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The Legacy of Sandy

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

The areas hit by Hurricane Sandy have mostly been rebuilt, but there is one dangerous problem still lurking there: MOLD. It's erupting in...

It's not just cleaning up the mess they leave behind, it's the fact that by blowing away houses, they diminish the tax base that supports local schools.

In the January 25th edition of the New York Times, Alison Leigh Cowan writes: "(Superstorm Sandy)damaged tens of billions of dollars' worth of real estate, especially in coastal...

Sandy Wasn't the End--More Hurricanes and Tornadoes

Thursday, December 6, 2012

After Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast of the US recently, everyone wondered what climate change would bring us next. The...

8 to 10 Million Experience Sandy-Related Power Failures

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Hurricane Sandy is weakening and moving faster than anticipated. A computer model developed by an engineer at The Johns Hopkins University is now predicting fewer power outages than initially expected. Seth Guikema is predicting that an overall cumulative total of 8...

Seafood Saved Them

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The ocean off the coast of New York once had a bivalve population of TRILLIONS that once protected the area from storm surges stabilized the shoreline from Washington to Boston.

The best place for oysters is in the margin between saltwater and...

8 to 10 Million to Experience Sandy-Related Power Failures

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

UPDATE: Nuclear Plants on Alert, 6.5 Million without Power

Monday, October 29, 2012

6.5 million people in the Northeast US are without power, including all of Manhattan below 39th Street. Nuclear power plants in the region are on alert because of the danger that they may lose outside power supplies, or their water exchange systems may be flooded. The power plants rely on diesel generators for backup power. Outside power is...

UPDATE: Northeast Prepares for Sandy as Tsumami Heads for Hawaii

Saturday, October 27, 2012

A tsunami warning has been issued for Hawaii, and the warnings for US and Canadian coastal areas have been called off. Four to Seven foot wayve area expected to reach the Hawaii's north facing beaches today. The warning has been issued after a 7.1 earthquake struck an island off the coast of Canada.

At the same time, the northeastern...

Here's an Irony: Cleaning the Air Causes More Hurricanes

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Who would have believed it? Cleaning up pollution may lead to more hurricanes!

We're not sure how this might effect tornadoes, but recent research suggests that cleaning up air pollution from factories in North America and Europe could have...

Pollution May Cause Hurricanes

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Pollution affects the ocean in many different ways. One of these is that it causes hurricanes. A recent increase in the intensity of tropical cyclones in the Arabian Sea may be a side effect of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent.

Traditionally,...

Record Storm Pummels US, Gigantic Cyclone Aims for Australia

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

First it was drought, then it was massive floods--now Australia faces a hurricane that is estimated to be twice the size of hurricane...

Watch That Wind

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Summer is hurricane season, which seems far away right now. But it never hurts to be prepared, because hurricanes do more than devastate the landscape--they're bad for pregnant women and their unborn children as...

How to Predict Hurricanes

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

There seem to be more destructive hurricanes every year. Atlantic hurricane activity gets stronger and weaker over a cycle of several decades, and we've been in the active part of that cycle for the last 15 years. Scientists now say they have found a way to forecast hurricanes in the Atlantic--not just for the upcoming year, but for several years...

How Hurricanes Get Big

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

What creates a Katrina? - Hurricane season is starting up again, and scientists are launching a major field project next month in the tropical Atlantic Ocean to solve a central mystery of hurricanes: Why do certain clusters of tropical thunderstorms grow into the often-deadly storms while many others dissipate? The results...

Record Number of Hurricanes Predicted

Monday, June 7, 2010

How will this affect the oil spill? - If we know what's coming, we can be prepared: A group of Florida scientists who have developed a computer model for predicting hurricanes with unprecedented accuracy are forecasting an unusually active season coming our way this year.

Why Hurricanes Don't Hit CA

Monday, September 28, 2009

It's well known that when hurricanes hit land, there's a risk that tornadoes may form in the area. Tornadoes that occur from hurricanes moving inland from the Gulf Coast are increasing in frequency, reflecting an increase in size and frequency among large hurricanes that make landfall from the Gulf of Mexico. We hear news about hurricanes...

Strong Storms Hit US as Bill Becomes 'Extremely Dangerous'

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Don't say we didn't warn you: Powerful storms crossed the central and northeastern US as Hurricane Bill became an 'extremely dangerous' storm in the South Atlantic. So far this year, the US tornado season has been relatively mild, but it threatened to increase in intensity today as powerful storms struck from Colorado to New York.New York's...

