Tropical cyclone meteorology

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    Whoosh! As my car just flew away, hurricanes and tornados are one of the most dangerous kind of storm to be in. A few reasons that they are a terrible thing to be in is that they cause really strong dangerous winds that can rip your house off the ground! They can also cost lots of money to repair both of there damage they cause. Another fact is that they are both cyclonic. They are also really strong storms. Tornadoes and hurricanes are extremely expensive to repair the damage it…

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    All storms are different from each other and amazing in their own ways. Any storm can destroy a lot of stuff, but it can do so in many peculiar ways. Even though there are many different storms and they are all formed in various ways, different storms can have the same effects, while other storms have diverse outcomes. Some storms that we see often we consider common storms. Although we consider them common, they are still very interesting with assorted parts to the storm. Thunderstorms can be…

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    worldwide. Hurricane Sandy was one of many tragic events broadcasted on the news. Hurricane Sandy impacted my life when I saw it on the news. I It shined a light on how humanity comes together in times of need. Hurricane Sandy was a large tropical storm that spread over the Atlantic ocean and drifted to the eastern United States of America. It was the largest hurricane of the 2012 hurricane season. It began on October 22, 2012 and ended on November 2, 2012. The Hurricane’s terror…

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    It was a dim,cloudy day while Jay and his family was interrupted by a news reporter announcing “We interrupt this program to bring breaking news. There is a flash flood and hurricane warning for all of New Orleans. Everyone must evacuate their homes and leave the area before the Hurricane/Flood comes.” “I don’t believe that bologna” says Aaron as he moves his bright blonde hair out of his bright sky blue eyes.It has been raining for the past couple of days and the rain has been raining harder…

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    The Great Hurricane of 1938 was a devastating one that had killed some many people that no hurricane to date can beat its death toll.The Hurricanes three main features were the Conditions,contact,and the aftermath of Also this hurricane left the biggest path of destruction anything in it´s way was gone.This was named the deadliest hurricane in american history. The hurricane’s conditions were the recipe of disaster this is how it all started.It started to form in cape verde islands on…

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    The Hurricane of 1938 In 1938 there was one of the biggest hurricane yet. The hurricane was so bad and lasted days. There were very bad weather conditions, other conditions that had to do with things around it like human error and lots of impact from this storms hit. Hurricane weather conditions. Hurricane weather conditions were absolutely brutal, from the winds, to water, even to the eye and size of the storm. The winds of the storm reached more than 150 mph. In Boston the winds got up to…

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    The Devastating Dust Bowl Would you sell your farm if the only weather were dust? Would you stay and try to farm, with no water? The Dust Bowl is a natural disaster that only happened once. There were only a few unlucky enough to witness it. The Dust Bowl started with a drought, but the effects were much worse, so make sure to bring a handkerchief! To begin with, The Dust Bowl started in 1931 and ended in 1939.1 A combination of things caused it, the most frequently known one being…

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    Does the Hurricane Katrina story exhibit the distinguishing features of a crisis, as defined in the introductory essay you read from the Howitt and Leonard text this week? Howitt and Leonard (2009), in their segment on Hurricane Katrina, depicts in detail the features of New Orleans in emergency crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A hurricane crisis which eventually escalated into a natural catastrophe as the storm's destructive winds and rain resulted in the rupture of the levees…

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    In January of 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit the San Fernando valley in Los Angelas, CA. In January of 2010 a 7 magnitude earthquake hit 15 miles south of the city of Port-au-Prince Haiti. Both earthquakes occurred in extremely population dense areas. Both were similar in strength. However, while the Haitian earthquake killed close to 300,000 people by some accounts, the Northridge Earthquake killed 57. While some argue the actual death toll to be as low as 84,000 in Haiti, that is still…

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    Hurricane Katrina was the largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the U.S.(dosomething.org) This hurricane was so costly that it also became the costliest hurricane ever in history reaching a number at $150 billion dollars. This number includes Louisiana and Mississippi alone. It was a devastating time for those living in the southern states hit by the hurricane, especially those in New Orleans. This topic became very difficult for people in the south to cope on,…

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