National Hurricane Resilience Initiative
Impact Report
DECEMBER
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Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Overview ............................................................................................ 2 - 4
Engagement
Leadership.................................................................................. 5 - 6
Partnership................................................................................. 7 - 8
News Media Outcomes
Wire Release.................................................................................. 9
National........................................................................................ 10
Regional................................................................................. 11 - 29
Social...................................................................................... 30 - 36
#HurricaneStrong Kids........................................................................... 37
#HurricaneStrong Calendar of Events.................................................... 38
#HurricaneStrong Home......................................................................... 39
Conclusion.............................................................................................. 40
Acknowledgements................................................................................ 41
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Overview
On March 23, 2016, National Hurricane Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb and former Director/FLASH
Leadership Partner Bill Read unveiled the new National Hurricane Resilience Initiative #HurricaneStrong,
an unprecedented partnership of FEMA, Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH), NOAA, and The
Weather Channel.
The leaders introduced the initiative during the 2016 National Hurricane Conference in Orlando, and
shared campaign plans as they underscored the need for increased public awareness to meet the
challenge of hurricane amnesia.
#HurricaneStrong is designed to increase public safety and reduce economic losses by motivating
individuals and families to undertake hurricane preparedness and mitigation activities. The public
messaging is delivered through signature national efforts, including the White House observance of
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, the NOAA/National Hurricane Center Hurricane Awareness Tour
(HAT), and FEMA’s National Preparedness Month. The messaging is reinforced by traditional and social
media as well as dozens of community and corporate special events, expositions, employee trainings, and
home improvement store workshops.
#HurricaneStrong targets audiences at all levels with a message of empowerment, and a symbolic “pose”.
Similar to a Heisman Trophy stance, the #HurricaneStrong pose is the campaign call to arms to
demonstrate support for hurricane resilience, and to acknowledge five steps necessary to achieve a
prepared state before hurricanes strike:
Personal Safety - Know your evacuation zone
Financial Security - Have an insurance check-up
Family Preparedness - Build a disaster supply kit
Damage Prevention - Strengthen your home
Community Service - Help your neighbor
#HurricaneStrong messaging commenced on Sunday, May 15 with a White House proclamation of National Hurricane Preparedness Week, and The Home Depot hosted 695 #HurricaneStrong workshops in stores
from Maine to Texas in honor of the proclamation. News outlets immediately took up the charge, and social
media focused on the hashtag with related messaging.
The following week, U.S. Air Force pilots, NOAA’s Aircraft Operations Center, and teams of outreach
volunteers led by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and National Weather Service took to the skies for
the 2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour with stops in San Antonio, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile,
and Naples.
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Overview
FLASH Legacy Partners supported outreach efforts at each stop, including USAA (San Antonio), Portland
Cement Association (Galveston), Kohler Generators (New Orleans), Simpson Strong-Tie (Mobile), and
State Farm (Naples).
During the tour, more than 215 news interviews took place, and approximately 4,000 VIP’s, journalists,
school children, and members of the public toured the aircraft and exhibit booths. Additionally, the NHC and
University of Rhode Island broadcast a classroom webinar reaching 10,000 schoolchildren with simulated
“live tracking” of a mock hurricane sited at hurricanestrong.org.
Network and social media coverage by The Weather Channel sustained national interest, and carried the
themes forward to help families understand the path to preparedness. Feature articles from the New
Orleans Times-Picayune reinforced the need for advance evacuation planning.
BASF, FLASH, Huber Engineered Woods, Portland Cement Association, Simpson Strong-Tie, State Farm,
The Home Depot, and USAA became official NOAA Weather-Ready Nation Ambassadors, inspiring new
private sector support for the cause of weather safety and resilience overall.
The strategy to take the case for hurricane resilience to the American public through #HurricaneStrong met
with resounding success in 2016, and generated widespread traditional and social media outcomes.
Traditional News Media
Average unique visitors - 119,729,787
Social News/Media
Tweets - 15,091
Contributors - 4,474
Reach - 22,631,442
Timeline Deliveries - 97,127,807
HurricaneStrong.org
Page views - 175,738
Throughout Hurricane Season hundreds joined the #HurricaneStrong campaign each week by posting
pictures on Facebook or Twitter using #HurricaneStrong, and striking the campaign’s signature “pose”.
The #HurricaneStrong Home demonstration build project is taking shape in Breezy Point, NY. The
residence will not only replace a 1955 structure damaged in Hurricane Sandy, it is serving as an education
project to promote disaster resilient construction. Supporters can now watch the build progress by viewing
the time-lapse “build cam” online at hurricanestrong.org.
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Overview
Presenting Partners
National Media Partner
®
Sponsors
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Engagement - Leadership
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to
adequately safeguard the health, safety and welfare
of building occupants. The impacts of climate change
– including hotter temperatures, more extreme
weather, sea level rise, and more severe drought –
pose significant challenges for buildings and homes,
many of which were not built to withstand the future
impacts of climate change. Today, the White House
hosted a Conference on Resilient Building Codes to
highlight the critical role of building codes in furthering
community resilience and the importance of
incorporating resilience and the future impacts of
climate change in the codes and standards
development process.
As part of today’s event, the Administration
highlighted Federal and private sector efforts aimed
at advancing the principles of resilience in building
codes and standards, and building design. President
Obama declared May as National Building Safety
Month in order to recognize and pay tribute to those
who ensure the safety and resilience of our Nation's
buildings, and to reaffirm our commitment to
upholding and abiding by strong and effective
building safety standards.
