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The 2006 Hurricane Season starts tomorrow Thursday June 1st.
In case you have doubts about hurricane threat to the northeast: read advisory below
(taken right from our website's "all threats" monitors & issued by NWS/NOAA):
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY
300 PM EDT TUE MAY 30 2006
...A HURRICANE DRILL FOR LONG ISLAND WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY JUNE 2 FROM 8:30 AM UNTIL NOON...
THE LONG ISLAND POWER AUTHORITY...KEYSPAN...NASSAU COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT...SUFFOLK COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT...NEW YORK STATE
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICE AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY OFFICE
WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS DRILL.
OUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE WILL ISSUE TWO SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS.
THE FIRST STATEMENT WILL DISCUSS THE POTENTIAL LONG RANGE IMPACTS OF AN APPROACHING
CATEGORY 2 HURRICANE. THE SECOND STATEMENT WILL CONTAIN A TEST HURRICANE WARNING
AND WILL APPEAR AS A HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT. THE NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO
WILL BE TONE ALERTED FOR THIS STATEMENT.
THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS WILL BE DISSEMINATED OVER OUR INTERNET HOMEPAGE AND
BROADCAST ON OUR NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO.
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Survival info available in Info Center section of www.hurricane.nario.com
or the drop-down menu in our home page.
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