My dogs have shelter outside but what if a tornado comes?
is it better for me to lock them up in the shed with food and water too keep them out of the storm or would it be better to let them stay in their usual environment to where they could run away from the bad weather or tornado if they needed too? Someone suggested me leaving them as they as in their usual shelter Just incase they needed to run away they would be able to have some type of chance instead of being shut in somewhere and not being able to run away if they needed?
If this sounds bad to people I am sorry but it’s not like it sounds. My dogs are well cared for, they get fed more then twice a day ( too much actually ) they go to the vet and get their shots and etc I was just thinking because i’ve never been in this situation and we are suposed to have alot of tornadoes heading our way. So please help and NO rude commments i will report you
The dogs Can’t go to the shelter with us I posted this.
Are next door neighbor has a storm shelter we go too but the guy is allergic to dogs and they have 3 kids but i don’t think all the kids are allergic just one but we can’t take the dogs with us and there isnt anywhere else to go

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & any kind of flood, if you’re caught up in natural disasters like these you could be in trouble!

But what of the Tropical Cyclonic storm?

I believe there’s a way we CAN BEAT NATURE!

How?

With architecture - with what I’ve euphemistically called TELESCOPIC BUILDINGS!
See this clip:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs - Have you finished laughing yet?
The main building in this clip - called Marineville http://stingray.sfdaydreams.com/
(scroll to bottom) along with other models in the classic kids hit TV show are able to move up and down beneath the ground.

With properly watertight hatches couldn’t this be the answer to hurricanes and typhoons?

Isn’t the real challenge though, to ’scale’ the whole thing up & create designs we can economically mass produce? After all, we’ve been using lifts IN buildings for a very long time now - can’t we take it a step further & somehow actually make buildings INTO LIFTS to save lives during storms?
One interesting answer so far:-

1. The mass of the buildings could be solved with scale. I.E. R+D should be started with say, a small ground floor apartment.

2. As to the speed of the lifts - surely that would be dependent on gearing and similar type factors - and does it have to be fast? Normally there’s some sort of warning of a storm, which gives ‘preparation’ time that people already use now, when they nail down boards over their windows etc., thus enabling building descent time.
3. The weight issue, it seemed to me that alot of the elevating platforms featured in the various Gerry Anderson puppet shows did have a basis in fact, just needing the right kind of R+D associated with problems of scale.

3. As to anchoring a buiding securely - I have seen programmes on the TV where whole buildings have been relocated - the R+D starts there!

4. As to the water table issue - if the ‘basement’ walls and floor were made of concrete, surely this would give the necessary integrity!

My father died in June. I received a call from his best friend with the news, followed by, your dad’s house was just set today, the final inspection is tomorrow, you will need to be there.
That didn’t suck enough.
My dad’s friend (best friend) owned a construction company and his son works for a rival modular home company from the one my dad contracted. They both loved my dad very much and came prepared to punch holes in the contruction. They pointed out that the shingles where put on wrong, the drywall was wavy, and that the roof flip brackets where nailed though using a gun, instead of using the manufacturer’s preset holes and recommended nails, and the baseboard heater’s where not centered and undersized for the space. I noticed that hurricane ties where not nailed on both sides and that the cabinets in the kitchen where crooked, and a dented front door.
The builder has since stated that the roof is to expensive to fix, the flips are fine, and addressed the other issues.
Since then, with some help from his friend, I have started work on completing the house. His friend is handling the estate for me, and has been helping. Lately his job has changed, and he can’t be there that often. The house is a two hour drive for me, and actually I have’nt been able to actually meet up with him to help with the work for a couple of months. It’s just been me trying to get this stuff done. Besides he does spend alot of time working with the lawyer and the estate bills and stuff. I am in no way complaining about what he has done, just pointing out that the burden of finishing has shifted more my way than I orginally expected.
Since working on the house I have discovered that the wiring is a mess, 1/3 of the baseboard heat trips the breaker, they used 12-2 instead of 12-3 on 220 circuits, all the three switches I tested today return crazy mid range voltages indicating to me that there is voltage leaking between MANY of the lines, the smoke alarms haven’t stop beeping and I sense that this connected with the problem with voltages I discovered today, their are numerous plumbing blunders I am discovering while running the pipes to the fixtures and have paid to fix these from my own pocket, the garage is not set to match the sill, so that doors don’t line up and require a redo of all the door ways, they used single hung windows, and I everything I read in the paperwork for the house references double hung windows, they put holes in the garage for windows but say they are not supposed to supply those, and the house was suspisiously, partly sided.
Me and the executor, although we are on the same page, I believe need more help. I can not fathom trusting this place with the wiring problems alone I discovered today. We had taken this to the state attorney general a month ago about the roof, and the builder told them that it was to expensive to fix, and they would warrant it. Problem with that is, with this kinda of product I don’t expect them to be in business long. We where planning on taking them to a magistrate about the roof, but now I’m not sure what to do in light of the added problems.
My question really is, should I pay for an extremely thorough inspection of this building and try and get it condemned? Can i get it condemned and what would be the repricussions of such an action? I feal with the wiring issues I discovered today that this place is truely a fire trap. Luckily I have had enough sense not to leave any power on when I am not there since I started this project.

