Ask.com has provided some updates to its Smart Answer service, making some additions to deliver information about hurricanes and tropical storms to users of the search engine.
Crude Oil Tanks After Dodging Hurricanes
August contract crude dropped more than two dollars a barrel on reports that Hurricane Emily will completely avoid oil fields. Gasoline and heating oil, taking a hint also plummeted. These are lowest prices in over two weeks for oil.
Verizon Wireless: Bring on the Hurricanes
Verizon announced their wireless services are ready for the 2005 hurricane season. Verizon was quite pleased with the way their system performed during last years catastrophic hurricane season sighting a 96% call success rate in some areas just hours after the Francis gave a fair attempt at drowning the entire state of Florida.