Consumers will soon be able to see the results of a National Hurricane Center model using a Google service so they could view their exposure to storm surge resulting from a variety of hurricanes.
Stephen Baig, an oceanographer with the NHC, said consumers will be able to input their location and then view various tracks of hypothetical hurricanes, ranging in speed and size.
They can then see precomputed storm surge damage results based on data compiled by the NHC. The service will be accessed through Google Earth. “What we're doing is making available, in Google format, data from what we call our SLOSH (Sea, Lake, and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) model–our storm surge model,” said Mr. Baig.
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