Hurricane Irma – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:28:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg Hurricane Irma – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 Hurricane Irma’s Water Footprint https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/09/hurricane-irmas-water-footprint/ Wed, 20 Sep 2017 01:28:27 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4901 More]]>

Quite the dramatic animation from the USGS’s Office of Water Information: it shows not only Hurricane Irma’s path through Florida, but also the total accumulated rainfall and stream gauge height. As the path of the hurricane moves across the U.S. mainland, the map erupts in the blue that shows total rainfall.

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Tracking Hurricane Irma https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/09/tracking-hurricane-irma/ Sun, 10 Sep 2017 23:40:21 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4770 More]]>
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As they did with Hurricane Harvey, both the New York Times and the Washington Post graphics departments have frequently updated map pages showing the projected path and impact of Hurricane Irma. The Times’ page looks at the hurricane’s current and projected path, threat of coastal flooding, and areas under evacuation, plus some context; the Post maps Irma’s forecasted path on this page and the potential storm surge and evacuation zones on this page, while this page compares Irma’s size to past hurricanes.

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Debunking a Fake Hurricane Map https://www.maproomblog.com/2017/09/debunking-a-fake-hurricane-map/ Fri, 08 Sep 2017 12:51:12 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=4755 More]]> Also from last week: someone on Facebook circulated a map showing the path of Hurricane Irma hitting Houston, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a warning on Twitter about fake forecasts (real forecasts only go out five days). Media factchecking service PolitiFact has the details. Fun fact: making a counterfeit or false weather forecast is an offense in the United States.

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