Weather for the Sailor

We talked about Hurricane Dean. The first category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin since Hurricane Andrew 15 years ago tonight.
We had severe weather and flooding across the country during the show.
We also discussed the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Erin that made landfall in Texas.

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With Hurricane Dean about to affect the Lesser Antilles on the islands of St Lucia, Martinique, and Dominica. We talked about the storm and it’s future path.
At this time of the broadcast, we weren’t sure of the track. The NHC had it on a direct course over Jamaica.

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My specail guest was Kerry Emanuel, Professor of Meteorology at MIT and world reknowned Hurricane Researcher.
We talked about hurricanes, global warming and weather modification. As well as Hurricane Dean.
My second guest was Mike Buresh from CBS47/Fox30 in Jacksonville, Florida. We talked about Hurricane Dean, and the models.
A number of callers, and donations tonight. Thank You everyone.

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We talked about the suppressing heat indexes across the country. Had a surprise call from Tom Terry from WFTV Channel 9 in Orlando, Florida.
Tropics, are they about to wake up?
Next weeks guest. Professor Kerry Emanuel from MIT. We will discuss hurricanes, global warming and weather modification.

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My guest will be Dr Stephen Leatherman from the International Hurricane Research Center located at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. We will discuss the coastal impacts of storm surge. What areas are more vunerable compared to others, and what people living in these areas should know. The 10 Most Hurricane Vulnerable Areas, where are they?
To learn more of who Dr Stephen Leatherman and what he does, go HERE.

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My guest was Albert “Butch” Loper. Butch is the Emergency Operations/Civil Defense Director for Jackson County, Mississippi. We talked about how they are preparing for the 2007 Hurricane Season. What’s new in Jackson County?
To learn more about Butch Loper, go HERE!

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We talked about a tropical wave in the Eastern Caribbean. The QuickScat, and NOAA.
Heard from Jason Kelley from WJHG the NBC affiliate in Panama City, Florida

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My special guest was Gary Padgett, from the Tropical Cyclone Summeries. We discussed analog years posted in the CSU Tropical Cyclone update. We will be hosting live broadcasts all week during the 2007 Hurricane Awareness Week.
Go to HurricaneHollow.Org for the schedule of shows.

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My guest will be Dr Robert Atlas, Dr. Robert Atlas is the former Chief Meteorologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and is currently the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami, Fla. Some of the areas he focuses his current research on include the prediction, movement and strengthening of hurricanes. Atlas has worked with both satellite data and computer models as a means to study these hurricane behaviors.
We will discuss the QuickScat Satelitte, what it is, what it does, and about the studies on it’s performance.
To learn more about Dr Robert Atlas, go HERE!

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HURRICANE DEMO01 INFORMATION STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CANADIAN 
HURRICANE CENTRE OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 3.00 PM ADT FRIDAY
18 MAY 2007.

THIS IS ONLY A TEST.  PLEASE IGNORE.  THIS WILL BE THE FINAL TEST.

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