CCEMA Links

WEATHER LINKS

These are some of our favorite sites for weather information:

National Weather Service-Huntsville
Home Page - Lots of neat information from the experts. 

EarthWatch Weather on Demand
Find out where the watches/warnings are.

The Weather Channel

Birmingham's ABC33-40 Weather
Local weather.

National Skywarn Page

National Weather Service  
Main page for the national organization

Storm Prediction Center  
In Norman, OK, where watches are issued. 

Tropical Prediction Center
In Miami, FL, where they keep an eye on hurricanes for us.

WeatherNet

The Tornado Project  
Wonderful site with pictures, explanations of the Fujita scale, how tornados form, tornado myths, oddities, and other really cool information. If you need a rap sheet on a tornado, this is the place to go!

Severe and Unusual Weather Terminology
By Paul Sirvatka - a glossary of some technical meteorological terms.

IWIN - INTERACTIVE WEATHER INFORMATION NETWORK
From the National Weather Service, one of the largest clearinghouses for weather
information with over 1 million hits per day!

For more interesting and informative weather links, visit the
Cullman County Weather Resource Page.

OTHER INTERESTING LINKS

American Red Cross

City of Cullman

Cullman County, AL

Cullman County Public Library

Cullman County Volunteer Fire Association

Great Links For Kids!

(And for parents and teachers)

FEMA sites:

FEMA FOR KIDS - lots of cool stuff with a library, games, puzzles, and pictures.

PROJECT IMPACT FOR KIDS - get ready!

USFA's Kids Page - United States Fire Administration, play it safe when it comes to fire.

Other disaster sites of special interest to kids:

• http://www.azstarnet.com/~anubis/zaphome.htm -- A website about lightning safety created by kids for kids.
• http://whyfiles.news.wisc.edu/013tornado/index.html -- A comprehensive site about tornados supported in part by the National Science Foundation
• http://www.tornadoproject.com -- More about tornadoes, including great pictures
• http://www.nhc.noaa.gov -- More about hurricanes
• http://www.fema.gov -- This is the main FEMA site, with search engines and more information for older students
• http://www.usfa.fema.gov -- This is the main site of the U.S. Fire dministration and has more information for older students
• http://www.storm97.com -- More information about hurricanes

Photo Library

• Earthquake Photos
• Fire Photos
• Flood Photos
• Hurricane Photos
• Photos of Kids Helping in a Disaster
• Photos of Pets in a Disaster
• Tornado Photos
• Tsunami Photos
• Volcano Photos

Information for parents and teachers, including information on helping children cope with disaster can be found within these links. The American Red Cross also publishes a neat brochure called  available online at www.redcross.org.

For additional kids resources, contact CCEMA, the Cullman County Public Library System's Youth Services Division at 256-734-2720, ext. 27, or the Cullman Chapter of the American Red Cross at 256-734-0921.

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