Hurricanes and tornadoes‚ two natural disasters that the U.S. sees every year with various amounts of destruction for each hurricane and tornado. While they may both be very different‚ they have their similarities. As with anything‚ hurricanes and tornadoes have their differences. For instance‚ hurricanes aren’t dependant on thunderstorms to birth them whereas tornadoes rely on a thunderstorm in order to appear. Compared to a hurricane‚ tornadoes are significantly less wider than hurricanes with
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A hurricane is an intense tropical storm with powerful winds and heavy rain‚ also known as a cyclone. Hurricanes and tornadoes are both storm systems that can cause a lot of destruction. Hurricanes are much larger than tornadoes but tornadoes generate faster winds. They both need warm and cold air to become a hurricane or tornado‚ but are different in the way they form. Hurricanes and tornadoes both have a calm area at the center called an eye. The eye of a hurricane is the calmest. The winds around
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Whoa look outside what’s that outside!? A hurricane or tornado now you can tell the differences! Their similar how are they different? Did you know that hurricanes are about 300 miles wide‚ although they can be wider? Hurricane winds always rotate to the middle of the storm. Tornados are thunderstorms‚ which are made up of large‚ super cells. You need warm‚ moist air‚ after the masses meet they create instability in the atmosphere. The typical wedge tornado is straight
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Hurricanes can have the same speed or more but can have different effects. That is what happened in hurricane Katrina and Nargis. Hurricane Katrina happened in New Orleans in August 29‚ 2005. Hurricane Nargis happened in Myanmar in April 27‚ 2008. Both hurricanes left a lot of damage but hurricane Nargis had more damage. This is so because America was more prepared unlike Myanmar. Before Katrina‚ the tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. New Orleans was informed but didn’t
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English 1005 - Tessier Compare and Contrast October 15‚ 2014 Summer vs. Winter Although summer and winter both occur when the Earth is titled toward the sun‚ there are very different seasons. The first and most obvious difference between summer and winter is the weather. During the summertime the days are warm and sunny. Temperatures range from 70° and above with a slight breeze‚ making it enjoyable to be outside. Toward the end of summer people tend to worry about hurricanes and tornadoes. On the
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The blizzard of 1999 struck a majority of the Midwest along with parts of Canada. The biggest areas affected were Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Michigan‚ Ontario‚ Quebec‚ Wisconsin‚ and Ohio. There was as much as 2 feet of snow in many areas. The blizzard began on January 2‚ 1999 through January 4‚ 1999. Chicago was one of the biggest cities impacted by the storm measuring up to 22 inches of snow and rated the 2nd worst blizzard in Chicago by the National Weather Channel. Record temperatures hit a low
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to compare are Riot games and Blizzard. Both are large game companies that are direct competitors that share many similarities between one another. The field I am choosing to compare job requirments for is a job as a concept artist for both companies. Despite being competitors naturally great companies share a lot of policies. In the case of Blizzard and Riot this holds true. Naturally as the job being applied for is art the biggest thing that matters is how good your art is. Both Blizzard and
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Smart Phones: Windows vs. Android With time‚ phones have changed drastically. First from the house phone to the “brick phone‚” flip phone and now touch screen. Not too long ago Google and Microsoft Windows created smart phones that were really similar to the Apple iPhone‚ which was the phone that achieved better management of apps—BlackBerry being the first to launch phone applications. These smart phones are called Android and Windows Phone 7 which differ a lot from each other. When someone is seeking
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Teaching Literacy‚ Outline Module Lesson Plan for 12th Grade Level Readers Topic: The Great Gatsby Part 1 Title of Text: Fitzgerald‚ F. Scott. (1925). The Great Gatsby. New York: Simon & Schuster Readability Level of Text: I will be using the whole book for my lesson plan. I came to the readibility level by using teh OKAPI software. Since I am using the whole book of the Great Gatsby I chose to just type in the first couple sentences of the
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between Tsunami and Hurricane Tsunamis and hurricanes are nature’s furies. They both create disasters and destruction in the world. But‚ tsunamis and hurricanes are different in their respective ways. A tsunami is a series of ocean waves‚ which is caused by surges of water reaching heights of 100 feet or more. A hurricane‚ on the other hand‚ is a powerful storm. When talking of the origin of tsunamis and hurricanes‚ they are formed by two different forces. Hurricanes are formed over warm
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