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| October 1, 2015
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Hurricane Joaquin Now A Category 3 Hurricane!!

***Please note this a long post but contains a lot of important information***We are a bit late but it takes time to review all the information and models.
Joaquin Is Now a MAJOR hurricane with sustained winds of 115 MPH**** The Bahamas are getting battered and will continue to do so tonight. The minimum central pressure is now 951 MB.***

A dangerous storm surge of 5 to 8 feet is possible in the Bahamas tonight. 5 to 10 inches of rain are possible in the path of this storm. Swells will begin to affect portions of the SE coast of the United States.

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| September 21, 2015
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Hurricane Hugo Remembered…..1989

Exactly 26 years ago tonight, hurricane Hugo blasted through South Carolina near Charleston as a category 4 hurricane. Hugo was a classic Cape Verde storm that caused damage and destruction from the Leeward Islands all the way to the South East United States.Hurricane Hugo, 1989

The storm was born over the far eastern Atlantic just off the Cape Verde Islands on September 9, 1989. Hugo at its peak reached category 5 status but weakened slightly as it moved over the islands of of Guadeloupe and St. Croix. It was September 17 when Hugo hit these islands as a category 4 hurricane. The system passed over Puerto Rico as a slightly weaker category 3 storm.

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| September 18, 2012
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New Warning System Needed For Hurricanes

Hurricane Isaac showed us that a category 1 storm can cause tremendous damage. Most residents along the Gulf Coast thought that just because Isaac was just a category 1 storm that is was going to cause little damage to the region. What was overlooked was the dangers of the storm surge. Even though a surge was predicted, no one thought it would the amount of damage it did. The National Hurricane Center is rethinking on how future hurricane warnings will be issued. A new product may soon be introduced to include not only the tradional watches and warnings according to the Saffer-Simpson scale but also will include a seperate graphical forecast for storm surge.

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