Weather reports on whatever I decide to report on.
Last year’s hurricane season was definitely one for the record books. While national focus on the affected areas has waned, cleanup still continues in many regions. Yesterday marked the last day that Puerto Ricans could apply for assistance (archive) from FEMA. In the Houston area, the Houston Chronicle reports (archive) renovations continue at the Houston […]
This hurricane season has proven to be an intense one, with several major hurricanes causing destruction across the Southeast and the Caribbean. The remnants of one hurricane, Ophelia, even caused damage in several western European countries. With names like Ophelia and Philippe, one might wonder how hurricanes get their names to begin with. The short […]
Hurricanes are categorized according to the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale, which organizes tropical cyclones with winds greater than 74 mph into categories from 1 to 5. Each category comes with a description of what damage can be expected in an area that the center of the storm passes over. Occasionally, I see talk of a […]