{"id":215,"date":"2012-03-19T21:23:53","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T21:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/?page_id=215"},"modified":"2013-11-08T23:15:24","modified_gmt":"2013-11-08T23:15:24","slug":"how-to-track-a-hurricane","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/how-to-track-a-hurricane","title":{"rendered":"How To Track A Hurricane"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hurricanes, often called ‘the deadliest storms on earth,’ used to be even deadlier because know one knew how to track a hurricane with as much accuracy as we have today. Before weather satellites like Tiros<\/a> \u00a0were used to track hurricanes and other weather phenomena, local coastal radar, and the stories of islands or coastal areas already hit by a storm were used to warn residents of an approaching hurricane.<\/p>\n Fortunately for us, hurricane tracking is much easier in the 21st<\/sup> century. Modern weather satellites and doplar radar<\/a> provide us with an ability to track hurricanes that would seem almost magical to people even 75 years ago. The world has changed, and hurricane tracking has changed with it. Below, we will show you how to track a hurricane in a four simple steps.<\/p>\n Knowing how to track a hurricane is an important element of hurricane preparedness. Understanding where the storm is and how much of a risk it poses to you and your family will help you to avoid making some serious hurricane missteps and keep you and yours out of harms way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hurricanes, often called ‘the deadliest storms on earth,’ used to be even deadlier because know one knew how to track a hurricane with as much accuracy as we have today. Before weather satellites like Tiros \u00a0were used to track hurricanes and other weather phenomena, local coastal radar, and the stories of islands or coastal areas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2877,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/215\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.national-hurricane-center.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n