November 2, 2007
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UNISYS Goes East Water Vapor Satellite
By Ryan Flinn
Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Noel, which became the year's deadliest storm in the Atlantic after killing more than 100 people, is moving away from the Bahamas and may hit Cape Cod this weekend.
Noel was upgraded to a hurricane from a tropical storm late yesterday as its sustained wind speeds reached 80 miles (130 kilometers) an hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 11 p.m. Miami time yesterday. The system is heading north-northeast at 20 miles per hour.
``As the storm moves along the East Coast, winds gusting from 30 to 60 mph and pounding surf will spread from the Outer Banks to Down East Maine,'' AccuWeather Inc. said on its Web site. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Nova Scotia will probably face the brunt of the storm this weekend, it said.
Noel hit the Bahamas, Cuba and the Dominican Republic earlier this week, and the Associated Press put the death toll in the region at 108. Hurricane Felix, a Category 5 storm, the highest rating, killed 101 people in September, AP said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan Flinn in San Francisco at rflinn@bloomberg.net Last Updated: November 2, 2007 00:02 EDT
Noel was upgraded to a hurricane from a tropical storm late yesterday as its sustained wind speeds reached 80 miles (130 kilometers) an hour, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 11 p.m. Miami time yesterday. The system is heading north-northeast at 20 miles per hour.
``As the storm moves along the East Coast, winds gusting from 30 to 60 mph and pounding surf will spread from the Outer Banks to Down East Maine,'' AccuWeather Inc. said on its Web site. Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Nova Scotia will probably face the brunt of the storm this weekend, it said.
Noel hit the Bahamas, Cuba and the Dominican Republic earlier this week, and the Associated Press put the death toll in the region at 108. Hurricane Felix, a Category 5 storm, the highest rating, killed 101 people in September, AP said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan Flinn in San Francisco at rflinn@bloomberg.net Last Updated: November 2, 2007 00:02 EDT
Nowhere on this website due I see anything about alerting citizens (click here) of the entire area about an approaching hurricane. This area of the country RARELY is prepared for such an event. I also remind, the Northeast has been very wet and a storm this size and capacity will cause deaths with rainfall alone.
GET OUT OF THE WAY. The strength of the 'near shore' storm has built quickly once it got it's head of steam. It has killed at least 100 people. DON'T need a Mini-Katrina. Start motivating people to pay attention. Get them out there.
