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	Hurricane Alicia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alicia drifted to the west, gradually strengthening to a hurricane on the 17th.
		Alicia was the first storm for which the National Hurricane Center issued landfall probabilities.
		The name Alicia was retired in the spring of 1984 and was replaced with Allison in the 1989 season.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Alicia (349 words)

	1983 Atlantic hurricane season - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Barry was responsible for widespread damage to Mexican fishing villages near the US-Mexico border.
		Alicia was the first hurricane to strike the United States mainland in just over three years, ending what was, as of the end of the 2005 hurricane season, the longest such gap recorded.
		Alicia was the first storm for which the National Hurricane Center issued numeric landfall probabilities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1983_Atlantic_hurricane_season (789 words)

	Gulf Coast Hurricanes
		Hurricane Alicia (1983) and Opal (1995) were of the same general intensity at landfall (sustained winds 115-mph), while property damage and economic impact were similar.
		Hurricane Opal was in a weakening stage as it crossed the Florida Panhandle coast.
		The hurricanes of 1900, 1909, 1915, and Hurricane Carla (1961), are estimated to have had sustained winds of around 140-mph, with peak gusts in the 170 to 175-mph range.
	www.geocities.com /hurricanene/gulfcoast.htm (1430 words)

	Hurricane History
		Alicia was responsible for 21 deaths and $2 billion in damage in the United States.
		Isabel became a hurricane on September 7th and rapidly intensified to Category 4 hurricane strength on the evening of the 8th while the eye was located more than 1100 miles to the east of the Leeward Islands.
		The hurricane turned north-northeastward and accelerated toward the southwest coast of Florida as it began to intensify rapidly; dropsonde measurements indicate that Charley's central pressure fell from 964 mb to 941 mb in 4.5 hours.
	www.nhc.noaa.gov /HAW2/english/history.shtml (9446 words)

	Hurricane Alicia, 1983 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Alicia, in August 1983, was the first hurricane to make landfall on the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Allen hit South Texas on Aug. 9, 1980.
		Severe freshwater flooding was minimized by Alicia's fast movement inland, and most damage was the result of wind and storm surge or a combination of the two.
		Although Alicia cost Texans $2 billion, it is estimated that a hurricane the size of Carla would have doubled or tripled the damage.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/history/walicia.htm (784 words)

	USATODAY.com - Texas Hurricane History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hurricane Celia, 1970: Hurricane Celia was one of the most destructive storms to ever hit Texas, with damages estimated at $1.6 billion (in 1990 dollars).
		Hurricane Gilbert was also a monumental storm, because it had the lowest sea level pressure ever recorded in the Western Hemisphere at 888 mb (26.23 inches).
		Hurricane Bret, 1999: When Bret hit Texas it was the first major hurricane, a storm with winds faster than 111 mph, to directly hit the state since Alicia hit Galveston and Houston on Aug. 18, 1983.
	www.usatoday.com /weather/huricane/history/whtexas.htm (1687 words)

	Encyclopedia: Hurricane Alicia
		The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a scale classifying most Western Hemisphere tropical cyclones that exceed the levels of tropical depression and tropical storm and thereby become hurricanes.
		Hurricanes start over the oceans as a collection of storms in the tropics.
		hurricane -> Movement and Occurrence of Hurricanes Hurricanes and typhoons usually move westward at about 10 mph (16 kph) during their early stages and then curve poleward as they approach the western boundaries of the oceans at 20° to 30° lat., although more complex tracks are common.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hurricane-Alicia (455 words)

	Jim Zura; Lensman, Producer: Hurricane Alicia Notes
		Alicia was a relatively fast-moving storm, and by the following late morning the skies in Houston began clearing.
		Hurricane winds, 14 tornadoes, an eight-foot storm surge, and a violent backwash as the surge receeded.
		Hurricane Alicia scoured the beach so badly that it pushed the public beach boundary back an average of 150 feet, leaving the ruins of many homes in front of the newly-defined natural vegetation line.
	www.jimzura.com /Update901/PhotoAliciaNotesPage.htm (2274 words)

	alicia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Even though Hurricane Alicia formed close to shore and very quickly gained intensity, state officials report that approximately 42,000 people were able to safely evacuate the area and those who chose to stay at home were able to board up their homes in preparation.
		Luckily, because Alicia came through in the early hours of the morning, the streets of downtown were empty.
		Despite the extensive property damage caused by Hurricane Alicia, there were only 18 - 21 fatalities attributed to the storm (depending on which report you read).
	www.geocities.com /baysidehurricanes/alicia.html (345 words)

	It's Hurricane Season... Are you ready?
		Hurricanes technically come under the heading of "tropical cyclones," but the West Indian definition "big wind" draws a better picture.
		A hurricane may have a radius of 50 or more miles, but there can still be gale-force winds for hundreds of miles beyond the eye.
		The important things to remember in the event a hurricane does target our area are not to panic, to implement the family’s emergency plan, and listen to emergency broadcasts to find out when the storm has moved on.
	www.yourfamilyshealth.com /ems/hurricane (2237 words)

