NWS meteorologist shares hurricane insights during seminar at BC Library

National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Reilly talks about the stages of hurricane development during a recent seminar at the Brazosport College Library.

A large crowd of students, staff, faculty and community members recently visited the Brazosport College Library to hear a hurricane preparedness seminar by Dan Reilly from the National Weather Service in Houston.

Reilly’s informative presentation, titled “Should I Stay or Should I Go,” provided background on the formation and destructive power of hurricanes, as well as historical references to storms that have come ashore near the greater-Houston area.

Most importantly, Reilly shared his expertise on how the local community should prepare for the potential of a hurricane hitting this area.

Reilly is the Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the NWS in Houston and has more than 27 years of experience in the field.

The event was co-sponsored by the Brazosport College Library and the Brazosport College Police Department. For more information about Brazosport College, call (979) 230-3000 or visit Brazosport.edu.

Brazosport College Police Department Lieutenant Katherine Davis, National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Reilly and Brazosport College Outreach Librarian Patrick Sifuentes pose for a photo before Reilly’s recent hurricane preparedness seminar at the Brazosport College Library.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Dan Reilly provides some background history on Hurricane Ike, which came ashore in 2008 near Galveston, during a hurricane preparedness seminar at the Brazosport College Library.