Solar panels, obviously, are a big investment. And we live in Southeast Texas where hurricanes just love to visit (we’ve been hit several times over the past four years). I’m wondering if it would be worth the risk to get a solar panel? They’re made to stand up to wind and regular rain, but could they hold in Category 3 hurricane winds? And do they have special coverings to go over them, like a shutter or a housing? Or, if they’re smaller (say, less than 4′ or 5′) would you dismount them and take them inside? It seems like a lot of hassle, but I’m curious. Would the energy they generated be worth all of that worry? With it being the official start of hurricane season, preparedness is on everyone’s mind around here. : )

I need to hire a shutter company before hurricane season and there are so many fly by nights in this industry

Everybody is predicting an very active hurricane season. The are predicting 13 to 17 named storms 7 to 10 Hurricanes and 3-5 Major Hurricanes. What are your predictions? Who do you think might get it this year
Gulf Coast-Texas to Florida West Coast
Florida East Coast to Virginia
New Jersey to New ENgland

Last year the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association predicted 13-16 named storms, 8-10 minor to medium hurricanes, and 5 major hurricanes to make landfall or have a considerable affect on the U.S., obviously this statement was waaay off and as a result every organization that predicts the hurricane season is downsizing their predictions.

I understand that the field of meteorology has merit and is not any sort of pseudoscience, but can climatology really be considered actual science after so many errors in the calculation of data? Even the prediction for when the ozone layer will repair itself is all over the place and continuously changing. Does the fact that most data gathered in the field of climatology is based on simple computer simulations of complex scenarios make anyone skeptic on whether they can be trusted for true and reliable data?

Can we truly predict and simulate a system as complex as the weather and the environment? Consider Chaos theory.
OK! PLEASE PEOPLE:
METEOROLOGIST DOES NOT MEAN CLIMATOLOGIST!!!! METEOROLOGIST = WEATHERMAN, CLIMATOLOGIST = LONG-TERM FORCASTER OF WORLD CLIMATE SHIFT

PLEASE DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING I CRITICIZE WEATHER FORCASTERS!!!!

Anyone know what home designs - other than bunkers - work best for getting through hurricane season with little or no damage?

I live in Florida and want to know if this hurricane season will be as bad as it is predicted to be. Last years prediction was way off and I also would like to know where all the Hurricanes have gone.

When does the hurricane season begin and end in Puerto Vallarta?

Back during hurricane season in 2005 we put duck tape on all of our windows, and just recently we found that we forgot to take it off one windw. We tried taking it off but cant get it off or it leaves some it there. how can i get the duck tape off the window without breaking or leaving residue on the window?

When is a good time to travel to Bahamas to avoid hurricane season.

This is just a question out of curiosity since its already hurricane season and because im watching the weather channel. So i just came to notice that every time they announce something serious like the possibility of a tropical storm or a hurricane to form, i always see that its displayed in the Atlantic heading for the coastlines of North America or the islands near the Gulf of Mexico. Is this completely true? Or can they really appear in the Pacific Ocean that head to places like Asia or Australia?

Just three weeks until Hurricane Season begins. Do you think this season will be really bad or not bad at all?

I live in Louisiana, and we haven’t got hit since Katrina. So it makes me wonder if we’ll get hit again this year. I wouldn’t be suprised with all this crazy weather lately.

I’ve checked the hurricane season is Jun-Nov , any chance it’s happening during Christmas? ( Miami) thanks

I would really like to get married in Florida. It would be late June or early-mid July. How much should I worry about hurricane season??

Would a honeymoon cruise be a bad idea during this time as well?

Thanks

I am going to talk to a travel agent too about this next week. My fiance and I are in out mid 20’s and are looking for somewhere that is fun but relaxing too. I dont want to go anywhere real shady. I realize there is crime everywhere. Any suggestions would help. Need sugguests on travel time too. Since July-Nov is hurricane season when is the best time to go. Please let me know thanks!!!

