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: rainfall totals in the Carolinas
“We been through every kind of rain there is. Little bitty stingin’ rain, and big ol’ fat rain, rain that flew in sideways, and sometimes rain even seemed to come straight up from underneath.” Was that a quote from the Forrest Gump movie, or something …
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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Drawing paths on a map using SGplot
For those of you who don’t have SAS/Graph’s Proc GMap, I recently showed how to ‘fake’ a variety of maps using Proc SGplot polygons. So far I’ve written blogs on creating: pretty maps, gradient shaded choropleth maps, and maps with markers at zip codes…
Where did Hurricane Matthew drop the most water?
This past weekend, Hurricane Matthew came through the Carolinas. Some areas had record flooding, while other areas didn’t. I was anxious to get back to work today, so I could use SAS software and create a custom map showing who got how much rain. But before we get to the official […]
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