On the morning of August 13th, 2004 Orlando, FL meteorologist Tom Terry correctly predicted the change in direction of Hurricane Charley an hour before the National Hurricane Center. This prediction is one of my key memories from that day, and helped many in my area prepare for something that was previously forecasted to miss the area.

Author: extremeweatherguy
Keywords: Hurricane TomTerry News Orlando storm Charley
Added: August 13, 2006

This is footage shot at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Florida. Our crew was there to talk about how the center is forecasting the storm. Jim Robinson, Shomari Stone, and Ivan Black. This is a rough cut.

Author: therobinsons
Keywords: ernesto hurricane tv cbs news center miami florida storm
Added: August 27, 2006

Many records were broken during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season including the most hurricanes ever, the most category 5 hurricanes, and the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic as measured by atmospheric pressure. This visualization shows all 27 named storms that formed in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and examines some of the conditions that made hurricane formation so favorable. The animation begins by showing the regions of warm water that are favorable for storm development advancing northward through the peak of hurricane season and then receding as the waters cool. The thermal energy in these warm waters powers the hurricanes. Strong shearing winds in the troposphere can disrupt developing young storms, but measurements indicate that there was very little shearing wind activity in 2005 to impede storm formation. Sea surface temperatures, clouds, storm tracks, and hurricane category labels are shown as the hurricane season progresses. This visualization shows some of the actual data that NASA and NOAA satellites measured in 2005 -- data used to predict the paths and intensities of hurricanes. Satellite data play a vital role in helping us understand the land, ocean, and atmosphere systems that have such dramatic effects on our lives. NOTE: This animation shows the named storms from the 2005 hurricane season. During a re-analysis of 2005, NOAA's Tropical Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center determined that a short-lived subtropcial storm developed near the Azores Islands in late September, increasing the 2005 tropical storm count from 27 to 28. This storm was not named and is not shown in this animation. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Additional credits: Sea surface temperature Data by Remote Sensing Systems and sponsored by the NASA Earth Science REASoN DISCOVER Project and the AMSRE-E Science Team. NCEP Cloud composite courtesy of NOAA's Climate Prediction Center. Storm tracks and strenghts courtesy of NOAA's National Weather Service. Blue Marble MODIS data composite courtesy of the MODIS Science Team NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and the NASA Earth Observatory. Music created and produced by UniqueTracks. Fantasy (theme from Norma) - Vincenzo Bellini.

Author: Dreamsender
Keywords: NASA huricanes 2005 category five atlantic
Added: August 30, 2006

On the eve of Katrina Mayor Nagin comments on the capabilities of the National Guard and comments "I didn't realize when it first happened that this was so unusual ... until the gentleman at the hurricane centre reiterated the point"

Author: sillerman
Keywords: nagin katrina hurricane new orleans mayor ray united nations agenda levees 21
Added: August 30, 2006

Complete program at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=354 Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director of Columbia University's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, speaks on continuing issues for firefighters and other first responders in reacting to disasters such as 9/11. ----- Irwin Redlener talks about "Americans At Risk: Why We Are Not Prepared for Megadisasters and What We Need to Do Now." June's Homeland Security report declared the US unprepared for catastrophes. Five years after 9/11 and one year after Katrina, we continue to hit what Dr. Irwin Redlener calls the "snooze alarm": rather than treating these disasters as true wake-up calls, our government has done little to prepare our nation for natural and man-made acts that are all but inevitable. What OHS's report shows is that the government in not prepared to protect its citizens. Redlener, co-founder of The Children's Health Fund and head of Columbia's National Center for Disaster Preparedness, states that individuals must be their own first responders. Redlener details five megadisaster scenarios, underscoring our vulnerability and clarifying what will happen during every stage of an earthquake, chemical spill, nuclear terrorist attack, pandemic, and a terror attack on a school. He demonstrates that knowledge, some supplies, and a state of mental readiness can make a difference in surviving a disaster. In short, "Americans At Risk" provides a blueprint for survival. It is a call to arms from the world's leading disaster-response expert, a physician and Washington insider with extensive on-the-ground experience. Don't miss either talk or book. - Cody's Books

Author: ForaTv
Keywords: firefighters police emergency 9/11 katrina terrorism attacks earthquake hurricane security america fema fora tv fora.tv
Added: September 27, 2006

This is my Hurricane Andrew chase video. The footage was taken during Andrew's landfall on the Southeast Florida coast, at Coconut Grove, south of Miami. Though Andrew was extremely small, moving very quickly and made landfall about 15 miles to the south, my location was right at the edge of the hurricane's northern eyewall. Unfortunately the entire peak of the storm was at night, however, using a portable spotlight, I was able to capture footage throughout the entire event. Even with the challenging video conditions, Andrew's ferocity is clearly obvious in this footage. The roar of the wind is deafening, punctuated by breaking glass and other debris. Peak winds occur between 13 through 17 minutes into the video, and are sustained near 130mph with gusts to 150mph. The anemometer at the National Hurricane Center (about 2 miles west of my location) failed after recording a gust to 164mph. Based on post-analysis, Andrew is now estimated to have had sustained winds of 165mph with peak gusts near 200-215mph at landfall in South Florida, making it one of only three Category Five hurricanes ever to strike the United States.

Author: vmax135
Keywords: Hurricane Andrew Severe Weather Storms Tropical Cyclone Florida Hurricanes 1992 Extreme Wind Disaster Category Five
Added: December 9, 2006