Trade wind

of measurement: The general climate of Arwad island is Mediterranean moderate climate all year round, latitude 34.53North and longitude 35.53East, which is characterized by the four seasons, humid environment, rainy winter weather and the prevailing wind is south and southwestern (Amer and Abou Hamed 2011). The average value of the diurnal highest temperature in Tartous is in summer in August with about 30◦C, and the mean value of the minimum temperature is in winter in January with about 7◦C,…

back-packer. Efforts to locate him are underway, however the rough seas are preventing boats from searching the area until the storm clears. On land, the streets of Adelaide are littered with tree branches as the wild weather continues, the heavy rain and wind shows no signs of stoping soon. (photo of home, with tree collapsed on top) Southern Suburbs have been affected heavily by the storms. Homes in Noarlunga have faced devastation due to falling trees; part of residents Vincent and…

Tacloban city. According to Barmania (2014) the typhoon, that had wind speeds around 150 mph, killed 6200 and displaced 4 million people, leaving the country in despair. Characteristics of typhoon Haiyan and Tacloban City: The characteristics of typhoon Haiyan were very specific and the physical setting of Tacloban city amplified the impact of this super storm. In general, typhoons are tropical storms consisting of intense winds, flooding and rain. As Bower and McCabe (2014) suggest, they…

(Illustration 2)” and hurricanes, it is “The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale.(Illustration 1)” Below are two tables that show the differences between the two scales and the different categories. They show the damage they cause and the wind speeds that they have when they hit a certain point on the scales. The two scales are almost very similar to each other and they both seem to cause the same type of damage the higher up they go, the wind speeds are a little different but they look to cause…

OUTLINE Hurricanes are enormous storms which have winds exerting great force upward and inward at very great speeds like 100 to 200mph. Every hurricane can last for over a week. A hurricane is a bit different from the usual cyclone. Cyclone winds have a very low speed of 9km. Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all the same but with a different name. Meteorologists predict the changes in the weather and use different tools to measure changing condition in the atmosphere. The most common…

In the face of calamity, the cry for leadership rings more a screech. As the rain came pouring down over coastal Texas at the end of last month, mother nature surely produced the most ideal conditions for a leadership situation. Hurricane Harvey, the wettest tropical storm to hit the contiguous United States, inundated cities like Houston and Beaumont and put Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a rather sink or swim locus to lead through difficult circumstances (Alvarez). This essay will examine the…

The second stanza is proof that nature has a main part in describing the character and maybe even the meaning the poem. “The leafy boughs on high”, means the “main” part of the branch, resaying nature is the main branch of the poem. The second stanza also has the evidence that the character is depressed. “Hissed in the sun” Hissed mean a sharp note but can also mean displeasure. Figuring out that hissed could mean displeasure, resaying it would be” displeasure of the sun” The sun signals warm,…

The story, “The Storm,” is a lustful sequel to “The ‘Cadian Ball,” which were both written by Kate Chopin. The story takes place in Louisiana while a major storm is brewing. During this storm, Bibinôt and his young son, Bibi, are at a local market running some errands when they realize they are too far away from home to go out into the storm. To stay safe, they decided to stay at the market for a little while and buy some shrimp to allow the storm to pass through. Meanwhile, Bibinôt’s wife and…

On May 22, 2011, Joplin, Missouri was hit by an EF5 tornado. A News-Leader article written by Thomas Gounley, “Five years after the devastating Joplin tornado, here's what the city looks like,” written five years after the disaster, explains the lasting effects of the tornado on the city. The article explains where the tornado touched down, how much damage it did, and what the lasting effects are on the community. The focus of the article is to give readers an inside-view of how specific…

Storm Surge In Storm Surge by Adam Sobel, we learn about Hurricane Sandy and the events surrounding it. Sobel explains some of the aspects which made Hurricane Sandy such a special storm. Sobel lived in Morningside Heights, high above the Hudson River on northern Manhattan’s West Side (Sobel 143). Sobel is a Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University (Sobel 315). He researches meteorology, extreme weather and climate…