What’s all this talk about La Nina?

You may have heard people uttering the phrase, “Oh, it’s La Niña…” in relation to the anticipated hurricane season ahead of us. So, the gang at Advanced Restoration decided to do some research and get to the bottom of this utterance.

According to sources, La Niña, which is part of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation (ENSO), might have something to do with a possibly busy hurricane season. ENSO consists of two extreme climate pattern stages: El Niño and La Nina. The ENSO system oscillates between stages every 3 to 4 years. Though El Niño will be consistently be present, it may not always be followed by a La Nina stage, rather, a normal neutral stage. What happens to create an extreme change relies on the interplay between changes in the ocean surface temperature and atmospheric conditions in the Tropical Pacific. During El Niño, water surface temperatures are significantly warmer while during a La Niña phase, Pacific surface water temperatures are cooler and winds are strengthened.

So how does La Niña affect the possibilities of hurricane activity in the Atlantic? According to the foremost expert on the subject, Dr. William Gray from Colorado State University, “the chances for the continental U.S. and the Caribbean Islands to experience hurricane activity increases substantially during La Niña.” While there are several factors that favor hurricane development, uniform atmospheric winds are one of the ingredients. Although La Niña produces wind departures at upper levels of the atmosphere in the Pacific, once in the West, the wind departures are at low levels. Thus, there tends to be more hurricane activity in the Atlantic during La Niña due to low wind shear. In contrast, El Niño produces the reverse effect and tends to create more hurricane activity in the Pacific.

“El Niño and La Niña also influence where the Atlantic hurricanes form. During El Niño fewer hurricanes and major hurricanes develop in the deep Tropics from African easterly waves. During La Niña more hurricanes form in the deep Tropics from African easterly waves. These systems have a much greater likelihood of becoming major hurricanes, and of eventually threatening the U.S. and Caribbean Islands.”

An interesting side note: Winters tend to be warmer in the Southern US during a La Niño year and cooler and possible extreme in the North (vice versa during an El Niño phase). La Nina and El Niño typically last about a year, though both can last up to two years during a phase.

For further study, here are two great websites:

http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/ensostuff/ensofaq.shtml

http://www.elnino.noaa.gov/

And as always, for more information, please visit us for more Hurricane and Water Damage articles.

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Rebuilding in Nashville Employs Builders

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Keeping Your Dogs, Cats, Birds and Pets Safe this Hurricane Season

Amazingly enough, in doing our research for our latest article, we were shocked that both FEMA and the ASPCA warn pet owners NOT to leave their pets at home should they have to evacuate during a hurricane. We couldn’t fathom abandoning our pets!

Anyways, we have compiled an article to help pet owners devise a safety plan for their animals should a hurricane strike. We hope you find this article useful.

Read it here at: Keeping Your Pets Safe During a Hurricane

For more information, please visit http://www.fema.gov/plan/prepare/animals.shtm and http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness/.

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Clean Air Dust Reducing Carpet?

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Ok. So the air is cleaner, but what about the carpet that you walk on? According to independent tests by the German Test Institute, the AirMaster carpet releases 80% of its trapped dust during vacuuming. This result scores higher than regular carpeting which releases 16% less dust when vacuumed.

According to Desso, the AirMaster offers significant indoor air quality improvement and reduces the risk of dust-related health problems such as Asthma.

There is a great debate as to whether or not allergy sufferers & Asthmatics should have carpet in their house. In our opinion, it is really a matter of keeping the carpet clean. Although carpets can act as a filter and essentially trap airborne particles and dust, vacuuming 80% of the particles in your carpet just isn’t good enough. Carpets must be kept clean, vacuumed regularly and professionally cleaned at least every 6 months to optimally impact indoor air quality. If well maintained, they can actual impact indoor air quality better than hard flooring as the trapped particles are less likely to be disturbed.

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A final word would be that to maintain good indoor air quality, homeowners must also consider utilizing particle minimizing filters as well as maintaining an environment of low humidity. Indoor spaces that have high humidity will lead to mold growth which will not only impact the air quality in a negative way but will lead to mold-related health problems for you and your pets as well.

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