On May 10, in a White House statement,
President Obama cited FLASH Partners for,
“… launching a new 2016 national hurricane resilience initiative, #HurricaneStrong,
through collaboration with FEMA, NOAA/
National Weather Service, The Home Depot,
and The Weather Channel.” The statement
was issued as part of the White House conference on community resilience with special
focus on public and private sector efforts to
promote strong buildings.
Presidential Proclamation -- National
Hurricane Preparedness Week, 2016
NATIONAL HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS WEEK, 2016
------BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development: Incorporation of Resilient Building
Codes into Housing Programs
Each May, Americans set aside a week to raise
awareness of the threat posed by hurricanes -storms that can devastate communities,
neighborhoods, and local economies. The high
winds, heavy rains, lightning, and tornadoes that
can come with these powerful storms cause serious
damage, but with proper preparation we can ensure
the safety of ourselves and our loved ones. During
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, we take
deliberate action to safeguard our communities and
work together to improve our resilience to hurricanes.
Our Nation is better prepared than ever before for
today's storms. Our technology, forecasting, and
models have improved, and we have new ways of
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New Federal actions announced today include:
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Engagement - Leadership
Collaboration is the Key to Success of
L-R: Dr. Rick Knabb (NHC), Steven Cooper
(NWS), Laura Furgione (NWS), Leslie ChapmanHenderson (FLASH), Alan Krapf (USAA)
L- R: Tim Destri (NWS), Ken Graham (NWS),
Craig Fugate (FEMA), Mike Coyne (NWS)
Ralph Hudgens
(Georgia Insurance
and Safety Fire
Commissioner)
L-R: Mike Coyne (NWS), Hurricane Hunters,
Mayor Mitch Landrieu (New Orleans), Leslie
Chapman-Henderson (FLASH)
L-R: Alan Krapf (USAA), Leslie Chapman-Henderson
(FLASH), Colonel Frank Amado (Commander, 403rd
Wing, Air Force Reserve Command, Keesler Air Force
Base)
Dr. Jim McFadden (NOAA)
L-R: Bill Read (Former National
Hurricane Center Director),
Don Thompson (PCA)
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Engagement - Partnership
During the week of May 15, FLASH Legacy Partners
combined forces with NOAA’s National Weather
Service, National Hurricane Center, NOAA’s Aircraft
Operations Center, and the U.S. Air Force Hurricane
Hunters to help tell the story of hurricane safety and
science during the Hurricane Awareness Tour. The
Home Depot presented DIY hurricane preparedness
workshops in 695 coastal stores to help homeowners
Home Depot Preparedness Workshop
become #HurricaneStrong.
L-R: Kathy Phillips, Harris Schanhaut,
Tom Woods (USAA)
L-R: Dr. Rick Knabb (NHC), Paul Yura (NWS),
Dan Brown (NHC)
L-R: Donn Thompson (PCA), Michael Lowry
(The Weather Channel)
L-R: Randy Shackelford, Sarah Cameron, Jason Dees,
Cheryl Zafiris (Simpson Strong-Tie)
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Engagement - Partnership
L-R: Kathy Phillips, Jim Clifford, (USAA)
L-R: Jason Dees, Sarah Cameron (Simpson Strong-Tie),
Dr. Rick Knabb (NHC), Cheryl Zafiris, Danny Horn,
Randy Shackelford, (Simpson Strong-Tie)
L-R: Bill Read (Former National Hurricane Center Director),
Ed Delgrande (Kohler Spokesperson)
Erik Salna (Florida International University)
L-R: Alex Garcia (FOX-KABB), Laura Furgione (NWS)
Kelly Richards (State Farm)
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News Media Outcomes - Wire Release
Earned Media Features Totals
• 536 Unique Features
• More than 119,729,787 Unique Visitors
#HurricaneStrong Public Service
Announcement from The Weather
Channel featuring National Hurricane
Center Director Dr. Rick Knabb.
FLASH Introduces #HurricaneStrong to Save Lives and Homes
Nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)® partners join forces with FEMA and NOAA to introduce new
hurricane resilience initiative
ORLANDO, Fla., March 23, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)®
today unveiled #HurricaneStrong, a new national hurricane resilience initiative to increase safety and reduce economic
losses through
collaboration with the most recognized public and private organizations in the disaster safety movement, including FEMA,
and NOAA/National Weather Service. FLASH Leadership Partner and former National Hurricane Center Director Bill Read,
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Hurricane Sandy Survivor Gets a New #HurricaneStrong Home
BREEZY POINT, N.Y., Aug. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -Demolition begins today on Diane Hellreigel’s
Hurricane Sandy-damaged home on Breezy Point in
Queens, New York to clear the way for a new house,
dubbed the #HurricaneStrong Home. The new home
will not only replace Diane’s original 1955 structure
with a resilient, energy-efficient concrete residence,
but it will serve as an educational project to promote
disaster-resilient construction practices across the
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Total Potential Audience - 88.9M
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News Media Outcomes - National
Hurricane Amnesia
National network of coverage #HurricaneStrong
by The Weather Channel and WeatherBrains drove
national interest, and carried the preparedness
message forward to help families prepare for the
2016 hurricane season.
News Reel:
WeatherBrains 541:
Debunking Weather Safety Myths
WeatherBrains Episode 541 is now online (May 31,
2016). If you are crazy about weather, this is THE
netcast audio program for you!
