Atmospheric Sciences
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- Lightning Links
- Links to relevant news articles and other sites on lightning, photos, lightning variations, fulgerites, lightning victims, books, and research sites. An extensive and useful compilation.
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- Lightning Protection Institute
- The Lightning Protection Institute is a nationwide not-for-profit organization and provides information on lightning safety and lightning protection systems for commercial and residential structures.
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- Savage Planet: Deadly Skies - How Lightning Forms
- A Channel Thirteen presentation shows how lightning is formed and research with triggered lightning. The animation "A Cloud-to-Ground Strike" provides a clear basic understanding. There is access to other phenomena on this "Savage Planet" plus lightning links
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- Austin Helping New Orleans
- News summary of how Austin, Texas, helped New Orleans after Katrina. (The Austin Chronicle)
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- Common Ground Collective
- Mission is to provide short term relief for victims of hurricane disasters in the gulf coast region, and long term support in rebuilding the communities affected in New Orleans.
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- Hurricane Katrina Pet Assistance Program
- Includes information for both owners of stranded pets and those who wish to volunteer with helping to save the pets. Of historic interest.
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- Dubious Katrina Web Sites Increasing
- Many web sites claiming to offer help to victims of Hurricane Katrina are suspicious. How to protect yourself. (CNN) (September 13, 2005)
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- A Waterspout off the Florida Keys
- NOAA image of a rare, visible waterspout spotted in the Florida Keys, with explanatory text.
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- Bangladesh and East India Tornado Prediction Page
- A climatology of tornadoes for east India and Bangladesh, and the daily prediction of tornadoes are provided. Surface and upper air charts for historical tornado cases for Bangladesh and India are presented.
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- Storm Chase News and Archives
- A chronologically organized list of links to reports on and photos of individual tornado and other severe weather events.
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- Tahoe Twisters
- Rare photographic collection of waterspouts and home page for GARYK and his unique scenic photography.
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- The Disaster Center Tornado and Severe Weather
- Tornadoes, weather watchers, fact sheet statistics for every state, and links to the Disaster Center states pages.
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- The Online Tornado FAQ
- Roger Edwards of the Storm Prediction Center presents basic Frequently Asked Questions and the answers about tornadoes.
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- Tornado History Project
- Searchable database of all US tornadoes from 1950-2006. Includes statistics and maps for every tornado, including path information. Read eyewitness accounts or submit your own.
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- Tropical Weather Server - Ohio State University
- Providing timely and useful graphical and textual weather data to the general public. Fast-loading and generally reliable during weather emergencies. Includes useful links to central sources for Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic ocean tropical weather.