Hurricanes
El Nino Has Developed, Hurricanes May Not
The ocean waters in the Pacific are warming, signifying El Nino has returned. Government scientists released those findings Thursday saying waters in the Pacific were at least 1.0 degree above average at the end of June. While one degree is not a big deal in your back yard pool, in vast ocean waters, the change [...]
DTV Switch = Hurricane Kit, Portable TV Switch
Hurricane season started June 1st and the switch to Digital Television is June 12. Believe it or not, I can draw a parallel between the two that may require you to make another change in your life.
I’m talking about your portable analog battery powered television and your hurricane preparedness kit or for some people, your [...]
Hurricane Floyd To Be Remembered In Raleigh
Great program remembering Hurricane Floyd…
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Floyd, North Carolina’s costliest and most destructive storm. On Sept. 16, 1999, Floyd struck our state, leaving behind 52 deaths and $6 billion in damages. On Saturday afternoon, June 6, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh hosts presentations and [...]
New 2009 Hurricane Forecast & Possible Storm
The last of the 2009 seasonal hurricane outlooks was released yesterday and it sounds like our government agrees with everyone else that this will be a near normal hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is calling for 9 to 14 named storms, of which four to seven could become hurricanes, including one [...]
Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Visits Raleigh
The hurricane hunter aircraft that flies into the eye of hurricanes was in Raleigh on Wednesday. Media, government officials and tons of school children took advantage of the airplane tour and officials that were here in Raleigh for the first time ever.
NBC17 was there, not only checking out the aircraft, but talking to officials from the [...]
Hurricane Hunter Visiting Raleigh, Public Can Tour
The 2009 Hurricane Awareness Tour is coming to Raleigh for the first time ever. The tour, featuring the NOAA WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter aircraft, will arrive at the Raleigh Durham International Airport on Wednesday, May 6th. The Hurricane Hunter is the airplane that flies directly into the eye of a hurricane to gather information. These [...]
2009 Bahamas Weather Conference Wrap
Three days in the Bahamas with the world’s leading weather forecasters and hurricane experts…a weather man’s dream and the story of where I was last week.
Director of the National Hurricane Center Bill Read kicked off the 13th Annual Bahamas Weather Conference Thursday morning with a review of the 2008 season. The headline stealer of the conference [...]
Another Average 2009 Hurricane Forecast
For the second time this week a prominent forecast team is forecasting a near-average hurricane season. Researchers at North Carolina State University say that 2009 will be a near-normal hurricane season.
The team, led by Dr. Lian Xie, is calling for 11 to 14 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin. Six to eight of [...]
2009 Hurricane Forecasting Begins
As the 2009 Atlantic Hurricane Season quickly approaches, we will start to hear from the experts and what they think the upcoming year holds. 2008 brought us 16 named storms, 8 hurricanes and 5 major hurricanes. More importantly, the United States had six landfalls, one of which was Hanna in the Carolinas.
Joe Bastardi, chief hurricane [...]
Crazy Crane Video From Hurricane Ike
We have all seen the damage that Hurricane Ike caused to parts of Texas, but how scary is this video!
Imagine being the one to shoot the video…just one extra gust and that crane could have been falling right toward you!
Thanks to the Insite for the link and the video!
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