Resources

HURRICANE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON INTERNET

• “Surviving A Disaster” (a 40 page .pdf file –large download)

• Hurricane Preparedness Planning -- Harris Co. Texas (.pdf file--18 pages) (A Workbook for Businesses on Preparing for the Worst)

• Hurricane Safety and Storm Damage Insurance Checklist (what to do after the hurricane)

• Protect Your Business! -- Paso County, Florida

• Get Ready for Emergencies: Developing Your Disaster Plan (.pdf)

  • Part 1
  • Part 2

• American Red Cross Hurricane Preparedness and Safety Tips

• Current Atlantic Tropical Cyclones 2005

• Current NE Pacific Tropical Cyclones 2005

• National Hurricane Center/Tropical Prediction Center

  • Main web site
  • Galveston/Houston

• National Data Buoy Center (real time wind and waves)

  • Main web site
  • Western Gulf of Mexico

• National Data Buoy Center Station 42035 Moored Buoy

  • Galveston TX
  • Near real time web cam

• Weather Underground: Tropical Weather/Storm Advisories/Satellite Imagery/Tracking Maps and Aircraft Reconnaissance

• Tropic/real-time/western Atlantic/images

• Atlantic Tropical Weather Center (links activate during activity)

• Tropic/real-time/western Atlantic/images(Map in Motion)

• Tropic/real-time/eastern Pacific/images

• Tropic/real-time/eastern Pacific/images (Map in Motion)

• USA Today Weather Center

• United States Atlantic HIRES Satellite by Intellicast.com (Home Page)

• Unisys Weather: Latest IR Satellite and Radar Image

• Weather On Line -- Tropical Storm Strike Probability Maps

• Caribbean Hurricane Network (information, reports, & weather discussions)

• Weather Links (multiple good websites)

• United States Coast Guard Auxiliary -- Weather Links

• Live Weather Images – (one-stop weather site)

• The Weather Channel

• Ocean Weather – (wind speeds and directions)

• CNN – Weather (maps and forecast)

• Florida Association of Insurance Agents (multiple useful websites)