Hurricanes are powerful storms that form over warm, tropical ocean water. Hurricane Hugo happened on September 9, 1989 to September 25, 1989, and it affected most of the east coast of the United States. Hurricanes are natural disasters and can damage people and their property.
Change in barometric pressure can change the weather before a hurricane. First, when two weather fronts collide, it changes the weather. Also, warm water and moist warm air occurs before a hurricane. The hotter the water gets the more a hurricane grows. The shape of a hurricane is like a doughnut, with a hole in the center. Sometimes a hurricane can be as wide as 600 miles across. When a hurricane comes in contact with the warm ocean water, it gathers heat and energy,
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which then causes more energy because of the evaporation on the seawater. In the northern hemisphere, the area above the equator, the hurricane travels in a counter-clock wise direction, which is the opposite direction of the hands of a clock.
In the southern hemisphere , the area below the equator, the hurricane winds travel in a clock-wise direction, the same direction as the hands of a clock. The calmest part of the storm has light winds and is found in the center of the hurricanes. This part of the storm is known as the eye of the storm. Hurricanes usually form over ocean water 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Different types of weather occurs during a hurricane. A lot of rain occurs during a hurricane. Darkness can also occur because of the dark clouds. Lots of wind occurs during a hurricane. Hurricane Hugo took place on September 9, 1989 to September 25, 1989 and affected most of the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Hugo destroyed 3,307 houses. Hurricane Hugo destroyed 11,928 buildings. Hurricane Hugo destroyed 4.45 million acres of forest land. Hurricane Hugo cause $17.4 billion in damage. Hurricane Hugo caused 61 deaths. Hurricane Hugo caused 21 injuries. …show more content…
Hurricane Hugo had a huge impact on communities and families. It left people without homes, it left people without jobs. The American Red Cross helped supply the affected communities and families. People that weren’t affected helped out by donating to The American Red Cross Association. Fortunately, with new technology, we have warning systems in place to help protect people from damage hurricanes may possibly cause.
First, listen to the radio for local weather updates. Second, watch the local news if possible. Scientists use satellites to track hurricanes days before they arrive. Another way to prepare if a hurricane takes place is, hide somewhere safe from the hurricane, such as a basement or the lowest point of the house. Pack a first aid kit. Pack lots of food and water. Pack blankets and flashlights, in case the power goes out. Pack a radio. Pack extra batteries for the flashlight and radio. Keep valuables in a locked waterproof safe. Scientists predict the path a hurricane may take. They also use tools to find out and predict the strength of a hurricane. Satellites are very helpful to scientists. They take pictures of the hurricane from space. Pilots also gather information by flying into hurricanes to see what the speed of the wind is, also the temperature and the air pressure. This is all very helpful information to help warn people so they can prepare for the hurricane. Some hurricanes, with less strength may break tree branches and damage homes. Stronger hurricanes may actually destroy homes and snap complete trees. Sometimes huge waves are formed which can also destroy homes and flood beaches. Hurricanes are given names. They are alternated between boy and girl names. The names they use for each storm is used only once. The same as the alphabet
starts with an A, the season’s first hurricane starts with an A. Since, scientists track the hurricanes days in advance, people can put items in an area that won’t blow away. In order to prevent windows from breaking, homeowners and businesses board up windows. People also may evacuate to a safer place, away from the hurricane. Sometimes there can be a power outage for days. A key factor during a hurricane is to follow directions given by the radio or television etc. Which would include staying indoors, keeping away from windows, and continue to listen for updates about the hurricanes or storm. To remain safe during a hurricane hide at the lowest point of the house. Also, listen to the radio or television for important weather updates. (East Carolina University. 2012, March 23). Important facts about hurricanes include: hurricane hunters put devices into hurricanes to test the wind speed, which is typically 10-20 miles per hour, and get other information from the hurricane. There are two general hurricane seasons. The first one is the Atlantic hurricane season. These hurricanes occur from June 1st to November 30th. Most of the hurricanes are during the months of fall. The second hurricane season is known as the Eastern Pacific. These hurricanes generally occur from May 15th to November 30th. Hurricane Hugo was considered to be in the Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Hugo took place on September 9, 1989 to September 25, 1989 and affected most of the east coast of the United States. Hurricanes can cause lots of damage to land, people, businesses and homes.
