Hurricanes

Like me, you may be seeing a lot of people joking on social media about Hermine being the storm that wasn't this past weekend. While it did indeed turn out to be a lot of blowing air, both literally and figuratively, there were some things that made an impression on me this past Labor Day Weekend.

Late August... and some Jersey shore lifeguards have left for school or a regular job. But it's prime time during the hurricane season, and the rip current risk has been heightened as a storm churns through the Atlantic.

Considering all of the different models that are coming out about Hurricane Jaoquin, most literally being updated by the half hour, the one thing that we're certain about right now is the uncertainty.

This week marks national Hurricane Preparedness Week, as we approach the start of the Atlantic hurricane season on June 1st.

When it comes to building code standards, New Jersey ranks number three on a list of the 18 most hurricane-prone coastal states along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Coast.

This past week we had some pretty intense storms. They weren't hurricanes, they weren't nor'easters, a lot of us heard the term "Derecho" for the first time.