Tropical cyclone meteorology

April 27, 2011 a major tornado struck down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama killing fifty-two people. This tornado was classified as an EF4 with winds reaching up to 190 miles per hour. The damage of this disaster impacted everyone in the community of over 80,000. “Many public facilities were damaged or destroyed including two elementary schools, a nursing home, a fire station, and the city’s emergency operation center” (Rush, S. C., Houser, R., & Partridge, A. 2015). Commercial property was also…

Hello I am Anthony Stowe, I am sharing my life experiences. I have experienced many storms, Hurricane Nate, and Hurricane Irma. They were terrible, but IRMA was worse because we went out of power and many trees and twigs had fell during IRMA. When I was little there was a tornado that hit Putnam county, it was bad because a tree fell on our house and we had no power for 2 days. During these storms we were scared but we got thru them. Hurricane Harvey affected my parents allot because the gas…

The Joplin tornado article explains how this family was caught in the Joplin tornado and how they all survived, and the Peshtigo fire article explains how the Kramers fought to survive this deadly fire and succeeded. In “The Blood Red Night” Mr. and Mrs. Kramer had to hide in a well with a mattress over their heads to survive. In “The Evil Swirling Darkness” the family had to hide in the bathroom and take cover from the tornado. Fortunately, both of the families had long fights with the…

Dry, hot days and nights. The sun beat on the backs of the Crusaders who were desperate for any moisture, draft or shade. The heat was so unbearable it had prevented them from sweating and was causing some of the Crusaders to overheat and perish (Britannica School Library-Battle of Hattin). To make matters worse the only available fresh water, had dried up (Crusades: The Illustrated History, Thomas Madden). A faint thundering sound began sound. The tired eyes Crusaders opened in worry, than…

As I looked out of the wet, speckled window pane of my grandparents old house, I noticed the gutters were bursting at the seams with rain water, and grabbed a pack of cigarettes from a nearby table. Suddenly, a flash of lightening lit up the dark, southern sky of Jamestown, Tennessee, and the instant vibration of thunder felt like an earthquake under my feet. I shivered watching the electrical, rain storm take over like a fiery beast this early, fall afternoon, and pulled my last cigarette…

The articles have pointed some challenges that intergovernmental bodies were faced with in the wake of hurricane Katrina and the survey taken by the National League of Cities. Interestly, the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe have sparked arguments saying that those who were responsible failed to respond effectively to the situation. Besides, Hurricane Katrina the issue of the unfunded mandates was a great concern for the local governments in the 1990’s with a shrinking municipal financial resources…

Last week Meteorologists predicted the category three Hurricane, Joaquin, to make landfall hitting the Carolina’s. Gratefully it never made landfall, but unfortunately the Carolina’s received trillions of gallons of rain from the hurricane. Florence County flooded very badly; streets resembled Miniature Rivers, golf-courses looked like The Rapids, bridges were completely washed out, homes completely flooded, people were being evacuated, etc. Last Thursday night the rain started, it was unlike…

flooding, and many flood plains are why floods are a hazard in Howard County and can endanger the lives of people and property. The flood problems in Howard County have been continuing on for decades. Back in the 1970s, storms like Hurricane Floyd and tropical storm Agnes cause massive flooding in the area (Chesapeake bay foundation). To pile on that, snowstorms have also caused flooding to occur. When the snow melts, there is a lot of water, which moves and floods the area. According to the…

On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico at exactly 6:15 am. It sustained winds at one hundred fifty five miles per hour. Puerto Rico got hit with thirty hours of rain. This hurricane was considered a Category 4, but was nearly considered as a Category 5. The Category 4 turned out to be quiet a catastrophe. The money damages it caused were no electric, no clean water, blown out windows and doors, trees,signs knocked down, houses destroyed, landslides, and injury and/or deaths.…

It was a difficult week not able to know what’s going on around you. To not be able to go anywhere only to stay in your house. Always thinking “why us?” why did this happen to us. During Hurricane Harvey, my family and I felt the constant feelings of being lucky, worried, and trapped. During that week, my family and I were lucky that we didn’t get flooded because of the ditches on our street. Even though it was raining hard where we lived the ditches hold as much of the water it could. Our…