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	Hurricane Georges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hurricane Georges was the seventh tropical storm, fourth hurricane, and second major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic hurricane season.
		Hurricane Georges reached the Straits of Florida on September 24, and as it had done earlier in its lifetime, quickly restrengthened to Category 2 status on the 25th due to warm water temperatures and little upper-level shear.
		From September 25 to September 26, Hurricane Georges was one of four simultaneous hurricanes in the Atlantic basin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurricane_Georges (4114 words)

	Description of Hurricane Georges
		Georges formed in the far eastern Atlantic from a tropical wave early on the 15th of September 1998, and became a tropical storm on the morning of the 16th.
		Georges moved on a general west to west-northwest course at 15 to 20 mph for the next several days, and is estimated to have reached a peak intensity of 155 mph on the 20th while located about 420 miles east of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles.
		Georges weakened little as it moved across Puerto Rico with estimated maximum winds of 115 mph and was even stronger when it made landfall in the Dominican Republic on the afternoon of September 22nd with winds of 120 mph.
	www.floridadisaster.org /bpr/response/Plans/Nathaz/hurricanes/des_georges.htm (289 words)

	CNN - Hurricane Georges becomes 'extremely dangerous' storm - September 19, 1998
		Hurricane Andrew, which hit south Florida in 1992 and was the costliest storm in U.S. history, and Hurricane Hugo, which struck South Carolina after causing havoc in the Caribbean in 1989, were Category 4 storms.
		Georges was barreling toward the largest and most populous of the Lesser Antilles chain, the French resort islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, and was expected to hit them and the English-speaking island of Dominica Sunday afternoon.
		Georges was moving toward the west-northwest at near 32 km/h (20 mph), and this general motion is expected to continue through Sunday.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9809/19/hurricane.georges.03/index.html (753 words)

	Hurricane Georges
		Hurricane Georges battering the Gulf Coast on September 28, 1998.
		Hurricane Georges in the Gulf of Mexico on September 27, 1998.
		Hurricane Georges hits Hispaniola Island (Haiti and Dominican Republic) in the West Indies on September 22, 1998.
	rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov /rsd/images/Georges.html (179 words)

	GeorgesHurricane
		Hurricane Georges in the Caribbean, was rated a Category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale, and has grown strong and dangerous on Saturday (19 Sep 98).
		Rainfall near the path of Georges is expected to reach 5 to 10 inches and that a storm is expected to surge up 4 to 7 feet above normal tide levels near and to the north of where the hurricane interacts with the islands.
		Hurricane is the name for a tropical cyclone with sustained winds of 74 miles per hour (65 knots) or greater in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern North Pacific Ocean.
	members.tripod.com /~JENCPH/ENLN/GeorgesHurricane.htm (487 words)

	USGS: Hurricane Georges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurricane Georges (pronounced "Zhorzh"), battered the Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, and the Florida Keys from September 18 through 25, 1998, before slamming into the Gulf Coast areas of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and the panhandle of Florida from September 28 through 30.
		Hurricane Georges brought torrents of rain and wind that caused many rivers in the region to flow to all-time record levels.
		Georges' rampage killed more than 460 people in the Caribbean and United States and was one of the most destructive and deadly storms to form in the Atlantic Ocean in recent years.
	ms.water.usgs.gov /ms_proj/reports/georges/index.html (220 words)

	Georges 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurricane Georges traveled through the eastern part of the Caribbean during the evening of 20th September 1998 and the morning of 21st September 1998, causing loss of life and damage to Antigua, St. Kitts, and Nevis.
		Continuing on its path across the Caribbean, Georges then struck the Dominican Republic and Haiti on 22nd September 1998, causing additional fatalities and damage to infrastructure.
		Hurricane Georges 1998 - News from the islands of St. Kitts, Nevis and Montserrat from The Caribbean Hurricane Page.
	website.lineone.net /~stkittsnevis/hurrican.htm (871 words)

	NOAA's 1998 Hurricane Season Wrap-up - Highlights
		During this period, Georges is estimated to have reached a peak intensity of 150 mph (Category 4) and a minimum central pressure of 938 mb on the evening of the 19th, while located about 420 miles east of Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles.
		Georges weakened very little while over Puerto Rico and was even stronger when it made landfall in the Dominican Republic on the afternoon of Sept. 22 with estimated maximum winds of 120 mph (Category 3).
		Georges continued on a general west-northwest to northwest track on the 26th and 27th, turning to a north-northwest heading and gradually slowing down as it approached the Coast of the Central Gulf of Mexico.
	www.outlook.noaa.gov /98hurricanes/hilites.html (1605 words)

	Operation Montserrat - Hurricane Georges
		Georges has weakened to a Category 2 hurricane and is now 940 km southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
		Hurricane Georges was the most destructive hurricane to strike Puerto Rico since Hurricane San Ciprian hit in 1932.
		In the mid-1950s, a coordinated system of tracking hurricanes was developed, and it has greatly reduced the element of surprise, something no one wants from a hurricane.
	www.spacecentre.co.uk /e-mission/hurricanes/hurricaneGeorges.aspx (515 words)