There isn't a way of preventing a hurricane, but there are ways to prevent injuries. If you have never experienced a hurricane, learn about them. Many places offer free hurricane tips and preparation. Always have the necessities if the is a hurricane warning; water, batteries, flashlight, radio, matches, canned food, hand operated can opener, candles and a first aid kit. Make an emergency plan with your family, designate a safety area in the house and a meeting place if you should separate.
In 2008 Hurricane Ike made land fall to the east coast line in Galveston Texas. The storm surge water that Ike produced flooded the east coast region of Houston and Galveston. It has been estimated over billions of dollars in damage to home owners, business owners, and cause numerus of deaths. The mass destruction that Ike caused had people coming up ways to prevent or lessen the effects if a storm like this would ever occur in the future. A storm surge project was drafted and submitted to politicians is being delayed due to funding issues. Money should not be the major delay when it comes to saving homeowners, business owners, and a life of a person.
The birth of a hurricane requires at least three conditions. First, the ocean waters must be warm enough at the surface to put enough heat and moisture into the overlying atmosphere to provide the potential fuel for the thermodynamic engine that a hurricane becomes. Second, atmospheric moisture from seawater evaporation must combine with that heat and energy to form the powerful engine needed to propel a hurricane. Third, a wind pattern must be near the ocean surface to spirals air inward. At least 3 conditions must be present for a hurricane to emerge. Water, heat, and wind are the three main factors that have to be in perfect conditions to start a hurricane. (The Weather Channel, 2008)
Like Brown told CNN’s Larry King, “I must say, this storm is much bigger than anyone expected.” What should we have to know in case of an emergency, especially if you live in a hurricane evacuation zone. According to Live Science, you have to start with a hurricane plan with your family and find out your zone and local evacuation route. We have to keep in mind the hurricanes are very powerful tropical storms with heavy rains, strong winds and that a hurricane can damage buildings, cars, homes, etc. First of all, always have a hurricane survival kit, during hurricane warning and never ignore evacuation orders. Equally important, prepared your home with flood insurance, buy emergency supplies, plan for your pets, and don’t forget to search for resources for more information about hurricane planning. According to Erik Salna, “Everyone who lives in an area affected by hurricanes needs to take personal responsibility and accountability to be prepared… It has to become a way of life, something you naturally do.” In discussion of how to be prepared in case of a hurricane, one controversial issue has been the disaster of hurricane Katrina. On the one hand, we need to keep in mind that is up to us to try to be prepared in case of a hurricane warning. On the other hand, if you ignored evacuation orders you may regretted later on in life, don’t
Hurricanes form over the ocean. Easterly waves, what hurricanes develop from, are long, narrow regions of low pressure which occur in ocean winds called trade winds. At first, these easterly waves can grow into something called, a tropical depression. A tropical depression occurs when winds are up to 31 mph. Then tropical depressions can be upgraded into a tropical storm if the winds reach speeds of 74 mph or less. Then finally a the storm can be bumped up into a hurricane if the winds reach 75 mph.
Hurricanes are born over the warm waters of tropical oceans and are formed by a low-pressure system caused by the heating of water. The heat causes the air to rise and form lower pressures in a feedback loop, making the hurricane stronger. Heavy rain results from a condensation of water and strong winds develop from warm air rushing to the eye of the hurricane. Essentially, greater storms and winds occur when the hurricane feeds of the rising temperature of the water. In addition, researchers studied disturbances and intense thunderstorms in the atmosphere over Western Africa and believe they are partly to blame for extreme hurricanes affecting the United States and Canada. While these are all the main ingredients of a perfectly natural process, they were not the primary causes of the damage done by Hurricane
Hurricane Katrina left a devastating scar on the citizens of the southern coast of the U.S., especially New Orleans, Louisiana. The category 5 hurricane was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the most deadly. Katrina hit New Orleans on August 29th, 2005 and after that day, 66,000 people were displaced from their homes. Of those who decided to ride out the storm with hopes of success and survival as they had experienced with other storms, they were found on their rooftops, in their attics, hoping for boat or helicopter rescue, relying on others for help to survive. The storm had reached 28,000 square feet inward to Louisiana, which was 60 percent of the state. 1,100 Louisianans lost their lives, and 200,000 were displaced and/or lost their homes (Davis 8). It was a devastating time of despair and suffering. People were put through experiences that would scar them for a long time. While preparing for evacuation, people left most of their belongings at home to flee to a safer city or to find shelter in the Superdome and Convention Center. Some even decided to remain in their boarded up homes. After the hurricane had past, a few hours went by and a levee located near the Mississippi River canal broke leaving New Orleans flooded (Delisi). After the disaster, the state and federal governments were pointing fingers at each other as to who was to blame for the poorly planned evacuation and rescue efforts for the victims. The state government promised to help evacuate those who could not transport themselves. Citizens were told to go to the Superdome and convention center for evacuation, but the supplies needed for survi...
Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane at its highest, made impact between August 23-30th 2005, and has since gone down as the most devastating and costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. In preparation for the impact of the storm, on August 27th 2005, two days before the hurricane made landfall, President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency in the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Waterford nuclear plant was shut down for precautionary reasons in the wake of the oncoming storm and mandatory evacuations were issued for large parts of the southeast. Mayor Ray Nagin of New Orleans stated that about 80% of the 480,000 people asked to evacuate heeded warnings. Evacuation orders were also made for areas along the Mississippi coast, low-lying coastal areas in Alabama, as well as the barrier islands in western Florida Panhandle.
Hurricane Maria was destructive and caused a large amount of damage to the entire island of Puerto Rico. Maria hit on September 20 and was a category four hurricane, nearly a category five. Hurricane Maria has had a tremendous impact on the lives of Puerto Ricans and even the world.
Hurricanes are powerful and destructive storms that involve great rain and wind. The United States of America has dealt with many hurricanes that have cost a great amount of damage. However, there is one hurricane that happened in 2005 that stands out among the others, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States, a category 5 on the Saffir/Simpson Hurricane Scale. An estimated 1836 people died because of the hurricane and the floodings that happened after (Zimmermann 1). Katrina initially beg...
Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters around. They are more common in areas of humid yet moist weather so they are very foreign to certain places. But to the places were hurricanes are the norm, the people take them extremely seriously because they kill people and ruin countless amounts of property. Hurricanes can attack and harm people in so many ways they can kill people, leave them homeless, it leaves children orphaned and disable them. On the west coast of the United States and other places hurricanes aren’t taken as seriously as other more common disasters, such as, earthquakes and volcanoes yet the hurricane can be a lot more damaging that both of those. Hurricanes are cyclones that develop over warm oceans and breed winds that blow yup to 74 miles per hour.
Hurricanes begin as tropical disturbances in warm ocean waters with temperatures of at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit. These low pressure systems are served by energy from the warm seas. If a storm reaches wind speeds of 38 miles an hour, it is known as a tropical depression. A tropical depression becomes a tropical storm, and is given a name, when its sustained wind speeds top 39 miles an hour. When a storm’s sustained wind speeds reach 74 miles an hour, it becomes a hurricane and earns a category rating of 1 to 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale.
For a hurricane to form, the ocean temperature must be warmer than twenty-six degrees Celsius, or eighty degrees Fahrenheit. Also, the air near the oceans surface must be filled with moisture. The seawater that is warmed by the heat from the sun evaporates to form vast storm clouds. As the warm air rises, the cooler air replaces it thus creating a wind. The rotation of the earth bends the wind inward causing it to rotate and spiral upward with a great amount of force. Around the Equator, the spin is the fastest. There, it can be faster than six hundred miles per hour.
A Hurricane is a tropical storm with winds more than 74 miles per hour (mph). Hurricane wind damage is influenced by the duration and change of wind direction, amount of rainfall and how well land structures are build. Hurricanes are measure in five different categories and each category can produce different degree of damages. Category One Hurricane has sustained winds 74-95 mph. Category Two Hurricane has sustained winds of 96-110 mph with very strong winds that can produce widespread damage and extensive damage to power lines. Category Three Hurricane has sustained winds of 111-130 mph that will cause extensive damage with near total power loss that could last several days to weeks. Category Four Hurricane has sustained winds of 131-155 with extremely dangerous winds causing devastating damage. Finally, a category five hurricane has sustained winds greater than 155 mph. This is a catastrophic damage storm. Category five can have severe injury or death due to wind blown debris. A Category five hurricane can produce extensive power outages that will last for weeks to perhaps months. Therefor...
A hurricane is a type of natural disaster that can be harmful and destructive to anything in its way. Every year five to six hurricanes are formed, damaging and destroying people’s homes, landmarks, and anything in its path (“Hurricane”). Before a hurricane is developed it is known as a tropical storm. To be a tropical storm wind speed must be at least thirty eight miles per hour (“Hurricane”). Once wind speeds reaches seventy four miles an hour it can then be classified as hurricane (“Hurricane”). Large scale storms, like hurricanes have a variety of ways to measure the sev...