An interesting crowd-sourced hurricane response initiative in New York – The New York City severe weather crowd map. Built on Google Maps, the service enables the community to report issues related to storm damage and the like. Using the service, the community can report issues like downed trees and power lines, no water, property damage […]
Hurricane Irene – Estimated US population affected by storm as of 7 PM EDT Aug 27
I Just got an message and update from Marc A. Levy, Deputy Director, Center for International Earth Science Information Network and he provides me with the latest data and maps on their analysis of population being affected by Hurricane Irene – From CIESEN, Columbia University as of August 27, 7 PM EDT – CIESEN is […]
Corelogic Hurricane Irene Storm Surge Maps + KML Data
With Hurricane Irene barelling at the Eastern coastline the threat of flooding is definitely a real one. My guess is that the New York, DC, Maryland, VA, MASS area will not be hit directly by a cat 3 or 4 hurricane, however, that doesn’t mean flooding won’t be a problem… residents need to be aware […]
Hurricane Tip – Miami-Dade County Storm Surge Simulator
With Hurricane Irene approaching the Eastern US there’s much intense interest in the threat to property and life from the storm, however, people need to keep in mind that regardless of the category assigned to the storm as it approaches and prepares to make landfall the threat from storm surge is very serious… enter this […]
Tracking Hurricane Irene With Weatherbug
The WeatherBug Meteorology team at Earth Networks? is actively tracking Hurricane Irene, the Category 1 hurricane that could threaten the U.S. on Thursday or early Friday. Irene will be the first, and possibly major, hurricane threat to the U.S. mainland this season. The WeatherBug Meteorology team continues to track Hurricane Irene using weather data from […]