http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hurricane/ en-us Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:47:34 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403362/posts Why Not Name Every Storm, Not Just Hurricanes?December 8, 2009 RUSH: I got an idea. Global warming is causing all these weird weather -- the climate change, right? Climate change is causing all these weird weather things like this unusually early snowfall in places like Houston, and now we've got this winter storm tearing up the Midwest and heading east. And it's been suggested to me that we ought to start naming these storms just like we name hurricanes. Global warming snowstorm Algore could be this first one. And we'll eventually get to global warming snowstorm Obama. It's a great... Rush Limbaugh .com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403362/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 01:47:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381388/posts Hurricane Ida continues to strengthen as it approaches the Yucatan Peninsula and Gulf of Mexico. The government of Mexico has issued a Hurricane Warning from Playa del Carmen to Cabo Catoche. The late season hurricane is expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico later Sunday at a Category 2 storm. Links:Public AdvisoriesDiscussion Updated Every Six Hours FL and East GOM Buoy DataVisible Image SatelliteOther satellite imagesForecast ModelsStormPulse Category Wind Speed Barometric Pressure Storm Surge Damage Potential Tropical Depression < 39 mph < 34 kts     Minimal Tropical Storm 39 - 73 mph 34 - 63 kts     Minimal... NHC/NOAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381388/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:34:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381359/posts BULLETIN HURRICANE IDA INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 15A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL112009 1200 AM CST SUN NOV 08 2009 ...IDA STRENGTHENING...MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD... A HURRICANE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO FROM TULUM TO CABO CATOCHE. A HURRICANE WATCH MEANS THAT HURRICANE CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THE WATCH AREA...GENERALLY WITHIN 36 HOURS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GRAND CAYMAN ISLAND. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE YUCATAN PENINSULA OF MEXICO FROM PUNTA ALLEN NORTHWARD TO SAN FELIPE. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN... National Hurricane Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2381359/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:05:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378358/posts Tropical Depression Eleven has formed in the southwestern Caribbean Sea. The governments of Colombia and Nicaragua have issued Tropical Storm warnings. Public Advisory Updated Every Six Hours Discussion Updated Every Six Hours Visible Image SatelliteOther satellite images NHC/NOAA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2378358/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 15:58:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375927/posts North Atlantic Hurricane Season slowest since 1997. Global and Northern Hemisphere Tropical Cyclone Activity remains near 30-year historical lows -- three years in a row now of considerably below-average activity globally. Consequence of the transition from La Nina to El Nino during the past year. Oct 29: The North Atlantic hurricane season has not produced a storm in over 3-weeks and, if no more develop, the season overall would rank as the slowest since the El Nino year of 1997. Hurricanes Bill and Fred accounted for over 82% of the Accumulated Cyclone Energy [ACE**] -- a metric that combines intensity,... Florida State University http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375927/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:07:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370369/posts MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Coastal insurance bills proposed by lawmakers from Mobile and Baldwin counties don't go far enough, according to a grassroots group of local homeowners. "Right now, our legislators are listening to big money, and they need to listen to us," said A.C. Leggett, a member of the Homeowners' Hurricane Insurance Initiative, in an e-mail. "Our legislators want to do a little bit at a time. We cannot afford to do that." Insurers have vigorously, and successfully, opposed some of the same bills that the homeowners group considers too weak. Mobile Press Register http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370369/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:04:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364604/posts <p>AP – This image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Rick taken at 2 a.m. EDT Saturday Oct. 17, 2009.</p> <p>MEXICO CITY – Hurricane Rick quickly strengthened into an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm off Mexico's Pacific coast on Saturday and forecasters said it could strike the Baja California Peninsula in about five days.</p> Yahoo News - Accuweather http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2364604/posts#comment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:53:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337656/posts MIAMI – It may be tempting the weather gods just to point this out, but this has been a dud of a hurricane season so far. Only two hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic over the past three months, and neither hit the U.S. — a somewhat unusual lull. "I'm glad that I didn't have to go out and get anything — yet," said Lissette Galiana, who was shopping at a Wal-Mart in suburban Miami on Friday, around what is usually the very peak of the Atlantic hurricane season. "There's always a chance." Forecasters attribute the calm to a weak... