Stormy tropical weather season is here. Stay prepared with these sources:

• National Hurricane Center — Current information, hurricane preparedness and tracking charts from the National Weather Service
• Hurricanes in New England from The Northeast States Emergency Consortium
• Weather Underground — Hurricane and Tropical Weather page for the North Atlantic area

Also check the other NOBLE weather resources.

Earthquakes are a force of nature and occur more often than we realize.

For information on the Virginia earthquake, and earthquakes around the world, see the U. S. Geological Survey website.

New England is prime earthquake territory. For historical and preparedness information, visit the Northeast States Emergency Consortium website. Also visit “Why Does the Earth Quake in New England?” by the Weston Observatory of Boston College.