Weather Service Predicts Busy 2011 Hurricane Season

The National Weather Service is predicting 15 tropical storms, eight hurricanes, and three major hurricanes for the 2011 hurricane season which is from June 1, through November 30, 2011.

Colorado State University, which also makes predictions every year, is predicting an even busier season with 17 named storms which include nine hurricanes and five major hurricanes.

Both predictions are calling for an above average hurricane season. Also, visit e-transit.org with Landfall Probabilities.



Evacuating During a Hurricane and other Hurricane Safety Videos

It is still officially hurricane season, and with tropical storm IDA in the Gulf it I thought I would publish some good materials on Hurricane safety and evacuations.

Evacuating the Area of a Hurricane

Preparing for a Hurricane

Electrical Safety During a Hurricane

Forecasters Concerned Over Storms Forming Closer To United States

According to a news story today from ABC forecasters are concerned that a pattern may be developing in which Tropical Storms and Hurricanes are forming closer to the United States than in the usual place off the coast of Africa.

Citing this seasons first storm and Hurricane Humberto of 2007 they are worried that storms can be forming just two or three days from making land fall in the Unite States.

Called "Popup Storms" they tend to form off U.S. coast in the mid-Atlantic or Gulf regions, and as cited earlier in the case of hurricane Humberto, which went from a disturbance to a full formed category 1 hurricane in a single day.

This may or may not be true, but does give reason to be prepared ahead of time since some storms may give people less time to prepare and to evacuate.

With today being the start of the 2009 hurricane season, please take this opportunity to go out and purchase supplies and get prepared before a severe storm forms and threatens to make landfall.