Talk:Tropical cyclone preparedness

Todo
A very detailed article is needed here. &mdash; J I P | Talk 07:56, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

This article duplicates information that is available from multiple U.S. federal, state and local authorities, and does not present the information appropriately. In fact, "being ready to drive 20 to 50 miles" for evacuation goes against the "evacuate locally" concept. If your do not live in a mobile/manufactured home, or are in a storm surge area, you should not leave your home. Use your home as your "ark".

I will do a massive rewrite of this article, including links to official prepardness sites like FEMA.

--Mcmillen76 12:57, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

The article seems fine to me. Why not just add to it instead?

Hurricane mitigation versus personal preparedness
After much written discussion on the hurricane mitigation article, about having mitigation joined with preparedness, I caved and cobbled the two together under hurricane preparedness. I made some minor spelling and grammar corrections, plus the use of the Queen's English of course, but apart from that, I have only added the other article into this one, as was so strongly suggested.--Achim 23:42, 17 April 2006 (UTC)


 * In the other article, you explained to me that "hurricane mitigation" consists of actions and policies taken by government and manufacturers to make products (buildings, etc.) more hurricane-resistant. This is in contrast to what I will term "personal preparation" in which an individual prepares themselves and their properties for a storm.  However the article as it is now mixes up the two: for instance construction of hurricane shutters (possibly the single most important thing for the article to cover, BTW) is in the "mitigation" section, as is other advice for individuals like the "read your insurance" section.  In general, the article still needs a lot of work - both structurally (in separating it into logical sections) and locally (the so-called "Personal preparations" section is simply a list, not actual text as it should be). — jdorje (talk) 04:28, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

OK, well, the preparation part I did not author. I figured it was some sort of Holy Grail for you. I did not presume to edit that except for a little bit of grammar and spelling.--Achim 09:57, 18 April 2006 (UTC)


 * The two can be together, though the activities are separate. In general disaster management mitigation refer to activities taken to outright prevent or significantly reduce the impact of a potential event. Mitigation actions are either structural (e.g. flood walls, earthquake reinforcement) or non-structural (e.g laws preventing people from living in vulnerable areas).  Preparedeness efforts are about planning of what to do when the disaster strikes, e.g. training response teams, developing and exercising evacuation plans.  This is at least the definition that my references use (see DM WikiProject). This is valid for both governments and individuals.    rxnd  (  t  |  &#8364;  |  c  ) 14:05, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Taping windows?
I didn't see any mention of taping windows. This is a common practice in the Northeast US to reinforce windowpanes in the case they are broken by the wind or projectiles, and presumably to minimize loose glass; a sort of poor-man's safety glass. Typically an X, asterisk, or 8-star pattern is used, and significantly on colonial or four-pane windows. Often years after a hurricane you can still see the tape on some houses. You can see some examples here. - Keith D. Tyler &para; (AMA) 22:05, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Taping windows is a waste of time, don't know why people still do it. http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/shutters/index1.html "Should I tape my windows when a hurricane threatens?    No, it is a waste of effort, time, and tape. It offers little strength to the glass and NO protection against flying debris. After the storm passes you will spend many a hot summer        afternoon trying to scrape the old, baked-on tape off your windows (assuming they weren't shattered). Once a Hurricane Warning has been issued you would be better off spending your time putting up shutters over doors and windows." --Ryan

Article Issues
Vetted entire article for NPOV, OR, and SOURCE. Fireproeng 17:49, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

Fabric
I am the webmaster for a hurricane protection provider (Hurricane Fabric) and would like to post some information in addition to the shutters. I have independently tested results in deflection and other information for verification.

I would like this posted to the acceptable specifications of WIki, and and I am not a technical type writer. So if anyone would like to contact me in regards to this, I would be grateful.

Thank you,

Jeremy Frasier webmaster@hurricanefabric.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.108.202.158 (talk) 00:21, 4 September 2007 (UTC)

Hurricane simulator
Breakthrough: University of Florida’s team led by Forrest Masters developed “the world's most powerful portable hurricane simulator, a giant machine capable of reproducing winds in excess of 120mph (193kph) and recreating rain.” They strapped together 8 industrial sized fans and rigged them up to 4 marine diesel engines, hooked up to a 5,000-gallon (19,000 litre) water tank to keep the engines cooled. The university is currently designing water-resistant windows, wind-proof tiles and altogether stronger structures.news.bbc.co.uk, Florida's hurricane simulator --Florentino floro (talk) 11:35, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I have to add this anew due to its great notability:freshnews.in/scientists, Scientists develop worldâ€™s most powerful portable hurricane simulator Home--Florentino floro (talk) 09:59, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Hurricane Preparedness Links
I posted HurricaneHollow.Org to the Hurricane Preparedness page, and it was removed. This website has been awarded by the 2008 National Hurricane Conference itself for education of hurricane preparedness. I thought it would have been a good addition, not to spam Wiki. I believe any well developed website that has information where people would prepare for a hurricane should be allowed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by BarometerBob (talk • contribs) 02:07, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Section: Hurricane preparedness
The content really has little to do with the section title. Shouldn't it talk about how organizations and governments place sandbags at the bottom of doors, board up windows, trim large branches from trees, remove mailboxes etc..? Anna Frodesiak (talk) 01:22, 22 April 2013 (UTC)

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