It’s Never Been Easier to Prepare for Hurricane Season
Signage is posted everywhere. Get A Plan. It’s the state’s effort to encourage Floridians to prepare for the upcoming hurricane season. Emergency officials want have been training for weeks to ensure resilience before and after a storm. Although this years forecast is for a below-average season, FEMA Director Craig Fugate makes it clear, reminding us that […]
New Era in Hurricane Alerting Begins
The number one hurricane-related killer is water, not wind. A hurricane warning, however, has always been issued for the wind, not the water. This conflict of messaging has prompted the National Hurricane Center to re-think their products in recent years. Social science research and upgrades in GIS technology have enabled them to better define where and […]
Weak El Nino Forms; Elevated Risk for Flooding in Southeast This Spring
Ocean temperatures in the central Pacific have been warmer than average for nearly a year. Only recently, though, have the anomalies reached a threshold and duration that NOAA can officially declare that El Niño conditions are being observed. As of their March 5 report, the El Niño is considered “borderline” or weak, and generally expected […]
