Are We Prepared for a Brutal Hurricane Season? Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Anticipating Hurricane Earl's landfall, a man boards up a beach house September 2, 2010 in Nags Head, North Carolina. ( Mark Wilson / Getty ) Produced by David J Fazekas Produced by PRI and WNYC