.................Jim Williams created hurricanecity in 1997 and registered the domain www.hurricanecity.com in 1998. The site is called hurricanecity for several reasons,first and most importantly the site features the city most threatened when a storm is on the move. The second reason is the City Database where you can search for your city to learn about it's hurricane history. The third reason is the City Rankings where Jim has created a ranking scale for what cities & Islands get affected most by tropical systems in the entire Atlantic basin.Another reason for the name hurricanecity are the predictions made at the beginning of each hurricane season for the top cities & Islands that Jim thinks are at high risk. Since Jim started making city predictions in 2003 he has nailed at least 4 to 6 cities out of 20 each year that ended up getting hit.
Bill Phillips joined hurricanecity in 2004 after using the website for many years. Bill has recorded many of the video clips seen on the live broadcast's,helps find cams and news sources during weather events. Bill's specialty is scanner ,ham radio capture and live news sources that enhance hurricanecity.If the hurricanecity broadcast ever goes down during a hurricane, Bill takes over from Virginia Beach. Bill is attending college in hopes of being invloved in emergency management for the disabled. Born with Cerebral palsy in 1982 and seeing the effects hurricanes have had on people he has met throughout the years has led him to contribute to this effort. Hurricanecity and the multimedia content started before many hurricane information websites did audio and video drew Bill as well as visual and hearing impaired people looking for hurricane information.
Mark Davis also attends some of the hurricane conferences and gives redundancy to hurricanecity. Mark runs MDweather.com and monitors weather in his home base of Batavia,Illinois where he is in emergency management. If Jim Williams and Bill Phillips go down during hurricane conditions Mark will take over. There are many other people behind the scenes that help with hurricanecity.com providing tons of information during hurricanes.
Our live stream and tropical update video is seen by thousands daily when hurricanes are threatening land. We work closely with the team at Early Alert Inc. The experts ranging from former NHC forecasters like Jerry Jarrell and Miles Lawrence to emergency managers like Billy Wagner are heard on the live feed & videos.
Hurricanecity is the Original Live radio and cam hurricane tracking site where you can watch and listen to a hurricane hitting your city. There have been quite a few websites that have adopted this concept for all weather events since hurricanecity started in 1997.
Jim Williams has been in over a dozen named storms and Hurricanes including recent hurricanes Frances,Jeanne and Wilma in 2004 / 2005. Take a look at this recorded towercam video from Hurricane Wilma in Delray bch,Fla headquarters of hurricanecity. Since 1978 jim has been monitoring the tropics very closely and in 1997 decided to create hurricanecity which was named "jim's hurricane web" at that time. The idea of this site is that it allows the visitor to feel close to the storm without feeling the affects,unless you are in the path of the storm. As soon as a city in either the Caribbean, the United States or Central America is within the strike probabilities, the city or island projected at highest risk will be featured. The information provided in the links on the hurricanecity front page is information gathered through years of research, and the links for radio,radar & cams are gathered from many hrs of surfing the web for links.
RADIO---The radio link to the city threatened will be the nearest live radio feed. In some cases especially the Caribbean cities the language may be in Spanish or French,also the radio may not be from the city being threatened it could be as far as 200 miles away. We prefer to link to News radio stations, however some cities do not have a news radio station online,therefore we may either use a music station or a station further away with news. WEATHER AUDIO BROADCAST NETWORK live feed---This is our own live video broadcast,watch us broadcast live when hurricanes threaten land! We will sometimes simulcast a radio station & do our own talking with live video . Hurricanecity is housed at 1vault networks in Ft Lauderdale,Fla in a cat 5 rated building. Most importantly we need the bandwidth available to stream live video during hurricanes as we get slammed with people watching. more info & pictures
LIVE CAMS---The first option will usually be cams within 25 to 50 miles of the affected areas all on one page. For example here is the page when Tampa is threatened.The nearest live cam will be available & as in the radio situation the city threatened may not have a live cam therefore either a cam further away or well inland may be used. In some cases pictures of the area threatened will be provided with radio links.In other cases there will be no live cam & a video feed may be available from the local news station.NOTE:LIVE cam shots are usually still photographs updated from every 5 seconds to every few hours. The other options may be for streaming live video cams which are very cool.
