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Private Industry’s Role in Hurricane Forecasting. Save Lives and Protect Property.
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Save Lives and Protect Property -The NHC does an excellent job of informing the general public of a tropical threat. -The private industry takes the next step and delivers specific impact information to a larger audience, all the way down to the “street” level.
Drive Home Impacts!! -Paint a picture of what will happen during landfall at the coast as well as what will happen inland. -Be as truthful and descriptive as possible, no sugar coating if the threat is real. -Update, update, update…pass on any new information as soon as possible.
Impacts Delivered Through The Media - ADC, mobile, radio, television, live T.V. weather chats, and newspapers. -Social media: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram
Live Tropical Discussion With T.V. Denis Phillips WFTS TV
Private Industry has a major role in hurricane forecasting.-It supports the NHC and takes the message to a larger audience, saving more lives and protecting more property.