7NEWS Reports: Hurricane Season

Todd Gross, 7 Meteorologist
"The way the jet stream is now it will be blocked off. We probably wouldn't even hear from them."

7 Meteorologist, Todd Gross, says right now it looks like southern states like Florida, Texas, and Louisiana could take a beating, but that could change.

Todd Gross
"I'd say by September that jet stream could of totally changed around and the storms may be riding up the east coast of the United States."

Todd says, it's too early to tell if we will or will not have a bad hurricane season in the Northeast. He says hurricane season doesn't really pick up until late August, early September. That's the time when Bob, Gloria and the deadly hurricane of 1938 did their damage to New England. The hurricane of 1938 killed 564 New Englanders and came with little warning.

Paul Ford, FEMA
"It's not if a disaster will occur it's a question of when."

Leaders at the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA aren't waiting to see if predictions pan out. They're working with hundreds of homeowners, to make sure their homes can stand the test of wind and water.

John Morell, Homeowner
"The water came all the way up to where my front door used to be. Nobody could get in here, everybody had to be taken out by boat."

John Morrell remembers the night his family had to leave their home by boat. It was the storm that started as a hurricane, left as a hurricane, but did its damage as the now famous "perfect storm." This too was a storm no one predicted.

John Morell
"The water would come over the seawall here as you can see here. The waves would come right here. You would think this is the Colorado River."

John's raising his house six feet so the next time the storm comes he won't have to leave his home.

John Morell
"It ain't never going to get that high."

Dan Shea saw the picture of what could happen to his new home in a storm. Before he moved in he hurricane proofed by moving his utilities and heating unit above flood level. John and Dan love living on the water. They understand prediction or no prediction a hurricane could hit at anytime. They're just making sure this time they're above the storm.

John and Dan received money to "hurricane proof" their homes from FEMA's program "Project Impact."