Blizzards are dangerous winter storms that are a combination of blowing snow and wind. Sometimes severe cold temperatures and heavy snow fall occur but they are not needed for a blizzard to occur. While a blizzard is going on there can be very high, strong winds that can pick up snow that had already fell on the ground and result in a ground blizzard. The National Weather Services considers a blizzard a large storm with large amounts of snow or blowing snow with winds up to 35 miles per hour and visibilities of less than a quarter of a mile for an extended period of time. Usually there will be a “Blizzard Warning” sent out to everyone near the blizzard that it is coming and to get the nearest shelter and stay off the roads. Blizzards are very …show more content…
Thousands of people are killed or injured in traffic accidents every year due to dangerous road conditions. While driving with a ground blizzard happening it is even more dangerous cause your car is on the ground and you are in it driving. A Ground Blizzard is when you have little to no snow fall or you have a lot and it stays on the ground, it can even happen with a warm front such as when the blizzard happened in the great plains. When the temperature drops and the wind chills increase the wind speed can go up to 50- 60 miles per hour most likely causing an arctic …show more content…
Blizzards cause very dangerous conditions for everyone to handle and you need to stay home when you get an alert or see the weather is going to be bad because, if you do not you could be one of the people that get stuck out there and could end up with hypothermia or with your car flipped over while you are in it. Also, make sure the pipes in your houses are insulated or heated by something because if a blizzard came you could have a chance of your pipes bursting and causing a lot of expensive damage and not only that but a huge mess. Blizzards are very dangerous because they are life threatening conditions, do not allow anyone to travel anywhere, and what it causes everyone have to deal with during the blizzard and with the aftermath of the
To start of we all know that driving in Winter all drivers experience low visibility which causes all drivers to take it slower than usual. Before thinking about driving in Winter, you need to make sure you know how to handle snowy and icy roads before getting behind the wheel. All it takes is the smallest patch of ice or snow to cause you to skid of the road, which could cause life threatning injuries
States on the lee, or down wind, sides of the great lakes receive lake-effect snow every year. For some cities this can push the average snowfall up to 400 inches. During the February storm of this year records were broken for the most snowfall in one storm. For a duration of the storm snow was falling at a rate of six inches or more per hour. Some of the images captured from the event leave some in disbelief that such a thing could even happen. Storms of this magnitude completely shut down all activity. Many areas do not have equipment capable of handling such mass amounts of snow, and even if they do the task is overwhelming. (weather.com 2006)
Typically impacting a small area, one location could see in excess of a foot of snow where a few miles away, could be only seeing flurries. LES (Lake Effect Snow) can come quickly and produce conditions that are very hazardous for traveling. Things like this as well as other impacts are important to note and as forecasters, try to inform the public to be prepared for an event like this. To understand the whole idea of lake effect snow, one must travel to the past where this phenomenon was first discovered and from there; move forward in time to see the progress that has been made not only in understanding this, but also forecasting it as well.
January 12, 1888, a blizzard covered the northwest part of North America that claimed many lives. This blizzard was considered to be the worst blizzard of all time, and was dubbed the “the Schoolchildren’s Blizzard”, for claiming the lives of so many school children on their way home. The death toll of this murderous blizzard rose, because of lack of preparation and being uninformed. During this time, many farmers and families were unprepared to survive a blizzard of this magnitude, by the lack of clothing they wore. Forecasters were not as accurate enough to inform people on the weather conditions. Also, shelter was a major factor in protecting themselves from the winter storms, but the shelter was not stable
(6) The suddenness of the winter storm caught people by surprise. A roar “like an approaching train” was all the warning the storm gave. (130) The roaring wind and snow brought darkness and dropping temperatures. The people who were inside when the blizzard struck faced a dilemma. Staying inside and doing nothing seemed “heartless,” but going into the storm “on a rescue mission was likely to be fatal to the rescuer and useless to the lost.” (143) The people who were unfortunate enough to be away from home, whether they were at school or working with their livestock, had to make a difficult decision. They could either risk trying to make it home or chance it out and stay where they were. Schoolteachers had to decide whether to send the children home or keep them at the school. If anyone ventured outside, he or she risked frostbite, hypothermia, and likely
What is a tornado? A tornado is “a rapidly rotating vortex or funnel of air extending groundward from a cumulonimbus cloud.” (Haddow et al) Tornadoes produce destructive winds that can destroy everything that comes in its path. Meteorologists use the speed of the winds to classify the strength of tornadoes on the Fujita-Pearson scale. The weakest tornadoes, F0, have wind speeds from 65-85 miles per hour, all the way to an F5 tornado, with winds in excess of 200 miles per hour.
The key question in this incident is whether Blizzard Resorts Inc. is responsible of the liability of occupants for injury or loss suffered by trespassers to their premises.
Rapid melting of the ice will release dangerous green house gases like methane back into the environment. This will brings rapid climate change. Methane is over 20 times more effective than Co2 in keeping the heat in. Because of severe droughts and floods the agriculture will suffer. Farming will be affected and this will cause food crisis. There are many places that depend solely on the flow of water from melting glaciers to provide them with electricity. If this water is reduced or stops, the production of electricity will stop too.
The tundra is located at the top of the world near the North Pole. This huge habitat covers one fifth of the earth's surface.
A hurricane is easily the most powerful storm that mother-nature can throw at us. Every year people who live on the coasts fight hurricanes with no dismay. A hurricane is simply too strong. Their winds reach speeds of 75 mph. The winds around the eye wall can reach 130 to 150 mph. They are 200 to 300 miles in diameter. The number of casualties is endless, as well as the widespread destruction that takes millions of dollars to repair. Even if the hurricane doesn’t cause a lot of damage, the storm surge will. Storm surge is the great tidal waves that crash into our coasts and make huge floods that are caused by hurricanes.
"Snow Storms: What's a Blizzard." Forces of Nature: TQ 2000. Web. 3 Mar. 2014. .
Blizzards are severe snowstorms in which the following conditions continue for 3 hours or longer; Sustained
To begin with, the landing of the snow on the road caused many damages to them. This was because the levels on which the roads were raised were in different proportions. This, therefore, prevented lack of flow to be experienced on the roads. Moreover, the cracks that were observed on the roads came about because of the difference in the temperatures of the country.
For the purpose of this paper, we will discuss a weather event that few think of regarding natural disasters; winter storms. Winter storms are different from a snowy day in that a winter storm can include heavy snow, damage-causing ice, high winds, dangerously low temperatures, low visibility, or any combination thereof (America’s PrepareAthon, 2015) and makes travel extremely hazardous. A winter storm can affect an entire region and victims may experience loss of utility services, limited mobility, among various personal crises (illnesses, accidents, or death). For example, between November 17 and November 20, 2014 Buffalo, New York was buried under 7 feet of snow causing thirteen fatalities, hundreds of roof collapses/structural failures, thousands of stranded motorists, downed trees, and power outages in addition to food and gas shortages (National Weather Service, n.d.). In the most severe winter storms, snow plows, and emergency services personnel often have a difficult time keeping up with the needs of the region; therefore, it may be hours, days or even weeks until conditions are safe and services are
The history of West Virginia’s weather is really crazy and shocking. There was also a huge blizzard in 1978. It was recorded as the world largest blizzard in modern history. It had killed approximately 100 people. Last year there was huge flooding and wildfire on June 16 and October 16 in 2016. The flooding killed 24 people at that time.