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Follow Friday: 5 Accounts For Hurricane Earl News

If the hurricane has you trapped inside and you still have electricity, check out these Twitter accounts for the latest updates.

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Whew: Hurricane Earl — The Hyped Hurricane That Wasn’t

Blame the weatherman?

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Your Hurricane Emergency Kit: Here’s What Should Be in It

Almost five years to the date Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast, Americans are much, much more wary of the huge storms and the damage they can do. So much so that ideas for disaster preparedness are all over the web sphere.

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Hurricane Earl’s Path has Surfers Salivating Over the Waves

Sand enthusiasts and water intermediaries are agitated over the potential for Hurricane Earl to dampen their Labor Day weekend. But those who own a board have different sentiments.

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Hurricane Earl’s Path: An Astronaut’s Point of View

Attention average Americans relegated to doppler radar on your local weather forecast: U.S. Army Colonel Douglas H. Wheelock provides a new lens to the storm.

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Labor Day Weekend on the Beach? Um, No.

If you’ve seen Piranhas 3D and are still up for the beach for the long weekend, you might be out of luck.

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Four Deadly Storms That Initially Looked Just Like Hurricane Earl

It’s been awhile since the entire seaboard has been preoccupied with preparing for one weather system to make landfall.

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Hurricane Earl Poised to Gain Major Strength

The Category 2 hurricane is picking up speed over the Atlantic Ocean, causing warnings in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and surrounding areas.