Download or read book Hurricane Bertha written by United States. National Weather Service and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hurricane Bertha was an early season Category 2 storm when it made landfall on the coast of North Carolina on July 12, 1996. Twelve deaths have been directly attributed to Bertha with United States damages estimated at $270 million. Extensive evacuations of vulnerable areas occurred in advance of Bertha, including 250,000 in North Carolina, 80,000 in South Carolina and 20,000 in Georgia. Revenue losses to the tourist industry approached $40 million. Bertha closely paralleled the southeast U.S. coast at a distance from 170 to 200 miles. This created multiple state involvement with almost all of the U.S. east coast involved with some watch or warning. The NHC's track forecast was very accurate with average forecast track errors 15 percent lower than the 10-year official track averages. Where the storm came ashore in North Carolina, watches and warnings were posted 65 hours and 47 hours before landfall, respectively, which far exceeds the NHC stated goals of 36 and 24 hours. Nevertheless, the coordination between NHC and emergency managers, regarding the issuances of watches and warnings, was frustrated by efforts to reconcile the meteorology of the event with state and local response requirements. Bertha's anticipated turn from a northwest direction to north-northwest as it approached the southeast coast was agonizingly slow. This put a great deal of pressure on the elected officials and Emergency Management Centers (EMCs) of Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina concerning what actions to take. This was also the first time the HLT had been fully deployed at the NHC. A Service Assessment Team was dispatched to the NHC as well as the impacted states to investigate these issues and to evaluate the HLT"--The Executive Summary

Download or read book Hurricane Bertha July 5 14 1996 written by Department of Commerce. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. National Weather Service and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Bertha was an early season Category 2 storm when it made landfall on the coast of North Carolina on July 12, 1996. Twelve deaths have been directly attributed to Bertha with United States damages estimated at 270 million. Extensive evacuations of vulnerable areas occurred in advance of Bertha, including 250 million in North Carolina, 80,000 in South Carolina and 20,000 in Georgia. Revenue losses to the tourist industry approached 40 million. Bertha closely paralleled the southeast U.S. coast at a distance from 170 to 200 miles. This created multiple state involvement with almost all of the U.S. east coast involved with some watch or warning. The NHC's track forecast was very accurate with average forecast track errors 15 percent lower than the 10-year official track averages.

Download or read book 1996 Atlantic Hurricane Season written by and published by PediaPress. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hurricane Bertha U S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico After Action Report written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Jacksonville District and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hurricane Gallery written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features satellite images and information about hurricanes such as Hurricane Andrew (1992) and Hurricane Bertha (1996), as well as 1995 Atlantic tropical storms, presented by the National Climatic Data Center within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

Download or read book Hurricanes Bertha and Fran Assessment written by United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency. Region IV. and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Savage Season written by Bobby Parker and published by Wilmington Star News Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hurricanes written by Paul V. Kislow and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hurricane is a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more. Hurricane winds blow in a large spiral around a relative calm centre known as the "eye." The "eye" is generally 20 to 30 miles wide, and the storm may extend outward 400 miles. As a hurricane approaches, the skies will begin to darken and winds will grow in strength. As a hurricane nears land, it can bring torrential rains, high winds, and storm surges. A single hurricane can last for more than 2 weeks over open waters and can run a path across the entire length of the eastern seaboard. August and September are peak months during the hurricane season that lasts from 1 June to 30 November. This book presents the facts and history of hurricanes.

Download or read book Hurricanes in Anguilla written by Source Wikipedia and published by Booksllc.Net. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 42. Chapters: Hurricane Baker (1950), Hurricane Bertha (1996), Hurricane Dog (1950), Hurricane Donna, Hurricane Earl (2010), Hurricane Faith, Hurricane Frederic, Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Jose (1999), Hurricane Klaus, Hurricane Luis, Hurricane Marilyn, Tropical Storm Claudette (1979). Excerpt: Hurricane Earl was a long-lived and powerful tropical cyclone which became the first major hurricane to threaten New England since Hurricane Bob in 1991. The fifth named storm of the annual hurricane season, Earl originated from a tropical wave roughly 430 mi (690 km) west of the Cape Verde Islands on August 25. Tracking nearly due west, the system attained tropical storm intensity within hours of genesis. After maintaining winds of 50 mph (85 km/h) for nearly two days, Earl began to strengthen as is neared the Lesser Antilles. The storm intensified into a hurricane on August 29 and later a major hurricane on August 30 as it brushed the Leeward Islands. A temporary weakening trend took place as Earl moved northwestward, contributed to moderate southwesterly wind shear, but intensification later resumed by September 1. Once reorganized, Earl reached its peak intensity the following day with maximum sustained winds of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a barometric pressure of 927 mbar (hPa; 27.37 inHg). Executing a gradual curve to the northeast, the hurricane slowly weakened over decreasing sea surface temperatures; the storm's center passed roughly 85 mi (140 km) east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on September 3. Accelerating northeastward, the system briefly weakened to a tropical storm before reattaining hurricane strength as it made landfall near Western Head, Nova Scotia. After traversing the peninsula, the hurricane transitioned into an extratropical cyclone and was later absorbed by a larger low pressure area on September 6, while...

