Blast from the past; first hurricane hit Pilgrims in 1635
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- Blast from the past; first hurricane hit Pilgrims in 1635
- NC fficials: $500K in Tornado Damage
- Hurricanes blow away the experts: Forecasters warned that 2006 would…
- Twister followed hard upon warning
- Golden Hurricane silenced.
Blast from the past; first hurricane hit Pilgrims in 1635
USA Today – Nov 19, 2006
Their fears of approaching death were reinforced when a lunar eclipse followed the natural disaster. nce the weather cleared and the sun rose again the few thousand residents of Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were left to rebuild and recover from a hurricane as powerful as 1938′s killer Long Island Express. The 20th century hurricane killed 700 people including 600 in New England and left 63000 homeless. “The settlers easily could have packed up and gone home” said Nicholas K. Coch a professor of geology at Queens College and one of the nation’s foremost hurricane experts. “It was an extraordinary event a major hurricane and nearly knocked out British culture in America. Last year Coch used information that he collected from detailed colonial journals to reconstruct the great hurricane… “The settlers easily could have packed up and gone home” said Nicholas K. Coch a professor of geology at Queens College and one of the nation’s foremost hurricane experts. “It was an extraordinary event a major hurricane and nearly knocked out British culture in America. Last year Coch used information that he collected from detailed colonial journals to reconstruct the great hurricane. The 371-year-old data was brought to Brian Jarvinen at the National Hurricane Center where it was interpreted using the SLSH (Sea Lake and verland Surges from Hurricanes) computer model. The result: The hurricane likely tracked farther west than was thought passing over uninhabited easternmost Long Island before moving north into New England. nce clear of the colonies it veered off into the Atlantic.
NC fficials: $500K in Tornado Damage
Washington Post – Nov 19, 2006
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Hurricanes blow away the experts: Forecasters warned that 2006 would…
Free with registration – Chicago Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 19, 2006
19–HUSTN — The skies it turned out did not fall. Most tropical storm experts had predicted that this year’s Atlantic hurricane season would be deadly. Instead with just a few days remaining in the June-November hurricane prime time 2006 has turned out to be a dud. Not that anyone living along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts is complaining about the errant forecast after a vicious 2005 hurricane season that spawned Katrina Rita and other killer storms. But inside the small elite fraternity of hurricane forecasters there is soul-searching over how they got things so wrong–and concern that their Chicken Little mistake could add to public complacency when next year’s hurricane season gets under way. In May experts at the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted there would be 13 to 16 named tropical storms this year 8 to 10 of which would become… Instead with just a few days remaining in the June-November hurricane prime time 2006 has turned out to be a dud. Not that anyone living along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts is complaining about the errant forecast after a vicious 2005 hurricane season that spawned Katrina Rita and other killer storms. But inside the small elite fraternity of hurricane forecasters there is soul-searching over how they got things so wrong–and concern that their Chicken Little mistake could add to public complacency when next year’s hurricane season gets under way. In May experts at the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicted there would be 13 to 16 named tropical storms this year 8 to 10 of which would become. CPYRIGHT 2006 Chicago Tribune.
Twister followed hard upon warning
News & bserver – Nov 19, 2006
Still the tornado killed eight people before dawn Thursday in tiny Armour in Columbus County. A dozen more were injured including four children who were badly hurt. It is possible that no one in danger’s way had any notice before the twister touched the ground… People who aren’t within earshot of specially programmed weather radios or aggressive media can easily miss those warnings. Communities that experience tornadoes infrequently — including places such as Columbus County — can’t justify installing warning systems of their own. For many the first sign of a tornado is a train-like roar. “By the time I’m long gone I hope we have a way to find the things that cause tornadoes” and give people earlier warnings said Reid Hawkins senior science officer at the National Weather Service in Wilmington. It’s not that meteorologists aren’t getting better at this. Between 1986 and 2004 the average amount of time between tornado warnings and twister strikes more than doubled University of klahoma research shows. The average lead time grew from about 5 minutes to 13 minutes though sometimes there was no warning at all.
Golden Hurricane silenced.
Free with registration – Tulsa World – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 19, 2006
If the no-talking rule had been in effect the whole game perhaps a different winner would have emerged. Tulsa led 24-7 at halftime and probably could have won 48-7 if things had continued on the same course according to SMU coach Phil Bennett. He told reporters that words uttered by Golden Hurricane players at halftime lit a fire under his team. Said Bennett “ur kids heard some of their kids talking and (they) said they’re sorry they’re sorry. They didn’t even know that we heard them. It wasn’t like they were saying it.