Hurricanes Have A Mind Of Their Own!

Hurricanes Have A Mind Of Their Own!

Often we associate hurricanes with the tropical weather of say Florida or the tropical islands. I personally don’t think that hurricanes will be a MAJOR threat to the New England area. As we have learned over the years, hurricanes can go where there is warm water and certain types of wind conditions.

Frankly no matter where we live either on the shores of Key West Fl or up in New England we all need to be aware of weather conditions as well as to be prepared personally.

Imagine if a hurricane like that happened today? Those in New England prepared for a blizzard would be much more prepared for an unusual occurrence of a hurricane. They would have the extra fuel to run generators, extra water and food as well as medications and emergency communication methods that are necessary no mater what kind of disaster there is.

QUESTION FOR TODAY:

How would YOU today right now respond to a rare hurricane or other form of disaster in your area? Are YOU prepared or do you think it will NEVER happen to you?

With global warming disasters in all parts of the country and world are impossible.

Richard Koeneman writes a good summary on this occuarece that took place 69 years ago today!

Remembering a rare New England hurricane

--By Richard Koeneman, WGN Weather Center Meteorologist

http://blogs.trb.com/news/weather/weblog/wgnweather/2007/09/remembering_a_rare_new_england.html

On today’s date, the “Great New England Hurricane of 1938” smashed without warning across a portion of the nation that rarely experiences such storms: New England. The tropical cyclone grazed Cape Hatteras, N.C., about 3 a.m. on Sept. 21 and, from there, Weather Bureau forecasters believed the hurricane was headed northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, as such storms typically do. This was in the days before aircraft reconnaissance, weather radar or satellite surveillance. Unrealized by the forecasters, the hurricane instead accelerated north at 50-60 m.p.h.—the highest forward speed a hurricane has ever attained—and blasted with Category 3 intensity (winds 111-130 m.p.h.) across Long Island, N.Y., and into Rhode Island and surrounding areas by early afternoon. The sun had been shining only two hours earlier. Winds and storm surge claimed nearly 600 lives, and left New England in a shambles.

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Terrie

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Dr. Terrie Modesto, Critical Incident Thanatologist

She is an international expert in dying, death, loss and critical incident individual and community disaster preparation and response, with over 60 courses, books and training manuals to her credit. She has 20+ years experience in assisting those in need. Dr. Modesto is available for consultations, lectures media interviews.

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