2008 Woodie Awards
Katrina meets JSU
James Barcus
Issue date: 9/1/05 Section: News
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If you've watched television at all in the past week you've noticed that everyone is talking about Katrina, which some have described as the worst hurricane of our generation.
The Weather Channel, along with every TV station in the East Alabama region, has relayed numerous watches, warnings, and advisories concerning Katrina, summoning back memories of Hurricane Dennis from earlier this summer. The warnings came from the National Weather Service Forecast Offices and the National Hurricane Center.
The number of advisories, watches, and warnings have increased since the National Weather Service implemented their "Modernization" plan to fine tune their procedures in tracking storms and forecasting weather. For example, According to the National Weather Service Web site, there were 123 Public advisories issued during Hurricane Ivan, along with 73 forecast advisories, 73 discussions, and 72 Strike Probability reports.
Hurricane Katrina, previously a category five hurricane, came ashore as a category three. The National Weather Service issued 61 public advisories, along with 30 each of Forecast Advisories, Discussions, and Strike Probability Reports.
Students here at Jacksonvile State University kept a watchful eye on Katrina. When asked if the media cried wolf, some students had mixed reviews about the coverage.
"They [the National Weather Service] can't predict the weather, only God can," said Terry Green, a transfer student living in Centre.
Leilany Hernandez said that they cried wolf, " because we didn't get anywhere near the damage they said we were going to get."
Locally, Katrina created an F1 tornado in the Piedmont community, causing some damage early Tuesday morning. Shay Cook, Calhoun County EMA spokesperson, said that there were no damage assessments completed by press time.
According to Buddy Eiland, Alabama Power Spokesman, there were 634,000 outages reported in Alabama, the second largest outage ever on Alabama Power's system. The largest concentrations were reported in the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile areas.
Media coverage has shifted from the storm itself to the mess left behind after the storm. With damage in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee; residents will be cleaning up for a long time.
Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center summed up what Katrina did with this sentence; "New Orleans will never be the same."
Contributing to the story is Editor-in-chief Jennifer Bacchus and news writer David Howton.
The Weather Channel, along with every TV station in the East Alabama region, has relayed numerous watches, warnings, and advisories concerning Katrina, summoning back memories of Hurricane Dennis from earlier this summer. The warnings came from the National Weather Service Forecast Offices and the National Hurricane Center.
The number of advisories, watches, and warnings have increased since the National Weather Service implemented their "Modernization" plan to fine tune their procedures in tracking storms and forecasting weather. For example, According to the National Weather Service Web site, there were 123 Public advisories issued during Hurricane Ivan, along with 73 forecast advisories, 73 discussions, and 72 Strike Probability reports.
Hurricane Katrina, previously a category five hurricane, came ashore as a category three. The National Weather Service issued 61 public advisories, along with 30 each of Forecast Advisories, Discussions, and Strike Probability Reports.
Students here at Jacksonvile State University kept a watchful eye on Katrina. When asked if the media cried wolf, some students had mixed reviews about the coverage.
"They [the National Weather Service] can't predict the weather, only God can," said Terry Green, a transfer student living in Centre.
Leilany Hernandez said that they cried wolf, " because we didn't get anywhere near the damage they said we were going to get."
Locally, Katrina created an F1 tornado in the Piedmont community, causing some damage early Tuesday morning. Shay Cook, Calhoun County EMA spokesperson, said that there were no damage assessments completed by press time.
According to Buddy Eiland, Alabama Power Spokesman, there were 634,000 outages reported in Alabama, the second largest outage ever on Alabama Power's system. The largest concentrations were reported in the Birmingham, Tuscaloosa, and Mobile areas.
Media coverage has shifted from the storm itself to the mess left behind after the storm. With damage in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, and Tennessee; residents will be cleaning up for a long time.
Max Mayfield, director of the National Hurricane Center summed up what Katrina did with this sentence; "New Orleans will never be the same."
Contributing to the story is Editor-in-chief Jennifer Bacchus and news writer David Howton.