Tracking Hurricane Irene

The centers, in Tampa, Jacksonville, Orlando, Jupiter and Pembroke Pines, feature large-scale, on-site power generation, various redundant operations and technologies and other back-up systems, a company statement said. They are part of a network investment of more than $2.2 billion in Florida and $65 billion nationally since 2000.

With the first hurricane of the season tracking toward Florida and the southeast U.S., Verizon Wireless also offered tips for an emergency communication plan for residents and suggested actions if the storm threatens the region further.
That Atlantic ocean side of the United States is in the middle of its hurricane season–June 1st through November 30th–and there’s a storm of interest heading towards the Floridan coast called Hurricane Irene. While she hasn’t hit landfall in the United States, Irene has been picking up strength, and has, in fact, already struck Puerto Rico as she heads towards the eastern seaboard.

While there are an awful lot of ways to follow the progress of Hurricane Irene–the National Hurricane Center, NASA–Twitter has proven to be quite reliable when it comes to potentially disastrous natural phenomenon, and with Hurricane Irene, it’s no different. Currently, the king tweet of the Irene trend–at least in regards to being the top promoted tweet–belongs to the MyWeather.com.As hurricane season ramps up, < a href="http://myweather.com/" target="_blank">MyWeather.com is offering critical information to those at risk of tropical storms and hurricanes by revealing the science behind the storms and by debunking common myths. MyWeather also has launched a new hurricane tracking feature for its popular website, as well as its iPhone and Android apps, that will let users view and interact with the projected forecast path of any active hurricanes, tropical storms or tropical depressions in the Atlantic, Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

With extreme weather affecting the U.S. this year and meteorologists predicting an equally severe 2011 hurricane season, MyWeather offers a list of the Top 5 hurricane myths and exposes the truth behind them, giving people the information they need to protect themselves against potentially fatal weather.