Hurricane Tracking Map At StormAdvisory.org
Every year between June 1 and November 30, every island nation in the Caribbean, every country along the Gulf Of Mexico coast, and every state in the US along the Atlantic Ocean braces for the onslaught of hurricane season. Names like Andrew, Hugo, or Katrina bring horrible memories of the death and destruction that’s caused by these huge reminders that mother nature, and not mankind, still controls the weather and the seas.
And while mankind can not control the awesome force of a hurricane, we can still develop better ways to track and predict where a hurricane may strike populated areas in order to issue fair warnings so that people can seek safety or shelter in time. When Gustav was still a major threat, Google put together a meta-page in order to track it and help with any recover efforts. One of the most interesting links from that page was the Hurricane Tracking Map that StormAdvisory.org maintains.
Powered by Google Maps, you can select any or all of the hurricanes from this season and see their path from life to death. Different stages, or way-points, are detailed to show date, time, and wind-speed and are color-coded according to each storm’s severity. Current storms also give projected paths. Whats even more intriguing is that StormAdvisory even has a drop-down menu where you can see the paths of every hurricane known to exist as far back as 1851. Of course, accuracy begins to decline the further back in time you look, but it’s still cool to see.
