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Pour plus de photos des Voitures de Sport, suivez ce lien. For more picture of racing cars, click on this link. Ferrari, Maranello, Italy. Ferrari built twenty five 512S sports cars to compete with the Porsche 917 in the 5 litre Group 5 class of the 1970 World Championship of Makes. Ferrari had had to wait for Fiat funds and was behind Porsche in development at the start of the 1970 season. The car was powered by a 5 litre Ferrari V12 engine but was heavier than Porsche's 917. On its debut at the 1970 Daytona 24 hrs, the lead car driven by Andretti, Merzario and Ickx finished third. Then at the next race at Sebring the car scored a famous win when Andretti took over the Giunti / Vaccarella car and beat the Steve McQueen Porsche 908. Unfortunately that was as good as it got. A second place at Monza and Spa and third places at Monza, Targa Florio, Nurburgring and Watkins Glen rounded the season off. By the end of the season many had been converted to 512M spec but it wasn't much more successful. In 1971 a NART 512S took runner-up spot in the Daytona 24 hours. The Ferrari 512 will go down in history as the car that made the Porsche 917 look so great. 917 drivers such as Rodriguez, Oliver and Bell also drover the 512S on occasion. John Surtees, making a return to Ferrari for the first time since 1966 also drove them with success and Amon who had left Ferrari for the March GP team also drove them.
Over 1000 deaths have been attributed to this monster storm as it has marched across the Caribbean and the Eastern United States this week. Main bridges have been washed out. Roads have been stripped away making them impassable. Phone lines have been destroyed making communication impossible. Evacuation orders were given in Florida and South Carolina, and along the East Coast in places like Georgia, making this threat even more ominous, as it roared closer to the U.S. Tropical storm conditions were expected to reach parts of the Florida coast by Thursday, October 6th, and hurricane conditions were to intensify in some areas later in the day, the National Hurricane Center warned. Hurricane Matthew had top sustained winds of 120 mph, a Category 3 hurricane, Wednesday morning and we were warned that it could strengthen in coming days, the center said. Hurricane Matthew made landfall in Haiti, slamming the country鈥檚 southwest coast with winds of 145 mph and major flooding.
Florida, South Carolina and Georgia each declared a state of emergency as the storm made its way toward the United States. Haiti began cleaning up and counting its losses Wednesday after Hurricane Matthew killed at least 1000 people and left a trail of destruction before pushing toward the Bahamas. The death toll continues to rise. Haiti's electoral council to postpone Sunday's presidential election. Stories were told of people being killed by flying debris, and it reminded me so much of Hurricane Gilbert back in 1988, when it hit my homeland of the Cayman Islands. As we sat waiting for the storm to pass, I remember hearing what sounded like torpedoes hitting the sides of the house. The following morning, after the storm, we ventured outside to find the ground littered with avocados from our tree. These had become projectiles during the storm. With hurricanes it鈥檚 not the wind, or the noise or the water. Well, yes, those are dangerous and certainly cause death during these massive storms.
However, it鈥檚 the mangoes, avocados and other fruits that start flying like projectiles. Can you imagine the stories that wold be passed down from generation to generation of how one died? If the wind picked you up and slammed you against some cement building. Imagine the story being told that you died because an avocado travelling at 80 miles per hour smashed your skull. I have learnt to respect the fury of the wind, but am very aware of the ability of simple, beautiful, sweet objects to become deadly in the middle of a storm. Death toll continues to rise in Haiti. It was over 1000 at writing this. Assistance from the Cayman Islands, my home country. Aristides Hernandez, 76, who abandoned his first-story apartment overlooking the sea for a friend's house inland. The Locals sought to rescue whatever belongings they could find, setting them out in the street to dry. The promenade was strewn with clothes weighed down with rocks, mattresses, chairs and tables. Osvaldo Neira, 57, rummaging around for material to build a pen for the three chickens that remained of what had been 32. Just one room of his two-story house was still standing.
However, food and water was scarce in the shelters, which continued to serve much of the population. The Bahamas on Wednesday morning, October 5th, 2016, were beginning to feel the first impacts from Hurricane Matthew. Christie noted that the country's most populated city, New Providence, would get a direct hit from the powerful storm, and urged residents to evacuate southern coastlines on every island and move into the numerous shelters set up across the country. Hurricane Matthew continued to wreak devastation and destruction, anywhere it wanted, having no mercy. When will this end? Ports have been closed, and since re-opened. Some remain closed due to damage. Schools are not in session. Power is out and could remain out for weeks. Thousands were without power in Florida early Friday morning, October 7th, as Hurricane Matthew began to impact the state. Several Florida counties issued evacuation orders ahead of the storm. The University of Florida canceled Saturday's college football game against LSU. Disney World closed, a record 4th time in the history since its opening.