Sentences with phrase «advance of a hurricane»

Last year, FEMA contracted us to evacuate 10,000 Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina residents in advance of Hurricane Matthew.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — People in parts of three Florida counties faced mandatory evacuation orders Thursday and officials in two other counties issued voluntary orders to leave in advance of Hurricane Irma, a storm that could create one of the largest mass exoduses in U.S. history as additional evacuations are announced.

In advance of the hurricane, all police personnel had moved to the new Cocoa Beach Fire Department building nearby to work.

From failing to protect residents in advance of Hurricane Sandy to toxic molds to turning on the heat only if it gets to 25 degrees, NYCHA is failing its residents.

Residents and business owners are taking precautions in advance of Hurricane Irene.

He said his plan would pre-screen and select contractors in advance of hurricane season, eliminating confusion and controversy.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and in advance of Hurricane Irma's landfall, Michael E. Mann, Susan J. Hassol, and Thomas C. Peterson published articles in The Washington Post and Scientific American in Sept. 2017 on the connections between climate... Continue reading →

Though publishing company offices were closed throughout New York in advance of Hurricane Sandy, Riverhead Books, a division of Penguin, managed to spread the word this morning that Hosseini's next novel, And the Mountains Echo, will be published on May 21.

It's estimated that thousands of people refused to evacuate New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina for one reason: they weren't willing to leave their dogs or cats behind.

In advance of hurricane season, which begins on June 1, here are some lifesaving tips to share with the pet owners in your community.

Or that the reason why dozens of people didn't evacuate their homes in advance of Hurricane Katrina was because they weren't allowed to bring their pets — the relief organizations hadn't thought to make accommodations, and since there was no room for animals at the shelters, pets weren't allowed to accompany their owners.

Yet it also has all kinds of watertight submarine doors and seals in advance of another Hurricane Sandy and the overall rise in sea levels.

After Katrina hit New Orleans, the evacuation from Houston several days later in advance of Hurricane Rita was unprecedented, far greater than expected by emergency planners.

A man scours the shoreline with a metal detector at Lake Worth beach Saturday morning, September 9, 2017 in advance of Hurricane Irma.

Visitors to Lake Worth beach take photos shortly after sunrise Saturday, September 9, 2017 in advance of Hurricane Irma.

A woman carries a large jug of water on her head in Lantana Saturday morning, September 9, 2017 in advance of Hurricane Irma.

Windows at The Sugar Monkey in Lake Worth are covered in plywood reading «Go away Irma» and «We have cakes to make» in advance of Hurricane Irma Saturday, September 9, 2017.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Morgan Brennan, reports insurers are using advanced technology to monitor and assess damage left in the wake of hurricanes and powerful tropical storms.

Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello urged the 3.4 million residents of the U.S. territory to seek refuge in one of 460 hurricane shelters in advance of the storm and later ordered police and National Guard troops to begin evacuations of flood - prone areas in the north and east of the island.

Contrary to popular opinion, the drying of waterlogged devices can lead to further damage, Sanfilippo pointed out as part of a series of comprehensive strategies to prepare both in advance of Irma and after the hurricane passed over the state.

When Hurricane Irma was advancing toward Florida in early September, weather officials were looking at a very scary scenario: an extremely powerful Category 4 or 5 storm hitting with 150 mph winds, flooding rains, and up to 15 feet of storm surge for coastal cities like Miami and Tampa.

Right after Hurricane Irma, I flew down to St. Thomas as part of the advance team for All Hands Volunteers to help set up their disaster response relief effort.

Science and technology: advance warning of the hurricane, emergency plans, improved building codes.

The Mayor's Fund to Advance New York City, of which she is chairwoman, and the Hispanic Federation are providing $ 200,000 to bolster mental health services in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria.

2010: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration adds 12 hours of lead time for its hurricane storm watches and warnings, now 48 and 36 hours in advance, respectively.

Recent advances have improved NOAA's intensity forecasts by 20 percent, but there are so many variables influencing the developing of a hurricane — from the energy they draw from the oceans to their interactions with the surrounding environment and their dynamic inner cores — that storms like Matthew befuddle many experts.

Another hurricane - moderating hypothesis, this one advanced by Daniel Rosenfeld of Hebrew University of Jerusalem and William Woodley, an independent weather - modification researcher based in Colorado, holds that seeding a hurricane's lower reaches with microscopic dust particles — perhaps microbits of salt — would generate minute water droplets by giving the vapor something to attach to.

