If you are like me and want to keep an eye on what's occuring in Flordia, here's some
links that might help:
National Hurricane Center:
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Here’s a listing of some Florida webcams. Some might have already been pulled, others
will stop working as the hurricane hits land but you can get some awesome
shots up until they quit:
http://www.leonardsworlds.com/states/florida.htm
Palm Beach’s Fox 29News hurricane site:
UPDATED 9/4
Scroll down to box in middle right of screen "webcams" in box & click.
--Then click on the "Boca South Beach Webcam"
--There's 5 webcam pictures.
--Scroll down to the 2nd picture and then click on the wording just
above it to watch the slideshow of the last 30 shots it has taken.
http://www.wflxfox29.com/Global/stor...0&nav=2JWhPpLQ
Here's some traffic webcams from Miami-Dade County, Broward County and Palm Beach County. There's about 40 or so webcams, some have already been shut down but others are still working and will give a good view of when Francis hits land.
http://www.smartraveler.com/scripts/...=South+Florida
Wonder why storms have names?
Who gets to name them?
Why do hurricanes hit the east coast but almost never the west coast? Here’s a great FAQ page about hurricanes:
http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/tcfaqHED.html
Want to take a cyber flight into the eye of a hurricane?
Who is crazy enough to do this in real life anyways!? Check this out:
http://www.hurricanehunters.com/welcome.htm