Regis Philbin
May 31st, 2007, 07:33 PM
Are they dense? Do they never learn? I suppose Katrina is but a distant memory...
We'll just have the government bail us out, we don't need to prepare... :rolleyes:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/31/hurricane.preparedness.ap/index.html
Poll: Most along U.S. coast not prepared for hurricanes
POSTED: 3:29 p.m. EDT, May 31, 2007
Story Highlights
• Hurricane season officially begins Friday, June 1.
• Forecasters predict seven to 10 hurricanes this season.
• Poll finds about half surveyed in Atlantic and Gulf Coast don't feel vulnerable.
• Nearly 90 percent say they've not take action to fortify homes, according to poll.
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Most people along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts still lack a hurricane survival plan and don't feel vulnerable to storms, despite Katrina's dramatic damage and pleas from emergency officials for residents to prepare before the season starts, according to a poll released Thursday.
The six-month Atlantic season starts Friday, and forecasters have predicted an above-average year: 13 to 17 named storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes and three to five of those major ones of at least Category 3 strength. One forecaster said odds were high that a major hurricane would hit the U.S. this year. ('Active' season predicted)
Nevertheless, 53 percent of those surveyed in 18 Atlantic and Gulf Coast states say they don't feel that they are vulnerable to a hurricane, or to related tornadoes and flooding, according to the Mason-Dixon poll.
Eighty-eight percent said they had not taken any steps to fortify their homes, and 45 percent still believed the old wives' tale that masking tape helps keeps windows from shattering during hurricanes.
We'll just have the government bail us out, we don't need to prepare... :rolleyes:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/31/hurricane.preparedness.ap/index.html
Poll: Most along U.S. coast not prepared for hurricanes
POSTED: 3:29 p.m. EDT, May 31, 2007
Story Highlights
• Hurricane season officially begins Friday, June 1.
• Forecasters predict seven to 10 hurricanes this season.
• Poll finds about half surveyed in Atlantic and Gulf Coast don't feel vulnerable.
• Nearly 90 percent say they've not take action to fortify homes, according to poll.
MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- Most people along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts still lack a hurricane survival plan and don't feel vulnerable to storms, despite Katrina's dramatic damage and pleas from emergency officials for residents to prepare before the season starts, according to a poll released Thursday.
The six-month Atlantic season starts Friday, and forecasters have predicted an above-average year: 13 to 17 named storms, with seven to 10 of them becoming hurricanes and three to five of those major ones of at least Category 3 strength. One forecaster said odds were high that a major hurricane would hit the U.S. this year. ('Active' season predicted)
Nevertheless, 53 percent of those surveyed in 18 Atlantic and Gulf Coast states say they don't feel that they are vulnerable to a hurricane, or to related tornadoes and flooding, according to the Mason-Dixon poll.
Eighty-eight percent said they had not taken any steps to fortify their homes, and 45 percent still believed the old wives' tale that masking tape helps keeps windows from shattering during hurricanes.