaming Rooster has signed a lease for a location at Woodmore Towne Centre in Glenarden, Maryland — its 12th restaurant in the D.C. area.The Woodmore lease comes one month after Roaming Rooster opened a location at Crofton Center in Crofton, Maryland.Woodmore Towne Centre, one of the largest open-air shopping centers in the D.C. region, was acquired by New York-based Urban Edge Properties las...

Iowa Boy’s Prep Football Poll

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

Others receiving votes: Colo-NESCO 8. Marengo Iowa Valley 8. Baxter 7. Afton East Union 5. Graettinger-Terril/Ruthven-Ayrshire 5. Jackson Junction Turkey Valley 4. Fremont Mills, Tabor 4. East Mills 3. Lansing Kee 3. Gilbertville-Don Bosco 3. Janesville 1. Collins-Maxwell 1._____Source

Bills’ Von Miller to miss first 4 games on physically unable to perform list, AP source says

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills top pass-rusher Von Miller will open the season on the physically unable to perform list in allowing him to continue recovering from a torn right knee ligament, a person with direct knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press on Tuesday.The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because the team has not yet announced the move coming on the day NFL teams have to cut their rosters to 53 players. ESPN.com first reported the decision.Miller will be required to miss at least the first four games of the season.Though Miller hoped to be ready for the start of the season, the move was expected after the 12th-year player has yet to be cleared for practice.Miller was hurt in a 28-25 win at the Detroit Lions on Nov. 24 and had surgery a few weeks later.___AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/nflSource

Column: So much money in golf makes it hard to ignore

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods was the richest guy in golf and played like he didn’t have two nickels to rub together. That’s one of many traits that made him so incomparable.Just don’t get the idea he wasn’t in it for the money.Woods won the first of his 82 titles on the PGA Tour in 1996 at the Las Vegas Invitational. He walked into the press room and glanced at the computer screen of an Associated Press writer who turned and asked him, “Like it?”“I like this,” Woods replied, pointing to the reporter’s reference of his $297,000 winner’s check.Then there was 2002 in Ireland at a World Golf Championship, which offered $1 million to the winner (back when $1 million meant something). Woods opened with a 65 and was asked if he would rather win that week or the following week at the Ryder Cup.“Here this week,” he said. When asked why, Woods smiled and said, “I can think of a million reasons why.” The room erupted in laughter.That seems like chump cha...

1 killed in fatal crash between moped, car in Prince George’s Co.

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

A man is dead after a fatal vehicle collision in Prince George’s County, Maryland.Prince George’s County police said they responded to a crash around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday involving a moped and a sedan. The incident occured at Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Columbia Park Road in Greater Landover.Police said the driver of the moped, an adult male, was pronounced dead at the scene.The sedan driver remained on scene and is cooperating with authorities, according to police.Prince George’s County police said the circumstances involving the collision are under investigation and are asking anyone who may have seen the crash to contact PG Crime Solvers.The circumstances involving the collision are under investigation.Police are asking anyone with an eyewitness account to contact PG Crime Solvers.Source

Best Buy, Big Lots rise; NIO fall, Tuesday, 8/29/2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that are trading heavily or have substantial price changes on Tuesday:Best Buy Co. (BBY), up $4.29 to $78.36.The electronics retailer reported strong second-quarter financial results.J.M. Smucker Co. (SJM), up $2.17 to $145.06.The jelly and peanut butter maker raised its profit forecast for the year.Big Lots Inc. (BIG), up $1.93 to $8.21.The discount retailer beat analysts’ second-quarter earnings and revenue forecasts.Donaldson Co. (DCI),up $2.68 to $63.99.The maker of filtration systems gave investors a strong profit forecast for its fiscal year.E.l.f. Beauty Inc. (ELF), up $11.38 to $134.01.The cosmetics company is buying Naturium for $355 million in a cash-and-stock deal.Catalent Inc. (CTLT),up $2.11 to $47.75.The maker of drug delivery technologies named new board members and began a strategic review.Napco Security Technologies Inc. (NSSC), up $1.81 to $24.59.The security products and software company beat Wall Street’s fiscal fourth-quarter p...

Thierry Henry looking to coach France to Olympic gold at Paris Games

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Having helped France win trophies as a prolific forward, Thierry Henry wants to lead Les Bleus to a long-awaited Olympic gold medal in his new role as coach.Henry was hired as coach of the national under-21 team last week on a two-year contact, and he will also lead the France team at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The French Olympic team last won gold at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, and Henry intends to put that right.“It’s been a long time since we’ve won. There’s a problem somewhere. We’re going to have to try and solve it,” Henry said Tuesday at his first news conference. “Being on the podium is going to be something that’s outstanding, especially being at home in France.”Henry hopes he does not encounter the same problems as his predecessor, Sylvain Ripoll, who went to the Tokyo Games without his best players because clubs refused to let them go. Clubs do not have to release players to the Olympics because the FIFA-run tournament is not included on its inte...

A Spanish soccer official’s kiss unleashed fury, soul-searching over sexism, and a hunger strike

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:53:28 GMT

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Aug. 20 victory at the Women’s World Cup was a momentous occasion for the soccer-crazed country, but the joy on and off the field was soon sullied by the leader of the country’s soccer federation when he planted an unwanted kiss on the lips of a star player during the medal ceremony.By defiantly refusing to step down as fury over the incident mounted, Luis Rubiales only exacerbated the controversy, prompting the world champions to say they will not play again until he’s gone and prosecutors to launch an investigation.The incident is fueling nationwide soul-searching about sexism in sports, and in society at large.The Spanish soccer scandal has even drawn in Rubiales’s mother, who defended him by launching a hunger strike.Here is a summary of the twists and turns of the controversy:IT STARTED WITH A KISSAs the jubilant Spanish team lined up to collect their winning medals and salute dignitaries after beating England 1-0 in Sydney, Australia, Rubiales, 46, grabbe...