ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The tough task of guessing what hurricane season will look like could be even more difficult this year for forecasters, who won't be able to rely on the relatively predictable forces known as El Nio and La Nia. So far, the National Hurricane Center in Miami is predicting that the season that begins today will be busier than normal, with as many as 18 named tropical storms, three to six of them major hurricanes. The season runs through Nov. 30.
Many of the men and women of the federal government's Senior Executive Service pursue careers and record accomplishments every bit as worthy of attention. They are, in fact, honored in the circle of their peers when the president each year announces his picks to receive the Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Executives and Professionals. In this round, winners are celebrated for many contributions to national security, improving the environment, extending the reach of health services to the poor, overseeing development of highly complex computer systems, improving and safeguarding Americans' diets, exploring the Earth's polar regions, improving hurricane forecasting, and much more.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NOAA made a monkey out of Dr. James Hansimian, The National Center for Public Policy Research's trained hurricane-forecasting chimp, by producing a more accurate hurricane forecast for 2010. Today marks the official end of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season. While it is still possible that National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's forecast will be wrong, as hurricanes sometimes occur outside the official season, one thing is certain: NOAA did better than our trained chimp.
During National Hurricane Preparedness Week, I urge individuals, families, communities, and businesses to take time to plan for the storm season before it begins. While hurricane forecasting has improved, storms may still develop with little warning. For Americans in hurricane-threatened areas, knowledge and preparation are pivotal to ensure emergency readiness and responsiveness.
In a panel discussion, several experts in hurricane, earthquake and terrorism risk discussed the outlook for 2010 and associated insurance exposures. Laurie Johnson, senior science adviser, Lexington Insurance Co, said that when they think of earthquakes, they think of California. They think of events like the great 1906 earthquake and fire. But it's important to realize that they could have damaging earthquakes in many parts of the country. Roger Pielke Jr, professor, University of Colorado's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, said also that if you look at the track record of forecasts, of hurricane behavior inside of a season, there is some forecasting skill potential, such as related to El Nino. Brian Finlay, senior associate and director, Henry L Stimson Center, adde...
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Analysts are forecasting weaker back-to-school sales for retailers as a result of Hurricane Irene, and are predicting that the storm's impact could still be felt months from now, if consumers are forced to shift spending away from holiday gifts and into home repairs. National chains report their August sales Thursday, and analysts are estimating results will be somewhere between half a percentage point to two percentage points below previous expectations because of the storm, according to Ken Perkins, president of Retail Metrics Inc., which tracks monthly sales results. Retail Metrics is predicting sales increases of 5 percent compared with August 2010.
NORMAN, Okla., June 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., a global leader in providing state-of-the- science weather detection, alerting, and forecasting systems, today announced hurricane emergency alerting on the iMapWeather Radio App for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. With the 2011 hurricane season officially under way, iMapWeather Radio can be a vital tool in hurricane preparedness; providing targeted alerts of impending danger right on a user's mobile device. Meteorologists are saying this year's hurricane season could be very dangerous," said Mike Eilts, President and CEO of WDT. "It is important for families to be as prepared as possible to combat the severe weather associated with hurricane landfall, and with the iMapWeather Radio app, they are getting ...
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