RADAR---The nearest live radar will be used & just to let you know the entire eastern U.S is covered as well as puerto rico,the virgin islands and the lesser antilles. As for all the other cities in the caribbean,we have a a page available with great caribbean satellite images when radar is not available
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT---Most cities have a local emergency management link,even some caribbean cities have one, but they may not be updated immediately(hit & miss on this link sorry)if no emergency management link is available a local site will be featured that has frequent updates. If no emergency management page is available online we will link to the next best thing (a news link)
GEOGRAPHY & HURRICANE HISTORY LINKS these links are very accurate but in some cases all the info may not be available as each day passes new information is gathered. For example if you see New York City featured in august & then featured again in September some info may have changed(info & data are constantly being gathered). As for the cities hurricane past,not all storms are noted, data is still being gathered on some cities
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS---whatever city is threatened the button marked "local obs" on the front page will have the obs for that city or within 50 miles.Some of these observations may be several hours or possibly days behind,some may be down due to extreme weather conditions. If you have your own weather observations available online please Email hurricanecity & we will link to your observations from the hurricane tracking chart.This will give your weather page great exposure!
STORM SURGE-WIND MODEL OR MAP OF AREAThis link will provide a zoomed in map of the area featured at hurricanecity or threatened by a named system. You will either see a storm surge map & if that is not available we will provide wind model maps of the city featured showing how far inland the wind should go for each category storm or a city map.
AERIAL PHOTOThis link will provide a aerial image of the city featured at Hurricanecity. Almost like a view of what the hurricane would see.
NEWS LINKThe news link provides news to the areas affected by any storm or hurricane usually the areas local newspaper website or Television station.
CITY DATABASEA huge & growing database of 152 cities & islands with stats on the areas hurricane past & when next duesee it here
MESSAGE BOARDJoin hurricane fanatics from all over the Atlantic basin Post your messages here & join many knowledgeable weather fanatics.
How to surf hurricanecityright here
live VIDEOcastNow in windows media player,Click the live feed when hurricanes threated land to watch internet telestrations & listen to details as hurricanes hit. During slow periods our live tower cam can be seen HERE
Miss any live shows?,Sign up for access to all recorded shows right here
New designIn 2007 Hurricanecity.com was redesigned for the third time, take a look.
Tracking Chart with historical reference & clickable weather observations. When a system is on the move you can click on the storm to see all past hurricanes that have hit land from that location. See it here Zoomed in Tracking chart software when Hurricanes are hitting land is provided by Starstone Software
Tropical update video for 2006Jim's tropical update videos are a must see during the hurricane season.watch
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So the next time a tropical storm or hurricane threatens a city pull up a chair & watch the action unfold,If a hurricane is headed to your city please prepare your home first.Please visit hurricanecity again and if you loose this url just type hurricanecity in any search engine to find it.This site can also be found by typing "hurricanecity Keywords..hurricane tracking,atlantic hurricane tracking,hurricane predictions. Here is a video view of our setup.
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Bill Phillips joined hurricanecity in 2004 after using the website for many years. Bill has recorded many of the video clips seen on the live broadcast's,helps find cams and news sources during weather events. Bill's specialty is scanner ,ham radio capture and live news sources that enhance hurricanecity.If the hurricanecity broadcast ever goes down during a hurricane, Bill takes over from Virginia Beach. Bill is attending college in hopes of being invloved in emergency management for the disabled. Born with Cerebral palsy in 1982 and seeing the effects hurricanes have had on people he has met throughout the years has led him to contribute to this effort. Hurricanecity and the multimedia content started before many hurricane information websites did audio and video drew Bill as well as visual and hearing impaired people looking for hurricane information.
Mark Davis also attends some of the hurricane conferences and gives redundancy to hurricanecity. Mark runs MDweather.com and monitors weather in his home base of Batavia,Illinois where he is in emergency management. If Jim Williams and Bill Phillips go down during hurricane conditions Mark will take over. There are many other people behind the scenes that help with hurricanecity.com providing tons of information during hurricanes.
Our live stream and tropical update video is seen by thousands daily when hurricanes are threatening land. We work closely with the team at Early Alert Inc. The experts ranging from former NHC forecasters like Jerry Jarrell and Miles Lawrence to emergency managers like Billy Wagner are heard on the live feed & videos.
Hurricanecity is the Original Live radio and cam hurricane tracking site where you can watch and listen to a hurricane hitting your city. There have been quite a few websites that have adopted this concept for all weather events since hurricanecity started in 1997.
Jim Williams has been in over a dozen named storms and Hurricanes including recent hurricanes Frances,Jeanne and Wilma in 2004 / 2005. Take a look at this recorded towercam video from Hurricane Wilma in Delray bch,Fla headquarters of hurricanecity. Since 1978 jim has been monitoring the tropics very closely and in 1997 decided to create hurricanecity which was named "jim's hurricane web" at that time. The idea of this site is that it allows the visitor to feel close to the storm without feeling the affects,unless you are in the path of the storm. As soon as a city in either the Caribbean, the United States or Central America is within the strike probabilities, the city or island projected at highest risk will be featured. The information provided in the links on the hurricanecity front page is information gathered through years of research, and the links for radio,radar & cams are gathered from many hrs of surfing the web for links.
