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159 160 </div> 161 162</header> 163<main id="hc_main_container"> 164 165 166 167<div class="hc_normal_content_section hc_responsive_img"> 168 169 170 171 <h1 class="hc_page_heading"> 172 173 About HurricaneCity 174 175 </h1> 176 177 178 179 <img src="/images/about/snlogoabout.jpg" class="hc_float_img_left" style="width: 126px; height: 140px;" alt="Jim Williams" title="Jim Williams"> 180 181 ... Jim Williams created HurricaneCity in 1997. At the time the site was called "jim's hurricane web" and it was created at GeoCities. Then the domain HurricaneCity.com was registered in 1998. The site is called HurricaneCity for several reasons. The <a href="/cities.htm" target="_blank">City Database</a> is where you can search for your city or island to learn about its hurricane history. (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ofTOQcAvQ" target="_blank">Database Video</a>.) The second reason is the <a href="/rank.htm" target="_blank">City Rankings</a> where Jim has created a ranking scale for what cities & islands get affected most by tropical systems in the entire Atlantic basin. Another reason for the name HurricaneCity are the predictions made at the beginning of each hurricane season for the top cities & islands that Jim thinks are at high risk based on a simple mathematical formula. Since Jim started making city predictions in 2003 he has nailed at least 4 to 6 cities out of 20 each year that ended up getting hit. In 2005 on the hurricane season kickoff show Jim predicted almost exactly what happened as Katrina would hit mid season. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtBzxPkWiPk" target="_blank">Watch (3min)</a>. In 2018 and 2019 Jim nailed all 5 of his top cities to be impacted. HurricaneCity.com has been mentioned on television, radio, newspapers & several magazines. (<a href="/mentions.htm" target="_blank">Check it out</a>.) Jim has been awarded over 100 professional developmental hours and counting at several National & State hurricane conferences since the early 2000s. Jim has also been in or near the core of 20 hurricanes and 10 tropical storms including getting in the eye of Category 5 hurricane Michael in 2018. Jim runs a <a href="https://supremesealcoat.com/" target="_blank">paving</a> business in South Florida since 1987 and tracks hurricanes with statistical input as a hobby since the late 1970s. Jim doesn't hold a meteorology degree, but if you really want to know what's going on without the hype, keep checking back. <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a4cecdc9e4ccd1d6d6cdc7c5cac1c7cdd0dd8ac7cbc9">Contact Jim</a>. 182 183 184 185 <div class="hc_divider"></div> 186 187 188 189 <img src="/images/about/chabout.jpg" class="hc_float_img_left" style="width: 116px; height: 135px;" alt="Chris Hollis" title="Chris Hollis"> 190 191 ... Chris Hollis administers the HurricaneCity message board <a href="https://canetalk.com/" target="_blank">CaneTalk.com</a> and tweaks the code at HurricaneCity, including the recon data and model data systems that you see at HC & on HurricaneCity.tv. Chris runs the website <a href="https://tropicalglobe.com/" target="_blank">TropicalGlobe.com</a> and we integrate some of his products at HurricaneCity. He is based in Tampa, Florida and provides a lot of valuable information when hurricanes threaten Florida. If there is an issue that is above our heads Chris has the technical knowledge to work out the kinks. The 5 best performing models script and some of the CSS on HurricaneCity were developed by Chris Hollis. For more information on the projects he is involved in please visit <a href="https://hollisinnovations.com/" target="_blank">Hollis Innovations</a> for your web based software needs. <a href="https://tropicalglobe.com/contact/" target="_blank">Contact Chris</a> 192 193 194 195 <div class="hc_divider"></div> 196 197 198 199 <img src="/images/about/bpabout.jpg" class="hc_float_img_left" style="width: 110px; height: 158px;" alt="Bill Phillips" title="Bill Phillips"> 200 201 ... Bill Phillips joined HurricaneCity in 2004 after using the website for many years. Bill has recorded many of the video clips seen on the live broadcasts and helps find cams and news sources during weather events. Bill's specialty is finding scanner and ham radio feeds and capturing live news sources that enhance the HurricaneCity broadcast. If the HurricaneCity broadcast ever goes down during a hurricane, Bill takes over from Virginia Beach with the latest info. Bill graduated from Old Dominion University in 2016 and hopes to be involved in emergency management for the disabled. Born with Cerebral palsy in 1982 and seeing the effects hurricanes have had on disabled people he has met throughout the years has led him to contribute to this effort. Multimedia content such as audio/video drew Bill as well as visual and hearing impaired people looking for hurricane information. <a href="/images/about/billstudio.jpg" target="_blank">At HurricaneCity in 2007</a> | <a href="/images/about/billstudio2.jpg" target="_blank">At home in 2012</a> | <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0snyimWk38" target="_blank">Intercept of Hurricane Idalia in 2023</a> 202 203 204 205 <div class="hc_divider"></div> 206 207 208