Download or read book North Carolina s Hurricane History written by Jay Barnes and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the early days of European explorers to the storms of Bertha and Fran in 1996, more than 50 hurricanes are known to have struck the Tar Heel state. This text examines weather records, eyewitness accounts and newspaper reports to produce a history of this devastating weather condition.

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 1688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North Carolina s Hurricane History written by Jay Barnes and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: North Carolina's Hurricane History: Fourth Edition, Updated with a Decade of New Storms from Isabel to Sandy

Download or read book Numerical Simulations of Hurricane Bertha Using a Mesoscale Atmospheric Model written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Regional Atmospheric Model System (RAMS) has been used to simulate Hurricane Bertha as it moved toward and onto shore during the period July 10--12, 1996. Using large-scale atmospheric data from 00 UTC, 11 July (Wednesday evening) to initialize the model, a 36-hour simulation was created for a domain centered over the Atlantic Ocean east of the Florida coast near Jacksonville. The simulated onshore impact time of the hurricane was much earlier than observed (due to the use of results from the large-scale model, which predicted early arrival). However, the movement of the hurricane center (eye) as it approached the North Carolina/South Carolina coast as simulated in RAMS was quite good. Observations revealed a northerly storm track off the South Carolina coast as it moved toward land. As it approached landfall, Hurricane Bertha turned to the north-northeast, roughly paralleling the North Carolina coast before moving inland near Wilmington. Large-scale model forecasts were unable to detect this change in advance and predicted landfall near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; RAMS, however, correctly predicted the parallel coastal movement. For future hurricane activity in the southeast, RAMS is being configured to run in an operational model using input from the large-scale pressure data in hopes of providing more information on predicted hurricane movement and landfall location.

Download or read book FEMA Disaster Cost Shares written by Francis X. McCarthy and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: (1) Historical Cost-Share Thresholds: Authorities and Regulations; FEMA Cost-Share Rule; (2) Timing and Frequency of Cost-Share Adjustments; (3) Cost-Share Waivers By Program Area: Cost-Share Waivers for Public Assistance, and Hazard Mitigation; (4) Specific Cost-Shares: Mt. St. Helens; Hurricanes Hugo and Andrew; Floods of 1993; Red River Floods of 1997; (5) Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma, Dennis, and Rita; (6) Other Hurricane Katrina Cost-Shares: Section 403 Housing/Sheltering; (7) Hurricanes Gustav and Ike and Other Disasters, 2009; (8) World Trade Center -- 9/11 Cost-Share Waivers; Columbia Shuttle Response; (9) Corollary Issues -- The Politics of Disasters and the Degree of Congressional Involvement; (10) Conclusion. Illus.

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North Carolina s Ocean Fishing Piers written by Al Baird and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the sweltering summer heat to the biting winter chill, thousands of dedicated anglers flock to North Carolina's piers to cast lines into the salty depths, hoping to reel in anything from whiting and shark to the highly prized sheepshead, red drum and even the elusive king mackerel. Fishing pier enthusiast Al Baird recounts the history of these wind-worn structures, from the incredible story of the oldest pier in North Carolina to the tales of the destructive hurricanes that ripped through the Outer Banks. Discover how seaside towns have grown and changed while their piers remain the same, as Baird recounts the memories and accomplishments of the men and women who have visited and loved these slowly disappearing landmarks.

Download or read book The Ostrich Paradox written by Robert Meyer and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it? It is a must-read for everyone who cares about risk." —Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking, Fast and Slow We fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. We don't wear helmets. We fail to purchase insurance. We would rather avoid the risk of "crying wolf" than sound an alarm. Our ability to foresee and protect against natural catastrophes has never been greater; yet, we consistently fail to heed the warnings and protect ourselves and our communities, with devastating consequences. What explains this contradiction? In The Ostrich Paradox, Wharton professors Robert Meyer and Howard Kunreuther draw on years of teaching and research to explain why disaster preparedness efforts consistently fall short. Filled with heartbreaking stories of loss and resilience, the book addresses: •How people make decisions when confronted with high-consequence, low-probability events—and how these decisions can go awry •The 6 biases that lead individuals, communities, and institutions to make grave errors that cost lives •The Behavioral Risk Audit, a systematic approach for improving preparedness by recognizing these biases and designing strategies that anticipate them •Why, if we are to be better prepared for disasters, we need to learn to be more like ostriches, not less Fast-reading and critically important, The Ostrich Paradox is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand why we consistently underprepare for disasters, as well as private and public leaders, planners, and policy-makers who want to build more prepared communities.