Hurricanes
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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What causes it?
High water temperatures and low air temperatures with wind causes hurricanes.
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What takes place during this natural disaster? Flooding, strong winds, and heavy rain destroys houses, building, etc during a hurricane.
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What scientific process causes this to occur?
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Water temperatures have to at least be 80F or higher and the air must be cool the higher you go. Also winds from each side must be coming toward each other at the same speed so it will force the air upward. The coriolis force needed to create the spin.
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What are some major natural disasters during your lifetime? Hurricane Katrina is one example of a hurricane that happened during my lifetime
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What is the worst disaster of this kind during history? What are some other notable disasters of this kind during history?
1969 hurricane Camille. It was estimated that it was 1.421 billion in damage and it was recorded as the largest single act of destruction in US history. Hurricane Camille was categorized as level 5 which is catastrophic. Hurricane Galveston, Hugo, and Anderson are others that were devastating.
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Hurricanes can cause costal erosion and reshape landscape, also Hugo destroyed half the population of the Puerto Rico parrot.
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What is used to predict hurricanes? Using radar and satellite technology the can predict if a hurricane might appear.
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How is the event measured? The hurricane hunters which are apart of the national oceanic and atmosphere administration fly over a hurricane a few times to get calculations on the storm. Also they drop instruments into the storm to get better readings and to determine where the storm is heading
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Cost of hurricanes?
In 1969 when Camille hit it was estimated at $1.421 billion but when Katrina hit it was estimated at $110 billion.
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Death toll.
1,836 people died in hurricane Katrina. About 256 deaths from hurricane Camille
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Sign of a hurricane approaching.
1.) the size of the waves and the amount
2.) a rise in the shoreline
3.) unusual amount of rain
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