209 <a href="/live/" onclick="window.open('/live/','','width=650,height=580,left=5,top=5'); return false;" target="_blank">Our live stream</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/hurricanecitydotcom" target="_blank">tropical update videos</a> are seen by thousands daily when hurricanes are threatening land. HurricaneCity is equipped to ride out a hurricane & provide live video coverage during any hurricane with <a href="/images/about/generatorbackup.jpg" target="_blank">backup power</a>.<br><br> 210 211 212 213 <div style="text-align: center;"> 214 215 <img src="/images/new_(50x15).png" style="width: 50px; height: 15px;" alt="New..." title="New..."> <b>Database page.</b> In 2020, Jim adjusted the city database to 139 locations to improve the spacing (distance) between cities. <a href="/cities.htm">Take a look</a>.<br><br> 216 217 The site is well respected in the hurricane community. Here are just a few that link to HurricaneCity:<br> 218 219 <a href="/mentions.htm">Mentions by media sources.</a><br><br> 220 221 </div> 222 223 224 225 So the next time a tropical storm or hurricane threatens a city pull up a chair & watch the action unfold. If a hurricane is headed to your city please prepare your home first. Please visit HurricaneCity again and if you lose this URL just type HurricaneCity in any search engine to find it. This site can also be found by typing "hurricanecity <b>Keywords</b>... hurricane tracking, Atlantic hurricane tracking, hurricane predictions". 226 227 228 229</div> 230 231 232 233<div class="hc_responsive_img" style="margin: 3em 0.5em; text-align: center;"> 234 235 <a href="/images/about/studiopromos.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/studiopromos.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams and Jim Leonard"></a> 236 237 <a href="/images/about/dadjimseanb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/dadjimseanb.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams, Sean Williams, Joe Williams"></a> 238 239 <a href="/images/about/megeorgesb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/megeorgesb.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams in Pascagoula, Mississippi taking wind measurements shortly after hurricane Georges' eye passed by in 1998"></a> 240 241 <a href="/images/about/frontb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/frontb.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams in front of the National Hurricane Center (NHC)"></a> 242 243 <a href="/images/about/forecasterb.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/forecasterb.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams at NHC"></a> 244 245 <a href="/images/about/chicken.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/chicken.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams wearing chicken suit"></a> 246 247 <a href="/images/about/jim1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/jim1.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams at HurricaneCity"></a> 248 249 <a href="/images/about/jim2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/jim2.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams"></a> 250 251 <a href="/images/about/kws2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/kws2.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams and Bill Phillips"></a> 252 253 <a href="/images/about/dinnerp.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/dinnerp.jpg" alt="Image" title="Dinner at Bimini Boatyard"></a> 254 255 <a href="/images/about/groupathousep.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/groupathousep.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams, Mark Davis, Nancy Gibson and Bill Phillips"></a> 256 257 <a href="/images/about/suvivalhousep.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/suvivalhousep.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams at hurricane survival house"></a> 258 259 <a href="/images/about/billstudio2s.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/billstudio2s.jpg" alt="Image" title="Bill Phillips' home studio"></a> 260 261 <a href="/images/about/billjims.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/billjims.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams and Bill Phillips in studio"></a> 262 263 <a href="/images/about/billofficeafters.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/billofficeafters.jpg" alt="Image" title="Bill Phillips working with ham radio at his home studio"></a> 264 265 <a href="/images/about/hannastudio.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/hannastudio.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams and Hanna from the message board in 2009"></a> 266 267 <a href="/images/about/jimjeffchris.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/jimjeffchris.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams, Jeff Gammons and Chris Collura in 2011"></a> 268 269 <a href="/images/about/chaserpic2011.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/chaserpic2011.jpg" alt="Image" title="Chaser picture from Marathon, Florida in 2011"></a> 270 271 <a href="/images/about/keysseminar.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/keysseminar.jpg" alt="Image" title="Jim Williams at Keys hurricane seminar in 2014"></a> 272 273 <a href="http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/about/tags.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/tags.jpg" alt="Image" title="2026 hurricane conference Texas"></a> 274 275 <a href="http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/about/hals.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/hals.jpg" alt="Image" title="Hurricane Hal"></a> 276 277 278<a href="http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/about/lowrys.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/lowrys.jpg" alt="Image" title="Michael Lowry"></a> 279 280 281<a href="http://www.hurricanecity.com/images/various/2026conference/norcrossme.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="/images/about/norcrossmes.jpg" alt="Image" title="Bryan Norcross"></a> 282 283 284</div> 285 286 287 288<div class="hc_normal_content_section hc_responsive_img" style="margin: 3em auto; text-align: center;"> 289 290 291 292 <a href="/mentions.htm">Mentions by the media</a> | 293 <a href="/gathering.htm" target="_blank">HurricaneCity Gathering 2006</a> 294 295 296 297 <div class="hc_ad_container" style="margin: 3em auto;">
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