Hurricanes are infrequent but influential disruptors of ecosystem processes in the southeastern Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Every southeastern forested wetland has the potential to be struck by a tropical cyclone. We examined the impact of Hurricane Hugo on two paired coastal South Carolina watersheds in terms of streamflow and vegetation dynamics, both before and after the hurricane’s passage in...

A ccording to Apple, “ ... certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords, and security questions.”1 Didn’t we cover defensive privacy tactics in my January column?2 Color me dazed and confused! Hacking in cyberspace? Nothing like that’s ever happened before. (I’ve got another heads-up for you iPhone users—Siri talks about you behind your back. I’...

This study uses a hedonic property price function to estimate the effects of flood hazards on residential property values. The study utilizes data from over 8,000 single-family residential home sales in Pitt County, North Carolina between 1992 and 2002. This area experienced significant flooding from Hurricane Floyd in September 1999. Results show that a house located within a floodplain has a ...

Risk reduction behaviors are often voluntary and influenced by how at-risk an individual personally feels, known as risk perception. This paper examines perception changed from before six months after Hurricane Irma, a Category 3 storm that narrowly missed Sarasota County, FL. Both surveys asked about residents’ hurricane perceptions, evacuation behaviors, mitigation plans, attitudes self-effic...

This article analyzes the perceptions of Puerto Rican citizens global climate change (GCC) before and after an extreme weather event, specifically Hurricane Maria (HM). The purpose current is to evaluate Ricans’ impact meteorological phenomena GCC HM. tropical cyclone entered island as a category IV hurricane on September 17, 2017, causing enormous destruction, loss life, economic damage. In th...

Katrina (a tropical cyclone/hurricane) began to strengthen reaching a Category 5 storm on 28th August, 2005 and its winds reached peak intensity of 175 mph and pressure levels as low as 902 mb. Katrina eventually weakened to a category 3 storm and made a landfall in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, Gulf of Mexico, south of Buras on 29th August 2005. We investigate the time series intensity change...

Tropical cyclone intensity change remains a forecasting challenge with important implications for such vulnerable areas as the U.S. coast along the Gulf of Mexico. Analysis of 1979–2008 Gulf tropical cyclones during their final two days before U.S. landfall identifies patterns of behavior that are of interest to operational forecasters and researchers. Tropical storms and depressions strengthen...

In this article, we analyze the application of options contract in the special commodity supply chain such as fresh agricultural products. This problem is discussed from the point of the retailer. When spot market and future market are both available, we discuss how the retailer chooses the optimal production. Furthermore, overconfidence is introduced to the supply chain of the fresh agricultur...