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2014 Emergency Preparedness Conference Tuesday, June 3, 2014 The Wildwoods Convention Center 4501 Boardwalk Wildwood, New Jersey 08260 ---PAGE BREAK--- A Look back at Winter 2013-2014 A Look ahead to the 2014 Hurricane Season ---PAGE BREAK--- AND – IS NOT CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ---PAGE BREAK--- http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/prod ucts/predictions/90day/ ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Newark 60.5 ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- HURRICANES ---PAGE BREAK--- http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ATLANTIC BASIN SEASONAL HURRICANE FORECAST FOR 2014 Forecast Parameter and 1981-2010 Median (in parentheses) Issue Date 10 April 2014 Named Storms (NS) (12.0) 9 Hurricanes (6.5) 3 Major Hurricanes (MH) (2.0) 1 http://hurricane.atmos.colostate.edu/Forecasts Dr. William Gray- Colorado State ---PAGE BREAK--- The early outlook released March 24, 2014 calls for 11 named storms, including five hurricanes, two of which are predicted to attain major hurricane status (Category 3 or stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale). http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-season- outlook-atlantic-2014-el-nino-20140324 ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- A new report from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center suggests changes could be on the way for weather patterns across the U.S. and the globe. According to the report, the chance of an El Niño reemerging this year has increased. And, if the models from the report play out, that could mean fewer named storms in the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season and potential drought relief for parts of California later this year. ---PAGE BREAK--- http://meto.umd.edu/~stevenb/hurr/ ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- 1935 Keys hurricane upgraded to strongest on record April 21, 2014IBy Ken Kaye, Sun Sentinel The top 10 most intense Atlantic hurricanes Storms are shown at their peak strength, not at landfall. Wilma, 2005 — 882 mb — 185 mph; hit Mexico, Florida Gilbert, 1988 — 888 mb — 185 mph; hit Jamaica, Mexico Labor Day, 1935 — 892 mb — 185 mph; hit the Upper Keys Rita, 2005 — 895 mb — 180 mph; hit Texas Allen, 1980 — 899 mb — 190 mph; hit Haiti, Mexico, Texas Camille, 1969 — 900 mb — 175 mph; hit Mississippi Katrina, 2005 — 902 mb — 175 mph; hit Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi Mitch, 1998 — 905 mb — 180 mph; hit Honduras, Florida Dean, 2007 — 905 mb — 175 mph; hit Mexico Ivan, 2004 — 910 mb — 165 mph; hit Alabama, Florida Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration AFTER 10 YEARS, HURRICANE ANDREW GAINS STRENGTH –August 21, 2002 ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- Climate change is, at most, partially responsible for this recent increase in major power outages, which is a product of an aging grid serving greater electricity demand, and an increase in storms and extreme weather events that damage this system. But a warming planet provides more fuel for increasingly intense and violent storms, heat waves, and wildfires, which in turn will continue to strain, and too often breach, our highly vulnerable electrical infrastructure. 147 million customers lost power, for at least an hour and often far longer, from weather-related outages since 2003, an average of 15 million customers affected each year. Currently, there are 145 million customers in the U.S. A customer is a home or a business, or anyone who receives a bill from a utility, so the number of people affected by outages is likely much higher, from 300 million to perhaps half a billion or more over the decade analyzed. ---PAGE BREAK--- Population: With a population of over 312million people and covering 3.79million square miles, the United States is the world's third largest country by both population and land area ---PAGE BREAK--- TOP TEN COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST POPULATION # Country 2000 Population 2010 Population 2012 Population 2050 Expected Pop. 1 China 1,268,853,362 1,330,141,295 1,343,239,923 1,303,723,332 2 India 1,004,124,224 1,173,108,018 1,205,073,612 1,656,553,632 3 United States 282,338,631 310,232,863 313,847,465 439,010,253 4 Indonesia 213,829,469 242,968,342 248,645,008 313,020,847 5 Brazil 176,319,621 201,103,330 193,946,886 260,692,493 6 Pakistan 146,404,914 184,404,791 190,291,129 276,428,758 7 Nigeria 123,178,818 152,217,341 170,123,740 264,262,405 8 Bangladesh 130,406,594 156,118,464 161,083,804 233,587,279 9 Russia 146,709,971 139,390,205 142,517,670 109,187,353 10 Japan 126,729,223 126,804,433 127,368,088 93,673,826 TOP TEN Countries 3,618,894,827 4,016,489,082 4,096,137,325 4,950,140,178 Rest of the World 2,466,012,769 2,829,120,878 2,921,709,597 4,306,202,522 TOTAL World Population 6,084,907,596 6,845,609,960 7,017,846,922 9,256,342,700 ---PAGE BREAK--- Obama Says Climate Change Growing Threat to Health Obama warns of 'devastating' hurricanes from climate change Earlier this month, hundreds of scientists declared that climate change is no longer a distant threat – it 'has moved firmly into the present,'" Obama said. "Its costs can be measured in lost lives and livelihoods, lost homes and businesses; and higher prices for food, insurance, and rebuilding. John Kerry Calls Climate Change a 'Weapon of Mass Destruction' Feb. 16, 2014 By GILLIAN MOHNEY via World News ---PAGE BREAK--- ---PAGE BREAK--- C- Maryland – C- 217 66% $601/yr 651 $ 8 Billion is needed for drinking water $ 32.5 Billion is needed for wastewater ---PAGE BREAK--- http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/emerman.php Weather Briefing and Other Information for Emergency Managers Working Together To Save Lives