 Current feature: NORFOLK VIRGINIA 5/03 ,this city was last affected by Tropical Storm Charley on August 14th,2004 as he brushed by to the East with 50mph winds.  
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  #1)On Sept 16th 1928, thousands were killed by a Hurricane that hit South Florida. The book Killer Cane,describes that horrific night & aftermath. This book written by Author Robert Mykle ,is a must read for Hurricane fanatics. Listen to the interview. #2)On Sept 8th 1900 the United States experienced it's highest death toll ever from a disaster. The great Galveston hurricane killed between 6 and 8 thousand people on Sept 8th. The book "Galvestons summer of the storm" written by Julie Lake, places you in the hurricane through the eyes of a 14 year old girl. This book for young readers will force them to respect the power of the Hurricane. Read more about this book and Julie Lake here..You can also listen to the interview here. #3)Interview with Jay Barnes, author of North carolina's Hurricane history & Florida's Hurricane history , Listen here. To see the website about these books Click here #4)R.A Scotti "Sudden Sea" about the 1938 Hurricane. For more information or to order this book click here #5)Interview with Jim Carrier "The ship and the storm". Hurricane Mitch a monster cat 5 hurricanes sinks a sailing ship called the Fantome.listen hereFor more information or to order this book click here #6)Before the 2005 hurricane season started,I interviewed Pamela Crawford,Author of Stormscaping. In this interview we discuss what trees hold up better than others in Hurricanes. You can watch it here and you can visit the website here #7)A clip from my show "weather and the media" I had special guest Bryan Norcross talk about his book Hurricane Almanac 2006. You can watch this part of the show right here Other hurricane books read by Jim Williams......Lunatic wind by William Price Fox....Fla Hurricanes & T Storms by Williams & Duedall....Inside the Hurricane by Pete Davies....The improbable rise of a media Phenomenon The weather channel story ,by Frank Batten,Jeffrey Cruikshank....Hurricane Watchby Bob Sheets & Jack Williams.. Isaac's Storm(1900 galveston hurricane) by Erik Larson....Path of Destruction (the Katrina story) by John McQuaid & Mark Schleifstein....The major hurricanes to affect the Bahamas by Wayne Neely .....Writers of these books to be interviewed,please contact Jim Williams at any email address on the site. |
tropical updateUPDATE BY:Jim Williams....On my quarterly show "weather and the media" from May 1st,my special guest was Wayne Neely author of the book "The major hurricanes to affect the Bahamas". Wayne is also a forecaster at the department of Meteorology in the Bahamas with extensive knowledge of the island's hurricane history watch (1hr 23 min) | subscribe On May 7th through the 14th I will be in Virginia Beach and Norfolk,Virginia . Norfolk and the surrounding areas are not ranked in the top 50 most affected areas in the Atlantic basin. The area is affected by a named storm every 3.24 years and by a hurricane every 19.58 years. I will continue to feature random cities until Hurricane season begins on June 1st,at that time I will release my city predictions for which cities I think will be impacted this year.  add hurricanecity rss headlines to your site | or copy & paste code 
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Become an audio observer for us or please..email your name, location and telephone number and you wil be added to our pin map of 160 observers nationwide & in the Caribbean. We will call you for info if your area is threatened or hit! During severe weather events which include Tornado disasters & Hurricanes making landfall nationwide, we may be "live" covering the event. When major Hurricanes make landfall in the U.S we will be live around the time warnings are issued until conditions subside . The shows consist of network radio simulcast's,ham radio,noaa weather radio as well as the host Jim Williams taking telephone calls from listeners in harms way. Jim will have internet telestrations of radar, models and Satellite images. Most of the time we will try to alert visitors of times that broadcasts will take place & sometimes it's on the fly with no warning. For more information on the broadcasts visit our Broadcast FAQ page. | Letters from our listeners.Recommended donation centers for relief efforts for all of the hurricanes disasters.Red Cross | Salvation Army | Humane society | food for poor | Friendships.org   On our quarterly show "weather and the media" we had special guest Wayne Neely author of the book "The major hurricanes to affect the Bahamas". Wayne is also a forecaster at the department of Meteorology in the Bahamas with extensive knowledge of the island's hurricane history watch (1hr 23 min)On April 27th, 2008 an EF3 Tornado with winds up to 167mph ripped through Suffolk Virginia. We recorded local news coverage showing videos that viewers sent in. watchOn Friday night March 14th,2008 Atlanta,Georgia was hit by an EF2 tornado with winds up to 135mph. We recorded scanner audio of Atlanta firefighters and georgia search and rescue teams looking for survivors. If you have never heard these people in action you must listen to this clip. They have dangerous jobs as you will hear one firefighter injured while working in a collapsed building. This clip is about 20 min long and available to subscribers hereA Blizzard affected most of Ohio on Saturday March 8th,2008. We recorded the most interesting webcam shots along with radio & scanner feeds. On this video you will see Snow plows in action in Columbus, a vehicle disabled on a major highway & hear Police & fire rescue personnel getting stuck in snow.Archive subscribers can watch this video of the most significant snow storm to affect Columbus,Ohio in 30 years here (23min)     |
 
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