It’s been about two months since school has started‚ since middle school has started. I’ve finally gotten used to my schedule and the atmosphere of the school. At times I feel as if school has just begun and summer was yesterday. Sometimes in the hallways‚ I think of my elementary school friend and what they think of middle school. I made my way through the crowded hallways. Complete chaos. People were everywhere; pushing‚ pulling and shoving. All trying to get out. Students flooded the hallways
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1. Be wary of the main storm hazards. Thunderstorm Hazards (lightening‚ hail‚ tornado‚ downpours of rain flooding‚ downbursts of air gustfronts Hurricane Hazards contain thunderstorms‚ storm surge/coastal flooding‚ high waves‚ coastal erosion 2. Describe the different types of lightning‚ how they form‚ and what happens when they strike something. Cloud-to-cloud lightening: occurs when voltage gradient within a cloud‚ or between clouds overcomes electrical resistance of air. Cloud-to-ground
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1926 Hurricane by Anthea Carnes Before the Storm 1. The Hurricane of 1926 came at the worst possible time for the city of Miami and became known as “The Great Miami Hurricane”. It was the roaring twenties; A time of prohibition‚ speakeasies‚ flapper girls‚ and jazz. Miami had been experiencing a boom economically and in population growth. 2. In the period between 1920 and 1923‚ the population of Miami itself had doubled. People from all over the United States came to South Florida to enjoy
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Hurricane Sandy was a superstorm that affected many people and their homes. This hurricane had very strong winds and lots and lots of flooding. Many people struggled a lot after this storm. Hurricane Sandy even took lives of many people. This hurricane started off as a tropical wave in the Caribbean and quickly turned into a tropical storm in only six hours. The total death toll reached 285 including at least 125 deaths in the United States. As you can see Hurricane Sandy was a very severe tropical
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CHAPTER 6 Air-Sea Interaction Earth’s Seasons Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted ______° with respect to ecliptic. Ecliptic – plane traced by Earth’s __________ ___________ Axis always points in the same _________‚ ___________ (_____________) Seasonal changes and Earth’s rotation cause ___________ solar heating of Earth’s surface. Tilt responsible for seasons Vernal (spring) equinox - _March______ Sun is directly overhead along the __________ Summer solstice - _______________ Sun is
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GeoTopic 2: The Atmosphere. Questions: 1. How is the earth heated? 2. How does the latitude affect heating of the atmosphere? 3. How do the seasons affect the heating of the atmosphere? 4. What is the role of ocean currents and winds in transferring heat energy? 5. How does unequal heating cause high and low pressure belts? 6. Where are the main high and low pressure regions of the world? 7. What is the tri-cellular circulation? 8. How do winds develop? 9. What
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on a human population. Moreover natural hazards emerges from environmental activities which are uncontrollable such as Internal Geodynamics (earthquakes and volcanoes)‚ External Geodynamics (Landslides‚ erosion and flooding)‚ and Hydrometeorology (cyclones‚ drought‚ and hurricanes)”. (Good Practices: Natural Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean Tourism Sector) A natural disaster can be defined as‚ “…a hazardous event that causes large-scale morbidity/mortality or socioeconomic damage”. Natural disasters
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extremely large area’s of low pressure that are over the ocean in either the North Atlantic ocean‚ or the eastern North Pacific Ocean. If a hurricane is in the western Pacific Ocean than it is called a typhoon. One in the Indian Ocean is called a cyclone. The danger region of a hurricane is normally in the Gulf of Mexico or the Atlantic Ocean. The hurricane season is the six month time period from June-November. The peak month of hurricanes is September. Hurricanes form over the ocean. Easterly
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it much larger than most storms. Before the storm hit many of residence were without power due to sever winds and rain. Many people did not know how to prepare for such a storm in the North East states. Hurricane Sandy weakened to a post-tropical cyclone in the evening before it hit the southern coast of New Jersey. (CNN) This disaster was not just a Hurricane it was labeled a “Super Storm”. Hurricane Sandy collided with an already powerful winter storm. With both of these powerful storms colliding
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It forms only in the tropics.” (pp. 12). Typhoon is the costliest and deadliest among natural calamities in the Philippines since it is located in the tropical part of the globe. The website Weather Philippines.com describe typhoon as “a tropical cyclone with maximum sustained surface winds of 119 to 239 kph (64-129 knots). West of 180˚E longitude they are called typhoons while east of 180˚E longitude are called hurricanes.” A typhoon becomes a super typhoon “when it has maximum sustained 1-minute
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