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In 2004, National Hurricane Preparedness Week in the United States replaced the previous observance of National Hurricane Awareness Week, as awareness does not equate to preparedness. National Hurricane Preparedness Week is a nationwide effort to inform the public about hurricane hazards and to disseminate knowledge which can be used to prepare ...
The impact of Hurricane Helene on the Christmas tree industry was minimal. As North Carolina tree growers approach the start of the Christmas tree “cutting season,” which begins in two weeks ...
Long after the tinsel is put away, recycled Christmas trees are dropped from helicopters to protect critical marsh habitat in the south
third week of May: World Trade Week [25] third week of May: National Hurricane Preparedness Week; week prior to Memorial Day: National Safe Boating Week; third week of July: Captive Nations Week; 3rd week of September: National Farm Safety and Health Week; varies in September: National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week
But then Hurricane Helene struck, unleashing a deadly deluge across western North Carolina, including Avery County, where Cartner’s Christmas Tree Farm has stood for decades. Though the farm lost thousands of trees to a mudslide, many more survived, including a 20-foot conical tree that dwarfs most of the others on the sprawling farm.
The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season is the next Atlantic hurricane season in the Northern Hemisphere. The season officially begins on June 1, 2025, and will end on November 30, 2025. These dates, adopted by convention, historically describe the period in each year when most subtropical or tropical cyclogenesis occurs in the Atlantic Ocean (over ...
A final photo has emerged of North Carolina grandparents on the roof of their home, surrounded by floodwaters, minutes before they drowned due to Hurricane Helene. Jessica Drye Turner’s family ...
Preparedness also may include having discussed evacuation plans and routes, and informing others of those plans before a disaster occurs. Evacuation to hurricane shelters is an option of last resort. [citation needed] Shelter space is first-come, first-served and only intended preserve human life. Buildings designated as shelters in Florida are ...