Hurricane storm surge threatens Fla. cities
SANTA ANA, Calif. – May 3, 2011 – CoreLogic released a report today detailing potential exposure to storm surge property damage in 10 major U.S. city areas. The 2011 CoreLogic Storm Surge Report finds that many properties located outside FEMA flood zones are at risk for storm surge damage.
In a hurricane, high winds and low pressure cause water to build up inside the storm. When the hurricane passes onto land, water rushes in, and can do significant damage beyond that caused by high winds and rain. The study identified three Florida city areas in which storm surge is a major threat: Miami-Dade, Jacksonville and Tampa.
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The study looked at hurricane probabilities, geographic features offshore, population density and population. Projected exposure to storm surge damage for the 10 geographies is:
• Long Island, N.Y. - $99 billion
• Miami-Dade, Fla. - $44.9 billion
• Virginia Beach, Va. - $44.6 billion
• New Orleans, La. - $39 billion
• Tampa, Fla. - $27 billion
• Houston, Texas - $20 billion
• Jacksonville, Fla. - $19.6 billion
• Charleston, S.C. - $17.7 billion
• Corpus Christi, Texas - $4.7 billion
• Mobile, Ala. - $3 billion
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My Views
I am Sure that FEMA is doing the best they can......NOT.
Everything comes in cycles. Weather also comes in Cycles. Last year we were at the very low point in the Solar 11 year cycle.
I predicted in 2009 that the summer of 2010 would be very low chance of storms. I predicted only tropical storms and maybe Cat 1 max 2. I told people this. This was a long time before my blog.
At the end of 2010, My prediction for summer of 2011? Rainy Sunny and cooler than normal summer. Very Few storms. Only Tropical Storms and maybe a few Category 1. Tops cat 2. It will be a cool summer and it may be in the 90s. Most likely it will be in the 80s. I think the nights will be in the 70s.
The main thing will be rain. This summer till next one. Lots of rain. Not allot of big heavy storms just rain. It will rain heavily and longer normal. This will lead to flooding. People have already seen this. I do believe it will get worse.
All this will happen again. So the question is, How do we prevent this in the future? Create more low points like canals and NO BUILDING in them. Those canals does not mean they ware obvious canals we can make them look like its part of the natural landscape. The dirt from those areas to build up land higher in other areas and build houses on those hilly areas. Some areas are already built. Then we have to create areas for water to run off to so the water goes into the canals.
Insurance companies would be wise to invest in to help creating this built up areas or areas that are lowered. It will be cheaper for them in the long run.
My early predictions for 2012. Rain again. Few storms Up to cat 2s. It will be warmer. During the day it will warm up faster and temps will be in the 90s-100s. At night the temp will drop quickly. the difference between the high and the nightly low will be higher than normal. It will be possible for temps to be in the 100s and lows to be in 70s. For the whole 2012 thing? Not a major thing in 2012.
2013? Increase in Earthquakes, Volcano's and Hurricanes. Warm winter. IF we have a winter at all. I expect the winter of 2012/2013 to be very warm. It may not snow at all. Don't make plans to go skiing. UNLESS that resort already has equipment to create snow. That will melt quickly. Summer 2013 will come early and it will be HOT! Florida will be in the 100s early and I think that we will have a stormy summer.
These are just my random thoughts. We will see. Let me know what you think and refer back to this article after the summer and in 2012 and 2013. Lets see how accurate I am months in advance and years ahead of my time.
NOW Back to FEMA, They are trying to scare people. Pure and simple. When the jump around saying the sky is falling like they did last year and this one saying the storms are coming and say nothing about flooding makes them lose credibility. If a group tell you that they area expecting heavy storms and none come why should we listen to them?
What causes Hurricanes? Basically when the oceans waters are warm or hot then we get Hurricanes. The Hotter the ocean water the Higher category hurricanes we live through. Low Temps means low Storm levels. Go put your toes in the ocean and gage if it is cooler or warmer than last year. I bet its cooler.
