ScienceDaily (June 7, 2010) — Rima Taher, an expert in the design of low-rise buildings for extreme winds and hurricane, hopes her phone won’t ring much this hurricane season. It’s already been busy with requests for information about best building design and construction practices to reduce wind pressures on building surfaces. Read the remainder of Building to Withstand Hurricanes.
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Sunday, June 13th, 2010
2010 Hurricane Season Summary
Tuesday, June 1st, 20102010 Hurricane Season Summary
The Atlantic basin sits still and quiet for now, but come June 1st the warm waters will start to wake up and go into full cylcle.
The Storm Names for 2010 are as follows:
Alex, Bonnie, Colin, Danielle, Earl, Fiona, Gaston, Hermine, Igor, Julia, Karl, Lisa, Matthew, Nicole, Otto, Paula, Richard, Shary, Tomas, Virginie, Walter.
Prepare today and visit our WeAreSafeAndSound.com Facebook page, or get more information at 2010 Hurricane Season.
2010 Hurricane Season Starts Today, June 1st
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010Today marks the first day of the 2010 Hurricane Season, and what a 2010 Hurricane Forecast that has been made. In preparation, we’ve started a facebook fan page to stay up to date with the latest tips, storm names, vital support information, and overall preparedness materials (see or click image below to visit page). Remember, don’t the roll the dice on a Hurricane being a near miss… Prepare Now!
Homemade: Low-Budget Disaster Supply Kit.
Thursday, May 20th, 2010So you don’t have time or don’t know where to begin in creating a homemade low-budget disaster supply kit for you and your family to survive on for at least 72 hours? Well, it doesn’t have to take that much time or cost that much money. Most of the products you are sitting around your home or can be found a garage sale or shelter for a little bit of nothing. To help you put together your kit, follow the checklist below and you’ll be set for the first 72 hours:
- Water – at least a five to seven day supply, basically one gallon per person per day as a rule of thumb.
- Food – at least a five to seven day supply of nonperishable/canned food.
- For both food and water, be sure to change out stored items every 6 months or you’ll end up with a less than tasty surprise when you’re needing them the most.
- First Aid Kit – ointments, band-aides,wraps, scissors, rubbing alcohol.
- Flashlight with extra batteries or a solar light; you may be able to find a crank-style light too, all the better if you do!
- Solar, battery or crank-style radio.
- Medications and special items needed to survive or maintain stable health.
- Tools and supplies
- Sanitation (toilet paper, personal hygiene items, etc.)
- Change of clothes and bedding
- Cash — important as ATM’s could be down due to no power!
- Food, water, shelter/crates/kennels/trailers and meds for your pets/livestock.
What if a hurricane were to slam into the oil slick?
Tuesday, May 18th, 2010While the oil leak disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is bad enough, many people have been wondering what could happen if a hurricane were to slam into the region. AccuWeather.com hurricane expert Joe Bastardi is concerned but multiple threats from storms throughout the season in the Gulf of Mexico. Bastardi attributes heat rising over the tropical Atlantic to a collapsing El Niño pattern in the Pacific. In turn, the rising warm, moist air over the tropical Atlantic is forecast to unleash a top-10 hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin. With 16 to 18 tropical storms and/or hurricanes expected, a significant number of these are bound to make their way into the Gulf of Mexico. Bastardi expects a little more than 1 out of 3 tropical storms and/or hurricanes to impact U.S. coastal waters this season. The hurricane seasons of 1998, 2005 and 2008 had similarities to the expected pattern this season. Some locations could be hit by…
Read the remainder of a Hurricane Slamming Into The Oil Slick.
