Engineers Use Hurricanes to Study Houses
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. - When a hurricane makes landfall in the continental United States, Dave Prevatt and his colleagues in the Florida Coastal Monitoring Program are out evaluating which construction methods best protect homes from the tremendous wind forces the storms deliver...
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High confidence in computer models of the storms enables more effective evacuation planning.
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Hurricanes cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but the government has not invested enough money in understanding them, according to a federal report released Friday that calls for more coordinated research.
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ASHEVILLE, NC -- Repairs to damage from Hurricane Frances haven&#39;t been completed yet, but emergency workers in western North Carolina are having to gear up for the threat posed from Hurricane Ivan.
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Science & environment: Warmer waters in the north Atlantic have made hurricanes stronger, according to British scientists
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By AP Wire Service  Technicians want to assess hail storm damage and determine necessary repairs.   CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Amateur hurricane-busters have come up with any number of crackpot ideas to spare Florida from ferocious storms...
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Meteorologists at North Carolina State University are working on a way to more accurately measure rainfall in small areas.
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With solid concrete walls and roofs and  laminated glass windows protected by storm shutters, a house  can be built to withstand nearly any hurricane. But very few  are.
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Scientists using data from planes flying into a large hurricane have documented changes inside these swirling storms that can quickly alter their intensity, and say these insights can improve forecasting.
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TAMPA, Fla. -- Floridians can go back to worrying about hurricanes.Scientists said Sunday's magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rattled windows from southwest Florida to Louisiana was rare, and a seismic jolt powerful enough to do damage or unleash a tsunami on the U.S.
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With the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season a few hours away, researcher William Gray released his newest forecast Thursday still showing an expectation for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes, five of them intense.
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By The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 20--Sarasota Manatee Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association is planning a hurricane preparedness seminar noon to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Fruitville Branch of the Sarasota Public Library at 100 Coburn Road.
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Business & money: Concerns that a fresh wave of hurricanes could hit American oil installations.
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Within a decade computer models may be able to forecast some types of earthquakes with accuracy similar to that of current forecasts for hurricanes, scientists say.
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A new technique for tracking tempests using tree rings could help settle the debate about whether global warming is affecting hurricane frequency.
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The mammoth hurricane may give a boost to some businesses, but long-term economic challenges loom. By Richard Luscombe | Contributor to The Christian Science Monitor.