A storm surge is one of the biggest dangers along the coast when a hurricane, tropical storm, or other serious sea storm makes landfall. While many people think wind damage is the most serious impact of severe weather such as hurricanes, it's often the case that coastal storm surge flooding leads to the greatest loss of life and property. But what exactly is a storm surge? Why are storm surges so bad? And how can you stay safe from floods and rising waters during a hurricane or other … [Read more...]
El Nino Weather Facts: How El Nino Affects Us & Why We Should Care
Most of us have heard about El Nino, but some people have no idea what it means or what it does to our weather. I vividly remember the El Nino weather effects of 1997-1998 -- the event brought storms, record rainfall, and warmth across much of the contiguous United States. During the El Nino event of 2015-2016, record-warm weather blanketed the eastern half of the U.S. while the western regions saw rain and snow, with a reversal of that pattern taking shape for the latter part of the … [Read more...]
31 Deadly Weather Facts + A List Of The Most Dangerous Weather Events
I love finding interesting weather facts. The ones that I'm going to share with you in this post (unfortunately) have nothing to do with pretty rainbows, awesome sun dogs, amazing clouds, or beautiful sunsets. These facts cover some of the most dangerous and deadly weather conditions that many of us face each year. I'm talking about rain, snow, cold snaps, heat waves, lightning, hail, strong winds, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other deadly forces of nature! … [Read more...]
5 Reasons We Should Like Rain
Rain, rain, go away...Right?Well, maybe not!There are many benefits that rain provides us -- in fact, we're going to look at 5 reasons we all should welcome rain! … [Read more...]
10 Tips For Making Flood Cleanup Safer & Easier
Because floods can be caused by all kinds of weather situations, including: Hurricanes Severe storms Spring snow melts So, it's important to brush up your knowledge on a topic many of us must deal with at one time or another: flood cleanup. … [Read more...]
Take These Fun Weather Quiz Tests To See How Much You Know About The Weather
Are you ready to test your knowledge of the weather? It's time to flex your brain with these fun-but-challenging weather quiz tests. Some of these may just have you scratching your head! Air Pressure Quiz - 5 questions about air pressure as it pertains to the weather. Atmosphere Quiz - 10 questions to see what you know about the Earth's atmosphere. Causes of Climate Change Quiz - Do you know what causes climate change? Climate Quiz --6 questions to test your knowledge about … [Read more...]
Good News: Climate Disaster Events & Deaths Down
Here's some good news from the United Nations' International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR): 2009 was a relatively good year when it comes to the issue of climate disaster occurrences. Climate disasters still happened, but fewer severe events occurred and fewer people died because of them in 2009 than in 2008. How does the ISDR measure climate disasters? The ISDR records how many people lost their lives due to climate disasters, as well as the number of climate disasters … [Read more...]
Home Flood Insurance: Answers To All Of Your Flood Insurance Questions
Your homeowners insurance does not cover flood damage. Did you know that? It's true. Without flood insurance, you could end up paying $311 a month for a disaster home loan in order to get your life back in order after a flood. On the other hand, if you'd had home flood insurance, you would have been paying an average of $370 a year -- even less in low to moderate risk areas! Believe it or not, you should purchase flood insurance even if you don't live in a flood zone! That's … [Read more...]
5 Ways To Protect Your Home & Property In The Event Of A House Flood
There are many areas in the United States that typically flood. Depending on where you live, you could be in a in flood plain or even a low-risk flood zone. Floods are the #1 natural hazard in the U.S., occurring in all 50 states. You may say, "Oh well, I don't live near a stream, river, lake or coastline." Even so, everyone lives in a flood zone, whether your home or business is located in a high-, medium-, or low-risk flood zone. Source As someone who lives in the Pacific … [Read more...]
2 Free Online Tools To Determine If Your House Is In A Flood Zone
As far as flood zones are concerned, I personally found the information available online about flood zones to be confusing to navigate and hard to understand. I was determined to find a faster, better way to tell whether my house was in a flood zone or not. Here's how I did it; and how you can too (for FREE!)... … [Read more...]
