A Mason-Dixon poll released yesterday shows that U.S. coastal residents are “grossly unprepared” for the 2009 hurricane season, a reminder of the daunting challenges that will have to be dealt with in the event a major storm makes landfall in the U.S.
The poll was conducted as part of the 2009 National Hurricane Survival Initiative, which [...]
Coastal Residents Not Prepared For Hurricane Season
It’s That Time Again …
The NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes may have just been swept out of ice hockey’s Stanley Cup playoffs, but the real storms are about to sweep in for their 2009 season.
Although the official “hurricane season” doesn’t begin until next Monday (June 1), the season’s first tropical disturbance has formed off the coast of Rhode Island. Should it [...]
It’s That Time Again …
HURRICANE SEASON HEATS UP
FITSNews – July 7, 2008 – For four months each year, South Carolina and other coastal U.S. states play a high-stakes game of planetary dodge ball called “hurricane season.”
Here’s how it works: Each summer (and early fall), the west coast of Africa spits out dozens of tropical waves – or huge patches [...]
