Hurricane season ends with a “Whew!” But why?
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- Hurricane season ends with a “Whew!” But why?
- Feds: Deadly tornado shows need for safer shelters
- Rush to name storms may be costing you money | Chron.com – Houston…
Hurricane season ends with a “Whew!” But why?
St. Petersburg Times – Nov 29, 2007
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Feds: Deadly tornado shows need for safer shelters
USA Today – Nov 29, 2007
(AP) — Federal weather officials said a March 1 tornado outbreak that struck Alabama and Georgia killing eight students huddled inside Enterprise High School in Alabama showed the need for a “hardened safe room” for use during storms. In its report Thursday the National Weather Service said Enterprise school officials and students followed appropriate safety measures before and during the tornado but the storm demonstrated the need for a safe-room shelter. Besides the deaths in Enterprise the tornado outbreak killed six people in a mobile home park near Newton Ga. and five others elsewhere in Alabama and Georgia. The NWS report said a total of 31 verified tornadoes struck 45 counties in Georgia and south Alabama including 13 packing winds of 113 mph or stronger. The deadliest hit Enterprise with 200 mph winds. In the immediate aftermath of the storm Enterprise school officials were criticized for not releasing the students and staff before or during the tornado.
Rush to name storms may be costing you money | Chron.com – Houston…
Houston Chronicle – Nov 29, 2007
Some meteorologists including former hurricane center director Neil Frank say as many as six of this year’s 14 named tropical systems might have failed in earlier decades to earn “named storm” status. “They seem to be naming storms a lot more than they used to” said Frank who directed the hurricane center from 1974 to 1987 and is now chief meteorologist for KHOU-TV. “This year I would put at least four storms in a very questionable category and maybe even six. Most of the storms in question briefly had tropical storm-force winds of at least 39 mph.