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Hurricanes

Weather 101: What’s An Invest Storm?

An invest storm is the type of tropical weather that certain hurricane data research centers want to learn more about.

5 Tips That’ll Help You Prevent A Summer Storm From Ruining Your Vacation

Use these 5 tips to help avoid letting a summer storm ruin your vacation.

2010 Hurricane Predictions

The 2010 Hurricane Season predictions. Check out how many storms may form this year. Oh, and get ready -- forecasters are predicting an active hurricane season...

Weather Forecasting: Why Meteorologists Are Often Wrong

As seen in the often-inaccurate 7-day forecasts and off-the-mark hurricane predictions, weather forecasting is still an imperfect science. Meteorologists, however, will keep on trying to do a better job as our understanding of the weather and improvements in technology make weather forecasting more accurate.

Take These Fun Weather Quiz Tests To See How Much You Know About The Weather

Bored? Not a great day to be outdoors? You can stay entertained indoors with these challenging and fun weather quiz tests.

Good News: Climate Disaster Events & Deaths Down

Here's some good news -- 2009 was a relatively good year in terms of the climate disaster occurrence numbers. There were fewer climate disasters and fewer deaths because of them in 2009 than in 2008.

FEMA For Kids Provides Fun Weather Activities For Kids Online

FEMA for Kids is a safe online resource for games, weather and disaster information. It's also one of the few kids weather sites that also has fun weather activities for kids online.

2009 Hurricane Season Highlights

It's December and the 2009 hurricane season is now officially over. It came and went with relatively little in the way of serious weather, at least for most United States citizens. It's never too early to start preparing for the next hurricane season -- which begins June 1st.

Hurricane Hugo’s Impact: 20 Years Later

Looking back at the true impact of Hurricane Hugo... the damage and destruction 20 years later.

How Hurricanes And Typhoons Form

Learn how hurricanes and typhoons form and what you should do if one threatens your area.

Should You Open Windows During A Tornado Or Hurricane?

Do you know if you'd be safer opening the windows in your home during a tornado or hurricane or not? Find out here.

How To Be A Storm Chaser Or Weather Spotter For The National Weather Service

You've seen storm chasers and weather spotters featured on the local and national news. Plenty of times, right? Ever wonder how you can become an official weather spotter for the National Weather Service? Well, I did it. I became an NOAA weather spotter. Here's how...

Kids Helping Kids After Hurricane Katrina

Here it is 3 weeks later, and people all across this great country are still showing amazing acts of humanity to make things a little easier for those whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Here are some ways that kids have been helping kids.

Katrina Blog: How People Like You & Me Can Help

To all of our readers and their friends & families who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina: While a site called The Fun Times Guide may not seem like an obvious place to extend a hand to the survivors dealing with Katrina's brutal aftermath... it's the best we've got. Here's how we're helping Katrina victims.

Katrina Photos: Everyday People Helping Hurricane Katrina Victims

Following are the responses received to our Katrina Blog -- a request for photographs that depict 'good news'... people helping people and having a POSITIVE impact on the lives of Hurricane Katrina's victims.