Hurricane Preparedness: ne-third n High Risk Coast Will Refuse…
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- Hurricane Preparedness: ne-third n High Risk Coast Will Refuse…
- Nymex Natural Gas Rises as Most-Active Hurricane Months Arrive
- Don’t tell tornadoes it’s really hurricane season: Twisters…
- ‘Mini-tornado’ in Western Isles
- Hurricanes Politics and The Battle ver Global Warming
- Storm season quiet so far but peak nears: Most hurricanes form after…
- Tornado victim’s headstone worth fighting for kin says.
Hurricane Preparedness: ne-third n High Risk Coast Will Refuse…
Science Daily – Science Daily (press release) – Jul 26, 2007
They also need to ensure safe evacuation routes are available and the public is aware of them. "These findings are based on interviews conducted June 18 – July 10 2007 with 5046 adults in high hurricane risk counties in eight states. Evacuation and Shelter Conditions If residents of high-risk hurricane areas have to evacuate because of a major hurricane most would be concerned about the conditions of evacuation shelters if they had to go to one. The biggest worries people have are that shelters would be unsanitary (68%) there wouldn’t be enough clean water to drink (66%) the shelter would be too crowded (65%) they would be exposed to sick people (62%) and medical care would be lacking (58%). Hurricane Preparations Many residents of hurricane-prone areas have not made critical preparations for a major storm. If running water were cut off due to a hurricane one in four (23%) would run out of clean water after two days and over half (54%) would run out after six days. If power were shut off one in ten (9%) would be without food after two days and nearly half (44%) after six days… f those who intend to evacuate and need help to do so (13%) half (50%) do not have that help lined up. Key Preparedness Information Past experience with hurricanes has identified some critical information that people should know in order to be prepared for a storm. Many residents of high-risk areas were unaware of some key information. ne out of three (34%) do not know if their home is located in an evacuation zone. Thirty-nine percent do not know the location of an evacuation center in their community where they could go if they had to. A large majority of people would be at risk of eating food that has spoiled due to a loss of refrigeration in a power outage. The USDA recommends that perishable food should not be eaten if refrigeration has been turned off for four hours.
Nymex Natural Gas Rises as Most-Active Hurricane Months Arrive
Bloomberg – Jul 26, 2007
Energy Departmentreport today will probably show inventories rose more thanaverage contributing to what may be a record when the injectionseason ends in ctober. August and September typically produce the greatest numberof tropical storms in the Atlantic according to the NationalHurricane Center in Miami. Hurricane Katrina existed as a stormbetween Aug. 2005 bringing devastation to theoil and gas producing region of the Gulf of Mexico.
Don’t tell tornadoes it’s really hurricane season: Twisters…
Free with registration – rlando Sentinel – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 26, 2007
(26-JUL-07) rlando Sentinel (rlando FL). 26–Florida is in the midst of hurricane season but 911 dispatchers in Central Florida can attest that it’s also a time for tornadoes. Tornadoes bring different challen.
‘Mini-tornado’ in Western Isles
BBC News – Jul 26, 2007
The phenomenon was spotted just before 1800 BST on Wednesday on Barra near Castlebay causing only minor damage. Describing what he saw local resident Calum MacNeill said the occurrence was very strange and he had never seen anything like it in the area. He said: “I was looking out the window after a heavy shower when I noticed out of the corner of my eye something strange. It was like a waterspout.
Hurricanes Politics and The Battle ver Global Warming
Washington Post – Jul 26, 2007
$26To most Americans the annual hurricane season used to be a kind of background noise — part of the usual summer cable news fare of celebrity scandals and disappearing young women. But in August 2005 Hurricane Katrina changed all that. Katrina’s images –… $26To most Americans the annual hurricane season used to be a kind of background noise — part of the usual summer cable news fare of celebrity scandals and disappearing young women. But in August 2005 Hurricane Katrina changed all that. Katrina’s images –. And Katrina was merely the worst of a record-setting hurricane season which generated so many storms the.
Storm season quiet so far but peak nears: Most hurricanes form after…
Free with registration – Houston Chronicle – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 26, 2007
And if that weren’t enough consider the 2004 hurricane season with its eight hurricanes four of which battered Florida. Its first storm didn’t form until Aug. “Really you can’t tell what a hurricane season is going to do until August” said Jeff Masters chief meteorologist with The Weather Underground a popular Web site for tracking hurricane activity. There are reasons to hope this season will be like last… Its first storm didn’t form until Aug. “Really you can’t tell what a hurricane season is going to do until August” said Jeff Masters chief meteorologist with The Weather Underground a popular Web site for tracking hurricane activity. There are reasons to hope this season will be like last.
Tornado victim’s headstone worth fighting for kin says.
Free with registration – Pueblo Chieftain – AccessMyLibrary.com – Jul 26, 2007
26–HLLY — During the evening of March 28 Gustavo Puga huddled fearfully in the kitchen of his modular home with his wife Rosemary Rosales and their 3-year-old daughter Noelia. Seconds later a tornado roared through the family home wrapping its frame around a nearby tree and tossing all three into its torn branches. Puga and Noelia escaped with injuries but Rosemary died hours later. 7 the couple’s son was at his grandmother’s house and escaped injury. Now after more than three months of coping with his loss Puga has been dealt another bad hand.