Hurricane Almanac 2006: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and FutureBryan Norcross's pioneering and courageous TV coverage of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 helped thousands of people in Florida cope with the killer storm. With hurricanes back in the headlines and destined to stay there, one of America's leading experts offers a unique almanac compiling hundreds of nuggets of fascinating, useful, and potentially life-saving information. Bryan Norcross's Hurricane Almanac 2006 reviews the catastrophic season of 2005, including Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, looks forward to hurricane seasons to come, highlights the fascinating history of hurricanes interacting with civilization, and details our rapidly increasingly ability -- but still with limitations -- to predict the severity and paths of storms. Key sections offer checklists of items needed to make homes, businesses, and people safe during storms, and where to find the best information before and during a storm and how to best interpret it. Bryan will also include a provocative chapter entitled: What I'd do better: ideas for a better hurricane system. |
Contents
1 Hurricanes Today | 1 |
2 Hurricane History | 25 |
3 Hurricane Science | 55 |
4 The National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service Bulletins | 87 |
5 Living Successfully in the Hurricane Zone | 125 |
6 Right Before the Storm | 201 |
7 During the Storm | 211 |
8 After the Storm | 215 |
9 How Id Do It Better | 225 |
10 Preparation Checklists | 247 |
11 Hurricane Shopping Lists | 263 |
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Hurricane Almanac 2006: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future Bryan Norcross No preview available - 2006 |
Hurricane Almanac 2006: The Essential Guide to Storms Past, Present, and Future Bryan Norcross No preview available - 2012 |
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