The Weather Channel signs on as the
National Media Partner for the
Federal Alliance of Safe Homes
#HurricaneStrong initiative
A new national hurricane resilience initiative in
collaboration with FEMA, NOAA/ National
Weather Service and The Home Depot
What: As part of the partnership with FLASH, the
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes, The Weather
Channel will raise awareness of FLASH’s
#HurricaneStrong initiative. This national hurricane
resilience initiative to save lives and homes through
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
Regional media generated more than 100 news
stories featuring the White House observance of
National Hurricane Preparedness Week, the
Hurricane Awareness Tour, FLASH Partners, and
the #HurricaneStrong key messages.
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to
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Unique Visitors - 61,475
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
Obama Administration Announces
Public and Private Sector Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience through
Building Codes and Standards
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to
Washington, D.C. — Building codes set the baseline
for the safe design and construction of our homes,
schools, and workplaces, providing the minimum
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
Washington, D.C. – (RealEstateRama) — Building
codes set the baseline for the safe design and
construction of our homes, schools, and workplaces,
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
Obama launches climate change-resilient
building code initiative
President Barack Obama is calling on the private
construction industry and public agencies to ensure
that building codes become more resilient to the
severe weather effects of climate change.
A core plank of the White House’s initiative, which will
most likely raise construction costs, is a 2005
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White House announces
resilience initiatives
On 12 May, the White House announced several
initiatives aimed to make homes and buildings across
America stronger, thereby recognizing the need for
more resilient construction.
Announced at the Conference on Resilient Building
Codes, the new federal actions include incorporating
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration Announces Public and Private Sector Efforts
to Increase Community Resilience …
Building codes set a baseline for a protected pattern
and construction of a homes, schools, and workplaces,
providing a smallest mandate to sufficient guarantee a
health, reserve and gratification of building occupants.
The impacts of meridian change – including hotter
temperatures, some-more impassioned weather, sea
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President Obama Cites Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience
JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 23, 2016 — Verisk Analytics
(Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider,
announced its sponsorship of week four of Building
Safety Month. President Barack Obama designated
May 2016 as Building Safety Month in a proclamation
and noted Verisk’s commitment to expand community
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
(President of the United States)
The Alliance to Save Energy considers building energy
codes – which exist to improve building energy
efficiency – to be among the most cost-effective means
of lowering household utility bills, strengthening U.S.
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President Obama Cites Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience
JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 23, 2016 — Verisk Analytics
(Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider,
announced its sponsorship of week four of Building
Safety Month. President Barack Obama designated
May 2016 as Building Safety Month in a proclamation
and noted Verisk’s commitment to expand community
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
Fact Sheet: Timeline of Progress Made in
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan
On June 25th, 2013, President Obama announced his
Climate Action Plan (CAP) during a speech at
Georgetown University. This comprehensive plan is the
first of its kind and was developed by the Administration
to strategically achieve three overarching goals: cut
domestic carbon pollution, prepare the United States for
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President Obama Cites Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience
JERSEY CITY, N.J., May 23, 2016 — Verisk Analytics
(Nasdaq:VRSK), a leading data analytics provider,
announced its sponsorship of week four of Building
Safety Month. President Barack Obama designated
May 2016 as Building Safety Month in a proclamation
and noted Verisk’s commitment to expand community
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FACT SHEET: Administration Announces
New “Smart Cities” Initiative to Help
Communities Tackle Local Challenges
and Improve City Services
“Every community is different, with different needs and
different approaches. But communities that are making
the most progress on these issues have some things
in common. They don’t look for a single silver bullet;
instead they bring together local government and no
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FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
(President of the United States)
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design and
construction of our homes, schools, and workplaces,
providing the minimum requirements to adequately
Read More:
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
(President of the United States)
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design and
construction of our homes, schools, and workplaces,
providing the minimum requirements to adequately
safeguard the health, safety and welfare of building
occupants. The impacts of climate change – including
Read More:
FACT SHEET: Obama Administration
Announces Public and Private Sector
Efforts to Increase Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
Meet the Hurricane Hunters today!
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) – On Wednesday, May
18th, the NOAA – National Weather Service – Gulf
Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour will visit the New
Orleans Lakefront Airport in New Orleans, as part of
a five-day tour of the Gulf Coast. This will be the third
day of a five-day tour of the Gulf Coast.
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NOAA showcases Hurricane
Hunter to raise awareness
NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) - National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts,
scientists and crew members invited the media out to
New Orleans Lakefront Airport Wednesday, allowing
them to check out U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J
“Hurricane Hunter” aircraft and the NOAA G-IV
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Hurricane Hunters fly into town!!
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, or
Hurricane Hunters as they’re more widely known,
flew into town with FEMA, the National Hurricane
Center and our own National Weather Service in
Slidell to show folks the technology they use to
predict the intensity and tracks of tropical systems.
Keep the Umbrella Handy...
Upgraded U.S. Forecast Model...
Hurricane Preparedness
Our wetter weather pattern is here & all areas will
see at least some rain the rest of this week with
locally heavy downpours at times. It will not rain all
the time every single day, but this will likely be the
wettest week in quite a long time. A subtle shift to
a southeast component to the winds Thu. & Fri. will
have a tendency to push the more widespread rain
inland before becoming southwest again Sat. which
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Buresh Blog: Rain moving in - May 17th
Hurricane Preparedness Week continues. The Fl.
Division of Emergency Management is conducting a
drill this week:
STARKE, Fla. - Today, The Florida Division of
Emergency Management (FDEM) launched the 2016
Statewide Hurricane Exercise by deploying the State
Emergency Response Team (SERT) to Camp
Blanding Joint Training Center to evaluate the
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Get your plan in order! It’s Hurricane
Preparedness Week!
New Orleans (WGNO)--Hurricane season is less than
two weeks away and Governor John Bel Edwards
wants to make sure you’re ready.