I am considering moving to Miami, but I heard there are alot of hurricanes. What is the place in Miami and surrounding areas to live where there is not a lot of damage after bad weather?What other bad weather do you get? Are these areas safe as far as crime also?

it might look like alot of work but its only 4 questions and all they want to no is if you use a bar graph, a line graph, a scatter plot, or a pie chart for the information. please help im not good with this kind of stuff.

1.The most common elements found in the Earth’s crust are as follows:
Component
Volume

Oxygen
46.1%

Silicon
27.8%

Aluminum
8.1%

Iron
5%

Calcium
3.6%

Sodium
2.3%

Potassium
2.6%

Magnesium
2.9%

Others
1.6%

Which graph would you use for these data points?

2.You want to decide if there is a relationship between living close to the San Andreas Fault and the number of earthquakes you feel per year.

Distance from Fault (miles)
Earthquakes felt per year

13
8

287
5

1,576
0

44
8

1
16

865
3

1,872
0

433
4

644
2

Which graph would you use for these data points?

3.Significant Hurricanes by State from 1949-1999.

State
Number of Hurricanes

Alabama

3

Louisiana

7

Texas

6

Mississippi

2

Florida

6

Which graph would you use for these data points?

4.Your team is researching the growing hole in the ozone layer. You gather the following data (data compiled by NASA):
Year
Size in Ozone (in million square kilometers)

2000
29.4

2001
26.52

2002
21.74

2003
28.51

2004
22.76

2005
26.77

2006
29.46

2007
25.02

Which graph would you use for this set of data?

I’ve been paroled to a homeless shelter, thnks to my parole officer. There are people very sick in here, and I’ve been sick 2 times in here in 1 month since being placed here. Any-Who, I’ve been under alot of stress being on parole, and working after one week of my release and I am also out and about in the weather in denver. I have a strict policy for myself for washing my hands quite often here, but once again I am sick. People are always coffing and spitting and carrying on with total lack of respect fro their felow man. I am very active in excercise and I eat well despite of where I am, what should I do?

Alrighty, I’ll be creating topics within the next few months basically every time something stronger than a tropical wave (storms or hurricanes) poses a serious threat to Barbados. I might do it also within the other Caribbean countries depending on how much i like the particular island.

I’m not a meteorologist nor am i a God. So please listen to bulletins regular along and our local meteorologist. The info i put up is subject to errors and flaws and is not intended to be used as a safety bible. I’m however gonna interpret what i see on weather maps, computer simulators, provide links and give the best possible advice i could.

I’ll advice everyone though to find out who’s in charge of your zoning area for the district emergency organisations just incase of an emergency you would know where to go and who to contact..

Also Subscribing to www.barbadosweather.org a good idea it sends u live updates of when the island is under a flood watch, hurricane watch etc and it also sends you updates every time the weather changes. *which is pretty damn regular* so beware of alot of emails.

It’s an informative post so if anyone have any questions feel free to ask me.
Nice article Adela
To voting it goes!!!

How is the weather like in Orlando FL. in August? Alot of storms?

I am a Meterologist and am doing an independant study on what the average person knows about weather.
In your own words discribe the following
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The person with the most thumbs up with correct answer will get 10+ points

1: What is the Definition of a Tornado
2: What is a Tropical Cyclone and what are there different names ( Give Location of the different names)
3: What is the Pineapple Express
4: Discribe What is a
a - Warning and what should you do when issued
b - Watch and what should you do when issued
c - Advisory and what should you do when issued
Good Luck
Good Question Freight. But let me Comment to WR first.
WR I have done this other ways and it amazes me that most people do have a basic understanding. and alot of the answers are fair to good.
To Freight I am documenting the Questions and Answers and compiling them for Education and Public Awerness
The Reports will go to NOAA, Media Outlets, Schools and Other Interested Parties so that they know where to concentrate there educational resources to help the General public in Safety Awerness.
And Again to WR and Freight Thanks for moderating the forum for me. I hope we can get 1of Shelby and Mr. Weather in here to to assist You guys really know your stuff Mabey I will come up with a really hard question for you guys and it will require some serious research. Again Thx for Moderating