Hurricane Trackers: Survival tools for iPad, iPhone and even Desktop users
Summary: The iPad can be an invaluable tool to help you stay out of harm’s way during hurricane season.
Note: This article was originally published in September of 2010. It has been updated to reflect current content.
During Labor Day weekend of 2010, Hurricane Earl, a dangerous Category 4 storm moved from the Western Caribbean towards the continental United States, threatening the Eastern seaboard and potentially busting up everyone’s Labor Day weekend plans.
Even in its weakened Category 2 state that it was expected to make landfall in New England, I wasn’t about to let the little bastard ruin my Labor Day weekend.
Oh no. No Siree. For I had plans to eat my weight in lobster and fried clams in Cape Cod, Massachusetts that weekend, smack damn right in the center where that windy son of a ##### was going to land.
Most sane and mentally-balanced people flee from dangerous tropical storms such as hurricanes. I would normally consider myself such a mentally-balanced person, except that my wife was insistent that if we left Northern New Jersey early enough, we’d be able to make our timeshare in Brewster well in advance of the storm by at least six hours, and by the next day, according to most reports, everything would clear out.
As I am sure many readers may be aware, that under pressure from one’s spouse, men can be made to do extremely dangerous and stupid things.
