Watching Hurricane Rafael this week as it moves north

| November 6, 2024

Keeping an eye on late season tropical storm, now upgraded to Hurricane Rafael this week, although it doesn’t look overly threatening … besides some wind and lot of rain. Let’s hope it remains in the Gulf of Mexico and doesn’t get any stronger?

Watching as Hurricane Helene aims for Florida’s Big Bend

| September 26, 2024

Hurricane Helene (2024) looks to be big enough to pack a massive punch. Hopefully all in the  low-lying area of Florida’s big bend and gulf coast area are evacuating.  From my perspective, my daughter and her family are on a Disney Cruise and will stay at sea at least 12 hours longer as they wait […]

What are the chances a Hurricane returns?

| August 21, 2018

Every state, city and location along the Gulf and Atlantic coast is vunerable to tropical weather this time of year, especially in late summer. Here are a couple of maps highlighting the number of years between hurricanes (winds 74 and higher above) and major hurricanes (winds 111 and higher below). Neither is that comforting. Every […]

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