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		Alicia was a small hurricane by meteorological standards, with maximum sustained wind speeds barely attaining hurricane force (75 mph).
		As typical with hurricanes in the Northern Hemisphere, Alicias' maximum winds and storm surge occurred on the right side of the hurricane track.
		Investigation of structural damage in Hurricane Alicia revealed that gradations in damage were primarily attributable to variations in construction rather than a sudden changes in wind velocity.
	www.stormtrack.org /library/damage/alicia.htm (3509 words)

	photo.net Forum: eye wall of hurricane
		On August 19 1983 Hurricane Alicia crossed central Houston and the eye cut across the 610 Loop from SE to NW.
		Seriously...real seriously...from a Florida native...if a hurricane of any significance in coming your way you need to be at least 100 miles away in a "safe" direction, and you need to move it at 36-48 hours before any strong outer bands are expected to hit your area.
		A hurricane is not a hurricane is not a hurricane--they are ranked on a scale from Category 1 (minimal, sustained winds 73+mph) to Category 5 (140+, I think).
	www.photo.net /bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0011Xx (4244 words)

	National Weather Service Forecast Office Houston, Galveston - 2003 Houston/Galveston Hurricane Workshop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hurricane Alicia made landfall on August 18, 1983 as a category 3 hurricane.
		Alicia produced a tidal surge near 12 feet along the western shore of Galveston Bay.
		Despite this surge, Alicia was known for the damaging winds that extended as far inland as Huntsville, Texas.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /hgx/tropical/workshop03.htm (293 words)

	UH Today - Headline
		Hurricane Alicia tore through campus in 1983 and Tropical Storm Allison left an almost biblical inundation in 2001.
		Winds for the hurricane reached 127 mph with a 12-foot storm surge, but dropped little rain for a Category 3 hurricane.
		Houston received several days of rain before the hurricane, and with the soil saturated, the primary casualties at UH would be trees.
	www.uh.edu /uhtoday/2003/06june/paststorms.html (603 words)

	Perspective This article appeared in the Sweetwater Reporter Sunday January 13
		Hurricanes have always been the bane of Texas Gulf Coast communities and Hurricane Carla in 1961 was a massive storm that was the most costly in Texas history to date ($450 million).
		We were nearly wore out before Alicia hit and in fact I was sent home after a night of work and told to not report until after the hurricane had passed through.
		One of the biggest reasons why Alicia was such a damaging storm for electrical service was that many trees had grown up since Hurricane Carla and their limbs proved to be the missiles that destroyed so much of the system.
	www.russelltexas.com /Newspaper/perspectivejan132002.htm (1062 words)

	NWS Jackson, MS Climate Zone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hurricane Alicia continued to strengthen as it tracked toward the northwest on the remainder of the 17th.
		Alicia became the first Hurricane to strike U.S. mainland since Hurricane Allen hit the lower Texas coast in August of 1980.
		Late afternoon on the 10th it was upgraded to Tropical Storm strength...and 24 hours later...on the afternoon of the 11th...to minimal Hurricane force.
	www.srh.noaa.gov /jan/cyclon83.html (465 words)

	Hurricane advisories T.S. Arthur hurricane track map
		Hurricane Alicia formed in the Gulf of Mexico and made a move toward the Texas coast in August of 1983.
		Alicia battered the Texas coast and made landfall on August 18th 1983 winds were 115 mph with alicia as she came ashore,Galveston was swamped.
		Alicia caused 42 deaths in the United states and caused 2 billion dollars in damage to Texas
	www.hurricaneadvisories.com /alicia83.html (85 words)

	City of Sweeny \| Hurricane Safety & Preparedness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Wind speed is the determining factor in the scale, as storm surge values are highly dependent on the slope of the continental shelf in the landfall region.
		A hurricane warning can remain in effect when dangerously high water or a combination of dangerously high water and exceptionally high waves continue, even though winds may be less than hurricane force.
		While there are no sure ways to predict when and where a hurricane will come ashore in Texas, both cities and counties have emergency managers whose job is to prepare the community and its citizens for these storms and other disasters.
	www.ci.sweeny.tx.us /hurricane_safety.htm (6226 words)

	About 16% of the inmates in jails and prisons in this country have a serious mental illness
		Hurricane Carla hit a few months after I was born.
		My plans were to not come back to the island until all signs of Hurricane Alicia were gone.
		On my first day there, on the assistant attorney generals told me that Galveston Island had just been hit by a hurricane and I was to go there and photograph homes along the beach that had been damaged or destroyed.
	www2.co.galveston.tx.us /judgecriss/Documents/hurricanealicia.htm (748 words)

	Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness: To Bugger Out or Not To Bugger Out
		As we salty old-timers remember, the last Category 3 hurricane to slam directly into Galveston was Hurricane Alicia in August 1983; it killed 21 people, caused $2 billion in damage.
		The irony is that the problem with this one, assuming it's some of Hurricane Alicia clone, may not be the storm surge in Galveston (seawall + elevated structures), the flooding (that occurred with slow-moving Tropical Storm Allison in 2001), or the wind damage if you're in a typical house with a foundation.
		The relatively serene community of Seabrook (near NASA and where I grew up) got a 12-foot storm surge off Galveston Bay from Hurrican Alicia; such a surge today would dump second-story bay-water all over the tourist-friendly boardwalk in Kemah.
	norbizness.com /archives/001287.html (1295 words)

	Hurricane Planning and Impact Assessment Reports: Post-Storm Assessments
		The purposes of this report are to document the storm's characteristics and effects; to call attention to specific characteristics, effects, and storm-related conditions that could be studied further with beneficial results; and to examine the warnings, responses, and recovery occasioned by the storm.
		This report covers the meteorological history of Hurricane Camille and its effect on the counties in Mississippi and Alabama that were declared disaster areas.
		Before Hurricane Iniki, a comprehensive hurricane evacuation study had been completed for the south shore of Oahu and was nearing completion for the eastern and northern side of the island.
	www.csc.noaa.gov /hes/postStorm.html (1906 words)

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	CenterPoint Energy :: CenterPoint Energy gears up for Hurricane Season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		CenterPoint Energy's experienced crews have weathered many storms, from Hurricane Alicia in 1983, to a devastating ice storm in 1997, not to mention the flood of Tropical Storm Allison in 2001.
		After a severe hurricane, emergency operation teams make aerial surveys, while nearly 600 ground inspectors conduct neighborhood-by-neighborhood damage assessments so that the right resources, crews and materials are assigned to each effort.
		This year marks the 21st anniversary of Hurricane Alicia, the worst storm ever to hit CenterPoint Energy's service territory.
	www.centerpointenergy.com /cda/print/1,3220,105181,00.html (790 words)

	Hurricane Alicia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		It quickly strengthened to a Category storm and made landfall in Galveston Texas on August 18.
		In the end Alicia killed people and caused $2 billion in damage billion in 2000 dollars).
		i hav'nt read your book but will get it, our family lived thru this hurricane being hit by a tornado in clear lake,tx.
	www.freeglossary.com /Hurricane_Alicia (296 words)

	Carla 1961 and Alicia 1983 - Texas Hurricane Handbook, Weather Research Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Two significant hurricanes along the Texas Coast were Hurricane Carla in 1961 and Hurricane Alicia 1983.
		Both hurricanes made an significant impact on the Houston/Galveston area.
		Because of the Houston area population growth between 1961 and 1983, however, the damage estimate (adjusted for inflation) for Alicia was greater than Carla by more than 25%.
	www.wxresearch.org /family/pg16.html (100 words)

	Observations about Hurricanes in Houston by Donald Burger, Houston, TX
		This page collects facts about hurricanes so one can plan intelligently when faced with the threat of a visit from a hurricane.
		When Alicia hit Houston on August 22, 1983, wind gusts at landfall were 127 mph.
		Still, if you did ok with Alicia, that should be of some use in evaluating another storm.
	www.burger.com /hrcnobse.htm (403 words)

	FSU Dept of Geography, People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Behavioral Assumptions for Hurricane Evacuation Planning in the Apalachee Region of Florida, F.S.U. Institute for Science and Public Affairs, for the Apalachee Florida Regional Planning Council, 1984, 50 pp.
		Hurricane Probabilities and Public Response in Hurricane Alicia, University of Colorado Institute of Behavioral Science, 1984, 35 pp.
		Hurricane Evacuation Curriculum Development for FEMA Emergency Management Institute, via Hazards Management Group, Inc., for Universal Systems, Inc. (USI) (for FEMA), 1992.
	www.fsu.edu /~geog/baker/baker.html (4399 words)

	Hurricane Alicia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Hurricane Alicia - !http://users.netsense.net/~sbrown/alicia.htm - A brief history of Alicia plus two satellite pictures and a storm plot
		Hurricane Tracking Plotter - !http://weather.terrapin.com/DisplayStorm.jsp?STORM=812&DISPLAY_TYPE=JAVA - This site requires Java, but you are able to click on a map and follow the storm track of Alicia as it unfolds before your eyes
		The Life of Hurricane Alicia - !http://gatekeeper.vic.com/~mikmoody/alicia.htm - A very brief history of Alicia along with personal stories of people who lived through it
	www.mcallen.lib.tx.us /staff/hurrican/alicia.html (112 words)

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