May 23 2008
Hurricane season is coming
The Atlantic hurricane season starts on June 1st, and runs until November 30th.
The NOAA has released their predictions for hurricane activity this year. They are:
- - 6 to 9 hurricanes
- - 2 of which will be major, which means sustained winds of 110 mph or more.
- - 12 to 16 named storms
This year, the organization also added that they consider their forecast about 60 to 70 percent probable. Officials say that they included this information this year because many people take the predictions as a hard figure, and relied too heavily on the forecasts.
I think this observation sums it all up perfectly:
“Living in a coastal state means having a plan for each and every hurricane season. Review or complete emergency plans now — before a storm threatens,” said Conrad C. Lautenbacher, NOAA administrator. “Planning and preparation is the key to storm survival and recovery.”
You can read the Yahoo! News story here .
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Tourists need more information about what to do in these situations, especially those from countries who don’t have this kind of weather. I arrived in Florida one night after 22 hours in transit, switched on the Weather Channel to see what the weather was to be the next day (I was in Orlando) and found a ticker-tape warning for the Orlando area. I considered this for a moment, considered going to ask the front desk if there was something I should be doing, and then considered I was too tired to care! If I had been more informed I probably would have had more respect for both the weather and the warning. As it was, it was OK - but I know that things may have turned out differently.
I know that even though I’m higher up on the east coast that hurricane season affects our weather and we need to prepare for flash flooding due to too much rain and sometimes power outages from severe thunderstorms. Even in the winter, I don’t discount what is going on elsewhere weather wise, those weather fronts all have to go somewhere.
I’m in Georgia so its really really rare that we get a hurricane up here, but there are those rare storms that make it here. I will take my chances with hurricane season any day where I am over tornado season, haha.
Great post.
Tina
http://chronicpain.today.com
It took me three tries to get a NOAA weather radio that worked correctly and now I have one that alerts me for the surrounding counties. That way I know what is coming before it hits our area.
I don’t know anything about hurricanes, as I live in the middle of the US. I’m right smack dab in the middle of tornado alley. In fact, we’ve already had a couple in and around our area.
I think this is a great idea for a blog. Very informative. I’ll definately be watching this site.
The NOAA has released their predictions for hurricane activity this year.
* - 6 to 9 hurricanes
* - 2 of sustained winds of 110 mph or more.
* - 12 to 16 named storms
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Well, no offense NOAA, but here are my predictions:
* - 13 hurricanes 5 that will hit the USA
* - 4 of sustained winds of 110 mph or more. 2 will see land
* - 19 named funny named storms
mark my words… I know this cause my toe is killing me… Or it could be from dropping a brick on it… still. I say 5