Storm drain

Hurricane Katrina is the most infamous storm in United States history. She ruined everything in her path, from the tangible to the intangible. She impacted the lives and took the lives of many. She forced many to completely rebuild their lives, or begin a new one. In “Salvage the Bones” by Jesmyn Ward, Hurricane Katrina is described as uncontrollable, yet optimistically which forces the reader to either agree or disagree with the descriptions of the storm. Jesmyn Ward’s depiction of Hurricane…

On February 19th, 2015 cyclone Lam had finally made landfall between Millingimbi and Elcho island in the northern territory as a category 4 cyclone. Cyclone lam had started off as a monsoon trough on February 12th over the Coral sea and moved over the Cape York peninsula and moved to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to warm waters and favourable outflow the monsoon trough became a category 1 cyclone on the 16th of February and was named cyclone Lam by the Bureau of Meteorology. Cyclone Lam started…

The Dust Bowl was a time where dangerous dust storms damaged the agriculture of the Great Plains. One hundred million acres were turned into dust due to overfarming and wind erosion. Three major dust storms occurred in 1934, 1936 and 1939-40, which resulted in erosion and loss of topsoil. These storms hit Oklahoma, Texas, sections of Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico leaving many families nowhere to go .It lasted for almost a decade. Some say that this is the worst manmade ecological disaster in…

ensured since it helps protect the coast from hurricanes and storms, they provide a home for wildlife, and is a part of Louisiana’s culture. Louisiana’s wetlands and coast provide protection from storms and hurricanes. Without the help of the wetlands and coast, storms will cause more storm surge, causing more flooding. Also, they protect the state from high winds by powering down the storm. Take for instance, some of the last few storms have caused an abundance of flooding due to the…

Under crackling thunder in the dark night cowboys had rough experiences almost every day! Cowboys drove cattle from Texas to Kansas during 1866 by horse in groups with a normal range of 10-13 people for money weather, little sleep, and little food was only part of the challenges that cowboys faced when they pushed cattle from Texas to Kansas for money during the long cattle drive. I would not re-up for the cattle drive due to weather, too little sleep, and rations and sometimes no food. One…

in her poem, “Storm Warnings” as the narrator prepares herself and her home to withstand a storm. As I read this poem, I recognized the narrator’s sense of powerlessness but determination to press on in the face of adversity as something I have seen in the eyes of New Orleanians since August 29th, 2005. Our city was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and sometimes I think that maybe if we had seen it coming earlier or closed that extra shutter it wouldn’t have been so bad, but the storm was coming…

substantial amount of U.S soil, as well as outbreaks of fire in multiple areas of our nation. As we repair, rebuild, and reflect on these disasters as a nation, we at Cassels Garage are here to help. Many people are without reliable transportation after the storms that hit here in Florida. We want to help you in any way we can. Cassels Garage may be based in Brevard County, but we want to extend a hand to anyone who may need to have their vehicle serviced at this time. Cassels Garage is a…

enormous storms storms that cause ridiculous amounts of damage through fast winds, flooding, and waves. They may may not seem like much, but hurricanes can uproot trees, destroy homes, and kill and injure hundreds of people. Hurricanes are unique storms and form in an unusual way, they have interesting movement and location on the globe, and are destructive storms that take lots of preparing to survive unscathed. Hurricanes come in different forms and are unique storms. They are powerful storms…

New England's worst hurricanes with huge waves and record-breaking winds. Many contributing factors such as the conditions and human error and how the impacts made the storm so powerful. Many people were left homeless, injured or in the worst cases, dead. All of this was a recipe for disaster. One of the major events that made the storm so powerful was the conditions. There were winds up to more than one hundred mph. People from the YouTube videos houses were falling apart from the winds. Also,…

land. As Spencer Adkins told me, "Hurricanes last much longer, as it can last days, while tornadoes can only last up to an hour." Another difference is that hurricanes have an eye in the middle, which means that it has a calm spot inside it where no storms occur. Tornadoes do not have an eye though, so it's just a solid funnel. To conclude, tornadoes and hurricanes may seem alike, but they are very different. Both may be cyclonic, but they are still different. They do have more…