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337656/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:52:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts Three months after Hurricane Katrina, the Sun Herald described in a front-page editorial “Mississippi’s Invisible Coast.” It spoke of the fact that the further removed in time we were from Katrina, the less attention outside news reports paid to the plight of our region and its people, and the more it seemed history was being rewritten in a way that would render South Mississippi no more than a postscript to the greatest natural disaster to befall the nation. Already the trend had begun for the national media to cover South Mississippi’s part of the story with an add-on phrase... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2333403/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2009 16:38:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329731/posts LOS CABOS, Mexico (Reuters) – Hurricane Jimena, an extremely dangerous Category 4 storm, slammed Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Tuesday, drenching the Los Cabos resort area where tourists hunkered in boarded-up hotels. Sheets of rain poured down from gray skies as Jimena's howling winds hit the tip of the peninsula, home to world-class golf courses, yachting marinas and five-star hotels. The hurricane was set to make landfall on Wednesday in a sparsely populated area farther up the peninsula. Hotels nailed boards over their windows, wrapped exposed furniture with plastic and turned conference rooms into storm shelters with camp bedding and... Reuters on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329731/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 20:44:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329322/posts HURRICANE JIMENA DISCUSSION NUMBER 15 NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP132009 200 AM PDT TUE SEP 01 2009 THE SMALL EYE OF JIMENA BECAME LESS DISTINCT IN SATELLITE IMAGERY AROUND 0500 UTC...HOWEVER SINCE THAT TIME IT HAS WARMED AND IS EMBEDDED WITHIN VERY COLD CLOUD TOPS AND A RATHER SYMMETRIC CDO. THE LATEST DVORAK CI-NUMBERS REMAIN 6.5 FROM TAFB AND 6.0 FROM SAB...AND OBJECTIVE ADT ESTIMATES ALSO CONTINUE TO HOVER AROUND T6.5. BASED ON THE SATELLITE APPEARANCE AND UNCHANGED SATELLITE ESTIMATES...THE INITIAL INTENSITY WILL REMAIN 135 KT FOR THIS ADVISORY. AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT IS SCHEDULED TO... NWS/NHC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2329322/posts#comment Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:51:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327120/posts Dear Mr. President, Tomorrow we will mark the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which claimed the lives of 1,400 Louisianians and nearly killed a great American city. We will miss having you in our midst. We know you don't lack passion for our community and its recovery. Though you haven't been here as president, as a senator you visited five times after Katrina. We remember well the fervor of your speech at Tulane University on your last visit, a year and a half ago. "I promise you that when I'm in the White House, I will commit myself every day... The (New Orleans) Times-Picayune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2327120/posts#comment Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:36:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322047/posts As Hurricane Bill churns in the Atlantic today, Bay Staters are bracing for a coastal whack ... warning of 25-foot waves and 110 -mph winds pummeling Nantucket, and deadly riptides along the entire Massachusetts coastline. Boston Herald http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2322047/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:38:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322021/posts The latest weather projections indicate that Hurricane Bill could spoil some of President Barack Obama’s vacation plans this coming week in Martha’s Vineyard. According to Accuweather.com, the hurricane will not make landfall along Cape Cod, instead passing by to the east. But the storm is expected to bring large amounts of wind and rain to the area this weekend and possibly into early next week. Forecasts call for gusts of wind between 30 and 60 mph and rainfall that could reach as much as two inches in some areas of New England. The Obamas are scheduled to arrive at Martha’s... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2322021/posts#comment Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:10:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319673/posts Latest Video Tropical Update Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319673/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:45:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319359/posts MIAMI — Hurricane Bill strengthened early Wednesday into a dangerous Category 4 storm, packing maximum sustained winds near 135 mph, and forecasters say the hurricane could get even stronger. The National Hurricane Center said people in the Leeward Islands should monitor Bill's progress, though the core of the storm was expected to pass well northwest of the islands in the West Indies late Wednesday and early Thursday. