The power of our technology can be clearly seen in these satellite photos (left, center) of hurricane Bonnie. The
storm is actually compressed to one side as it is pulled back out to sea. It has an elongated oval shape rather
than the characteristicly circular one of other hurricanes (see Floyd, right).
 

The 1998 hurricane season was the deadliest in 200 years. However, 1998’s wild storms gave GEO TECHNOLOGIES just the opportunity it needed to show that its technology could actually do what it claims. Altogether, the company affected a total of nine storms for the year: six hurricanes, one tropical storm, and two typhoons. The “star” project of this group was hurricane Bonnie, a huge, far reaching, and unusually powerful storm system with real staying power. Fortunately for New Yorkers, by the time hurricanes reach here they have usually worn themselves down to angry rainstorms. This was not the case with hurricane Bonnie.

Bonnie, classified as a category 3 storm (5 is the strongest classification),  approached New York threatening serious destruction. The city meanwhile, was unprepared: No storm watches or warnings or emergency directions were issued but GEO TECH was already on top of things. Bonnie, being an extensive system, affected the tides in New York and New Jersey days before it actually began its approach. The effects of GEO TECH'S work on this storm were obvious, and not only from the pictures above. It was possible to delay its landfall in the south for 12 hours, giving everyone plenty of time to evacuate. At landfall the storm was sheared to one side with the majority of destructive winds blowing out towards the Atlantic. In the satellite photo above, this bent can be clearly seen and is unlike the perfect circular shape that is typical of hurricanes. Intense inland wind activity lasted only about eight hours instead of the predicted twenty four, becoming only intermittent after that. Precipitation was barely half the projected amounts of 20 or more inches, far less than the usual amounts of rain produced by storms of this type. In fact, this hurricane caused no serious flooding at all. For more information on rainfall produced by this storm click here.

Bonnie (track shown in photo left) was programmed to turn on an arc away from land and back out to sea. It made this turn perfectly. Working to the detriment of physical health, the company's chief technician also worked to reduce the strength of the storm after it made landfall, going to sleep after three straight days and nights. The storm immediately reenergized, claiming its only two lives, turning itself back into a hurricane from a tropical storm. This can be seen clearly in the color graph of the track above. Hurricane Danielle (track shown below in photo right), following directly behind and also a potential threat, made this arc as well, demonstrating how a hurricane can be prevented from making landfall if caught in time. Hurricanes normally head straight for land and move across it, turning into rainy tropical storms. They never turn directly back out to sea from land. To see and compare this to the tracks on this page, click here.  The total death toll for hurricane Bonnie was 2, an unheard of number for any landfall category 3 (or lower) hurricane. It could have been zero if there had been money to pay technicians to monitor the storm through the third night. Compare this to Hurricane Mitch (cat.3) 10,000 dead, hurricane Andrew (3) 52 dead, or hurricane Georges (2) 250 dead. Despite the disparity of these numbers, Bonnie's death toll stands alone. (Click here for an historical record of hurricane death tolls.) These numbers illustrate the proven effectiveness and precision of GEO TECH's innovative technology. Read the story of hurricane Bonnie.