The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-07

weather Bureau rom June Ck cal storms form.
 The radio had aided the bureau greatly in ctarting the course of the destructive storms. Vessels in the storm area radio information con- corning hurricane so that the weather bureau can learn the loca- tion and path of the whirling winds. This location then is broadcast by every means of communication poS- sible so that ships and citizens can hasten to safety if they are in the path of the ''big blow"
 Four Centers Operate
 Four weather bureau centers issue forecasts and advisories of the storms progress. These cen.ers are:
 San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is- sues the advisories if the hurricane is in the caribbean Sea and islands east of longitude 75 degrees west and south of latitude 20 degrees north.
 New orleans watches for storms in the Gulf of Mexico and its coasts west of longitude 85 degrees west.
 Jacksonville, Fla, advises regard ing storms in the remaining por- tions of the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Guf of Mexico areas, islands and coasts south of latitude 35 de- grees north.
 Washington plots the path of the storm when it goes north of latt- tude 35 degrees north.
 Ship Aid Invaluable
 Weather observations made by vessels at sea are tremendous help to the bureau in watching the hur- ricanes. Two hundred Selective ships give two reports daily, the year around, giving the barometer reading, temperature, wind direc- ton, force and the location of the ship.
 During the hurricane season, 200 other ships, known as cooperative vessels, send in weather observa- tions four times day. In addi- tion, any ship in the storm vicinity will give cooperation to the wealth CT bureau.
 An the storm approaches land, ob- servers send reports to the weather bureau and the Coast Guard also aids in making observations. An automatic teletypewriter circuit is maintained from Jacksonville, Fla, to Brownsville, Tex, during the hurricane season to transmit speed ily observations and storm warnings.
 Circuit Operates "A Hours
 This circuit connects Jacksonville Miami, Key West, Tampa, Pensa- cola. in Florida; Mobile, Ala, New Orleans, La, Port Arthur, Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi and Brownsville, in Texas. The circuit operates 24 hours day, every day during the season, with forecas- ter on duty night and day at Jack sonville and New Orleans, and trained observers on watch con- stantly at all the other offices hav- ing teletypes.
 On orders of the weather bureau, the symbol of "hurricane"-two red flags with black centers-are hoist ed to warn the citizens that the fury of the storm will be felt in that area.
 Capt. William Reid began the study of hurricanes in 1881 while on the island of Barbados. In 1886, he issued his book formulating his flaw of storms" and gave rules for mariners to maneuver SO as to avoid their center.
 Forecasts Date to 1873
 Father Benito Vines in 1870 in- augurated 8 hurricane-forecasting service for Cuba. On Aug. 6, 1873, daily weather reports from Cuba and other West Indies Islands first were received. The earliest authen- ticated date on which Father Vines issued warning was Sept. Il. 1875, although it seems likely he did so prior to that time.
 During the Spanish American War in 1898, the first reorganiza- ton of the hurricane warning sys- tenn to protect the American fleet