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Tag: hurricanes
Is Freddy The Longest-Living Tropical Cyclone In Recorded History?
Cyclone Freddy Track (2023) Meow using WikiProject Tropical cyclones/Tracks/NASA/NOAA/NRL We can be a little Atlantic-centric here in the United States when it comes to hurricanes. However, they do ha...
A Fresh Reading Of Exxon’s Predictions Of Global Warming And Climate Change From 40 Years Ago.
ExxonMobil gas station in February 2022 in Houston, Texas. Getty Images An Exxon study done in 1982 focused on global warming by increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Remarkably, thirty-seven yea...
Plan To Use Weather Forecasts In 2023?
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – JANUARY 02: Buffalo Bills fans look on from snow covered seat prior to the … [+] game against the Atlanta Falcons at Highmark Stadium on January 02, 2022 in Orchar...
Are You Guilty Of ‘Anchoring’ When Using Weather Forecasts?
GULF OF MEXICO – SEPTEMBER 28: In this NOAA handout image taken by the GOES satellite at 13:26 UTC, … [+] Hurricane Ian moves toward Florida on September 28, 2022 in the Gulf of Mexico. Th...
Could Wind Turbines Be A Secret Weapon Against Hurricanes? Today’s Fantasy May Be Tomorrow’s Reality
Offshore wind turbines could have unexpected benefits in that they help to tame hurricanes. getty Anna Broughel of the Clean Energy Leadership Institute and Johns Hopkins University co-authored this a...
Unrealistic Expectations Cause False Narratives About Weather Forecasts
MIAMI – AUGUST 08: Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center, speaks during a news … [+] conference to announce NOAA’s updated 2006 Atlantic Hurricane season forecast A...
Binance Takeover of FTX Is a Huge Red Flag for Crypto
One of the most dangerous moments in any hurricane is when the eye passes. Gale winds give way to calm, tempting those hunkering down to come out and assess the damage only to find that more of the st...
Two Atlantic Hurricanes Form Wednesday In Rare November Tropical Burst
Topline Not one, but two hurricanes formed in the Atlantic basin over the course of a few hours Wednesday morning, a rarity at any point in the year but especially toward the end of the hurricane seas...
In Hurricane Ian’s Wake, Insurers and Homeowners Gear Up for Coverage Fights
Litigation is looming for home insurers in Florida as cash-strapped, underinsured homeowners—paired with an aggressive plaintiffs’ bar—are expected to turn to the court system to try to force payments...
Joe Biden vows support for Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Fiona recovery
President Joe Biden offered his unwavering support for Puerto Rico’s recovery from Hurricane Fiona, even as Florida reels from Hurricane Ian. “We are not leaving here, as long as I’m...
If Hurricane Ian destroyed your home, take these critical first steps for disaster relief and insurance
The full financial and human price of Hurricane Ian’s destruction is still unknown, days after it lashed Florida, and now with the Carolinas fresh off its wrath. But even with the immediate search-and...
Search and rescue efforts underway in Florida after ‘catastrophic’ hurricane
An aerial picture taken on September 30, 2022 shows the only access to the Matlacha neighborhood destroyed in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida. Ricardo Arduengo | AFP | Getty Imag...
Flood Insurance Fell in Florida Before Hurricane Ian Struck
SANFORD, Fla.—Florida homeowners had reduced their flood insurance coverage in the years before Hurricane Ian dumped up to 15 inches of rain on the state, inundating coastal and inland areas. Only a s...
Photos show the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Ian
An aerial picture taken on September 29, 2022 shows a flooded neighborhood in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian in Fort Myers, Florida. Ricardo Arduengo | AFP | Getty Images Hurricane Ian slammed into so...
Hurricane Ian makes landfall near Sanibel, Captiva Islands, Florida
Hurricane Ian made landfall over the west coast of Florida as a category 4 storm on Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm greatly intensified as it neared land, re...
Hurricane Season Is Suddenly Alive
5-day tropical weather outlook NOAA I suppose Mother Nature decided that she did not want to be upstaged by NASA sending a very large rocket to the Moon. Like many science-attentive folks, my attentio...
Climate change is making some homes too costly to insure
Firefighters pull up to a burning house during the Kincade fire in Healdsburg, California, on Oct. 27, 2019. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty Images As climate change threatens the U.S. with more natural di...
What’s Wrong With The 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season?
It is the Atlantic hurricane season, and all of the seasonal projection experts said the same thing. It’s going to be another above-average season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ...
Disaster-relief ETF launches in time for hurricane season
The Atlantic hurricane season is in full swing, and a new exchange-traded fund that focuses on disaster recovery has launched just in time for it. The first-of-its-kind Procure Disaster Recovery Strat...
The First TROPICS Launch Failed
I have been quietly excited about today. The TROPICS-1 Cubesat mission was set to launch this weekend. This is a mission that was leveraging the cost and flexibility of small cubesats to provide nearl...
Ahead of summer storms, check homeowners policy for weather coverage
Win McNamee | Getty Images As spring warmth takes hold, homeowners may want to make sure they’re prepared for the severe weather that will likely soon follow. That preparation should include che...
Trump Reportedly Asked Advisors Whether China Was Shooting Hurricanes At The U.S.
Topline Former President Donald Trump repeatedly asked national security officials about whether China had produced technology to spawn hurricanes and fire them at the United States during his first y...
Climate Change Made Hurricanes More Intense During Record-Breaking 2020 Season, Study Says
Topline Man-made climate change has caused hurricanes and tropical storms to drop more rain, according to an article published Tuesday by Nature Communications that analyzed data from the record-break...
Opinion: Florida’s insurance rates have almost doubled over five years, yet insurance companies are still losing money — and the reason is more insidious than hurricanes
Hurricane risk might seem like the obvious problem, but there is a more insidious driver in this financial train wreck. Finance professor Shahid Hamid, who directs the Laboratory for Insurance at Flor...