He declared this week Hurricane Preparedness
Week.
Edwards and state emergency response workers say
everyone needs to get their plans ready.
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White House Announces Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience Through
Building Codes and Standards
On Thursday, May 12, the White House hosted a
Conference on Resilient Building Codes to highlight
the critical role of building codes in furthering
community resilience and the importance of
incorporating resilience and the future impacts of
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
NHC National Hurricane Preparedness
Week, Day 1: Determine Your Risk
Hurricane tracking planes featured at
Lakefront Airport on Wednesday
HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS JUNE 1
Two of the nation’s hurricane tracking planes will be
featured at a stop of NOAA’s 2016 Hurricane Awareness
Tour at Lakefront Airport on Wednesday (May 18), part
of National Hurricane Preparedness Week. The Atlantic
hurricane season begins on June 1.
“It’ll Never Happen to Me”: Getting Past Barriers to
Determining Your Hurricane Risk
“I’ve lived here for decades, and we’ve never had a
hurricane. I figure I’m good.”
“We got hit last year, so this year it’ll be someone
else’s turn.”
“I don’t want to evacuate and do all of those other
things unless I know for sure it’s going to hit here.”
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NHC National Hurricane Preparedness
Week, Day 2: Develop An Evacuation Plan
DO you live in a storm surge evacuation zone?
The public also will be able to meet National Hurricane
Center hurricane specialists, who prepare forecasts for
cyclones from their formation as tropical
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Plan now for hurricane evacuations,
emergency officials warn
Find out today if you’re in an area that will need to
evacuate for a hurricane. Plan now where to go when
you evacuate. And get out when local officials say it’s
time to leave.
Those were the key messages delivered by the director
of the National Hurricane Center, administrator of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency and Mayor
Mitch Landrieu during a pre-hurricane season news
conference Wednesday (May 18) at Lakefront
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NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour visit
Lakefront Airport in New Orleans
Identify someone, perhaps a friend or relative who
doesn’t live in a zone or unsafe home, and work it
School children from Chalmette Elementary School
take of tour of the C-130 “Hurricane Hunter” during
the 2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour at
Lakefront Airport in New Orleans Wednesday, May
18, 2016. NOAA hurricane experts, scientists and
crew members, traveling aboard a U.S. Air Force
Reserve WC-130J “Hurricane Hunter” aircraft and
the NOAA G-IV aircraft opened the aircraft to the
general public for free tours. (Photo by David
Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune).
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The first thing you need to do is find out if you
live in a storm surge hurricane evacuation zone
or if you’re in a home that would be unsafe during
a hurricane.
If you are, figure out where you’d go and how you’d
get there if told to evacuate. You do not need to travel
hundreds of miles.
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
Hurricane Season Preps
13 hurricane season myths debunked
With hurricane season comes a barrage of ideas
about how storms work, how to prepare yourself and
your home, and what kind of damage a storm can
do. But knowing what is myth and what is reality can
keep you and your family safe.
So here are 13 myths debunked, in no particular
order.
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Fortify your castle
If you plan to ride out the storm in your home, make
sure it is in good repair and up to local hurricane
building code specifications. Many of these retrofits
do not cost much or take as long to do as you may
think. Have the proper plywood, steel or aluminum
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Gather and stash to always be ready
You’re going to need supplies not just to get through
the storm but for the potentially lengthy and
unpleasant aftermath. You will want to plan for two
situations:
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Hurricane Awareness Tour
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News Reel:
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U.S. government announces public,
private sector efforts to increase
community resilience
May 16, 2016 — Building codes set the baseline for
the safe design and construction of homes, schools,
and workplaces, providing the minimum requirements
to adequately safeguard the health, safety and we
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Obama Administration Announces
Public and Private Sector Efforts to
Increase Community Resilience through
Building Codes and Standards
Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
and construction of our homes, schools, and
workplaces, providing the minimum requirements to
adequately safeguard the health, safety and welfare
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Unique Visitors - 4,218
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
New HurricaneStrong.org Launches
During Hurricane Preparedness Week
This year, for the first time, the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Hurricane
Awareness Tour aligns with the presidentiallydeclared National Hurricane Preparedness Week
and the new #HurricaneStrong public outreach
campaign. As part of the outreach campaign, the
Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH) launched
HurricaneStrong.org, which includes a section for
Resilience Building Coalition Releases
Progress Report
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), National
Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and 38 other
leaders of America’s design and construction
industry, today released a report on progress made
on the resilience front since the Resilience Building
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NOAA, U.S. Air Force Reserve offer
tours of hurricane forecasting aircraft
during stop in Naples
NOAA’s hurricane awareness tour comes Friday to
the Naples Municipal Airport with a chance for the
public to tour aircraft used in hurricane forecasting.
Naples is the last stop on this week’s National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Air
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PCA partners with FLASH
Hurricanes cause millions of dollars of damage
across the US every year, but careful planning can
help individuals and communities to prepare and
build in order to standup to these deadly storms.
Naples is the last stop on this week’s National
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13 hurricane season myths debunked
With hurricane season comes a barrage of ideas
about how storms work, how to prepare yourself and
your home, and what kind of damage a storm can
do. But knowing what is myth and what is reality can
keep you and your family safe.
So here are 13 myths debunked, in no particular
order.
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Increasing Community Resilience
through Building Codes and Standards
On May 10, 2016, the Obama Administration
announced public and private sector efforts to
increase community resilience through building
codes and standards.
