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Hurricane Seasons
The hurricane season begins in early summer and lasts until late fall. Hurricane seasons are a time when atmospheric conditions can create violent and devastating storms that originate over water, but sometimes move onto land. During this time, temperature, wind, moisture and other factors converge in just the right way to create massive, spiraling storms … Continue reading
Hurricane Watch
If a hurricane watch issued for a certain area it is an indication that there is a possibility that a given area could experience hurricane conditions within thirty six hours. This hurricane watch can trigger a family evacuation plan. Hurricane plans should be thorough an communicated to everyone involved. Everyone in the family should be … Continue reading
Hurricane Preparation
Hurricane preparedness is the actions and planning taken before a hurricane, tropical storm, cyclone, or tsunami strikes to avoid damage and injury from the storm. Hurricane preparedness may involve preparations made by individuals, families, cities, states, and governments or other organizations. Hurricane preparation is very important, and if done correctly can save a lot of … Continue reading
Hurricane damage
The intensity of a hurricane is measured by the highest sustained wind speed found within it. Once a storm becomes a hurricane, some form of hurricane damage is guaranteed. The strength of that hurricane is also measured on a scale based on its greatest wind speed. This scale is named the Saffir-Simpson scale for the … Continue reading
Hurricane Facts
Hurricanes can constitute serious threats the safety and well-being of coastal areas susceptible to the effects of meteorological disturbances. For residents of coastal areas where hurricanes can be a threatening reality, being well appraised of hurricane facts can be an effective tool for maximizing efforts to avoid the threatening effects of hurricanes and assuring themselves … Continue reading
National Hurricane Centers
The practice of assigning human first names as the designations for hurricanes is a seemingly whimsical but helpful method for disseminating method about these potentially very harmful meteorological phenomena. Because of the necessity on the part of a hurricane center of informing people as to the severity and proximity of hurricanes, easily remembered monikers that … Continue reading
Hurricane Gustav
Coming three years after the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and nearby Gulf Coast regions, the impending arrival of Hurricane Gustav in the same area in 2008 raised concerns that similar misfortunes might befall the area comparable to the calamities that occurred during the first storm. These concerns over the imminence of … Continue reading