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SANTA ANA, Calif. – May 3, 2011 – CoreLogic released a report today detailing potential exposure to storm surge property damage in 10 major U.S. city areas. The 2011 CoreLogic Storm Surge Report finds that many properties located outside FEMA flood zones are at risk for storm surge damage.
In a hurricane, high winds and low pressure cause water to build up inside the storm. When the hurricane passes onto land, water rushes in, and can do significant damage beyond that caused by high winds and rain. The study identified three Florida city areas in which storm surge is a major threat: Miami-Dade, Jacksonville and Tampa.
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The study looked at hurricane probabilities, geographic features offshore, population density and population. Projected exposure to storm surge damage for the 10 geographies is:
• Long Island, N.Y. - $99 billion
• Miami-Dade, Fla. - $44.9 billion
• Virginia Beach, Va. - $44.6 billion
• New Orleans, La. - $39 billion
• Tampa, Fla. - $27 billion
• Houston, Texas - $20 billion
• Jacksonville, Fla. - $19.6 billion
• Charleston, S.C. - $17.7 billion
• Corpus Christi, Texas - $4.7 billion
• Mobile, Ala. - $3 billion
--------------------------------------
My Views
I am Sure that FEMA is doing the best they can......NOT.
Everything comes in cycles. Weather also comes in Cycles. Last year we were at the very low point in the Solar 11 year cycle.
I predicted in 2009 that the summer of 2010 would be very low chance of storms. I predicted only tropical storms and maybe Cat 1 max 2. I told people this. This was a long time before my blog.
At the end of 2010, My prediction for summer of 2011? Rainy Sunny and cooler than normal summer. Very Few storms. Only Tropical Storms and maybe a few Category 1. Tops cat 2. It will be a cool summer and it may be in the 90s. Most likely it will be in the 80s. I think the nights will be in the 70s.
The main thing will be rain. This summer till next one. Lots of rain. Not allot of big heavy storms just rain. It will rain heavily and longer normal. This will lead to flooding. People have already seen this. I do believe it will get worse.
All this will happen again. So the question is, How do we prevent this in the future? Create more low points like canals and NO BUILDING in them. Those canals does not mean they ware obvious canals we can make them look like its part of the natural landscape. The dirt from those areas to build up land higher in other areas and build houses on those hilly areas. Some areas are already built. Then we have to create areas for water to run off to so the water goes into the canals.
Insurance companies would be wise to invest in to help creating this built up areas or areas that are lowered. It will be cheaper for them in the long run.
My early predictions for 2012. Rain again. Few storms Up to cat 2s. It will be warmer. During the day it will warm up faster and temps will be in the 90s-100s. At night the temp will drop quickly. the difference between the high and the nightly low will be higher than normal. It will be possible for temps to be in the 100s and lows to be in 70s. For the whole 2012 thing? Not a major thing in 2012.
2013? Increase in Earthquakes, Volcano's and Hurricanes. Warm winter. IF we have a winter at all. I expect the winter of 2012/2013 to be very warm. It may not snow at all. Don't make plans to go skiing. UNLESS that resort already has equipment to create snow. That will melt quickly. Summer 2013 will come early and it will be HOT! Florida will be in the 100s early and I think that we will have a stormy summer.
These are just my random thoughts. We will see. Let me know what you think and refer back to this article after the summer and in 2012 and 2013. Lets see how accurate I am months in advance and years ahead of my time.
NOW Back to FEMA, They are trying to scare people. Pure and simple. When the jump around saying the sky is falling like they did last year and this one saying the storms are coming and say nothing about flooding makes them lose credibility. If a group tell you that they area expecting heavy storms and none come why should we listen to them?
What causes Hurricanes? Basically when the oceans waters are warm or hot then we get Hurricanes. The Hotter the ocean water the Higher category hurricanes we live through. Low Temps means low Storm levels. Go put your toes in the ocean and gage if it is cooler or warmer than last year. I bet its cooler.
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read more of the original article at
http://www.floridarealtors.org/NewsAndEvents/article.cfm?id=259460
Read the article and let people know what you think
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