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Toolbox: Hurricanes and Tropical Storms [1]

Government Sources

National Hurricane Center
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ [2]

National Hurricane Center Media Contact
Dennis Feltgen [3]
(305) 229-4404

National Weather Service Media Contacts
http://www.weather.gov/pa/nws_contacts.php [4]

NOAA Media Contacts
http://www.noaa.gov/media.html#NWS [5]

Latest NOAA Satellite Imagery
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.shtml [6]

NHC Archive of Hurricane Seasons
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pastall.shtml [7]

DHS Hurricane Page
https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes [8] and Seasonal Preparedness Digital Toolkit [9] (2017)

CDC Hurricane Page
http://www.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.html [10]

 

Seasonal Forecasts

NOAA Climate Prediction Center Hurricane Outlook: Current
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml [11]

NOAA Climate Prediction Center Hurricane Outlook: Archive
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane-archive.shtml [12]

CSU Tropical Meteorology Project's Forecasts
http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts/ [13]

 

SEJ Archives

Pre- and Post-Hurricane Resources for Journalists
http://www.sejarchive.org/resource/post_hurricane.htm [14]

Experts on Hurricane-Related Topics
http://www.sejarchive.org/resource/hurricane_experts.htm [15]

Ten Years After Katrina: Lessons, Warnings, Rebuilding
/ten-years-after-katrina-lessons-warnings-rebuilding [16]

 

Newspaper Sources

Sarasota Herald Tribune Hurricane Guide
http://www.heraldtribune.com/hurricanes [17]

New Orleans Times-Picayune Hurricane Center
https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/ [18]

Washing Away (prophetic 2002 Times-Picayune Special Report)
http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/page/washing_away_2002.html [19]

Miami Herald Hurricanes Page
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/ [20]

Tampa Bay Times Hurricane Guide
https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/ [21]

Background/Science

Hurricane FAQ (Chris Landsea/NOAA Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory)
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html [22]

Colorado State Univ. Tropical Meteorology Project (Dr. Gray)
http://tropical.colostate.edu/ [13]

National Science Board: Task Force on Hurricane Science and Engineering
https://nsf.gov/nsb/committees/archive/hurricane_cmte.jsp [23]

 

Other Sources

Wikipedia: Tropical Cyclone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone [24]

Topics on the Beat: 
Disasters [25]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [26]
Library Types: 
Reporting Tools [27]
Visibility: 
Public [28]
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[1] https://www.sej.org/library/disasters/toolbox-hurricanes-and-tropical-storms [2] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ [3] mailto:dennis.feltgen@noaa.gov [4] http://www.weather.gov/pa/nws_contacts.php [5] http://www.noaa.gov/media.html#NWS [6] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/satellite.php [7] http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/ [8] https://www.ready.gov/hurricanes [9] http://2017 Hurricane Seasonal Preparedness Digital Toolkit [10] http://www.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.html [11] http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane.shtml [12] http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outlooks/hurricane-archive.shtml [13] http://tropical.colostate.edu/ [14] http://www.sejarchive.org/resource/post_hurricane.htm [15] http://www.sejarchive.org/resource/hurricane_experts.htm [16] https://www.sej.org/ten-years-after-katrina-lessons-warnings-rebuilding [17] http://www.heraldtribune.com/hurricanes [18] https://www.nola.com/news/hurricane/ [19] http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/page/washing_away_2002.html [20] http://www.miamiherald.com/news/weather/hurricane/ [21] https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/ [22] http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html [23] https://nsf.gov/nsb/committees/archive/hurricane_cmte.jsp [24] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone [25] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [26] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [27] https://www.sej.org/category/library/reporting-tools [28] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81