Hurricane Felicia

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Just in from Bob Cullum
Civil Defense Staff Specialist IV
Maui County Civil Defense Agency

Aloha CERT Grads-

Here is the latest update from the National Hurricane Center. This is the type of event you have been trained for and I trust you are ready to go! If Hurricane Felicia does make it all the way to Maui you will probably not get a call from Civil Defense but may get an email letting you know to activate. In case you don’t hear from me please “self activate” into your neighborhood or your preassigned meeting spot.

Bob Collum
Civil Defense Staff Specialist IV
Maui County Civil Defense Agency

WTPZ33 KNHC 060234
TCPEP3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE FELICIA ADVISORY NUMBER 10
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL EP082009
800 PM PDT WED AUG 05 2009

FELICIA BECOMES A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE

AT 800 PM PDT THE CENTER OF HURRICANE FELICIA WAS LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 14.9 NORTH…LONGITUDE 130.5 WEST OR ABOUT 1455 MILES WEST-SOUTHWEST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA.

FELICIA IS MOVING TOWARD THE WEST-NORTHWEST NEAR 12 MPH. A GENERAL MOTION TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT DAY OR TWO.

MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR NEAR 140 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS MAKES FELICIA A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE ON THE SAFFIR-SIMPSON HURRICANE SCALE. FELICIA IS LIKELY NEAR PEAK INTENSITY AND WEAKENING IS EXPECTED DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 40 MILES FROM
THE CENTER…AND TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 140
MILES.

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 937 MB…27.67 INCHES.

SUMMARY OF 800 PM PDT INFORMATION:

LOCATION: 14.9N 130.5W
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS: 140 MPH
PRESENT MOVEMENT: WEST-NORTHWEST OR 300 DEGREES AT 12 MPH
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE: 937 MB

THE NEXT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER AT
200 AM PDT.

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In 1995 At Maui High Performance Computing Center The Maui Scientific Analysis & Visualization of the Environment Program was first incubated. I was the principal investigator of this independant research project which was a joint development between MHPCC, Silicon Graphics Computers (SGI) & NKO.ORG. Using SGI Cosmo Worlds software, we pioneered the development of Internet based 3D virtual reality GIS based interactive worlds. In 1996 with a network of seven high performance SGI workstations we pioneered development of live streaming MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Real Video and QuickTime Streaming Server utilizing Kassenna MediaBase software. In Maui 2002 we pioneered and tested the first wireless live streaming video using laptop computers and Maui Sky Fiber's portable 3G wireless device. In Maui we pioneered live streaming video using usb modems from AT&T , Verizon as well as live streaming from iPhone 3 over 3G wireless networks. Today The Maui S.A.V.E. Program has diversified into storm tracking including visualization and analysis of large, memory-intensive gridded data sets such as the National Hurricane Center's wind speed probabilities. I volunteer my services to numerous Disaster Services Organizations. In June 2013 I returned from Hurricane Sandy deployment as a computer operations service associate with the Disaster Services Technology Group assisting as The American Red Cross migrated from a Disaster Response Operation to Long Term Recovery Operations. Pioneering the production/editing and Internet distribution of HD video to sites like Youtube.com and Vimeo.com we are shining the light towards environmental and peace efforts of humans across the globe. Since 1992 I have held the vision of establishing Maui, Hawaii as the environmental sciences center of the world. After His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet came to Maui This vision has expanded to establishing Maui as the environmental & peace center of the world.

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