National Hurricane Preparedness Week began yesterday, May 5. The hurricane season officially begins June 1, but hurricane preparedness needs to begin before the season. Spend the month of May preparing so you will be ready and able to avoid the mad rush and long lines before a hurricane makes landfall. Even those who don’t live on the coast, and well inland, can be affected by the flooding, thunderstorms, wind, and tornados caused by hurricanes. Be prepared.
The 2024 hurricane season outlook is not good. Currently, the projections are for a very busy season of strong storms with higher probabilities for landfall of those storms. The current forecast for the Atlantic hurricane season by Colorado State University is for 23 named storms and 11 hurricanes including 5 major hurricanes. The average is 14 storms and 7 hurricanes including 3 major hurricanes. The current forecast is the most active preseason forecast Colorado State has ever issued.
For a description and interpretation of the forecast, visit The Eyewall, one of my favorite tropical weather sites. They are dependable and real without the hype. (They also have a great sense of humor!) See The Eyewall post for April 4.
The Eyewall also has a great list of resources for hurricane preparedness including state and city specific sites.
Don’t wait. Get prepared now. As Matt Lanza wrote in the blog post above “Preparedness is a critical element during hurricane season. We’ve seen too many examples of people being on their own for a period of time after a disaster, so the more you do now to prepare, the better off you’ll be if this is the year.”
Watch for more hurricane preparedness information through the summer and visit Simply Prepared for simple, practical hurricane preparedness.
