Chip on Your Shoulder

Here is the list of Web sites that provide hurricane information, including safety tips and tracking services.

Not included are sites and printed information packets distributed by local newspapers, radio, television stations and online news sites along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. They are an important source of information, updates and alerts, but are too numerous to mention and their usage depends on audience preference. (Bear in mind, news organizations often rely on some of these resources, especially those provided by government agencies.)

• National Hurricane Center

• Weather Underground

• HurricaneTrack.com

• Hurricane Tracker on MSNBC.com

• What is a Hurricane?

• A practical guide to hurricane tracking and plotting

• How hurricanes get their names

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) storm tracker

• NOAA: Hurricanes

• NOAA Storm Watch

• NOAA Podcasts

• AccuWeather.com

• The Weather Channel

• Great Ready '07 from FEMA

• FEMA also provides disaster information in a range of languages, including: Spanish, Cambodian, Simplifed Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Tagalog, Tigrinya, Vietnamese.

• Hurricane resources compiled by David Shedden, Poynter's library director