Here is the Open Gallery for all to Share Maps/Apps ,Web Services related to Hurricane Harvey, the purpose is to help relief workers find the information they need , save precious time during the hour of crisis! http://bit.ly/harvey360 [Read more…] about Gallery for Maps/Apps ,Web Services related to Hurricane Harvey
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Prepare Now for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The Atlantic hurricane season starts today, and there is no better time to get ready than now. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) encourages residents and businesses across the nation to prepare by understanding their risk, planning together for the entire family, and downloading the FEMA App. [Read more…] about Prepare Now for the 2017 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Tracking Hurricanes and Historical Hurricane Data
Hurricane season is well under way as the traditional North Atlantic hurricane season began on June 1. As soon as the weather alerts start coming in about tropical storms its natural that interest in previous tropical storms will heighten and for good reason. Many of us flock to the site to check out historical paths of storms and hurricanes to see if they match up with current activity. This can be accomplished by using one of my favorite resources from NOAA, the Historical Hurricanes Tracks web.
Using the site you can easily search by geographic location to view all the past storms conveniently color coded by strength. Note, you can also easily save and share storm paths of interest, for example, this link which takes you to the path of Andrew in 1992 – handy!
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