	CNN - Georges to linger on land - September 28, 1998
		Though most storms weaken when they make land, Georges was expected to batter the central Gulf coast for many hours, perhaps remaining at hurricane strength into Tuesday.
		Because of Georges' slow movement, the danger of flooding along the coastline was two-fold.
		Georges killed at least 320 people when it raked the Caribbean before striking the Florida Keys and continuing to the northwest through the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.cnn.com /WEATHER/9809/28/georges.03/index.html (826 words)

	Online NewsHour: Georges Hits Mississippi-- Septmebr 28, 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurricane Georges is downgraded to a tropical storm, but not before it left a trail of destruction.
		Georges dumped 20 inches of rain on the Florida Panhandle and 18 inches on Biloxi, Mississippi.
		We had a hurricane a year or two ago, Danny, in roughly the same location in which rainfall amounts of over 30 inches were measured.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/weather/july-dec98/georges_9-28.html (1078 words)

	Hurricane Georges, Dominican Republic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although Hurricane Georges was devastating for a large part of the island, Cabarete (or the North Coast region between Puerto Plata and Rio San Juan) was unaffected.
		Even in 1933, when the island was hit by a horrible hurricane, the most destructive up to now, the Puerto Plata region was as good as unaffected, however nobody ever mentions that.
		I was absolutely positive that Cabarete would not get hit by Georges even if a day before it came to the island everything pointed to such a scenario; and I'm absolutely certain that Cabarete will never get hit by a hurricane in the future.
	www.hispaniola.com /Cabarete/reports/georges.html (544 words)

	Hurricane Georges 1998: UMCOR's Response
		Hurricane relief efforts continue, UMNS, October 26, 1998.
		UMCOR Report on Hurricane Georges Devastation, October 6, 1998.
		UMCOR's Hurricane Georges page was selected for a Hot Site Award in the October 2-4, 1998 edition of USA TODAY Online.
	gbgm-umc.org /umcor/emergency/hurricanes/hurricanegeorges.cfm (331 words)

	Hurricane Georges Reports
		The surge effect is due to the winds of the hurricane pushing up a "dome" of water in front of the hurricane.
		Hurricanes are one disaster in which it is possible to have several days warning prior to the hurricanes arrival.
		As the arrival of the hurricane can be to some extent predicted, it is important to begin preparations for the hurricane as soon as we have information that it may land in a location near us.
	www.disastercenter.com /hurricg.htm (1710 words)

	Hurricane Georges Spares Anguilla- Anguilla Local News
		Since Georges was a Category 4 hurricane with sustained winds of 150 MPH, and was predicted by some to go on to the highest Category, 5 (catastrophic), people put in an extra effort.
		They couldn't ask for Georges to go elsewhere, since that would be calling down evil on neighboring islands, but they could pray for it to lose strength.
		As Georges neared the islands, it came up against a weather pattern that caused it to disorganize; it lost its well-defined eye, top winds dropped steadily from 150 to 135 to 125 to 115 MPH.
	www.news.ai /ref/georges.html (593 words)

	Hurricane Georges puts on a light show for NASA researchers
		Georges as seen as it moved from Hispaniola into Cuba shortly this morning by the Advanced High Resolution Radiometer on board the NOAA-12 polar-orbit weather satellite.
		Georges showed many unique characteristics including large cloud turrets, variable eye wall winds, and wind speeds up to 148 km/h (80 knots; 92 mph) at 10 km (33,000 ft) altitude.
		Hurricane Georges is smaller than Bonnie, the hurricane that NASA and its partners closely studied earlier this season, but is still quite deadly.
	science.nasa.gov /newhome/headlines/essd23sep98_1.htm (2731 words)

	Hurricane Georges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurricane Georges grew into an extremely dangerous and powerful storm on Saturday as it hurtled toward the...
		Georges, the fourth hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic...
		Hurricane Georges had already cut a swathe of death and destruction...
	www.survival-resources.com /Survival-Resources/hurricane-georges.html (522 words)

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		Among Hurricane Georges most remarkable characteristics was that it tracked through the islands of the Greater Antilles: Puerto Rico, Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Cuba, before affecting the Florida Keys and southeastern Florida before finally ending its rampage on the coasts of SE Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and northwest Florida (ref. Figure 1).
		Hurricane San Ciprian in 1932 was the last storm to track on a generally east to west course across Puerto Rico.
		Hurricane Georges made landfall at around 7 PM AST on Monday in the vicinity of Yabucoa-Humacao near 18.1N 66.0W in southeast Puerto Rico or 25 miles southeast of metropolitan San Juan with sustained winds of 115 mph and gusts to 150 mph and a minimum central pressure of 967 mb (ref. Figure 6).
	www.srh.noaa.gov /sju/public_report.html (3144 words)

