<p>I do NOT mean to bring a bad omen, but with a few storms brewing around in the Atlantic and one in the Gulf, as we pack up for travels to move our kids back in in a week, thought a few liks to the weather tracking sites might be helpful. My personal favorite is "stormpulse", but the Intellicast and National Hurricane center are certainly good resources as well. Maybe posting these links will be like packing an umbrella-- a sure way to keep the storms away and not have the kids take, as they call it, a "hurrication" a week after they move in (as happened last year, and infamously in 2005). </p>
<p>Thanks for posting the links. But I don’t think you have anything to worry about … my D has graduated an thereby relieved the area of “hurrications.” Her observation? “Three evacuations in the 150-year history of the school, and I’m here for two of them.”</p>
<p>^^^^ I recall Pres. Cowen talking about how many times the school had closed down and/or evacuated during his tenure alone, and I thought he said they’d evacuated more than that. I am glad I am wrong in my recall. That said, given the events of 2005, it would not be surprising if overall, a more conservative desision to evacuate (ie deciding to have people leave rather than stay) is made for Tulane and all of NOLA and environs. So, in situations where they might have ridden it out in the past, we might be seeing another bried hurrication. Hopefully our house remodel will be done in a few weeks (6 months!! :eek: ) and we can take an any Tulanians that might need a place to stay if they are granted a brief hurrication.</p>
<p>Tropical Storms and Hurricanes are, unfortunatley, a part of living on the Gulf Coast or Southern Atlantic Coast. Hurricanes are scary, to be sure, but you normally have a week or so to prepare for them. D is now a Sophmore at Tulane and would not ever consider attending another college. The opportunites at Tulane and the charm and excitement of NOLA outweigh the negatives of occasionally destructive weather. By the way, Wunderground.com, is another useful website for tracking hurricanes and tropical storms.</p>
<p>I’ve lived in the south for 34 years now, but the past 5 years or so seem to have a different feel with respect to the frequency, intensity, impact of and vulnerability to the storms. JMO</p>
<p>My s is also about to start his sophomore year, and we are happy to send him back. But having driven through the rainstorms of the side bands of a hurricane coming back from dropping him off last year, and having him back home a week later, we are still planning ahead… just in case. Hopefully it’ll be a non-issue.</p>
<p>I am getting the chills reading this. My son is leaving this week for his Freshman Move In. I know I will be a faithful watcher of the Weather Channel from this moment on!!!</p>
<p>It looks like Bill may be heading out to sea. There are currently no other tropical storms or depressions out there. I sincerely hope that we have a very quiet hurricane season for the entire country.</p>
<p>Agreed, bpfrench. A quiet hurricane season would be wonderful.
Hurricane Bill is hoefully going to stay out to sea, though there is the possibility, looking at computer models, that it may skirt the NE. Hopefully not. Best of wishes to all of our northern friends.</p>