“Building codes set the baseline for the safe design
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News Media Outcomes - Regional
Surviving the Storm
With increase in extreme weather,
construction industry partners with Obama
to work on more resilient building codes
Citing research linking climate change with an
increase in extreme weather occurrences and the
likelihood of further increases in the future, President
Obama recently hosted government agencies and
private groups at the White House for a Conference
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Learn from the Past, Build for TomorrowBuilding Safety Month Week 3
Making sure your family is prepared for any natural
disaster is important. Your actions can ensure that no
matter what Mother Nature brings, you, your family
and your community will be resilient.
Here are a few tips to follow from the Federal Alliance
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USGBC Joins National Leaders at the
White House During Building Safety Month,
Commits to Continue Focus on Resilience
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Washington, DC—(May 11, 2016)—USGBC and an
array of national building industry leaders gathered
this week at the White House’s national conference
on resilient building codes to discuss the economic
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Consider These 5 Things When
Reviewing Your Hurricane Coverage
Hurricanes provide little advance notice, and
insurance companies typically don’t accept new
coverage as a storm approaches.
That means it’s usually a good idea to review your
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Resilient Housing A Focus During
Building Safety Month
The first week of May focused on “Building Solutions
for All Ages” and week two on “The Science Behind
the Codes.”
The week of May 16-22 looks at preparing for natural
disasters with “Learn from the Past, Build for
“Learn from the Past, Build for Tomorrow”
Making sure your family is prepared for any natural
disaster is important. Your actions can ensure that no
matter what Mother Nature brings, you, your family
and your community will be safe and resilient.
Since 1980 and founded by the International Code
Council, Building Safety Month has been an annual
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New Orleans Events – Monday,
May 16, 2016
Monday, May. 16 - Friday, May. 20 – National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts
begin weeklong tour to five Gulf Coast cities aboard
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How to prepare for a hurricane - CBS12
Hurricane Guide
Long before a hurricane or tropical storm hits, you
should PREPARE. Prepare yourself, your home, and
your family with physical supplies and a plan. Here
are some of the most basic steps you should take to
prepare for an impending storm in south Florida
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Unique Visitors - 380,217
Portland Cement Association Joins
Hurricane Awareness Tour
SKOKIE, Illinois (May 17, 2016) - Every year,
hurricanes cause millions of dollars of damage
across the United States. But with some careful
planning, individuals and communities can prepare
and build to stand up to these deadly storms.
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is teaming
up with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
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Resilience Building Coalition
Releases Progress Report
The American Institute of Architects (AIA), National
Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) and 38 other
leaders of America’s design and construction
industry, today released a report on progress made
on the resilience front since the Resilience Building
Coalition announced the Building Industry Statement
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Hurricane Awareness Tour Day 4
Take a look inside the
Hurricane Hunter’s C-130
MOBILE, AL (WDAM) - WDAM TV’s Lauren Coleman
went aboard the U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J
“Hurricane Hunter aircraft” ahead of the 2016
hurricane season.
It was all in part of the 2016 NOAA Hurricane
Awareness Tour at the Mobile Downtown Airport at
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Durham students take part in
National Hurricane School
The world of hurricane hunting came to life today for
one local school. Meteorologists from the National
Hurricane Center along with the University of Rhode
Island broadcasted live from the Galveston, Texas
stop of the hurricane awareness tour, giving students
a behind the scenes look at the world of forecasting.
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Inside a Hurricane Hunter plane
Emergency officials joined the National Weather
Service Thursday morning in alerting us to important
lessons we should know during this hurricane season.
Meantime, Mobile area school children had a chance
to tour some of the aircraft that fly into hurricanes.
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Hurricane Hunters, NOAA promote
hurricane preparedness
Hurricane season starts June 1 and to promote
preparedness an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter
aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a
team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf
Coast cities as part of this year’s Hurricane
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Hurricane Hunters Land In Galveston
To Raise Awareness
Hurricane season begins June 1, and to make
residents aware of it, officials are touring the Gulf
Coast with their “Hurricane Hunter” airplanes.
“It only takes one”. That is what the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wants you to
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hurricane preparedness
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. (AFNS) -- An Air
Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunter” aircrew with their
WC-130J Super Hercules joined National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts
May 16-20 to promote preparedness at five Gulf
Coast cities.
Before the hurricane season starts on June 1, the
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Hurricane Awareness 2016 Tour
Prepares Central Florida
NAPLES, Fla- A hurricane awareness tour ended in
Naples, Florida. The tour seeks to show different
communities in Florida, how to be prepared for
upcoming hurricanes. The first official day of the
Atlantic hurricane season is June 1st. “Florida is
always at risk,” official member Santos says. The
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Hurricane Hunters, NOAA promote
hurricane preparedness
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -Hurricane season starts June 1 and to promote
preparedness an Air Force Reserve Hurricane
Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules
and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf
Coast cities as part of this year’s Hurricane
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Hurricane Awareness Tour’s
key message: Prepare now
NOAA’s 2016 Hurricane Awareness Tour touched
down Thursday in Mobile, bringing a chance to tour
a hurricane hunter aircraft – and a warning that when
it comes to hurricanes, the real danger lies in being
unprepared.
The tour was a major multi-agency effort, with NOAA,
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NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour
As we approach the beginning of the Atlantic 2016
Hurricane Season which begins June 1st, we will take
a look at the Hurricane Hunters.
NOAA and the US Air Force Reserve both fly planes
into the Storms to get the data required to predict the
Storms path, strength direction and much, much
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PCA Joins Hurricane Awareness Tour
Hurricane Hunters provide up-close
look at storm tools in Naples
SKOKIE, Ill. - Every year, hurricanes cause millions of
dollars of damage across the United States. But with
some careful planning, individuals and communities
can prepare and build to stand up to these deadly
storms.
