The Palm Beach Post is inviting the public to a panel discussion on the 2024 hurricane season, which is forecast to be one of the most active on record with many predictions calling for more than 20 named storms.
The discussion will discuss guidance on evacuations, power restoration, changes to the highly-watched “cone of probability” as well as forecasts for flooding. Panelists will include hurricane experts, including a TV meteorologist who became famous for talking South Floridians through 1992 Hurricane Andrew from a darkened broadcast studio, emergency managers, and a Florida Power & Light official.
It’s an opportunity to hear straight from those who know on what to expect and how to best prepare for tempests from the tropics.
The forum, which will be shown live on PalmBeachPost.com and 16 other USAT Network-Florida newspaper sites, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 5, from 6:15-8:30 p.m. at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth Beach campus.
The event is open to the public, but attendance is limited. To register to attend, please scan the QR code at the bottom of this story or click this link.
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Post reporter Kimberly Miller, who has two decades of experience covering hurricanes in Florida, along the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, will moderate the discussion, which will include questions from the audience.
The panel participants are:
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Bryan Norcross: FOX Weather’s hurricane specialist with more than five decades of experience as a meteorologist. He has previously worked for CNN, The Weather Channel and Miami-area television stations. In South Florida, Norcross is heralded for being the first to sound the alarm on the severity of Hurricane Andrew, which grew into a devastating Category 5 storm, and then broadcasting through the storm.
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Tommy Strowd: Executive director and engineer for the Lake Worth Drainage District. The district maintains the water supply for more than 800,000 Palm Beach County residents and prevents flooding through the control of 500 miles of canals and 20 major water control structures.
Even if you are a long-time Florida resident, please join us to brush up on your preparation knowledge, find out what your evacuation zone is, and learn about the new hurricane forecast cone that will debut this season.
Register for the Palm Beach Post’s 2024 Storm Season Preparation forum
The 2024 hurricane season is forecast to be one of the most active on record with most predictions calling for more than 20 named storms. To help our communities get prepared, The Palm Beach Post is hosting a forum on storm readiness Wednesday, June 5, from 6:15 to 8:30 p.m. at Palm Beach State College’s Lake Worth Beach campus. To attend, please scan the QR Code to register or click this link.
Antonio Fins is a politics and business editor at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at [email protected]. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.
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