The Hurricane of 1938 was a very powerful storm. There were many deaths and a lot of destruction.There were some conditions that made the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing
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Hurricane Sandy Effects On the Lives Of People. Sandy moving up the east coast (top spiral cloud) Hurricane Sandy was the biggest hurricanes to ever hit the east coast let alone the world. Sandy was a storm consisted of two storms‚ because it was a tropical storm before it became a “Frankenstorm”. Then it became a class 1 hurricane. Sandy broke records for highest storm surge‚ biggest wave‚ and many more. Sandy killed at least 140 people‚ and cost over 40 million dollars in damage. Sandy affected
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Hurricane Andrew It was a warm day in Florida; the August sun was kissing the beach in Homestead. Florida had been experiencing its usual climate when there was an alert. On August 12th‚ off the coast of Africa; a warm front blew into the sea. Along with some interference with the high pressure coming from the north‚ the front blew westward toward the Bahamas. On its path it turned into a Tropical Depression. From what we all learned in science class‚ this meant a hurricane was brewing
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Hurricane Hugo‚ one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina’s history‚ originated from a wave that moved west off of Africa’s coastline on September 9‚ 1989. Throughout the night and into the morning of September 10‚ Hugo had been classified as a tropical depression. As Hugo moved across the warm waters of the Atlantic it gained more and more strength. It wasn’t until September 14th that Hugo gained enough strength to be classified as a hurricane. On September 15th‚ Hugo turned west-north
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Hurricane Sandy and the Subway Hurricane Sandy‚ the largest Atlantic storm ever and second most costly storm in United States History (Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.5 billion)‚ made it painfully clear exactly how fragile a city composed mostly of low-lying islands can be. At the beginning of the storm‚ Mayor Bloomberg announced that New York City public schools would be closed Tuesday‚ October 30 and Wednesday‚ October 31‚ however
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September 12‚ 1988‚ I was 13 years old. It was about week into the beginning of the new school year. Every child was very happy going back to school. I tried on my uniform the night before school. I was very excited‚ because it was first day at a new school (Highgate All Age). Most of my friends from primary school were also in attendance. I remembered listening to the radio and heard the meteorologist said‚ “It is coming It is definitely coming‚ Hurricane Gilbert is coming.” That was a day before the
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devastated. A few weeks ago the most powerful hurricane to date hovered over downtown Huston dumping over 50 inches of rainfall in just 72 hours. This disaster is still unraveling in Huston and understanding what and why this disaster happened is how anthropologist’s plan on helping. There are four components that help anthropologists understand hazards‚ disasters and human experiences. The first component is the material or objective event‚ in this case Hurricane Harvey that was a category five storm at
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the melancholic day‚ but suddenly‚ Hurricane Sandy struck New York City. As soon as I was chilling at home‚ more news reports were pouring in about the tragedies Hurricane Sandy has brought such as extreme howling winds up to 90 miles per hour at Islip‚ extreme flooding at Seaside Heights‚ power outages‚ and fire at Breezy Point. Because of these extreme effects Hurricane Sandy has brought to us‚ it was a sign that people were to blame for strengthening Hurricane Sandy because of the emission of carbon
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The five disasters that I conducted my research on all have similarities and differences. The most dangerous disaster was Hurricane Matthew which vastly destroyed different regions of countries‚ lasting for weeks. The weakest disaster was the earthquake in Gurgaon‚ which was only 4.4 in magnitude on the scale and took place during the morning. In between those I had the London flooding which created a sinkhole that a bus fell into‚ a tornado that hit the Oregon coast and moved its way up the PNW
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The “Bearcats for Texas” effort raised $____ with all donations being sent to the Northwest Missouri Chapter of the American Red Cross to assist victims of Hurricane Harvey. The campaign‚ organized by University Events Coordinator Gina Bradley‚ is composed of multiple student groups. The fundraiser launched at the first football game of the season for the Bearcats Aug. 31 at Bearcat Stadium‚ donations were collected through Sept. 8. “Dr. J wanted to do something so‚ I asked him what ideas he
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