British Consul

The 2008 Hurricane Season begins today. A message from the British Consulate to all British expats is here.

Dean

penguinsix

The link you have in your announcement is a very good one

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/index.shtml

These storms are noticed many days, even weeks in advanced, and with advanced computer modeling you can get some fairly accurate predictions.

This is another good one:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

They have a link for Computer Models which shows all the various scenarios, including the UK Met computer model for the storms.

britvic

I wanted to register but it keep's saying to fill in all boxes, some questions are asking about my visit I live here, so leaving them blank the questionnaire will not except.

MsElui

i also tried ro register but the visiting bits made it so complicated and 'untrue' i didnt complete it. Its a good system but it needs to have some logic behind the screen to allow uk citizens living abroad for more than a year (and the visa we are on on is renawable up to 7 years) to completet it more easily.

it could still send a reminder every year to say check the details are correct by clicking on this link or they will be removed.

Pollyana

An excellent idea.
As an Expat working in Australia for Emergency Management Queensland, I try to put storm and cyclone warnings for Qld on BE whenever I can, especially for new expats who really have no idea of what is involved, or of the power of these storms. I'm always interested to see similar initiatives in other parts of the world

If you are interested have a search through the forum archives for Cyclone Larry which hit Qld 2 years back. One longtime poster, Bix, wrote a lot about his experiences at the time.

British Consul

Britvic,

Try registering yourself on a "trip" in the USA for a year. The system will accept your details then. If you get stuck, send me a PM and I'll try to help you out.

Hope this helps.

Dean

British Consul

Ms Elui,

It's easier for all if you do a renewal every year, and it only takes a couple of minutes to check over or amend. You'd be amazed at what could change in a year (name, address, phone number, email address etc). Can I persuade you to have another go?

Dean

British Consul

I'll check it out. You might also want to let your fellow Expats in Australia know about the on-line registration system Locate. Their details will be managed by the High Commission in Canberra and the Consulate's around Australia.

Dean

britvic

Thanks for the reply on a Sunday will do.