Trailer: Treme
We enjoy the talents of David Simon, the creator of The Wire, and are looking forward to his new drama series debuting this week on HBO: Treme, set in New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina.
We enjoy the talents of David Simon, the creator of The Wire, and are looking forward to his new drama series debuting this week on HBO: Treme, set in New Orleans right after Hurricane Katrina.
We don’t play shuffleboard, but Hurricane’s upcoming Vertigo and Cobra tables make us want to start: part modern architecture, part play surface, both will be available in 2010.
Hurricane Billiard’s Mantis Custom is their latest pool table-de-force; it features bent aluminum plate legs with phenolic resin ball feet and etched glass rails on an open-loop ball return.
We learned two very important things from the How A Hurricane Is Born video: one, people gotta stop kicking up dirt in Africa, and two, the BBC really knows how to spiff-up science.
Hurricane Custom Billiards’ Real Car Table is truth in advertising: short of a V8, this pool table is nearly a car with chrome wheels, tailpipe cue holders and a powder-coated chassis.
G-Power claims that their modded M6 Hurricane CS is the world’s fastest Bimmer coupe at 228mph, and with a twin-supercharged engine that pushes out 750 hp, we won’t argue.
Hurricane’s Force 12 pool table was designed for a world-class yacht racer; it features stainless steel rigging, aluminum plate, teak rails with mahogany trim and 1″ Italian slate.
Hurricane Custom Billiards’ Predator pool table is a thing of beauty; it exudes cool industrial vibes with powder coated steel, maple veneers, glass rails and stainless steel cables.
Throw in a low coefficient of friction and a bit of angular momentum, and you get Hurricane Balls; they’re two welded ball bearings which spin at crazy high speeds with a puff of air.
Stormpulse is a visual web app that lets you keep track of storms and hurricanes brewing in the Atlantic. It forecasts direction and wind speed, but also shows historical storms.
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