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hurricanes
Disaster Safety Quiz: Do You Know What to Do?
Do you know how to respond in a hurricane, tornado, flood, or other natural disaster? Test your knowledge!
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2013 Hurricane Season Forecast
Hurricane season begins this week. Find out what we’re predicting!
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31 Named Storms?!
The Hurricane Forecast Team at the University of Colorado released their predictions for the coming season this week. The group expects 31 named storms, including four major hurricanes, nine other hurricanes, and 18 tropical storms.
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We won’t lose power, or will we?
Sandi on Sandy: Managing Editor Sandi Duncan shares her real life experience of hurricane Sandy from her New Jersey home.
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Weather-ology: The Hurricane’s Hundred Horrible Hands!
The ancient Greeks believed a hundred-handed monster was behind hurricanes. Learn more!
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Ask Caleb: Does Europe Get Dangerous Storms?
Why does the United States get all the scary weather? Or does it?
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If you notice a hole in the upper left-hand corner of your Farmers' Almanac, don't return it to the store! That hole isn't a defect; it's a part of history. Starting with the first edition of the Farmers' Almanac in 1818, readers used to nail holes into the corners to hang it up in their homes, barns, and outhouses (to provide both reading material and toilet paper). In 1910, the Almanac's publishers began pre-drilling holes in the corners to make it even easier for readers to keep all of that invaluable information (and paper) handy.
