Atlantic hurricane season begins June 1 and ends November 30. Here’s how forecasters make predictions, whether to stay or evacuate, what kinds of risks extend inland, and how your social networks can help or hurt you. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/hurricane-season-4-things-to-know…
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How do hurricanes get their names?
The World Meteorological Organization manages the formal system by which hurricanes receive their names. Find hurricane names for 2019 here. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/how-do-hurricanes-get-their-names…
Photos: Hurricane Michael Toppled Over Trees and Uprooted 19th Century Artifacts
A category 5 storm uprooted artifacts from a 19th century freed slave community, tangled up in rootballs of large toppled over trees. Source: https://www.livescience.com/65391-photos-fort-gadsden-artifacts-hurricane-michael.html
Hurricane Michael Unearths Evidence of Fort Occupied by Hundreds of Freed Slaves
The fort was the “nexus of freedom and slavery resistance.” Source: https://www.livescience.com/65397-hurricane-michael-fort-gadsden-artifacts.html
The Race to Save the Most Endangered Conifer in America
TORREYA STATE PARK, FLORIDA—Religious scholars have long debated where Noah constructed his floating zoo made of “gopher wood” (Genesis 6:14) and what tree the ark’s gopher wood even came from. Some residents in the Florida Panhandle have an unlikely answer. The place in question is, well, there, and the tree in… Read more… Source: https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-race-to-save-the-most-endangered-conifer-in-america-1833785742