Weather Links & Info

• March 2006: Three independent sources warn of impending hurricane threats, while Cyclone Larry devastates northern Australia with winds in excess of 180 mph Predictions for 2005 Season
• Names for 2005 Atlantic storms
• Hurricane preparation procedures
• Hurricane tracking form
• Current Atlantic Hurricane Tracking Map

Wilma, another Category 5 Hurricane for 2005 and the last named storm of the English alphabet, records the lowest central pressure ever - estimated at 884 mb. Wednesday October 19, 2005.

Read the NWS forecasters' Public Advisory on Wilma as it was called by Avila on October 19.

Effects of Climate Change on Human Health

New England Journal of Medicine has run a series of articles on the 2005 catastrophic events and how they have affected health and well-being. This is a serious medical journal and the articles are written by physicians. We share some of them here for your information so that if by some unfortunate circumstance you are called upon to help in the future, some kernal of knowledge gained here may help you help yourself and others. Warning: you will cry.