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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Disasters

The jobs we do

Tornado Diary: The disaster specialist

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 25, 2011, 7:30 PM May 25, 2011
12

Julie Ovenhouse’s life is one disaster after another.

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Tornado comedy

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2011, 10:00 AM May 24, 2011
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A north Minneapolis comedian’s view of the tornado.

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Tornado by air

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2011, 5:02 PM May 23, 2011

The Minnesota State Patrol provides another perspective on the tornado in Minneapolis.

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Tornado diary: Raising money

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2011, 1:55 PM May 23, 2011
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It’s a noble effort by Rep. Keith Ellison to try to get people to contribute to the American Red Cross and help the rescue and recovery effort in north Minneapolis. It might not be a bad idea to disconnect the effort from the political fundraising, though.

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Tornado diary: Man dies trying to help

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2011, 1:51 PM May 23, 2011
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Rob MacIntyre died while trying to help a neighbor in north Minneapolis

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Justifying looting

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 23, 2011, 10:40 AM May 23, 2011
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Are liquor and cigarettes really a matter of survival?

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Missing memories

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2011, 1:50 PM Apr 29, 2011
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Tornadoes don’t just destroy the present; they destroy the past, too.

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Tornadoes and the presidential visit

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 29, 2011, 12:12 PM Apr 29, 2011
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Was Obama too slow responding to tornadoes in the South? No.

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Owatonna plane crash docket released

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 21, 2011, 1:51 PM Apr 21, 2011

Some previously unreleased photographs of the wreckage show why the NTSB characterized the crash as ‘not survivable.’

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Afraid of the superbug? Blame the internet

Hart Van DenburgHart Van Denburg April 7, 2011, 12:33 PM Apr 7, 2011
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We were warned and our doctors were warned, but it only was a matter of time that selfishness would catch-up with us. Sure, there are many legitimate uses for anti-biotics, but apparently it was one sore throat too many, or one unfinished prescription too many because the superbug is here.

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Haiti’s miraculous misery

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 6, 2011, 2:29 PM Apr 6, 2011
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Haiti is getting almost no coverage anymore even though it remains the disaster it was when an earthquake hit in 2010.

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The sound of a disaster

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 31, 2011, 2:20 PM Mar 31, 2011
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We’ve heard from the possibly-doomed workers at the nuclear plants in Japan.

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The tsunami wave measured

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 23, 2011, 2:03 PM Mar 23, 2011
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We have a better idea how big the tsunami was that destroyed parts of Japan.

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Video: The gas line fireball from the ground

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 17, 2011, 9:50 AM Mar 17, 2011
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A witness gets close to the gas main explosion.

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Back in St. Paul, still in Japan

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 16, 2011, 2:12 PM Mar 16, 2011

A Twin Cities musician plans a composition honoring the people he left behind.

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