Flhurricane.com - Central Florida Hurricane Center - Tracking Storms since 199531 Years of Hurricanes Without the Hype - Since 1995

BERTHA ATTEMPTING TO JUMP BACK OFFSHORE SOUTH OF LOUISIANA WED NIGHT. Tropical Storm Warning issued west of Cameron, LA to Sargent, TX

Days since last Hurricane Landfall — US Any: 651 (Milton), US Major: 651 (Milton), FL Any: 651 (Milton), FL Major: 651 (Milton)

FlHurricane Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Tracking 🌀 Since 1995

News

⚠ Current Storms

Present movement...w or 275 degrees at 10 mph...17 km/h

HypeScale:

5.00

0510

Communication

Storm Data

Content

Follow & Connect

🌎 National Hurricane Center

You are not logged in. [Login]

Other Forums · Search · Active Topics
New user · Who's Online · FAQ · Rules · Calendar

General Discussion >> Disaster Forum

Clark
Meteorologist

Reged:
Posts: 1710

Re: taking cover at home during a hurricane
Thu Sep 02 2004 09:53 PM

A house is going to be sturdier and a safer place to be than a second-story condo. Typically, the higher you go in a storm, the higher the winds will be; even the difference of 1 story may make a big difference in terms of wind speed.

An interior room -- one without windows -- is the preferred place to go. Lacking that, a room with relatively few windows on the side of the house not being buffeted by winds is the place to be. A mattress in a tub may protect you from debris, but it could also serve to trap you in should there be debris. But on the whole, if the bathroom is the location of choice, some protection is not a bad idea.

--------------------
Current Tropical Model Output Plots
(or view them on the main page for any active Atlantic storms!)

Post Extras

Entire topic
Subject	Posted by	Posted on
taking cover at home during a hurricane	sowseeds	Thu Sep 02 2004 09:53 PM
Re: taking cover at home during a hurricane	Clark	Thu Sep 02 2004 09:53 PM
Re: taking cover at home during a hurricane	RedingtonBeachGuy	Tue Jul 05 2005 09:50 PM
Re: taking cover at home during a hurricane	Lysis	Wed Jul 06 2005 06:27 PM
Re: taking cover at home during a hurricane	sowseeds	Fri Sep 03 2004 08:12 AM

Extra information

0 registered and 2 anonymous users are browsing this forum.

Moderator: CFHC, Ed Dunham, Colleen A., danielw, Clark, RedingtonBeachGuy, Bloodstar, tpratch, typhoon_tip, cieldumort

Forum Permissions
      You cannot start new topics
      You cannot reply to topics
      HTML is disabled
      UBBCode is enabled

Rating:
Thread views: 7719

Jump to