The new 2.0 - liter Hurricane turbo - four is one of the newest and most technologically advanced engines on the market.

Accustomed to being on the frontlines of breaking news such as Hurricane Katrina and the Washington area sniper shootings, Yolanda's Motor News segments tracks auto industry news, focusing on crash tests, safety ratings, new advances in technology and the latest from auto shows around the world.

If you live in an area prone to hurricanes, your landlord may board up windows in advance of a large windstorm.

If you remain home in the event of a hurricane bring pets indoors well in advance of the storm - reassure them often and remain calm.

Travel waivers, which let customers switch to a different flight with no added fee in advance of events like Hurricane Harvey, helped minimize the number of people stranded in Houston or in need of last - minute rebooking, Hobart said.

Following is the list of shelters provided by the county in advance of the 2004 hurricane season.

Obviously, flights in California were not covered by the Gulf Coast hurricane weather waiver, but a quick direct message to Delta where we explained that he needed to ditch that flight in order to get home to Houston in advance of the storm was met with understanding.

-- Monday, August 28, 2 p.m.: A spokesperson for the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston said in an email that «thanks to the advance preparations of our Hurricane Planning Group — from sandbagging and floodgates to emergency pumps — the storm's impact has been greatly mitigated so far.

When the New York Times spreads headlines over «more costly hurricanes» as evidence of «global warming; whrere is the sane voice that scolds them for advancing such preposterous sylogisms.

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The nation is once again assessing how best to stimulate the deployment of advanced energy technologies in response to recent high energy prices — caused by the growing world demand for energy, wars in the Middle East, and last year's hurricanes — and concerns about the adverse environmental effects, particularly greenhouse gas emissions, of using conventional fossil energy.

Imagine knowing how your city or state will cope with drier and warmer conditions over the next 30 years; imagine getting a tornado warning an hour in advance providing an opportunity to get your family properly sheltered; imagine being able to evacuate only those coastal residents that will be directly impacted by a hurricane and not unnecessarily clearing hundreds of miles of the coast; imagine being able to tell a fire incident manager where the fire front will be in 6 hrs; imagine airline routing system that knows where a squall line will be in 12 hrs and the resulting efficiency in airport acceptance rates; or imagine air quality predictions that would allow the time for special precautions to be taken for those at risk.

One of the great improvements of hurricane science has been the dramatic advances in hurricane detection technology since the early 20th century.

For example, the massive evacuations ahead of 1999's Hurricane Floyd that menaced the East Coast, and another huge evacuation in advance of 2005's Hurricane Rita, cost hundreds of millions of dollars alone.

However, due to budgetary restrictions, NOAA can not fly their two P - 3 aircraft (nicknamed «Kermit» and «Miss Piggy») into every storm, and the Air Force C - 130 planes that do the majority of hurricane reconnaissance lack the same type of advanced radar technology.

Over the past 20 years, significant advances have been made in the science of hurricane track forecasting.

Economic Benefits The development of an advanced biofuel industry will help rebuild the local and regional economies devastated as a result of hurricanes Katrina and Rita by providing: (1) increased value to the feedstock crops which will benefit local farmers and provide more revenue to the local community; (2) increased investments in plants and equipment which will stimulate the local economy by providing construction jobs initially and the chance for full - time employment after the plant is completed; (3) secondary employment as associated industries develop due to plant co-products becoming available at a competitive price; and (4) increased local and state revenues collected from plant operations will stimulate local and state tax revenues and provide funds for improvements to the community and to the region.

Because of the intense media interest surrounding the first paper and the continued fascination with the topic of hurricanes and global warming, in advance of the embargo journalists sent the paper to over a hundred scientists, statisticians and mathematicians, conducting a far more rigorous peer review than the journal did.

We have a decent grasp of forecasting tropical storm and hurricane paths a few days in advance.

Now, imagine an advanced monitoring system capable of analyzing these far - away storms in detail, coupled to a near - perfect model covering fully the whole life cycle of a tropical storm that will be transformed into a hurricane.

Further investigation with more advanced models is needed for more confident projections of future hurricane activity in a warming climate.

The precise details of Hurricane Sandy can not be predicted in advance, any more than when, or whether, a smoker develops lung cancer, or sex without contraception yields an unwanted pregnancy, or a drunk driver has an accident.

Finally, EJN fail to acknowledge previous studies that advance the same thesis - that there are multidecadal shifts of Atlantic major hurricanes and that there has been a return of the active regime in recent years.