Taking a Closer Look at the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season
As you may have noticed, we have been urging Southwest Floridians to prepare for this year’s hurricane season—which is just around the bend. We have mentioned ways to prepare yourself, your family, and your home for the potentially chaotic summer and autumn months before us, but today we are going to take a closer look at why these months are …
Back to the Basics: Hurricane Preparation the Right Way
As our countdown to June continues, we’d like to pass along as much information as we can in order to help you and your family prepare for the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. We encourage our readers to continue to seek information in order to be as informed as possible because we may not be able to cover every nuance of …
Impact Windows Can Help Prepare for Loggerhead Seat Turtle Season!
The next six months are going to bring some very well-known visitors to our Southwest Florida beaches. Not entirely sure what we’re talking about? Every year from May 1st through October 31st is the Loggerhead Sea Turtle nesting and hatchling season begins! The Loggerhead Sea Turtle nesting and hatchling season is a very important part of our beaches’ ecosystems and …
The Countdown Begins: 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season Is Almost Here
Here it is, the last month before the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season starts. With the start date looming ahead, many people are kicking into high gear and preparing for anything this June—and beyond—may bring. As we’ve mentioned before, this season has an unusually high number of predicted storms and hurricanes and many communities are taking this prediction very, very seriously. …
The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season is Around the Corner!
This year, we have been encouraging Floridians to prepare their homes and businesses for the 2013 hurricane season which is right around the corner. In fact, the start of the hurricane season for 2013 is June 1, but a hurricane or tropical storm system may not wait on the “official start” of the season to show up (like last year). …
Seismic Waves and You: Innovation on the Hurricane Prediction Front
Pop quiz time! What do CT scanners and a hurricane have in common? The answer? Seismic waves! Well, they sort of have seismic waves in common. When hurricanes make landfall, these violent storm systems actually produce tiny vibrations. Now, these vibrations along the Earth’s crust are actually picked out by seismometers which—in turn— can be used to follow the storm …
New Hurricane Forecast for the 2013 Hurricane Season
We finally have a forecast for the 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. The renown forecasting team at Colorado State University has predicted a whopping 18 tropical storms for this 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season. But that’s not all, because nine of those tropical storms are predicted to become hurricanes. In order to put those numbers and predictions in context, you have to take …
Superstorm Sandy Continues to Change the Face of Weather Prediction
After a dangerous storm system, hurricane, or other disaster it is easy to point fingers at who and what went wrong. However, in the heat of the moment no one is looking to see if someone is doing something wrong or not following protocol. So, it is when the dust settles that evacuation plans, hurricane warnings, or the other aspects …
What to Do Before the Next Hurricane Season
The 2013 hurricane season will be upon us in two months, and that means that now is the time to prepare for this year’s season. As we know, it is always best to be prepared ahead of time. Here is a short checklist of things you should considering doing before this year’s hurricane season. Add home hurricane protection to your …
Hurricanes Teach Us How to Improve Buildings
Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy have created new procedures along with teaching us how to adapt in order to survive against the devastating force of such brutal and unforgiving storm systems. We could even go as far as to say that both Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy have changed the face of home and business construction and forced us to …
