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November 8, 2007
Bananas reportedly washed up by the thousands on two Dutch North Sea islands Wednesday, as caused by six containers that fell from a cargo ship caught in a storm. The bananas were said to have come in ten crates, from the ship Duncan Island.
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September 8, 2007
An Idaho woman got a big surprise when a mother moose tried to bash its way into her home. Anita Ovard saw two baby moose in her yard when she arrived home, but got a close-up view of the mother when the moose tried to jump through her storm door and front door.
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July 30, 2007
A 68-year-old man from Pennsylvania says he is quite lucky after he survived his second lightning strike on Friday, nearly 27 years after lighting first struck him. Don Frick and his six other people were attending Hamlin's Ole Tyme Daz festival on Friday afternoon when the incident took place. After a sudden storm, all of them decide to take shelter in a shed shortly before lightning struck the ground nearby.
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July 24, 2007
Topics island, philippines, fish, city, fishing, boat, alone, lost, storm, ocean, rain, wild, water and news
A Filipino fisherman who was lost at sea for 10 days, lived alone in an uninhabited island for three days, lived with inhabitants of another island for a month before being brought to Koror in Palau, was finally repatriated to the Philippines after a two month absence. The Philippine News Agency reported that Jonathan Tawameo, from the southern city of General Santos, went to fish alone on May 17. He left aboard a smaller boat, and when he went back to join a fishing fleet, it had already left.
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June 20, 2007
Topics pipe, kitten, kittens, tools, wet, trucks, storm, virginia, hands, food, fire, animal, water and help
A 2-pound kitten was finally rescued from a storm drain in West Virginia, with the help of two fire trucks, five firefighters, several animal rescuers and about 250 gallons of water. Firefighters tried coaxing it out with food and encouraging words. They also tried flashing lights and banging tools on the pipe to scare the kitten out, reported CNN.
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