{"id":16546,"date":"2023-10-12T20:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/?p=16546"},"modified":"2023-10-12T21:54:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T01:54:57","slug":"how-to-protect-florida-coasts-from-hurricane-storm-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/local-routes\/2023-10-12\/how-to-protect-florida-coasts-from-hurricane-storm-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Protect Florida Coasts from Hurricane Storm Surge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3ZhipOclJZ4?si=iCQ52cjTx88aIxT0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>I was looking out at a Category 5 hurricane, and not for the first time. But unlike during Hurricane Andrew, over thirty years ago, this time the glass didn\u2019t break. I was visiting the University of Miami\u2019s SUSTAIN Lab, where they make hurricanes- up to cat 5, safely contained within a box. Within that box, the lab tests barriers they hope will one day protect our coasts from strong storms and specifically storm surge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few weeks before my November visit, we had a reminder of why SUSTAIN is doing this work. In October, Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida. It had only been four years since Michael hit the panhandle. That\u2019s one Category 5 (Michael) and two Category 4 storms(Irma and Ian) hitting Florida over a five-year period, causing over 200 billion dollars of damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Strong storms are becoming more frequent. When Andrew hit Miami in 1992, it had been decades since the last Category 4 or 5 storm hit Florida, and over a decade before the next (Charley, Category 4). Every time one inches towards the Gulf of Mexico, all of Florida nervously tracks its cone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as SUSTAIN director Dr. Brian Haus says, much of the damage from hurricanes comes from storm surge, which affects areas outside the cone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople tend to focus on the cone, which is all about wind speed and did not pay enough attention to the fact that even three days out [from Hurricane Ian], there was supposed to be basically seven feet of water over Sanibel Island\u2026I mean, there was significant storm surge [that] had been forecast, even if the storm had gone to Tampa Bay.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tank-calm-small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/tank-calm-small-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Calm before the storm- the University of Miami SUSTAIN Lab hurricane simulator, moments before being activated.\" class=\"wp-image-20591\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Calm before the storm- the University of Miami SUSTAIN Lab hurricane simulator, moments before being activated.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An interdisciplinary approach to hurricane preparedness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the short term, hurricane preparedness is understanding the strength of a storm, the conditions it may cause, and where it is going. In the long term, preparedness is designing communities that can best withstand whatever storm comes their way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.wfsu.org\/blog-coastal-health\/2023\/04\/how-to-protect-florida-coasts-from-hurricane-storm-surge\/\">Cllick here to read the rest of the WFSU Ecology Blog post about hurricane storm surge.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was looking out at a Category 5 hurricane, and not for the first time. But unlike during Hurricane Andrew, over thirty years ago, this time the glass didn\u2019t break. I was visiting the University of Miami\u2019s SUSTAIN Lab, where they make hurricanes- up to cat 5, safely contained within a box. 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