Here in North Carolina, a hurricane recently moved very slowly across our state, causing major flooding, and even closing miles of interstate highways for longer than a week. There is data available online for gauges along the river (or gages, as they …
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Hurricane Florence – and other category 4 hurricanes that hit NC
Here in North Carolina (NC), we’re pretty much resigned to the fact that many of the hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean are going to visit us. NC sticks out farther into the ocean than most of our neighboring states, and that just makes a tempting target…
Where do hurricanes strike Florida? (110 years of data)
With Hurricane Irma recently pummeling pretty much the entire state of Florida, I got to wondering where past hurricanes have hit the state. Let’s get some data, and figure out how to best analyze it using SAS software! I did a bit of web searching, an…
What cities are in Hurricane Irma’s path?
As Hurricane Irma makes its way through the Caribbean, and heads towards the United States, the big question on everyone’s mind … is the hurricane going to hit my city? Or, as some people like to say, “should I buy milk & bread?” Let’s analyze & map some data to […]
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How rare are Category 5 hurricanes?
I suppose we’ve all been watching Hurricane Irma rip through the Caribbean like a giant buzzsaw blade, with wind speeds over 180mph. This is one of those rare Category 5 storms. But just how rare are Category 5 hurricanes? According to the Wikipedia page, hurricanes with wind speeds >=157mph are […]
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Digging deeper into weather data, with custom SAS Analytics!
When you were growing up, did you ever imagine that the most popular show on TV would be 24-hour coverage of a storm?!? Yes, for better or for worse, the weather has become our new reality TV. And as you watch the weather coverage, you probably see all the weather reporters showing the […]
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Will Hurricane Matthew follow in its predecessors’ footsteps?
Like many words, if you just say “Cat 5” different people might think you’re talking about different things. Computer geeks might assume you’re talking about category 5 network cabling. But around this time of the year, most people in the southeast US will probably assume you’re talking about a category […]
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Will there be analytics for Frankenstorm?
“Frankenstorm” is what the U.S. National Weather Service is calling the combination of Hurricane Sandy, an early winter storm heading east, and a blast of arctic air from the North. SAS headquarters is located in the middle of the U.S. east c…