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With black and other forms of mold becoming an enormous problem for Americans, it has never been more important to make sure that your home is not a breeding ground. Mold is very harmful, and black mold in particular can be deadly.

You may recall my ranting and raving about the driver's side mirror being yanked off my car yesterday, presumably by the asshole driving the large pick-up parked beside me. He was kind enough to leave a business card on the window, which I was happy to find, but I expressed my fear at the time that

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cartons of food, water, blankets and other supplies to sustain 1 million people for three days were ready to be distributed Monday as FEMA anxiously eyed Louisiana levees to gauge how much damage Hurricane Gustav would wreak.

Winds were clocked at 100 mph... MORGAN CITY — Hurricane Gustav began its march through Morgan City around 7:45 a.m. today when winds screeched and sheets of water starting falling on this south Louisiana town. Continue>>>

For information about Gustav's damage in Terrebonne Parish click here. Yes, those of us in Baton Rouge concur. I've repeatedly said it in most of my most recent posts, but this raggedy low Cat 3 Gustav has wreaked more havoc here than the 7 other major hurricanes of contemporary storm history - Audrey, Hilda, Betsy, Camille, Andrew, Katrina, and Rita.

http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/09/us_190_flooded_southeast_of_sl.html

Fay Damage in Miami Shores Restored, originally uploaded by miamism. I posted a picture of This Banyan Tree in Miami Shores being knocked down by Tropical Storm Fay a couple of weeks ago - and I am so happy the owner was able to put it back up.

Why are Denise and Matt smiling? Because we're all still here. Suffering manageable damage, we feel amazingly lucky. Many of our neighbors were not so fortunate.So, what happened?! Severe winds reaching somewhere between 80 and 100 miles per hour coupled with driving rain, thunder, and lightning.

This past weekend’s strong winds have caused a great deal of damage in the Eastern Cape. We are interested in YOUR stories - share your pictures and experience with us.

One of the benefits of running this site as long as we have is that it can now act as a diary through which, should you wish, you can go back and see how the story unfolded for the three hurricanes that created so much devastation in 2005. We did not do a lot of reporting on Dennis which came to land in Florida on July 10th, 2005.