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- US: ‘Tornado alley’ hit by new wave of twisters
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Storm Norms: Caribbean corals and sediments yield clues to hurricane…
Science News – Jun 5, 2007
Between 1995 and 2005 meteorologists recorded an annual average of 4. 1 category-3-or-stronger hurricanes in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean. Such hurricanes exhibit steady wind speeds exceeding 178 kilometers per hour. From 1971 through 1994 however an average of only 1… 5 such hurricanes swept through the same region each year says K. Halimeda Kilbourne a paleoclimatologist with the National ceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Boulder Colo. Two factors thought to strongly influence hurricane formation are wind shear—an atmospheric phenomenon in which adjacent layers of air move at different speeds or in different directions—and sea-surface temperature. Strong wind shear tends to rip apart tropical storms before they strengthen into hurricanes says Kilbourne. n the other hand a sea-surface-temperature rise can provide more energy to a hurricane as it forms. Kilbourne and her colleagues studied a variety of marine records to estimate year-to-year variations in wind shear back to 1730. For instance the luminescence of growth rings in coral under ultraviolet light reveals how much organic matter has been washed from land by thunderstorms which don’t form as readily or as often if wind shear is high.
US: ‘Tornado alley’ hit by new wave of twisters
Ireland nline – Jun 5, 2007
And we?ve got to find a way to get this to work and come to work every day and get this thing back on its feet. It?s going to be tough. ?Residents said they heard the tornado warning sirens ? a common feature of towns in ?Tornado Alley? in the central US ? about 20 minutes before yesterday?s storm hit. Wheelchair-bound Frank Gallant had no cellar so he moved to the centre of his house with his pet miniature pinscher No 5. ?You just hope you?ve lived up to the Lord?s expectations and you?re going to the good place and not the bad? said Gallant 47. Terry Gaul a salesman on his way back from a business trip pulled into a John Deere agricultural equipment dealership with his partner to wait out what they thought was a hailstorm. ?The next thing we heard was this loud rumble? said Gaul his red polo shirt stained with blood and his face crosshatched with cuts… ?There were these two John Deere combines sitting there and the next thing I know they started rocking. Then we started spinning like a windmill and I said ?h boy it?s all over with now?. ?The tornado rolled Gaul?s van throwing him into the back seat. When he came out he noticed something missing. ?I never seen where those two combines went? he said.
Tornado’s path declared a disaster zone
Globe and Mail – Jun 5, 2007
— Rescue workers on Sunday searched for anyone still buried in the heaps of splintered wreckage left after a massive tornado obliterated most of this south-central Kansas town. Waves of thunderstorms rippled across the Plains states on Sunday drenching rubble that the Friday night tornado scattered across Greensburg and threatening tornadoes elsewhere. The full text of this article has 759 words.
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New York Times – Jun 5, 2007
Cronin says echoing the current theme of the company’s campaign created by Mars Advertising in Southfield Mich. and the sponsorship is “all about being prepared and how Ace can help you. ” Ace is offering through WeatherBug a “hurricane preparedness checklist” of supplies to have on hand before a storm comes she adds as well as a checklist of useful clean-up items for after a hurricane hits. The sponsorship also helps Ace talk about shopping convenience Ms. Cronin says centered on the fact that 50 percent of the population is within three miles of an Ace store. That is becoming more relevant she adds “when gas is pushing $4 a gallon” and drivers may be starting to think twice about traveling longer distances to visit “big box” retailers. Adam Davis media group supervisor at Horizon says the sponsorship offers Ace “a great opportunity to get our message out” because “WeatherBug is very very localized… Davis says “and are increasing the funds year over year” devoted to online advertising. The targeting aspects of interactive ads help in getting computer users “to associate the Ace name with whatever help they need” he adds. Forecasts are calling for a “very active” hurricane season the WeatherBug Web site reports which would represent an increase in intensity from the season last year. The site presents the predictions of one hurricane forecast team at.