RADIO---The radio link to the city threatened will be the nearest live radio feed. In some cases especially the Caribbean cities the language may be in Spanish or French,also the radio may not be from the city being threatened it could be as far as 200 miles away. We prefer to link to News radio stations, however some cities do not have a news radio station online,therefore we may either use a music station or a station further away with news. WEATHER AUDIO BROADCAST NETWORK live feed---This is our own live video broadcast,watch us broadcast live when hurricanes threaten land! We will sometimes simulcast a radio station & do our own talking with live video . Hurricanecity is housed at 1vault networks in Ft Lauderdale,Fla in a cat 5 rated building. Most importantly we need the bandwidth available to stream live video during hurricanes as we get slammed with people watching. more info & pictures
LIVE CAMS---The first option will usually be cams within 25 to 50 miles of the affected areas all on one page. For example here is the page when Tampa is threatened.The nearest live cam will be available & as in the radio situation the city threatened may not have a live cam therefore either a cam further away or well inland may be used. In some cases pictures of the area threatened will be provided with radio links.In other cases there will be no live cam & a video feed may be available from the local news station.NOTE:LIVE cam shots are usually still photographs updated from every 5 seconds to every few hours. The other options may be for streaming live video cams which are very cool.
RADAR---The nearest live radar will be used & just to let you know the entire eastern U.S is covered as well as puerto rico,the virgin islands and the lesser antilles. As for all the other cities in the caribbean,we have a a page available with great caribbean satellite images when radar is not available
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT---Most cities have a local emergency management link,even some caribbean cities have one, but they may not be updated immediately(hit & miss on this link sorry)if no emergency management link is available a local site will be featured that has frequent updates. If no emergency management page is available online we will link to the next best thing (a news link)
GEOGRAPHY & HURRICANE HISTORY LINKS these links are very accurate but in some cases all the info may not be available as each day passes new information is gathered. For example if you see New York City featured in august & then featured again in September some info may have changed(info & data are constantly being gathered). As for the cities hurricane past,not all storms are noted, data is still being gathered on some cities
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS---whatever city is threatened the button marked "local obs" on the front page will have the obs for that city or within 50 miles.Some of these observations may be several hours or possibly days behind,some may be down due to extreme weather conditions. If you have your own weather observations available online please Email hurricanecity & we will link to your observations from the hurricane tracking chart.This will give your weather page great exposure!
STORM SURGE-WIND MODEL OR MAP OF AREAThis link will provide a zoomed in map of the area featured at hurricanecity or threatened by a named system. You will either see a storm surge map & if that is not available we will provide wind model maps of the city featured showing how far inland the wind should go for each category storm or a city map.
AERIAL PHOTOThis link will provide a aerial image of the city featured at Hurricanecity. Almost like a view of what the hurricane would see.
NEWS LINKThe news link provides news to the areas affected by any storm or hurricane usually the areas local newspaper website or Television station.
CITY DATABASEA huge & growing database of 152 cities & islands with stats on the areas hurricane past & when next duesee it here
MESSAGE BOARDJoin hurricane fanatics from all over the Atlantic basin Post your messages here & join many knowledgeable weather fanatics.
How to surf hurricanecityright herelive VIDEOcastNow in windows media player,Click the live feed when hurricanes threated land to watch internet telestrations & listen to details as hurricanes hit. During slow periods our live tower cam can be seen HEREMiss any live shows?,Sign up for access to all recorded shows right hereNew designIn 2007 Hurricanecity.com was redesigned for the third time, take a look.Tracking Chart with historical reference & clickable weather observations. When a system is on the move you can click on the storm to see all past hurricanes that have hit land from that location. See it here Zoomed in Tracking chart software when Hurricanes are hitting land is provided by Starstone SoftwareTropical update video for 2006Jim's tropical update videos are a must see during the hurricane season.watchMentions by Media sources | State of Florida DEM (emergency management) | State of Texas DEM (emergency management) | Hurricane Research Division | city of Savannah
So the next time a tropical storm or hurricane threatens a city pull up a chair & watch the action unfold,If a hurricane is headed to your city please prepare your home first.Please visit hurricanecity again and if you loose this url just type hurricanecity in any search engine to find it.This site can also be found by typing "hurricanecity Keywords..hurricane tracking,atlantic hurricane tracking,hurricane predictions. Here is a video view of our setup.
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