Boat U.S. Hurricane Resource Center

Boat owners from Maine to Texas have reason to become edgy in the late summer and fall: Each year, on average, two hurricanes will come ashore somewhere along the Gulf or Atlantic coasts, destroying homes, sinking boats, and turning people’s lives topsy turvy for weeks, or even months. This year, who knows? Florida is struck most often, but every coastal state is a potential target.

Experts predict that in the next 20 years there will be much more hurricane activity than has been seen in the past 20 years. Experts also fear that after a number of storm-free years, people in some of the vulnerable areas will be less wary of a storm’s potential fury. But to residents of Charleston, South Carolina, crippled by Hugo in 1989, and people in Dade County, Florida, ravaged by Andrew in 1993, the hurricane threat won’t soon be forgotten.

Weather PowerPoint Slides Slide shows of various weather phenomena for use by Weather course instructors and students. You will need Microsoft PowerPoint or its free viewer to view or print these slides.  To download into a directory on your hard drive, right click on the file link and be sure to change the file name to something meaningful for you.
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	Thunderstorms & Tornadoes

A Guide to Preparing Marinas and Boats for Hurricanes

Click here to view and print the Hurricane Brochure in Adobe PDF format.

Click here to view and print the Hurricane Tracking Chart in Adobe PDF format.

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