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2319359/posts#comment Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:22:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318890/posts I am not in the studio today so no video update and I do not have access into looking at the WAAY 31 BAMS model but I still wanted to keep you up-to-date and provide my thoughts on the happenings in the Atlantic. Hurricane Bill is a category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale with winds 105 MPH, gusts to 127 MPH, as of 10 AM CT Tuesday. It will likely be a category 3 hurricane, which would make it a major hurricane, by Wednesday morning. Air Force Hurricane Hunters are going to be doing recon flights around and through... Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318890/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:34:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318089/posts Latest Tropical Video Forecast Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2318089/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:12:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2317608/posts T.S. Claudette will weaken into a depression on Monday while T.S. Bill will become the season's first hurricane. Ana has already been downgraded, again, to a depression and is just hanging on. Doppler Dale's Weather Posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2317608/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:22:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317607/posts RON ELIAS/SUN HERALD ARCHIVES/1996 Downtown Pass Christain, on the morning of Aug. 18, was a pile of rubble, as proven in this Daily Herald photograph. Some of the remaining buildings would later be destroyed in Katrina, for Pass Christian once again got the high-water mark. “Hurricane Watch Posted” warned the front page of The Daily Herald on Aug. 16, 1969. In a classic twist of irony, the Mississippi Coast newspaper advertised Pass Christian’s Moonlite Drive-In would, in a few days, show the film classic “Gone with the Wind.” That was Saturday. Hurricane Camille struck Sunday night — 40 years... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2317607/posts#comment Mon, 17 Aug 2009 02:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2316937/posts Here is the list of 2009 storm names from the National Weather Service, “Ana, Bill, Claudette, Danny, Erika, Fred, Grace, Henri, Ida, Joaquin, Kate, Larry, Mindy, Nicholas, Odette, Peter, Rose, Sam, Teresa, Victor, and Wanda Disaster Info http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2316937/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:09:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2316749/posts Here is video from this morning updating the news on Tropical Storm Ana out in the Atlantic, and right behind her a Tropical Depression that has formed that has the potential to become a major hurricane. The weather man in the video says Ana is not expected to be as severe, and that it is headed in the direction of Puerto Rico and the southern tip of Florida. He was far more concerned with the tropical depression (likely to be named Bill) behind Ana, which he said could strengthen to a category 2 hurricane by the time it gets to... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2316749/posts#comment Sat, 15 Aug 2009 16:32:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312985/posts Do you know the difference between a hurricane, a typhoon and a cyclone? People often think they are one in the same. It is confusing enough to try to keep up with the hurricane season and all the terminology, without having to decipher the difference between the three. All storms are the same after all, or are they? I found out that while they share common characteristics, they are still different. How are they different? Basically, the location is what gives the storm it's name. If a storm was to form in the Atlantic or eastern Pacific Ocean, we would... Associated Content http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2312985/posts#comment Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:59:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311457/posts SAN JUAN — Federal and state law could make it difficult for illegal immigrants to evacuate during a hurricane, said local nonprofit and community leaders during a public meeting Friday. They gathered at the headquarters of La Union del Pueblo Entero — an immigrant advocacy group based in San Juan — to answer residents’ questions about U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy during hurricanes. The U.S. Border Patrol has stated it will continue operating its checkpoints in the event of a storm, including the Sarita and Falfurrias checkpoints located on U.S 77 and U.S. 281, respectively. U.S. 281 is a... The Monitor http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311457/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 18:01:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311256/posts MIAMI – The Atlantic hurricane season will be less active than originally predicted, government forecasters said Thursday after the first two months of the half-year stretch passed without any named storms developing. Updating its May outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said a warmer weather pattern called an El Nino over the Pacific Ocean was acting as a damper to tropical storms in the Caribbean and neighboring Atlantic. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2311256/posts#comment Sat, 8 Aug 2009 11:20:14 GMT