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By TSC Staff
Friday, June 6, 2005
Hurricane season begins this week. Are you ready? Alas, probably not...
A new poll from Mason Dixon finds that Americans are "grossly unprepared" for the rough weather ahead.
Fully 83 percent of residents in coastal states have not taken any steps in the past year
to make their homes stronger, even after last year's active season.
Sixty-six percent have no hurricane survival kit, and 62 percent do not
feel vulnerable to a hurricane or related tornado or flooding.
Fifty-five percent do not have a family disaster plan.
Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have predicted there will be between 9 to 14 named storms, 4 to 7 hurricanes and 1 to 3 major hurricanes.
Last month, Dr. William Gray at the University of Colorado predicted there will be 12 named storms with six turning into hurricanes.
North Carolina State University professor Lian Xie estimates there will be 11 to 14 named storms with 6 to 8 becoming hurricanes. Xie calculates there is a 45 percent chance of a hurricane hitting the southeastern U.S. coast and a 40 percent chance of a major hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast.
What can you do to prepare and protect yourself?
Click here for The Survivors Club Hurricane Support Center with the most useful resources on the Web to survive and thrive in the face of a killer storm.
The National Hurricane Center Website offers helpful resources to "be prepared."
The National Hurricane Survival Initiative was launched this week to help people get ready for the inevitable. Click here for a hurricane readiness checklist.
