As we have seen repeatedly, hurricanes are forces to be reckoned with. Bringing immense and severe damage as they roll in, hurricanes are definitely systems that are well feared in our communities. In November of 2012, the east coast of the United States suffered one of the worst hurricanes killing over 200 people: the 18th storm of the Atlantic season, leaving thousands homeless. Although, preparations had been arranged, no one was ready for the damage that would be coming. Tropical storms are common in the Caribbean and only half of the ones that formulize, turn into hurricanes. The original predictions seemed harmless because only 1 in 29 hurricanes will actually hit the east coast. Due to the original and normal patterns of hurricanes,
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Still about 1,000 miles south, she is being fed and gaining energy by the warm waters, continuing to grow and sustaining wind speeds of 110 mph. By this point in her life, she had already brought Haiti and Jamaica devastating winds and water and before she headed out, she left more than 70 people dead, and dozens missing. Before heading up north, she hit Florida and North Carolina, knocking out highways as whole and continues her journey upward. It is reported that most hurricanes begin to fade as they reach cooler waters but the waters are warmer than usual, which only added to Sandy’s fury. Due to the time frame as the end of hurricane season had been nearing, meteorologists were baffled. Hurricane Sandy, dangerous enough as it seemed, joined forces with another storm and began doubling in size. This winter storm known as Nor’easter developed parallel with Sandy’s route towards the north. Nor’easter can be as big as 500 to 700 miles across. They combined into one storm and became a hybrid, one that brought immense fear and panic. Although word had been spread of how dangerous this hurricane was going to be, the residents of the east coast almost blew it over their shoulders due to Hurricane Irene in 2011 that was predicted to cause lots of harm and was not as
Still about 1,000 miles south, she is being fed and gaining energy by the warm waters, continuing to grow and sustaining wind speeds of 110 mph. By this point in her life, she had already brought Haiti and Jamaica devastating winds and water and before she headed out, she left more than 70 people dead, and dozens missing. Before heading up north, she hit Florida and North Carolina, knocking out highways as whole and continues her journey upward. It is reported that most hurricanes begin to fade as they reach cooler waters but the waters are warmer than usual, which only added to Sandy’s fury. Due to the time frame as the end of hurricane season had been nearing, meteorologists were baffled. Hurricane Sandy, dangerous enough as it seemed, joined forces with another storm and began doubling in size. This winter storm known as Nor’easter developed parallel with Sandy’s route towards the north. Nor’easter can be as big as 500 to 700 miles across. They combined into one storm and became a hybrid, one that brought immense fear and panic. Although word had been spread of how dangerous this hurricane was going to be, the residents of the east coast almost blew it over their shoulders due to Hurricane Irene in 2011 that was predicted to cause lots of harm and was not as