With the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season expected to be more active than normal - and both the Atlantic and Pacific basins off to a blustery start - drilling companies potentially in the line of fire that haven't prepared for tropical cyclone season should do so quickly. Offshore drilling rigs usually shut down in advance of a hurricane or other extreme weather event, but onshore drilling rigs - and the land-based operations of offshore drillers - need to be prepared, as well. The same advice holds true for companies that could potentially be impacted by a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean. Although the season runs through 2013, most tropical cyclones form between May and November, leaving a wide swath of the Pacific basin at risk. Even operations far from landfaUing systems can no longer consider themselves immune from the threat of heavy wind and rain and related power outages. The US is a prime example.
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