Nowhere to Run
If you are from a smaller place and you move to a bigger place, everyone in the smaller place likes to warn you about all the bad things that can happen to you in the bigger place. When I was in the Navy I was stationed in the Washington DC area, which was [...]
It’s over….so let’s start out with the final report of the National Hurricane Service:
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ABNT20 KNHC 301157
TWOAT
TROPICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
700 AM EST MON NOV 30 2009
FOR THE NORTH ATLANTIC…CARIBBEAN SEA AND THE GULF OF MEXICO…
TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION IS NOT EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT 48 HOURS.
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FORECASTER BROWN
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And courtesy of our behind the scenes [...]
Panhandle Update Pensacola is getting some bad weather, landfall overnight, the big band running off of this storm will sling itself into all across the Gulf Coast of Florida. It looks like a rainy and medium windy event, some flooding. Locally, the wind we are feeling in South Florida is related to this storm and [...]
One of the most fascinating, and terrifying storms was the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. It was what would be called today an “extreme storm”, most definitely the storm of the century with a loss of life of officially 8,000 people. A book that tells the story of how this tragedy unfolded, and how man’s arrogance [...]
Late Season Wake Up Call
Just when we thought it was over, Hurricane Ida gives us a nice reminder that the late season, while statistically low in probability, can still deliver trouble. It’s like our friend Dr. Snow always says, it not how many hurricanes there are in a given season, it’s how many come to [...]
New Blog Design Coming Soon
Thanks for your inquiries about the delay in updates. We have been diligently working on a revamping of the site and hope to have a much new and improved “Weathering The Storms” for you to see in the next week or so. We have taken many of your suggestions on how [...]
Storm Fever
Sometimes, when you have a plan it is best to just stick to it. There was this RV dealer who had done his best to prepare for a storm that was headed his way. He had his insurance up to date, his lot clean and secure, all of his units prepared as best as [...]
The Deadly Choices at Memorial – Part 3
Further exploration of the reasons why this couldn’t happen at Baptist Health South Florida….
We do not contract any part of any of the clinical functions of our hospitals or outpatient centers or any of our other functions for that matter. Each hospital has only one medical staff organization, [...]
Low Tech to the Rescue
No piece of existing technology is as out of style as the lowly pay phone. If you can find one, you probably want to blast it with Purell before you put it to your ear. When someone sees you talking on one, they either feel sorry that you can’t afford a [...]
The Deadly Choices at Memorial – Part 2
“As at many American hospitals in flood zones, Memorial’s main emergency-power transfer switches were located only a few feet above ground level, leaving the electrical system vulnerable. “It won’t take much water in height to disable the majority of the medical center,” facilities personnel had warned after Hurricane [...]
