HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS TODAY

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Here at the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi, our Hurricane Season officially begins today, Saturday 01 June 2013, concluding on Saturday 30 November 2013.

National Hurricane Center  
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

For the best effect, please be sure and watch, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, my homemade amateur video recording of a presentation by the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters", part of the 403d Wing, whose specially equipped Lockheed WC-130J "Weatherbird" aircraft operate from nearby Keesler Air Force Base.

53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
"HURRICANE HUNTERS"

Although the Armed Forces Retirement Home has been designed to withstand a Category 5 Hurricane, we residents have been warned that the floor to ceiling windows in our personal quarters might get blown out by the high winds and flying debris.

Also, our personal vehicles could be destroyed by the tornadoes that accompany the hurricane.

In a previous hurricane, Gulfport, Mississippi was hit by TWENTY-SEVEN (27) tornadoes!

Accordingly, we residents here at the Armed Forces Retirement Home have been advised to stockpile, in our personal quarters, goodies to snack on, bottled drinking water, extra prescription medication, and our "favorite toilet paper".

Armed Forces Retirement Home 
Gulfport, Mississippi

For the best effect, please be sure and watch, in "FULL SCREEN" mode, this short message from the Honorable Phil Bryant, the Governor of Mississippi.



Please click on this link to read detailed survival instructions from the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.

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