Hurricane Basics
Official Atlantic hurricane season months.
What is June 1 to November 30?
Recommended water per person per day.
What is 1 gallon?
Safest indoor location during high winds.
What is an interior room away from windows?
Volunteer group that takes aerial photos after storms to help responders.
What is the Civil Air Patrol?
The two main types of official alerts issued before a hurricane.
What are a watch and a warning?
Scale that rates hurricanes Category 1–5.
What is the Saffir-Simpson Scale?
Three key items for an emergency kit.
What are water, food, and flashlight (or first-aid/meds/documents)?
Major danger that continues after the storm.
What is flooding / downed power lines / debris?
Why aerial photos are useful after a hurricane.
What is they show where damage is worst so help can be sent first?
Name for a tropical system with winds between 39–73 mph.
What is a tropical storm?
Abnormally high water pushed onshore by hurricane winds.
What is a storm surge?
Best time to leave if evacuation is ordered.
What is as soon as the order is given?
What to do with important papers before a storm.
What is put them in a waterproof container or take photos?
Main federal agency that coordinates big disaster responses.
What is FEMA?
The swirling center of low pressure that powers a hurricane.
What is the eye (or eye wall)?
Calm center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
Two things every family plan needs.
What is an evacuation route and a meeting place?
Danger of running a generator indoors.
What is carbon monoxide poisoning?
Most reliable sources for official hurricane information.
What are the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service?
Term for the rapid strengthening of a hurricane in a short time.
What is rapid intensification?
Difference between a watch and a warning.
What is “possible” (watch) vs. “expected” (warning)?
Why you should never drive through flood water.
What is “Turn Around, Don’t Drown” / it can sweep cars away?
Action if you see downed power lines.
What is stay away and report them?
Simple way regular people can help their community.
What is making a plan, building a kit, or checking on neighbors?
The cone-shaped area on forecast maps that shows the possible path of the storm.
What is the cone of uncertainty (or forecast cone)?