Jack Haldeman: Weather and Natural Disaster Links
weather links

General Links

CNN Weather Page
The Weather Channel
USA TODAY Weather Page
Weather Advisory Browser -- keep an eye on what's happening where -- US and Canada
WeatherNet
WeatherNet: Radar & Satellite Menu
The WeatherLab (Satellite list)
The WeatherLab (Doppler Radar Images)
Mark's Weather on the Web
The Weather Underground
Weather Underground, Inc.: Gainesville, Florida Forecast
Tampa Radar Image
WeatherNet: Weather Cams
Northern Canada Weather
Tidal Information Page -- Going fishing? Tide charts from all over the world.
Eye on the World - Violent Planet Page -- excellent links
Almanac of Disasters
Severe Weather -- lots of links
Severe Weather Safety Guide -- NOAA
Earth Science Enterprise -- NASA
Storm Prediction Center

Hurricane Pages

The Palm Beach Post: Hurricane '98 -- Good hurricane information.
Atlantic Hurricane & Storm Tracking -- Java enhanced
Disaster Handbook -- information from FAIRS
NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
Atlantic Tropical Weather Center -- very detailed, including buoy and ship data
Dr. Gray's 1998 Atlantic forcast
Eyes On Meteorology Hurricane Center
Intellicast - Miami Radar Image
Intellicast - Orlando Radar Image
Intellicast - Tallahassee Radar Image
Intellicast - New Orleans Radar Image
Intellicast - Houston Radar Image
Intellicast - Raleigh Radar Image
Intellicast - Miami Satellite Image
Intellicast - New Orleans Satellite Image
Goes8 satellite images
World Ocean Temperature Image
Marine Observations -- U.S. East Coast Buoy Map
AccuWeather's Hurricane and Tropical Storm Center
Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel Hurricane Site -- good, clean site, has a section on STORM HUNTERS, the scientist-cowboys that fly into these monsters
Tropical Weather Data from Ohio State -- Quick information and images
Current Atlantic Conditions University of Hawaii's Tropical Weather
WeatherNet: Tropical Weather Products
A practical guide to hurricane tracking and plotting
FEMA -- TROPICAL STORM AND HURRICANE WATCH INFORMATION
American Red Cross
Florida Department of Emergency Management
Tallahassee Emergency Management
Alachua County -- Office of Emergency Management
Monroe County Hurricane Preparedness
NOAA -- The Weather Page
TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER -- National Weather Service Links
USA Today Hurricane Guide
NOAA -- Hurricane Research Division
Earthwatch Weather On Demand
Current National Weather Warning Areas

Earthquakes

Seismo-surfing the Internet -- Links to many earthquake sites
Pacific Northwest Earthquake Information
National Earthquake Information Center -- Current Earthquake Information
Virtual Earthquake -- Learn to read seismographs -- calculate epicenter and amplitude of past quakes.
Seismo-Watch
Live NBC4 SeismoCam -- Los Angeles
UNRSL Helicorder Camera -- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
Seismological Laboratory -- The University of Nevada Reno
Earthquakes in Southern California
1906 Earthquake -- Museum of the City of San Francisco
Global Earthquake Report -- eyeball where they are
EQE Earthquake and Natural Hazards Site also features a Disaster Report Archive
World-Wide Earthquake Locator
Recent Seismic Event Bulletins
Susan Rosenberg's Quaking Home Page

Storms, Lightning and Related Effects

Storm Chaser Homepage
Storm Stalker Homepage
Storm Chaser Warren Faidley's Homepage
Storm Track Magazine
Lightning Facts
National Lightning Safety Institute
National Lightning Detection Network
Lightning Photography -- First you stand on a hill with a big metal tripod...
Lightning Photos-- WeatherNet
Lightning Photography by Stormguy
Lightning Stalker
Lightning Detection from Space
Shuttle Lightning Observations
Red Sprites and Blue Jets -- strange beasts

Tornadoes

Thunderstorm Types
Turn! Turn! Turn! -- Scientific America's take on twisters
Tornado Project Online -- lots of information
Tornado Information -- USA Today
Tornado Warning -- Ride with a Storm Chaser -- Discovery Online
Storm Chaser Homepage
Mobile Doppler Radar
National Severe Storms Laboratory
NWSFO Norman, Oklahoma -- I've been through two tornadoes in Norman
Florida Storm Aftermath -- Yahoo summary of 1998 Tornadoes

Fires

Wildland Fires -- FEMA Background Information
United States Fire Administration
Fire Ecology and Management
Smokey Bear Forest Fire Prevention -- for kids
National Wildland Fire -- links to Federal Agencies concerned with Wildfires
Wildfire Magazine -- includes Fire of the Day
Current Wildfire Information
FireRescue
Fire and Arson Investigation Resource Page Links
The Fire Station -- Resources for Firefighters
Fort Collins Wildfire Dispatch Center -- Good links with a Colorado flavor
Forest Firefighting Photojournal -- The U.S. Forest Service in Action
Yellowstone's Fires and their Legacy -- comprehensive guide

NOAA satellite photo
Florida Firestorm of 1998
July 2, 1998
We had it pretty tough this year, starting with a long-term drought, then tornadoes and floods, followed by fires. For the first time in Florida's history an entire county was evacuated because fires threatened to sweep to the ocean. Firefighters from all over U.S. and Canada sent personnel and equipment. Heros all.
:: Some of the links below might not last, news being the way it is. ::
State of Florida Emergency Operations Center
Florida Wildfire Information
Volusia County Wildfire news
NEWSFLORIDA: -- A Special Thank You to all the Firefighters Saving Our State!
Satellite Images -- current
Satellite Images -- archive
June 18: CNN QuickTime -- Fire threatens Waldo, Fl. Started out by the Gainesville Raceway and was immediately out of control. We got smoke, road closings and refugees.
July 2: NPR RealAudio -- Evacuations, Road Closings in Florida
July 2: CNN RealVideo -- Traffic moves through smoke on I-95
July 2: NECN RealVideo -- Fires become serious threat
Houston Chronicle -- Special Feature on the Florida Fires
Orlando Sentinel -- Fire slide show
Sun-Sentinal -- Archive of articles and photos of the fires.
NewsChannel 2 -- WESH went live and commercial-free for days giving continous updates and news. A great help!

Floods

Flood! -- NOVA Online
Floods and Flash Floods -- FEMA Fact Sheet
Flood Management -- Using Remotely Sensed Data (NASA)
Red River Diary -- afterthoughs and photos
The Fargo Flood Homepage

Tsunami

Welcome to Tsunami! -- Everything you need to know about walls of water that wipe out cities.
West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
Pacific Tsunami Museum
Tsunami Photos

Volcanos

Cascades Volcano Observatory
Alaska Volcano Observatory
VolcanoWorld
Global Volcanism Program -- Smithsonian
Volcano Information Center
Volcanoes of the World -- links to individual volcano pages (lots of them!)
Mount St. Helens
Mount St. Helens images -- 1980 to 1986
Mount Rainer, Washington
Mount Etna
Volcano Cams
Mt. Etna
Stromboli, Sicily
Ruapehu
Page last updated 16 July, 1998.
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