Links:
 National Lightning Safety Institute - The National Lightning Safety Institute performs consulting, education,
and research relating to lightning
hazard mitigation. Their web site provides information on business services, history and publications, lighting safety problems,
lightning costs in the USA, personal lightning safety, lightning hazard mitigation, and documents and references on lightning.
(Added: 17-Nov-1998 Hits: 700)
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Storm Prediction Center (SPC) - The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) is part of the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP). Their mission is to provide timely and accurate forecasts and watches for severe thunderstorms and tornadoes over the contiguous United States. The SPC also monitors heavy rain, heavy snow, and fire weather events across the U.S. and issues specific products for those hazards. They use the most advanced technology and scientific methods available to achieve this goal.
(Added: 7-Mar-2005 Hits: 690)
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The Extreme Weather Sourcebook - "The Extreme Weather Sourcebook," reports economic costs of extreme
weather by state. It provides quick access to data on damage costs due
to hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes in the United States and its
territories. The information is in constant 1997 dollars, simplifying
comparisons among extreme-weather impacts and among states or regions.
The site ranks the states and U.S. territories in order of economic
losses from hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and all three events
combined, and a dollar figure for the average annual cost in each
category for each state is also provided. Links take the reader to
graphs with more detailed information on cost per year for each state
and each hazard.
(Added: 5-Jan-2000 Hits: 724)
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Tornado Project Online! - Tornado Project Online! is a web site maintained by a small company that gathers, compiles, and makes
tornado information available to weather enthusiasts, the meteorological community and emergency
management officials in the form of tornado books, posters, and videos. This site gives the subject a little different twist, with tornado myths, tornado oddities,
personal experiences, tornado chasing, tornado safety, and tornadoes in the past as well as more
recent tornadoes.
(Added: 4-May-1999 Hits: 982)
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Tropical Cyclones - The destructive power of a tropical cyclone instills fear in
those in its path and intrigues atmospheric scientists interested in
its dynamics. This Web site guides the viewer through the formation,
structure, energy, and movement of tropical cyclones by using
sketches, radar and satellite imagery, and animations.
(Added: 20-Jan-2000 Hits: 617)
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