Greetings to all and thanks for visiting. The big weather story this week is Hurricane Milton with made landfall as a Category 3 storm on the western Florida peninsula. With several weeks left in this years Atlantic hurricane season, I’ve plenty of hurricane preparedness information for you. Along with the latest US Drought Monitor update there are several good reads, so let’s get started.
- Let’s start with a fascinating read on Saturn and an incredible recent discovery.
- Misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories go hand in hand. If the long term ramifications from this sophomoric nonsense weren’t so substantial, it could easily be written off as a delusional fairy tale.
- While on the topic of misinformation, here’s another read on how weather events like hurricane fuel fires that do nothing but harm.
- How do people communicate after a hurricane? Here’s a good read on how some folks are coping when the normal means of communication are totally wiped out.
- Communication is not the only thing that a hurricane can affect the population in the storm’s path. This is an encouraging read on how a hospital coped with a lack of water supply in the wake of Hurricane Milton.
- Hurricane Milton was not only the second hurricane to impact Florida in a two week period, but, as meteorological data goes, it set some records.
- In spite of Helene and Milton, the Atlantic hurricane season is far from over.
- Here’s the latest update on the US Drought Monitor. With areas affected by hurricanes Helene and Milton, drought conditions continue to worsen across much of the contiguous USA Of note are extreme drought conditions from Montana, Wyoming, Oklahoma and exceptional conditions in parts of Ohio, West Virginia, and Texas. The latest fire weather outlooks can be found at the Storm Prediction Center website where they are updated daily.
HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS
- Here’s a good primer to get you started on preparedness. It’s never too early to prepare for the storm you hope never happens!
- Here’s another comprehensive site that covers a myriad of topics that will be of interest to anyone living in an area prone to hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
- This is another good preparedness link that covers hurricanes, health concerns, and other natural disaster emergencies.
That’s a wrap for this week! Thanks for stopping by! See you next Saturday!
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