hurricane season

[Mare Jade Sky]

ok how many of you think that we are ready for this season, i know i run if the storm is a 4 or higher cuz i have seen what could happen when 5 come to call (r.i.p the soul losed here in new orleans 8/28/2005)

[Mare Jade Sky]

Life after The Storm

Most people saw what New Orleans look like from the news. But that not all that was hit by the LvL 5 storm. No one talk about the city out side New Orleans Like Pearl River or La place or Kenner or even Sidell . All the paper ever told you was that New Orleans suffered and how the mayor want the dam super dom fixe but look from a person that dose not find foot ball a number one thing after something like this. Look back over everything that has happen in the pasted three you see that not all of FEMA an red cross money help the once that need it. I know of some family that did not lose anything that had gotten check from FEMA for 200k or more an then a another check for 25k when there are family down here with no home to live in an cant get help from anyone, but now after all that there is NO more money to fix the home there no more money to fix New Orleans and city around it. There are still FEMA tailor in from of home that can not be live in there are still people looking for jobs. I have seen MEN that are from Different State Saying they are here to rebuild the city, but all they are here for is the get the people money and take the people hope away. Tell me how do we fix this how do we stop this from happing again how do we help the other gulf cost state from the thing that happen here and Mississippi, Alabama, and North Florida

[Eisaac]

It's hard and sad to hear it. Where there is a lot of money donated, there will always be the vultures to come and take the easy money, even if it means leaving others with no roof, food, drugs and other life sustaining needed things.

Stay strong!

[Mare Jade Sky]

Top 10 Most Vulnerable Areas to Hurricanes

According to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, Director of the International Hurricane Research Center, the top 10 most vulnerable areas to hurricanes are:

1. New Orleans, Louisiana

2. Lake Okeechobee, Florida

3. Florida Keys

4. Coastal Mississippi

5. Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

6. Galveston/Houston, Texas

7. Cape Hatteras, North Carolina

8. Eastern Long Island, New York

9. Wilmington, North Carolina

10. Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida

While New Orleans would at first seem not to be a surprise, many might think that spots in Florida actually see more hurricane activity. And this, in fact, may be true. But an important point to remember here is that this is a list of the “most vulnerable” spots. Therefore, New Orleans, with its “below sea level” status and its levee system, makes it especially susceptible to flooding and damage when a hurricane actually does hit. And, of course, the world was witness to just what can happen to a city like New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina struck.

In keeping with this theme, Lake Okeechobee, Florida is the only other major area that is protected by levees. And so this is why they get the number two spot. There are approximately 40,000 people living at the base of Hoover Dike in the Lake Okeechobee area – which, according to reports, is leaking.

There were twelve criteria used to determine a location’s vulnerability to a hurricane. Hurricane frequency and intensity, as well as potential levee or dike failure, were the main determinants. Some of the other factors included the potential for freshwater flooding, island breaching history, costal erosion history, the amount of actual residents potentially at risk, the quality and distance of evacuation routes, and the ability of local and state governments and organizations to respond to the damage a hurricane inflicts.

Locations in Florida, as is probably expected, took three out of the top five spots, and then added a fourth at number ten - the Tampa/St. Petersburg area. With coasts on both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mexican Gulf, they are in a unique position of possibly getting hit from different directions.

While a place like Long Island may come as a surprise to many, the area has been actually impacted in the not-so-distant past by Hurricane Donna (1960), Hurricane Gloria (1985), and Hurricane Bob (1991).

[Mare Jade Sky]

What is the Difference Between a Hurricane and a Typhoon

According to the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory, a “hurricane” and a “typhoon” are simply different names for a “tropical cyclone.” As a general rule, these cyclones are given the name “hurricane” in the Western hemisphere (the North Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Pacific Ocean east of the dateline, or the South Pacific Ocean east of 160E), and the term “typhoon” is applied in the Eastern hemisphere (the Northwest Pacific Ocean west of the dateline).

That said, there are even further distinctions throughout the world. The term “severe tropical cyclone” is given in the Southwest Pacific Ocean west of 160E or Southeast Indian Ocean east of 90E. The term “severe cyclonic storm” is given in the North Indian Ocean. And the term “tropical cyclone” is given in the Southwest Indian Ocean.

When the maximum sustained surface winds of a tropical cyclone is less than 39 miles per hour (34 kt, 17 m/s), it is referred to as a “tropical depression.” In the area between this 39 mph (34 kt, 17 m/s) mark and 74 mph (64 kt, 33 m/s), it is known as a “tropical storm.” And then, of course, as it reaches the 74 mph mark (64 kt, 33 m/s), it becomes classified as a hurricane, typhoon, or one of the other names mentioned above.