Welcome to www.drfitz.net. My heart goes out to all who have been impacted by Hurricane Katrina. My life has also been altered by Katrina, and a picture of my neighborhood is provided above. A section on this website will be devoted to Katrina information, especially as Louisiana and Mississippi fight for assistance which is so slow in coming from the federal government.

In addition, this site will provide general hurricane information, and updates to the second edition of my book Hurricanes, available from ABC-CLIO. We expect this website to be available by February 2006.

In the meantime, feel free to email questions about hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina, or comments about the book to me at fitz@gri.msstate.edu or call my Mississippi State University office at 662-325-7037.

Sincerely,

Dr. Pat Fitzpatrick
Associate Research Professor of Meteorology
GeoResources Institute
Mississippi State University