Hurricane Season begins June 1st. 
May 21-27 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
I've been routing around the NOAA site since my new purchase of the 'wind up weather radio' oh yes it also has a major torch and TV capability also.
I went to 'Loews' a competitor for 'Home Depot' a week ago, to get a new sprinkler timer head, since Jonathan fell on the other one and ripped it off the wall.
The thing about these Super Stores is that when you enter, you have no idea of the array of things you going to find that you needed and can just not live without.
Home Depot and Loews are the typical example of stores that fall into the 'dangerous store' category.
Other examples of 'dangerous stores' to enter are 'Best Buy', 'Office Depot', 'Wallmart' and 'Target'.
So I get the sprinkler head and spend a little time wandering around. (They say walking is the best exercise you can get, and a few trips around this store and I've covered several miles).
Thus I came back from this trip fitter and with a number of things that I would never had thought, or realized I needed had I stayed at home.
The prize gadget was of course a weather radio.
So prized, in fact, that someone took it out of my shopping trolley/Cart whilst I was looking at something else and I had to go back to the shelf the other side of the store and pick up another one.
Always a useful to have a weather radio, and given a potentialy active storm season predicted, having a device in the house that warns you of severe storms heading your way a must in Houston. (OK we already have one but it does not have a torch nor radio that works if the power goes out. Nor is it portable)...
These weather radio provides you with warnings of storms in areas not near you but that are heading your way, or as also occurs often, the reason the rain thundering down on the roof outside, is because there is a major storm outside.. Yes you don't even have to open the blinds to look the weather radio tells you.
Of course tempted with a gadget that works also by winding the thing up if you have no batteries or power, was far too tempting to miss out on, esp with the TV and standard radio capabilities on it also.
It's bright yellow which means I will not lose it, and has lots of nobs and buttons, a key criteria for a gadget.
It takes pride of place on my desk and the TV has already proved a wonderful brain drain....
Here are some facts fromt he NOAA site
"For the 2006 north Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA is predicting 13 to 16 named storms, with 8 to 10 becoming hurricanes, of which 4 to 6 could become 'major' hurricanes of Category 3 or above"

NOAA’s outlook for 2005 indicated a 70% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, a 20% chance of a near-normal season, and only a 10% chance of a below-normal season. In 2005 there were 27 tropical Storms 15 huricanes.Of those 7 were major Hurricanes which is one less that in 1950. NOAA’s 2006 outlook indicates an 80% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, a 15% chance of a near-normal season, and only a 5% chance of a below-normal season.
The predicted 2006 activity strongly reflects an expected continuation of conditions associated with the multi-decadal signal, which has favored above-normal Atlantic hurricane seasons since 1995. These conditions include considerably warmer than normal sea surface temperatures (SSTs), lower wind shear, reduced sea level pressure, and a more conducive structure of the African easterly jet. An updated Atlantic hurricane outlook is usually issued in early August, which begins the peak months (August-October) of the hurricane season
The contiguous United States experienced its warmest April ever based on records dating back to 1895, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Drier-than-average conditions and severe drought persisted across large portions of the southern and southwestern United States.
Precipitation was near average for the contiguous United States, ranking 45th wettest in the 1895-2006 record. Wetter-than-normal conditions occurred in 12 states, mostly across the western and north central United States.

May 21-27 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
I've been routing around the NOAA site since my new purchase of the 'wind up weather radio' oh yes it also has a major torch and TV capability also.
I went to 'Loews' a competitor for 'Home Depot' a week ago, to get a new sprinkler timer head, since Jonathan fell on the other one and ripped it off the wall.
The thing about these Super Stores is that when you enter, you have no idea of the array of things you going to find that you needed and can just not live without.
Home Depot and Loews are the typical example of stores that fall into the 'dangerous store' category.
Other examples of 'dangerous stores' to enter are 'Best Buy', 'Office Depot', 'Wallmart' and 'Target'.
So I get the sprinkler head and spend a little time wandering around. (They say walking is the best exercise you can get, and a few trips around this store and I've covered several miles).
Thus I came back from this trip fitter and with a number of things that I would never had thought, or realized I needed had I stayed at home.
The prize gadget was of course a weather radio.

Always a useful to have a weather radio, and given a potentialy active storm season predicted, having a device in the house that warns you of severe storms heading your way a must in Houston. (OK we already have one but it does not have a torch nor radio that works if the power goes out. Nor is it portable)...
These weather radio provides you with warnings of storms in areas not near you but that are heading your way, or as also occurs often, the reason the rain thundering down on the roof outside, is because there is a major storm outside.. Yes you don't even have to open the blinds to look the weather radio tells you.
Of course tempted with a gadget that works also by winding the thing up if you have no batteries or power, was far too tempting to miss out on, esp with the TV and standard radio capabilities on it also.
It's bright yellow which means I will not lose it, and has lots of nobs and buttons, a key criteria for a gadget.
It takes pride of place on my desk and the TV has already proved a wonderful brain drain....
Here are some facts fromt he NOAA site
"For the 2006 north Atlantic hurricane season, NOAA is predicting 13 to 16 named storms, with 8 to 10 becoming hurricanes, of which 4 to 6 could become 'major' hurricanes of Category 3 or above"

NOAA’s outlook for 2005 indicated a 70% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, a 20% chance of a near-normal season, and only a 10% chance of a below-normal season. In 2005 there were 27 tropical Storms 15 huricanes.Of those 7 were major Hurricanes which is one less that in 1950. NOAA’s 2006 outlook indicates an 80% chance of an above-normal hurricane season, a 15% chance of a near-normal season, and only a 5% chance of a below-normal season.
The predicted 2006 activity strongly reflects an expected continuation of conditions associated with the multi-decadal signal, which has favored above-normal Atlantic hurricane seasons since 1995. These conditions include considerably warmer than normal sea surface temperatures (SSTs), lower wind shear, reduced sea level pressure, and a more conducive structure of the African easterly jet. An updated Atlantic hurricane outlook is usually issued in early August, which begins the peak months (August-October) of the hurricane season
The contiguous United States experienced its warmest April ever based on records dating back to 1895, according to scientists at NOAA's National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. Drier-than-average conditions and severe drought persisted across large portions of the southern and southwestern United States.
Precipitation was near average for the contiguous United States, ranking 45th wettest in the 1895-2006 record. Wetter-than-normal conditions occurred in 12 states, mostly across the western and north central United States.
3 Comments:
I've never seen a hurricane or any other big storm. They happen more often up north in qld. I wouldn't have a clue what I'd even do if one came my way. Run around screaming probably!
So...what did your lovely wife say when you came home with that one? haha
By
M, at 2:18 PM, May 30, 2006
...ha ha wife used to it. Came home with a 17 inch flat screen flat panel computer monitor when I went out for milk the other day... :-)
By
texbrit, at 6:09 AM, May 31, 2006
hahaha, and they say that *chicks* know how to shop!!
By
M, at 1:51 PM, May 31, 2006
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