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Written by Angel
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Wednesday, 24 September 2008 |
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Finally after agonizing for a week over when Hurricane would be published in the iTunes App Store, they have released it here!! This is an iTunes direct link so please be prepared! This app takes data that we provide, and plots it on a map on the iPhone, as well as showing customized satellite and other images, and reports as they are available. This is the culmination of years of work on the weather website you are on, and a few months of off the clock, squeeze it into spare time work in objective-c to make the map, and the rest of the application. But really, you can tell by the site you are on that programmers do not make artists -- that is why we hired Joshuatree Designs to take our awesome user interface and make it look like the top knotch app it is today! We have big plans in the works, so keep an eye out on HurricaneSeason.info and kittycode.com for more information on this awesome app! |
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Written by Angel
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Wednesday, 10 September 2008 |
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Today marks the Climotological peak of the 2008 hurricane season. During this season so far, 10 tropical storms have formed in the Atlantic Basin, with 5 becoming hurricanes and 3 reaching major hurricane status. Major hurricanes so far have been Bertha, Gustav and Ike. All storms have made landfall with the exception of Bertha which stayed just off the Atlantic Coastline. The US has been hit by Dolly and Gustav, both hurricanes, and Edouard, Fay and Hanna were tropical storm status when they hit the US. Tropical Storm Fay caused major flooding in and around Florida and the Caribbean as well with some areas still under water. Hurricane Ike is expected to make landfall later this week, possibly as the first major US landfall since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. In the Caribbean, Cuba and Hati have been the most affected countries by tropical cyclones this season. |
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Written by Angel
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Monday, 18 August 2008 |
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While tropical storm Fay heads toward Florida, we here at Weatherangel.com wait impatiently for her arrival. Yes, we have called and she is answerng, heading streaight to Orlando. We are debating on her arrival point, be it Cinderella's Castle, or I-4 in Downtown Orlando. Right now, we are watching satellite feeds here: Hurricane feeds Here at HurricaneSeason.info/Weatherangel.com cenral, we have our GRLevel3 Radar going as well as watching all of the images and bulletins that come through. We have been adding more links to relevant images, loops and feeds as we come across them, in the attempt to provide you the viewer with as much information as possible. We know Fay isn't the big one for this year, but we will definitely take her as a practice run. Meanwhile, in the eastern Atlantic we have another storm forming. The long term track has this storm taking an Andrew path, and with the warmth of the waters, it will definitely be a storm to watch. |
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Written by Dan Shapley
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Monday, 05 May 2008 |
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 Death Toll Could Reach 10,000 The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Nargis has eclipsed 4,000 people, according to state-run media reports quoted by the Associated Press, and it could rise to 10,000, according to TimesOnline. Hundreds of thousands have been left homeless. While the Bay of Bengal has produced some of the world's most deadly cyclones ever recorded, Nargis appears to have been the deadliest ever to strike Myanmar. And the morbid count has only begun, with two of the five provinces affected assessed, according to Reuters. Assessing the damage to the Irrawaddy River Delta region, including the nation's largest city, Yangon, could take days or weeks, according to the United Nations. State-run media published by the secretive and repressive military junta that rules the nation has said that three-fourths of the buildings in two towns, Laputta and Kyaik Lat, had been destroyed. There are reports of impassable roads, severely damaged electricity grids and other infrastructure, and widespread water contamination. The hurricane developed early in the Bay of Bengal, but forecasts had predicted a Category 1 or 2 landfall until just hours before it hit land. Original Article: http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/myanmar-cyclone-nargis-47050503 Some More Details from other sources:
SanFrancisco Chronicle: Tropical Cyclone Nargis hit the Southeast Asian country, also known as Burma, early Saturday with winds of up to 120 mph. It knocked out electricity to the country's largest city, Yangon, and left hundreds of thousands of people homeless. Some sought refuge at Buddhist monasteries while others lined up Monday to buy candles, which had doubled in price, and water since the lack of electricity-driven pumps had left most households dry. Original Article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/02/international/i211912D50.DTL WeatherUnderground: Some great detail as to why this hurricane did so much damage, including population maps, and other pertinent information about the area hit by Cyclone Nargis. http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=934&tstamp=200805
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Written by Angel
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Tuesday, 25 September 2007 |
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Halfway through the Atlantic Hurricane Season, and we will be half way through our storm names once Tropical Depression 12 is named. While Tropical Depression 12 looks like it will happily move off to the north, there are two other areas to be concerned with. The first, in the southwestern GOMEX, and the second in the Lesser Antilles. Both have the potential to turn into Tropical Depressions over the next day or two and should be watched carefully. The beginning of this season seemed to start off a little slow, but now that we're in the peak of hurricane season for the Atlantic Basin, the boiler has been turned up, and we're starting to really see the activity, with a watchful eye on at least 3 areas daily, and monitoring of the stronger of the systems. For those of us who track storms, this season has already produced several storms which, while they have not truly affected the US, have devistated the Yukatan. These two storms were Dean and Felix, both storms which gained Category 5 status in the GOMEX within two weeks of one another. Looking forward, through the rest of September, and into October, our two strongest storm months, one should wonder what the weather will have in store for us. Keep a watchful eye on the tropics America, because it's not over yet! |
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