Hurricane Hunters are tasked with the job of flying
data-gathering planes into and around the eye of a
hurricane, and they landed in Naples Friday as part
of a hurricane awareness tour.
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is teaming
up with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
“A lot of things can go wrong at 4,500 feet with being
far away from a hurricane. You add the hurricane
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National Hurricane Center
It’s Day 1 of the 2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness
Tour - we’re in San Antonio, Texas. Remember,
hurricanes have big impacts on inland areas,
especially from flooding. The day began with a press
briefing, followed by more than 700 school children
touring the USAF WC-130J hurricane hunter plane
and a visit to the NOAA G-IV aircraft. Lots of media
interviews throughout the day, too.
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NOAA Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness
Tour makes a stop in AL
NOAA’s Hurricane Awareness Tour
makes landfall in Galveston
Hurricane season starts June 1 and if the Weather
Research Center’s “Cyclone Strike Index” predictions
are close, better get ready to “hunker down!”
They’re predicting 7 to 10 named storms, four
hurricanes, and say there’s a better-than-not chance
the Texas coast will see some action in 2016.
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Weather tracking planes land in Galveston
for 2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour
Be prepared for hurricane season. That’s the
message in Mobile at the NOAA Gulf Coast Hurricane
Awareness Tour.
The federal government wants to remind everyone
about hurricane season, which is why the National
Weather Service is touring its “Hurricane Hunter.”
Storm season is just a dozen days away. The experts
say now is the time you should be checking on your
insurance, gathering storm supplies and checking
The 2016 National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Hurricane Awareness Tour visited
Scholes International Airport in Galveston Tuesday
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National Hurricane Center:
Hurricane Webinar 2016
Hurricane Awareness Tour
stops in Southeast Texas
A free webinar on hurricanes will be offered to grades
4, 5, and 6 on May 17 at 11 a.m. EDT (10 a.m. CDT).
This webinar is part of the 2016 Hurricane
Preparedness Week and the NOAA Hurricane
Awareness Tour. The webinar will be broadcast live
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Hurricane Awareness Tour
NOAA Hurricane Team to Embark on
U.S. Gulf Coast Awareness Tour
NOAA hurricane experts will visit five U.S. Gulf Coast
cities aboard a NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft to
raise awareness about storm threats and the danger
of being caught without a personal hurricane
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Hurricane Awareness Tour Day 4
NOAA Gulf Coast Hurricane Awareness
Tour makes a stop in AL
Be prepared for hurricane season. That’s the
message in Mobile at the NOAA Gulf Coast Hurricane
Awareness Tour.
Storm season is just a dozen days away. The experts
say now is the time you should be checking on you
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Hurricane Awareness Tour makes
first-ever stop in S.A.
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Hurricane Awareness Tour makes
first-ever stop in S.A.
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Hurricane Awareness Tour
NOAA hurricane awareness tour visits
San Antonio on May 16
A slew of hurricane experts and one of the “hurricane
hunter” aircraft are heading to San Antonio on May
16 to promote hurricane awareness in Texas.
The 2016 NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour is
scheduled for Monday, May 16, from 9:45 a.m. to
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NWS Launches Hurricane
Preparedness Week
Hurricane Preparedness Week is Here: May 15-21
Hurricane season is almost here, and the National
Weather Service (NWS) is urging locations at risk of
hurricane impacts to get ready by participating in this
years Hurricane Preparedness Week, which runs
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Hurricane Hunters, NOAA stress
hurricane preparedness
An Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunter” aircrew
with their WC-130J Super Hercules joined National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane
experts May 16-20 to promote preparedness at five
Gulf Coast cities.
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Broward County urges residents and the public
to prepare and be “Ready. Set. Safe.”
Before the hurricane season starts on June 1, the
Hurricane Awareness Tour made stops in San
Broward County is recognizing Hurricane
Preparedness Week from May 15-21, 2016 by
participating in various preparedness events,
including the Statewide Hurricane Exercise. Broward
County will participate in the exercise on Thursday,
May 19, at the Emergency Operations Center (EOC)
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Hurricane Hunters, NOAA promote
hurricane preparedness
Hurricane season starts June 1 and to promote
preparedness an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter
aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a
team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf
Coast cities as part of this year’s Hurricane
Awareness Tour May 16-20.
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NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour
NOAA hurricane experts will visit flying aboard the
NOAA P3 Orion, USAF Reserve WC-130J, and
NOAA G-IV hurricane hunter aircraft, to raise
awareness of hurricane threats and impacts and the
importance of planning ahead of hurricane season.
The NOAA P3 Orion is used for hurricane research
and reconnaissance. The versatile turboprop aircraft
is equipped with an unprecedented variety of
scientific observing instrumentation, radars and
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Hurricane Awareness Tour Set
for Tuesday, May 17th
Hurricane Hunter Aircraft on Display, Experts
Share Hurricane Preparedness Tips
June 1st is right around the corner! This day marks
the beginning of hurricane season and Island officials
are encouraging the public to be prepared. The City
of Galveston and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will host the
Hurricane Awareness Tour from 2:30 PM to 5 PM
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Hurricane Awareness Tour (HAT)
Arrives in Naples, FL
Two key weather agencies – NOAA (National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the parent
agency of the National Weather Service – NWS) and
U. S. Air Force are bringing their hurricane hunter
aircraft to Naples, FL, today, Fri., May 20, 2016, as
part of a week-long Gulf Coast Hurricane
Awareness Tour (also known as HAT). The tour
started in San Antonio, TX on May 16, with additional
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Hurricane Awareness Tour makes
stop in Alamo City
May 16 PCA Joins Hurricane
Awareness Tour
The famous hurricane hunter WC-130 and National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s G-4
aircraft were in town Monday at the San Antonio
Airport for what they are calling the Hurricane
Awareness Tour.
