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Houstonist recently kept you abreast of the “Humberto Incident”, where a low pressure system in the Gulf strengthened in less than 24 hours and slammed ashore, with sustainable wind gusts of 85 mph as a Category 1 hurricane, near High Island, causing power outages, localized flooding and wind damage. When storms give you little warning – the choice is already made for you to shelter in place. The media here is rife with preparedness information...

A strong tropical depression (#4 this year) has formed off the coast of Africa and with it comes the heart of hurricane season. Though hurricane season runs offically from June 1 through the end of November, experts know that the busy season for hurricanes is August 15 through October 15 when waters reach their warmest temperatures and trade winds diminish leaving the atmosphere ripe for the formation of tropical weather disturbances.

While Houstonist believes in preparedness and Tropical Storm Chris continues to churn in the Atlantic, it isn't time to start boarding up just yet. That having been said, the National Hurricane Center continues to monitor Chris and has yet to downgrade him to a tropical depression as had earlier been predicted. Chris continues to survive depsite many estimations and is aiming directly for Cuba with winds currently around 40mph. Current forecast models keep Chris on...

If you've lived in Texas for long, you've likely heard the saying, "If you don't like the weather, wait." At Houstonist, we believe in keeping track of the weather both to be prepared for the occasional onslaught of rain, hurricanes and flooding, but also because we know that a blue norther in certain months of the year is just as likely as a 90-degree day and we want to dress accordingly.

We attended the Houston/Galveston Hurricane Workshop yesterday at the George R. Brown Convention Center and learned a lot. Most importantly, the evacuation planning is light years ahead. Also, remember that period over the last 50 years where we only had a handful of hurricanes? Yeah, those were the good old days. According to National Hurricane Center forecaster Stacy Stewart, we're at the start of a 15 to 20 year cycle of more frequent and...

With 10 days before the 2006 hurricane season begins, officials at the National Hurricane Center predicted today that there will be between four and six major storms in the Atlantic this year, with up to 16 named storms in all. If that's true, it will be a significant drop from last season's 15 hurricanes and 27 named storms, but we'll be seeing increased hurricane activity for the next eight years or so — experts say we're in the middle of a 20-year cycle of above-normal Atlantic activity.

So we all know that America has a short memory, right? As in, though the country was hit by three destructive hurricanes last year, a new poll finds that more than half of Americans living on the coast don't feel vulnerable to hurricanes. And though people said they would evacuate if a storm came their way, most don't have a disaster plan prepared. The poll, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, questioned coastal residents from...

At this time last year, the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico had already seen five named tropical systems including three hurricanes. The Gulf Coast saw all five make landfall on her shores - three in the US (two of those hurricanes) and two in Mexico.