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Hurricane fay tracking tools and various useful information to track the storm

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:32:30 +0000

People in the United States are highly concerned about the Tropical Storm Fay, which hit Florida mainland on Monday, August 18th, 2008 and killed more 50 people in the Carribbean. And they’re most concerned now is where this storm will head to.And also whether it’ll turn into a hurricane.

Various news sources are saying that the storm has high tendency to become a hurricane. Of course, many people in the States, are in the wait and see actions. In the mean time, it’s still uncertain what the storm will turn out to be. It’s best while you’re sitting at home and extremely worried what you could do next, then you make use of the Google Maps to track where the storm is heading to.

Other than the Google Maps-powered Hurricane tracking tool, there are couple of other tools that are also great to help learn more about the storm. The site hurricane.terrapin.com also provides lots of information. And it’s got the StormTrack system received information from the National Weather Service.

If you prefer to zoom from top down to the earth to trace the storm movement, National Hurricane Center also provides tons of satellite photos, forecasts and other information to help residents and business owners, so you’ll know what to do before it’s too late.

National hurricane center miami tops Google search, it’s all about the Tropical Storm Fay

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 03:29:44 +0000

The hottest search on Google now is the National hurricane center Miami, since they’ve reported the Tropical Storm Fay hit the Florida mainland on Monday, August 18th, 2008, which has taken away the life of more than 50 people in the Carribbean.

The recent report shows that the Tropical Storm Fay is bringing super heavy rain and 60 mph (97 kph) winds hitting the Florida mainland of United States. Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center also reports that it would likely reach a near hurricane force that could reach a top sustained wind of 74 mph (119 kph) — when it strikes the west coast of Florida early on Tuesday, somewhere near the beach resort area of Naples.

CNN also reports that a hurricane warning was issued, Monday for southwestern Florida, from Flamingo to Anna Maria Island. The warning means hurricane conditions are expected within 24 hours.

Currently, the path of the storm is far away from U.S. oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. But those energy companies are getting worried, pulling their workers from offshore platforms.

Here you go, attached is the Google Map which allows you to trace the path of Tropical Storm Fay.

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