Every year, hurricanes cause millions of dollars of
damage across the United States. But with some
careful planning, individuals and communities can
prepare and build to stand up to these deadly storms.
They are making five stops this week along the gulf
coast and inland to remind everyone to make
The Portland Cement Association (PCA) is teaming
up with the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH)
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Hurricane Preparedness Week
Hurricane Hunters Land in Mobile
Here on the threshold of another hurricane season
the forces flew into New Orleans. It was a stop during
the leg of the Gulf Coast Tour of the 2016 Hurricane
Awareness and Preparedness week. Pilots,
dignitaries and experts were on hand and expressed
the same common theme.
It’s day four of the NOAA Hurricane Awareness tour.
It’s an event put on by our local National Weather
Service in conjunction with other government and first
responder agencies.
Dennis Feltgen of the National Hurricane Center
This morning local children were given tours of the
Escambia County Command Center and, of course,
the Hurricane Hunter aircraft. Jason Beaman of the
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Hurricane Awareness Tour coming
to Galveston May 17th
As part of Hurricane Preparedness Week the
Hurricane Awareness Tour is coming to Scholes
International Airport at Galveston May 17th. Two
hurricane hunter aircraft, the USAF C130 and the
NOAA G4 will landing that morning and on display
during the event. The USCG and Texas DPS will
have helicopters as well. The City of Galveston will
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Meet some real Hurricane Hunters
next week
You can tour two hurricane reconnaissance planes,
meet some of their crew members and learn about
storm preparedness during a program May 18 at
Lakefront Airport in New Orleans.
Part of the National Weather Service’s Hurricane
Awareness Tour, the program is scheduled for 2:30-5
p.m. at the airport, 6001 Stars and Stripes Blvd., New
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Hurricane Hunters serve up
knowledge at 2016 tour
The National Weather Service Thursday is hosting
a Hurricane Awareness Tour in the Port City. School
kids are getting the first peak at the fun, and you are
invited to learn more!
Residents urged to be prepared as the
2016 hurricane season approaches
Make an emergency kit and have a plan because
it only takes one hurricane to cause major damage to
your home or community.
The event is at 2:30 - 4 p.m. at Brookley Field. It’s
This week marks Hurricane Preparedness Week,
and as the June 1 start of the Atlantic hurricane season approaches area residents are reminded of the
importance of having emergency supply kits and
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Local 15 Chief Meteorologist Chris Dunn and
Meteorologist Jake Dunne ventured out to the event.
Hurricane Hunters bring awareness
tour to Myrtle Beach
Hurricane Strong
The Hurricane Hunters brought their hurricane
awareness tour to the Myrtle Beach General Aviation
This week will see the ultimate combination of events
intended to raise public awareness of the necessity
for disaster-resistant construction: It is week three
of ICC’s Building Safety Month; National Hurricane
Preparedness Week, as proclaimed by the U.S.
president; the NOAA Hurricane Awareness Tour of
the Gulf Coast; and the kickoff of the new
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Wed, 06 May 2015 21:40:00 GMT — The men and
women who put their lives on the line to gather
weather data from inside a storm came to the Grand
Strand Wednesday.
Hurricane Hunters make stop in Galveston
Look inside a hurricane hunter aircraft
The Hurricane Hunters came to Galveston yesterday.
The US Air Force C130 and the NOAA G IV planes are
both important tools for surviving hurricane season.
If you’ve ever wondered how we learn about severe
storms such as hurricanes, it takes a special team of
pilots and planes to collect the data.
“Every single time we fly, we answer two questions.
Number one, where is the hurricane going to go? And
number two, how bad is it going to be?,” Jason
Mansour, the Aircraft Commander of the NOAA G IV
One of five visits on the East Coast, The Hurricane
Awareness Tour touched down in Atlantic City on
Monday.
The classroom was moved outside for more than 300
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Hurricane awareness tour in SA
Officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and “hurricane hunter” aircraft crews
are in San Antonio, raising awareness of the need to
prepare for the summer hurricane season, even in
inland areas where flooding can occur. “The least we
can all do is get our friends, our family members, our
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Building Energy Codes: Savings Today
and a Resilient Tomorrow
The Alliance to Save Energy considers building energy
codes – which exist to improve building energy
efficiency – to be among the most cost-effective means
of lowering household utility bills, strengthening U.S.
energy security and reducing harmful emissions. The
building sector accounts for an incredible 40 percent of
U.S. energy consumption, so every energy efficiency
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Take a look inside the
Hurricane Hunter’s C-130
MOBILE, AL (WDAM) - WDAM TV’s Lauren Coleman
went aboard the U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J
“Hurricane Hunter aircraft” ahead of the 2016
hurricane season.
It was all in part of the 2016 NOAA Hurricane
Read More:
Take a look inside the
Hurricane Hunter’s C-130
WDAM TV’s Lauren Coleman went aboard the U.S.
Air Force Reserve WC-130J “Hurricane Hunter
aircraft” ahead of the 2016 hurricane season.
It was all in part of the 2016 NOAA Hurricane
Awareness Tour at the Mobile Downtown Airport at
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May 15 – 21 is Designated as
Hurricane Preparedness Week
Hurricane planes help
predict flash floods
“It only takes one”. That is what the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) wants you
to remember about hurricanes. Only one storm can
change your life and can change your community.