More Hurricanes Coming

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Here's why - Hurricanes in the Atlantic are now more frequent than at any time in the last thousand years. The frequency of intense hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean over the last 1,500 years has been closely linked to long-term changes in the El Nino and global warming, both of which affect sea surface temperature.

New Kind of Hurricane This Season

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Thanks to new kind of El Nino - El Nino years typically result in fewer hurricanes forming in the Atlantic Ocean. But a new study suggests that the form of El Nino may be changing potentially causing not only a greater number of hurricanes than in average years, but also a greater chance of hurricanes making landfall.

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Global Warming Link to Hurricanes Confirmed

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

and why Gustav wasn't as bad as Katrina - The theory that global warming may be contributing to stronger hurricanes in the Atlantic over the past 30 years is bolstered by a new study.

Using global satellite data, researchers James B. Elsner, James P. Kossin and Thomas H. Jagger found that the strongest tropical cyclones...

Global Warming Means Fewer Hurricanes

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

?but that ones that DO occur will be more powerful - A surprising study shows that in the future, when the world is warmer, there will be fewer hurricanes like the terrible cyclone that devastated Myanmar?NOT more. This is because earth is heating up with such unexpected speed that the heat is reaching the stratosphere far...

Hurricanes Coming Back, Big Time

Friday, April 11, 2008

Hurricane season is returning soon, and researchers at the University of Colorado have predicted that there will be four major hurricanes this season. The predictions do not suggest where they might make landfall, but it is expected to be an intense season because of the effect of Pacific cooling caused by the active La Nina formation in the...

Do Hurricanes Cause Tornadoes?

Monday, August 20, 2007

Devastating Hurricane Dean, which tore through Jamaica and the Carribean, is now heading for the Yucatan in Mexico. It may be upgraded to a Category 5, with winds of 155 mph or more. New research shows that hurricanes that hit islands and coastal areas can also lead to tornadoes that strike inland, such as the strange tornado that recently...

Huge Typhoon Hit Philippines

Monday, October 30, 2006

UPDATE - Supertyphoon Cimaron, called "Paeng" in the Philippines,with sustained winds of 120 mph struck the island ofLuzon on Sunday. The Philippines are struck by 20 Typhoons ayear, but Cimaron was the most powerful storm to hit the areasince 1998. The Philippines is the new home of Coast to Coast radio host Art Bell who co-...

Can We Really Move the Mississippi?

Friday, September 22, 2006

It's an emergency situation, so we have to try. The Mississippi is eating away at the eating away at the coastline of Louisiana, making it even more vulnerable to future hurricanes. The amount of land being lost is huge and it's happening FAST.

In the Independent, Andrew Gumbel writes that the delta region is losing land "at the rate of...

Storms Stalk the World

Saturday, September 2, 2006

Three major storms are now active around the planet, andmore are developing. Tropical Storm Ernesto has causedflooding along the US eastern seaboard, Hurricane John isstriking Baja California, and Supertyphoon Ioke hascompletely inundated Wake Island with forty foot waves,after the entire population of 200 US Air Force personnelwere evacuated....

Katrina: The REAL Aftermath

Wednesday, August 30, 2006

A team of engineers who have studied the failure of the 17th Street canal levee in New Orleans say they have found a cost-effective and efficient way to prevent future flooding. And psychologists in New Orleans says there is widespread mental illness, caused by trauma, among New Orleans residents. A problem that has been entirely ignored by the...

Ernesto Heads for Florida

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Ernesto became the first hurricane of the season as itssustained winds exceeded 70 MPH on Sunday. However, thestorm also appeared to be tracking farther east, which meansthat it will spend most of its life above a mix of land andwater and not enter the central Gulf of Mexico.

The National Hurricane Center expects Ernesto to move up...

Tropical Depression May Become Gulf Hurricane

Friday, August 25, 2006

The National Weather Service has announced that TropicalDepression Five now circulating in the Lesser Antilles withsurface winds of 35 miles an hour is likely to become ahurricane over the weekend and is headed toward the Gulf ofMexico.

Because Gulf waters remain abnormally warm, the entrance ofany organized storm into the Gulf is...

Good Hurricane News

Monday, August 7, 2006

Atlantic Ocean surface temperatures are not as high asexpected this hurricane season, and forecasters have reducedthe probable number of Atlantic hurricanes from nine to six.The probability of an intense hurricane making landfall inthe US this year is 73%. Normally, this is 52%. The EastCoast is more likely than the Gulf Coast to be struck,...

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