	OSEI - Hurricane Georges Special Coverage
		Hurricane Georges then hit the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and the northern coast of Cuba.
		Hurricane watches were posted from Louisiana to the western Florida coast.
		Georges made landfall on the mainland United States just east of Biloxi, Mississippi in the early morning hours of September 28.
	www.osei.noaa.gov /georges.html (417 words)

	Online NewsHour: Hurricane Update-- Septmebr 25, 1998
		They've had sustained hurricane force winds for several hours in some areas down there in the heavy rain bands and the torrential rains as well.
		Of course, along that portion of the Gulf Coast, they have a very significant storm surge with the hurricanes as well, particularly most people who die in a hurricane are killed by that storm surge.
		If you're not in the evacuation zone, you still need to have that hurricane plan, have the storm cellars, the drinking water, the medicine, the flashlights and batteries - all these common sense things - you need to have that in place now.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/weather/july-dec98/hurricane_georges_9-25.html (822 words)

	Georges - The Caribbean Hurricane Page - The 1998 season
		Georges is moving a little slower at 18 mph, and will probably reach the islands in about 36 hours.
		Hurricane force winds (64 kt) extend to up to 40 nm (45 miles) out of the center of the eye, tropical force (34 kt) up to 180 nm (205 miles) to the northwest and northeast of the center.
		Although their forecast is very consistent, and still takes the center of Georges over Dominica, they mention that other models, esp. the NOGAPS shows that Georges might take a more WNW route taking it even North of the islands...
	www.stormcarib.com /georges.htm (8015 words)

	How Hurricane Georges, 1998, affected Dominica
		Dominica today is breathing a sigh of relief after having been spared by the fury of Hurricane Georges which passed through the North Eastern Caribbean in the early hours of this morning.
		Apart from some heavy winds in the north-east of the island and heavy surges from the seas, Dominica escaped the heavy impact of a hurricane that was classified by weather experts as extremely dangerous.
		The tourism sector which has emerged as one of the leading sectors of the island’s economy is reporting no damage with none of the tourist facilities being affected by the passage of Georges.
	www.avirtualdominica.com /hurricanegeorges.htm (994 words)

	Cornell News: Arecibo Hurricane Aftermath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Hurricane Georges destroys the homes of five Arecibo employees; observatory turns from life-seeking to life sustenance
		Following Hurricane Georges' sweep through the island Sept. 21, about 20 homes of observatory employees sustained damage, and five of those homes were destroyed, said Rey Medina, director of human resources for the observatory.
		Medina reports that about 95 percent of Puerto Rico's power lines were destroyed by Hurricane Georges, and he said the Puerto Rico Power Authority estimates that it could be two months before power is fully restored to Arecibo.
	www.news.cornell.edu /releases/Oct98/AreciboAftermath.bpf.html (449 words)

	Georges (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Although Georges weakened before it struck the Leeward and Windward Islands, it still proved to be a deadly storm, with torrential rain, flooding, and damaging winds.
		For some interesting articles on NASA's flights into Hurricane Georges, check out their story on the light show and sprites seen from high altitude.
		Georges peaked as a Category 4 hurricane with 150 mph winds and a minimum sea-level pressure of 938 millibars on the 19th of September, when it was still 420 miles away from the Lesser Antilles.
	www.hurricanehunters.com /georges.htm (614 words)

	Tools for the TEKS: Integrating Technology in the Classroom
		During late September, 1998, hurricane Georges cut a path of destruction through heart of the Caribbean and the Gulf coast of the United States.
		The link to "Galería fotográfica del huracán" (Photographic Gallery of the Hurricane) on the ENDI homepage in late September, 1998, contained numerous, dramatic photos of hurricane damage, including the accompanying photograph of a severed highway bridge near the Arecibo radio telescope.
		Whether your lesson is about hurricane Georges or a different topic, technology can open doors of instructional opportunity for you and your students that would have been impossible just five years ago.
	wtvi.com /teks/98_99_articles/georges.html (2463 words)

	Caribbean Hurricane Network - stormCARIB.com - Local Reports on Tropical Systems threatening the Caribbean Islands
		Another part of the Caribbean Hurricane Network is the 'practical guide' to hurricane tracking with unit conversions, definitions, tips, links, etc. You can also find out how close the storm is and how many hours you have left to prepare plus you can map the closest point of approach of a hurricane to your location.
		New is the climatology of Caribbean hurricanes section.
		Georges and Mitch), 1997 and 1996 seasons are still available as well.
	stormcarib.com (1313 words)

	Hurricane Georges Chase
		Hurricane Georges was a wake up call for the Florida Keys.
		Georges continued to head WNW and crossed the Dominician Republic, Haiti, and northern coast of Cuba.
		Georges was turning the lights off in Big Pine for a long time!
	www.extremestorms.com /Hurricane_Georges.htm (828 words)

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