Harlandale fourth- and fifth-graders wait to tour an Air
Force Reserve WC-130J Hercules hurricane hunter.
Hurricanes and tropical cyclones are some of the
most powerful, dangerous, and destructive storms
Flying in and out of storms, typically for up to six
hours, teams of “hurricane hunters” keep Gulf Coast
residents, and even San Antonians, from being taken
by surprise with flash floods, violent winds and torna
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Hurricane Hunters, NOAA promote
hurricane preparedness
MOBILE, AL (WDAM) - WDAM TV’s Lauren Coleman
went aboard the U.S. Air Force Reserve WC-130J
“Hurricane Hunter aircraft” ahead of the 2016
hurricane season.
KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- Hurricane
season starts June 1 and to promote preparedness
an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with
their WC-130J Super Hercules and a team of National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane
experts visited five Gulf Coast cities as part of this
year’s Hurricane Awareness Tour May 16-20.
It was all in part of the 2016 NOAA Hurricane
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Hurricane Hunter’s C-130
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Get Prepared: Hurricane Awareness Tour
Hurricane Awareness Tour kicks off
in San Antonio
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas
-- The 12th Operations Support Squadron Weather
Operations Flight at Joint Base San AntonioRandolph attended the annual Hurricane Awareness
Tour, which kicked off May 16 at the San Antonio
International Airport.
Hosted by the National Weather Service Forecast
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Hurricane awareness tour Scholes 17- May
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Tour makes a stop in AL
“Saw this and thought I would pass it on.
Years ago I boarded a hurricane hunter C130 at the
air show i would like to see a new one.”
cheers
Be prepared for hurricane season. That's the message in Mobile at the NOAA Gulf Coast Hurricane
Awareness Tour.
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Storm season is just a dozen days away. The experts
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#HurricaneStrong Kids
The National Hurricane Center and the
University of Rhode Island broadcast a
webinar from Galveston reaching 10,000
schoolchildren with simulated “live tracking”
of a mock hurricane, leveraging new
educational material at hurricanestrong.org.
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#HurricaneStrong Calendar of Events
January - June 2016
January 27-29
FLASH Annual Conference - Orlando Florida
March 21-14
National Hurricane Conference - Orlando, Florida
April 13
Girl Scout Day at FEMA – Preparing Our Future
Leaders, Washington DC
May 15
Home Depot Workshops
Hurricane Expo, Seminole County, Florida
May 16-20
Hurricane Awareness Tour - San Antonio and
Galveston, Texas; New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile,
Alabama; Naples, Florida
May 21
Savannah Home Depot Expo - Savannah, Georgia
June 2
Night at the Tides - Norfolk, Virginia
June 4
Hurricane Expo - Orlando, Florida
June 18
Build Your Bucket - Tallahassee, Florida
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#HurricaneStrong Home
Before
FLASH, the Portland Cement Association
(PCA), BASF – The Chemical Company, Huber
Engineered Woods, and others have already
committed to join local architect, Illya Azaroff,
Director of Design +LAB architect PLLC, to help
create a disaster resilient home for a deserving
Breezy Point resident, Diane Hellriegel. Forced
from her Breezy Point home by the wind, waves,
and flooding of Superstorm Sandy, she still has not
been able to return.
After
Diane’s home will demonstrate best practice,
code compliant coastal construction using a
variety of strong, innovative materials.
Resilience and energy efficiency are natural
partners. With the help of PCA partner The
Energy Environmental Building Alliance
(EEBA), and involvement of the New Jersey
Institute of Technology (NJIT), the project will
demonstrate the energy efficient benefits of
the home as well. A qualified HERS rater will
certify the performance level of the house
upon completion.
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Conclusion
The inaugural 2016 #HurricaneStrong campaign brought together the most recognized
public and private brands in the disaster safety movement to advance the cause of hurricane
resilience and inspire hurricane readiness by increasing public awareness and action before
the next storm strikes.
The campaign generated more than 200 national and regional news stories and
#HurricaneStrong became the official hashtag for hurricane preparedness on Twitter with
more than 15,000 tweets in 2016.
Planning for the 2017 #HurricaneStrong campaign is already underway. If you’re interested
in following the project or joining the 2017 #HurricaneStrong campaign, visit the
#HurricaneStrong website, or email [email protected].
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Acknowledgements
The new National Hurricane Resilience Initiative #HurricaneStrong would not have been
possible without the hard work and dedication of the many organizations that support the
mission of strengthening homes and safeguarding families from disaster. We wish to thank
them for their contributions that are making the first year successful, and we look forward to
continued collaboration that will grow this important effort in years to come.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Florida International University
International Hurricane Research Center
Kohler Generators
FLASH Legacy Partner
National Hurricane Center
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Austin-San Antonio
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Houston
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Miami
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Mobile
National Weather Service Forecast Office
New Orleans
National Weather Service Forecast Office
Tampa
NOAA Office of Marine
and Aviation Operations
MacDill Air Force Base
NOAA's Weather-Ready Nation
Portland Cement Association
FLASH Legacy Partner
Simpson Strong-Tie Co.
FLASH Legacy Partner
State Farm Insurance Companies
FLASH Legacy Partner
The Home Depot
FLASH Legacy Partner
The Weather Channel
FLASH National Media Partner
U.S. Air Force Reserve – 53rd Weather
Reconnaissance Squadron, 403rd Wing
Keesler Air Force Base
University of Rhode Island
Hurricanes: Science and Society
USAA
FLASH Legacy Partner
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