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2008 Hurricane Forecast Coming Thursday
Hard to believe the 2008 hurricane season is two weeks away when I remember talking about the snow and ice of winter like it was yesterday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, doing business as the National Hurricane Center) will release its 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook on May 22, 2008. The government will put [...]
Listen For Harris Nuclear Plant Sirens
The public alert notification sirens around the Harris Plant will be tested on Wednesday, May 14, between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. There are 83 sirens in a 10-mile area surrounding the plant.
This will be a full-volume short duration test that will last approximately five seconds. This test is conducted to make sure each siren [...]
North Carolina Air Quality Forecasts Return
Doesn’t seem like that time of year yet, but starting this week the North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources along with the National Weather Service will issue daily air quality forecasts for metropolitan areas across the state.
The daily forecasts focus on the air pollutant likely to reach the highest level on a given [...]
30 Year Forecast…Come On!
The year 2037 is nearly thirty years away. So if I were going to say something like “North Carolina will almost certainly be hit by a major hurricane in the next thirty years,” that wouldn’t be too bold of a forecast. The odds of anything within reason happening over the next thirty years are pretty [...]