Hurricane expert: Global warming not behind storms
The News Review:
- Hurricane expert: Global warming not behind storms
- Weather chasers pause to remember 30 who died in 1987 Texas tornado
- 2008 Hurricane Forecast; Less Activity
- Tornado sounded like a “freight train”
- Naples man admits to 2005 Hurricane Katrina scam
- F-1 tornado hits Heflin
Hurricane expert: Global warming not behind storms
USA Today – May 19, 2008
Not only that, warmer temperatures actually would reduce the number of hurricanes in the Atlantic and those making landfall, researcher Tom Knutson reported in a study released Sunday. His paper has the potential to heat up a simmering debate among meteorologists about the possible effects of global warming in the Atlantic. Ever since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, hurricanes have often been seen as a symbol of global warming’s wrath. Many climate change experts have tied an increase in hurricanes to global warming and hotter waters that fuel them. Another group, experts who study hurricanes and who are more skeptical about global warming, attribute the increase to a natural multi-decade cycle. What makes this study different is Knutson. A meteorologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fluid dynamics lab in Princeton, N.
Weather chasers pause to remember 30 who died in 1987 Texas tornado
Roanoke Times – May 19, 2008
there are other places to go and things to do. The first stop Friday was particularly poignant, as we stopped at a marker commemorating the 30 people who died in the May 22, 1987, tornado that obliterated the small town of Saragosa, Texas. The obvious comparison anyone connected to Virginia Tech — and most of us on this trip are — can make is the April 16, 2007, shootings, which killed a similar number of people. In Saragosa, many buildings were reduced to slabs, and even today the town seems somber and not fully recovered. The slab that supported the nearby post office remains; the post office is now housed in a trailer. At that post office, several of our chasers met a woman named Nancy who survived the tornado, but lost her mother in Saragosa Hall, where a preschool graduation ceremony was taking place the evening the tornado hit.
2008 Hurricane Forecast; Less Activity
KGMB9 – May 19, 2008
But don’t let expectations of a less active season lull you into a false sense of security. Last year was a less active season but we still felt the effects of two storms, Hurricane Flossie, and Tropical Depression Cosme as both passed to the south of the Big Island. Forecasters said hurricane tracking is getting better but there’s still room for error. "We’re good but we’re not perfect, we talked about that out in operations area. There’s still an error associated with the forecast. Last year was our lowest error ever. At 48 hours it was 92 nautical miles," said forecasters… Last year was our lowest error ever. At 48 hours it was 92 nautical miles," said forecasters. They’re encouraging preparation now, get your hurricane kits ready with all the essentials like food and water. "I look at the battle against a hurricane as being won right now, outside the hurricane season," said Lt. Governor Duke Aiona. State and federal agencies are taking a proactive approach as well. Right now, they’re all participating in a hurricane drill that takes a worst case scenario approach in which the island of Oahu takes a direct hit from a category 4 storm.
Tornado sounded like a “freight train”
Utica Observer Dispatch – May 19, 2008
“It was extreme – like the worst windstorm you’ve ever heard – with lots of banging,” he said. “It was like a freight train coming through. ”The National Weather Service confirmed Sunday that a low-level tornado touched down Saturday night in the town of Camden 1. 7 miles northwest of the village and traveled half of a mile – crossing state Route 13 – before lifting. A classification of 0 for the tornado meant it had an estimated wind speed approaching 75 miles per hour. As Snyder watched cornstalks, metal and siding from his house whip around in circles, he first felt fear, he said. “Everything that was right in the area was spinning in the air,” he said.
Naples man admits to 2005 Hurricane Katrina scam
Naples Daily News – Naples Daily News – May 19, 2008
No exceptions, no second chances. Read our privacy policy & user agreement. What pond scum they are to try to scam people in regard to Hurricane Katrina. Beware of pond scum and keep your eyes open to scammers. CHECK licenses at the Collier County Code Enforcement Office BEFORE you sign anything with business owners and contractors!
#1 Posted by beetlejuice on May 20, 2008 at 12:35 a. (Suggest removal)
This guy scammed the public.
F-1 tornado hits Heflin
Cleburne News – May 19, 2008
com Code –>LOCALNEWSF-1 tornado hits HeflinWayne Ruple05-19-2008 Cleburne County officials have been meeting with state and federal officials this week in order to seek outside assistance for victims of the May 11, F-1 tornado that impacted the City of Heflin and other areas eastward through the center of Cleburne County. While the likelihood of being declared a disaster in some categories is relatively slim, Cleburne County Executive Officer Steve Swafford expressed hope for a Small Business Administration (SBA) declaration which could possibly provide low interest loans to assist the uninsured and under-insured with re-establishing their homes, furnishings and way of life. Swafford and the Cleburne County Commission encourage any resident of Cleburne County who received damage as a result of the tornado and was uninsured or under-insured to contact the Cleburne County Emergency Management Agency at 463-7130, extension 236. Callers will have their contact information taken in order to be made available to assistance agencies aiding the county in recovery. Officials from the State EMA were in town Monday inspecting the damage and said that before a state emergency can be declared there must be a total of $5. 5 million in damages statewide. EMA to test sirensOn Friday and Monday the Cleburne County EMA will have McCord Communications of Anniston traveling throughout the county conducting inspections and tests of individual outdoor warning sirens.