Carolina Weather

National Weather Headlines

• AP Interview: Snowe seeks bipartisan health bill
• Gale Storm, perky star of 1950s TV, dies at 87
• Heavy sandstorm blankets Iraq, delays oil bidding
• Sophisticated weather satellite rockets into orbit
• Strong thunderstorms batter southeast Michigan

What Do I Need?

• North Carolina Hurricanes
• 2007 Hurricane Names

Local Shelters

2007 Hurricane Watch Features

• Use caution with displaced wildlife after a hurricane
• Taking out the trash
• One Onslow county shelter provides safe haven for humans and pets
• Volunteers swing into action when a hurricane hits
• Area's emergency managers prepared
• Disaster training prepares Onslow County Emergency Services for any situation
• Carteret CodeRED
• Hurricane Intercept Research Team offers storm upates
• Flooding: It can happen to anyone
• Isabel

Before the Storm

• Port during the storm
• FAQS
• Flood Insurance Facts
• Farm preparations
• Financial planning a vital part of readiness
• For some, bigger is better when it comes to generators
• High and dry
• Storms can cause financial damage before landfall
• Planning in the present
• FAQ: Frequestly asked questions about hurricanes

Local Red Cross Chapters

• Wilmington
  

  1102 S. 16th Street

  Wilmington, NC 28401

  Phone: 910-762-2683 or 1-866-343-5846

  Fax: 910-343-5850

  
  http://www.arccapefear.org
  
  
• Lenoir County
  

  1500 North Queen Street

  Kinston, NC 28501

  Phone: (252) 523-4528

  Fax: (252) 523-9759

  
  http://www.lenoirredcross.org
  
  
• Craven (surrounding) County
  

  1916 S. Glenburnie Road

  New Bern, NC 28562

  (252) 637-3405

  
  http://www.ccc-arc.org/