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We’ve had many episodes of Weather Break that featured highlights of the 2005 hurricane season in the Atlantic.  That year brought storms like Katrina and Rita to the shores of the U.S.  Two years ago today, Hurricane Wilma formed; later, this storm would develop into the [...]

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Four years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, first in southern Louisiana and later in Mississippi.  To mark the occasion, Dr. Jon Schrage spoke with Jim Vasilj, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office that serves the New Orleans area.  In today’s episode, Jim talks about [...]

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Four years ago, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, first in southern Louisiana and later in Mississippi.  To mark the occasion, Dr. Jon Schrage spoke with Jim Vasilj, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service office that serves the New Orleans area.  In today’s episode, Jim talks about [...]

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The recent landfall of Hurricane Dean and the approaching anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina reminds us of the importance of coastal wetlands in protecting a region from the impact of the storm surge, which is typically the most expensive part of a hurricane.  While [...]

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The 2007 hurricane season is starting to wind down, and so far it hasn’t been too bad.  It certainly hasn’t been anything like the record-breaking 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, when the National Hurricane Center ran out of names for all of the storms!  In today’s episode [...]

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