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MPR News Reflections and observations on the news

Tag: Disasters

Stuck in oil

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 3, 2010, 4:38 PM Jun 3, 2010
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Assuming your blood pressure can take it, the Boston Globe’s Big Picture blog has must-see images from the oil spill.

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Wash, rinse, repeat

Bob CollinsBob Collins June 1, 2010, 10:56 AM Jun 1, 2010

How a pelican is cleaned of oil.

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Mary and Bob

Fresh Eye on the Radio: Oil in our pores

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2010, 4:35 PM May 26, 2010

What’s in the news today? The same thing that’s been in the news for more than a month — only worse.

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‘Top kill’ coverage

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2010, 1:44 PM May 26, 2010
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BP reports (via Twitter) that it has started the attempt to cap the oil well on the sea floor in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The BP oil disaster: More than shortcuts

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 26, 2010, 12:19 PM May 26, 2010
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Shortcuts may be too gentle a word for what happened on the Deepwater Horizon.

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Twitter, Facebook and the BP oil spill

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 24, 2010, 11:55 AM May 24, 2010
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While PR experts give the use of social media high marks, many people aren’t buying the story being told.

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Oil spill at your desk

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2010, 1:57 PM May 20, 2010
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Live video of the Gulf oil spill.

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A sense of scale

Than Tibbetts May 14, 2010, 11:25 AM May 14, 2010
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Put the Gulf oil spill in your backyard. Or, more precisely, everybody’s backyard.

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A final look at Flight 1549

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 4, 2010, 10:00 AM May 4, 2010
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If the “miracle on the Hudson” hadn’t involved a miracle, what might we be saying today about US Airways flight 1549, which ditched in the Hudson River in January 2009?

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Watch international air traffic

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 20, 2010, 3:33 PM Apr 20, 2010
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Airlines are flying again, despite the ash cloud that’s spewing from the volcano in Iceland.

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What’s right with us: The ash cloud

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 17, 2010, 8:05 AM Apr 17, 2010

Kids and parents in St. Louis Park step up.

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Apartment inspections in Minneapolis by the numbers

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 7, 2010, 9:57 AM Apr 7, 2010
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The Star Tribune today reported that 273 buildings in the city have not been inspected for fire-code violations for at least five years. The story was spawned by last week’s tragic fire in the city in which six people died. That building had not been inspected since at least 1994. “We need an expose from Read more →

Scenes from a fire

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 18, 2010, 5:56 PM Feb 18, 2010
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Some restaurants and shops occupy a larger space in our hearts than I had imagined.

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9/11 images

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 10, 2010, 11:43 AM Feb 10, 2010
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No matter what common sense tells me, whenever I see a TV documentary or pictures of the early moments of 9/11, I always hope maybe this time the outcome will be different.

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Earthquake ethics

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 30, 2010, 12:28 PM Jan 30, 2010

Who will pay to treat the injured from Haiti?

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