I am planning a trip in november to the florida area and wondered when hurricane season is…trying to plan ahead…Anyone know I can’t find a month range on it?
I was thinking Nov 6-11 in Cocoa Beach or Key Largo but now I am thinking later

HI! my name is ruby, i am 16 and my mom says that i have been suffering from PTS Post Traumatic Stress. But i’ve been fighting with it for 5 really really long years! i went through katrina, and it was hell for me, but i got through it some what, and then last year gustav hit. and that brought it all back and since then it has been a every day fight with it! hurricane season is one month away!
i’ve been going crazy trying to find a way to make it easier on me but nothing is working!
-i’ve kept a blog *privet so it’s more like a journal* just so i could keep track of my thoughts on this, and try to stay semi normal.
-i’ve got alot of pets and i’ve been dealing with them alot! you know as an anit-pts thing. it’s not really working because when i deal with them it’s more like "I do not have a record of you yet… lets go make one!" i’ve made records of my pets that way if any of them get’s lost i have all of there information with me at all times.

i know what has caused it. or at least i am pretty sure of it.
when we do go, we stay at my uncles house. it’s hell. my life is sorda insane, i go to sleep at 3AM and wake up at 11PM
do school, train my budgie, clean cages, break and write in journal, and work wth pets more. out there it’s nothing litke that it’s go to bed at 10PM and wake up at 5AM, eat 4 times a day, and they do not watch TV nor do they allow us to so i do not know what is going on, they don’t have internet, and the nearest place that does is 3 hours away! and radios don’t get great signals out there. i have to stay in the house because i am allergic to the bugs they have they also make my pets stay outside, so i don’t get to play with them. it’s just hell but that’s all mom goes to.

i’ve been in panic mode for the past 3 months, i do not know what to do!

i have gone to mom and she tells me that it’s my fault because i focus on it to much but i do not! i try my hardest to get away from it but sometimes the TV will air something about it and i’ll sorda freak out.

i want help from a therapist or something but mom won’t let me, and everytime i try to talk to my doctor about it she tells me to be quiet….

please help me i don’t know how much longer i can keep fighting with this

I’ll be travelling to NYC in november and I was just wondering if anyone knows how cold it is around that time? What about hurricane season? Is it dangerous to be in Manhattan?

According to officials, this year’s hurricane season will be "less chaotic" but still "very busy".

They are predicting 17 nameded storms, including nine hurricanes, with a potential of five of them being "intense".

With hurricane season quickly approaching, what are your feelings on the kind of season we’re going to have?

Answers from people who were effected by any of last year’s hurricanes a plus…People from the midwest might want to sit this one out.

I am thinking about cruising in September however wanted to know some information about hurricane season around this period of time. Thanks.
Would it be a bad idea to book a cruise for September?
Would the cruise line reroute in case of a hurrcane or what would happen?

im goin to move to houston,tx and i was wondering what is it like living there during hurricane season…are they always bad! are there some that you can ride out without any damage…how many are there in a year there?hlp plz

I live in Florida and hurricane season is at its peak. Two storms already making their way, far but surely.

I have been told that you cannot have shutters up at certain times or you will be penalized. When is the right time? Do I need to see the weather advisory as hurricane warning or watch before putting them up with no penalty. I am totally confused…thanks

We are trying to buy homeowners insurance b4 hurricane season…we live in fl. but i wanted to know the right answers to ask the agents when i am shopping for quotes. Is there any? what are the basic questions? i want to make sure i’m covered for all the right stuff and i get what i want and need. thanks for all of your help!

I will be experiencing my first hurricane season as a homeowner and would like to know good storm/hurricane shutters to protect my windows. My home is built of stucco and I’m aware of potenetial hazards from drilling/nailing into stucco. Any suggestions?

I read something when the hurricane season started. But I dont remember it. They just said it would be different.

With the Chile volcano errupting after being dormant for 9000 years - the cyclone in Myranamar- the deadly storms here in the US this weekend and now the horrible earthquake in China…
I just don’t recall seeing so many weather related catastrophic events so often… it’s only May.
I am freaked out now for Hurricane Season as I live in Florida…