Hurricane Irene , which satellite observations break is already a third the size of the U.S. East Coast , has already smash up through the Bahamas and is bearing down on Florida . It ’s expected to flap down the southeastern United States for the next few days , working its way up to New York and finally becoming a torrential rainstorm in the Boston area .
Several nation , include North Carolina and Virginia , have already declared a state of parking brake and are ordain evacuation . New Jersey could be next . Are you prepared ?
If you are in the hurricane zona , please check evacuation reports on your local news program sites andread NOAA ’s guide to hurricane preparedness(you may also get thesame information in video , both in English and Spanish ) .
Are you planning to travel anywhere to or from the East Coast over the next four day ? Bloomberg News says you may want to change your plan — your airline business may have already canceled your trajectory . Many carriers are offer travelers a fortune to rebook flight for complimentary .
If you ’re out of risk , you could watch out a mesmeric , real - time update on the hurricane ’s progressvia the New York Times .
Or you may take a enchanting flavor atwhere hurricane have begin in the Atlantic over the retiring 60 years . Created by the Caribbean Hurricane web , this serial of map help us predict future hurricanes on a monthly basis by tracking where they started over time .
Arelatively small number of weather weather are command for hurricanes to form , though we do n’t altogether empathise why they form sometimes and not others . One of the main requirements is warm ocean piss , which is why environmental scientists worry that spherical warming will make more hurricanes .
you may get blow - by - nose candy updates from NASA ( including pictures from blank space ) , andmaps of alter wind conditions from NOAA .
Did you jazz that Bill Gates took out a patent on geoengineering technology that could barricade hurricanes before they start?Scientific American ’s Christopher Mims reports here .
Want to know what the biggest and most intense hurricanes were ? Of course , Wikipedia excuse it all to you . And by the path , they are called tropical cyclones , not hurricanes , OK ?
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