Yesterday a bipartisan trio of Southern Mayors (Miami, Atlanta, New Orleans) addressed the @AspenSecurity summit, talking about #COVID19. They all expressed concern about handling hurricanes amid the #pandemic, given stretched 1st responders + poss spread among evacuees.
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2/ Also yesterday @NOAA issued its hurricane season forecast, and it's dreadful cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlo…
Key points:
-“The outlook indicates an 85% chance of an above-normal season, only a 10% chance of a near-normal season”
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Key points:
-“The outlook indicates an 85% chance of an above-normal season, only a 10% chance of a near-normal season”
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-19-25 Named Storms, which includes the 9 named storms during May-July (earliest ever)
-7-11 Hurricanes, including 2 hurricanes to date
-3-6 Major Hurricanes (CAT3 or worse)
-Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) range of 140%-230% of the median
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-19-25 Named Storms, which includes the 9 named storms during May-July (earliest ever)
-7-11 Hurricanes, including 2 hurricanes to date
-3-6 Major Hurricanes (CAT3 or worse)
-Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) range of 140%-230% of the median
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The ACE is a big deal. It’s the amt of energy likely to be packed in a storm. A low ACE = storm may be large, drop a lot of rain, but have little wind and cause minimal damage. A high ACE – even if it’s not a hurricane = a storm will likely slam...
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The ACE is a big deal. It’s the amt of energy likely to be packed in a storm. A low ACE = storm may be large, drop a lot of rain, but have little wind and cause minimal damage. A high ACE – even if it’s not a hurricane = a storm will likely slam...
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...coastal areas hard, causing signif damage & flooding.
Worse, surface temperatures in the mid-Atlantic & Caribbean are at #ClimateChange -induced record highs. When high energy hits hot water you get superstorms. Wet in the East, dry out West.
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...coastal areas hard, causing signif damage & flooding.
Worse, surface temperatures in the mid-Atlantic & Caribbean are at #ClimateChange -induced record highs. When high energy hits hot water you get superstorms. Wet in the East, dry out West.
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meaww.com/warming-north-…
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God knows how places overwhelmed by #COVID19 along the Gulf of Mexico & eastern coastline, will handle the storms, or how COVID-hit-California will manage fires. Over the next 8 wks the drama of #pandemic - meets - #ClimateChange will play out.
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God knows how places overwhelmed by #COVID19 along the Gulf of Mexico & eastern coastline, will handle the storms, or how COVID-hit-California will manage fires. Over the next 8 wks the drama of #pandemic - meets - #ClimateChange will play out.
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2 mos ago @realDonaldTrump put @fema in charge of mobilizing #COVID19 response. fema.gov/disasters/coro…
The agcy says #PuertoRico hasn't recovered frm #HurricaneMaria: it's still-damaged hosps can't cope w/ #COVID19 How will PR handle a megastorm?
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2 mos ago @realDonaldTrump put @fema in charge of mobilizing #COVID19 response. fema.gov/disasters/coro…
The agcy says #PuertoRico hasn't recovered frm #HurricaneMaria: it's still-damaged hosps can't cope w/ #COVID19 How will PR handle a megastorm?
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Says @fema official, "The COVID disaster isn't going away any time soon, so any storms that do come in mean that we are dealing with multiple disasters at a time," amid shelter-in-place orders & concern about no-#coronavirus - spread evacuations.
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Says @fema official, "The COVID disaster isn't going away any time soon, so any storms that do come in mean that we are dealing with multiple disasters at a time," amid shelter-in-place orders & concern about no-#coronavirus - spread evacuations.
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Suarez is a #Republican, but #pandemic and #ClimateChange threats aren't "liberal" ideas for him: they are reality. And both are devastating his Miami business environment. If the city faces a major hurricane over the next 8-10 wks? Oh no!
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Suarez is a #Republican, but #pandemic and #ClimateChange threats aren't "liberal" ideas for him: they are reality. And both are devastating his Miami business environment. If the city faces a major hurricane over the next 8-10 wks? Oh no!
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Even an inland city like #Atlanta -- which has rec'ed fedl #COVID19 funds -- will be hard-pressed to handle evacuation & high floods, Mayor Bottoms told the @AspenSecurity summit. Her 1st responders are "utterly exhausted" from the #pandemic.
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Even an inland city like #Atlanta -- which has rec'ed fedl #COVID19 funds -- will be hard-pressed to handle evacuation & high floods, Mayor Bottoms told the @AspenSecurity summit. Her 1st responders are "utterly exhausted" from the #pandemic.
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