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 Katrina is in category five of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This is the most catastrophic category because of its heavy damage to an area. In 2005‚ the city of New Orleans experienced this tropical storm and collapsed to its mercy. Although the destruction of New Orleans was horrific to the culture and history‚ rebuilding this city to its former ways should be put off until this devastation is sure to not occur again. Investing millions‚ maybe even billions‚ to a city
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Introduction A hurricane is a tropical revolving storm. It is a very large circular area of low pressure‚ driven by evaporation from warm seas. In areas away from the Equator‚ air is drawn into the hurricane to replace the rising air. Owing to the Earth rotation‚ wind in a hurricane spiral inwards in an anti-clock wise direction. Wind speeds can reach 300km/ hour‚ although there is an area at the centre of the hurricane ‚the Eye where conditions are calm. After a hurricane goes through its stages
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Hurricane Web Site Analysis Rate the sites from 1-5 based on the criteria below with: 5=superior; 4=good; 3=acceptable; 2=fair; 1=poor Site Ease of Use Information Educational Value Average Rating Hurricanes: Online Meteorology Guide 4 4 5 4.3 How Stuff Works 5 5 5 5 BBC News: Animated Guide: Hurricanes 3 4 4 3.6 National Geographic: Forces of Nature 5 3 2 3.3 Discover Channel: Hurricane Videos 0 0 0 0 Which site do you rate as the number one site?
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speed. As I pick up my pencil I am a hurricane when I write‚ the words spewing forth onto the paper‚ accelerating with unexpected intensity. But such intensity is impossible to maintain and like an eye wall undergoing replacement‚ the number and speed of ideas grows weaker‚ sometimes wandering off course altogether. But then‚ like a strong gust of wind‚ a new inspiration generates a fresh torrent of ideas that beg to become a part of the story to be told. Hurricanes get their energy from warm moist
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Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States. They can be very disastrous and deadly. In the United States‚ there have been 73 hurricanes since 1954. Earthquakes are harder to detect because they have to have at least a magnitude of 5 ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The amount of earthquakes detected in the United States was 1656 in the past 10 years ("Earthquakes per year‚" 2009). The World Meteorological Organization is the organization that can
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New York City “the city that never sleeps” definitely hasn’t slept since Sandy a powerful Hurricane knocked our lights out on October 29‚ 2012. New York has worked around the clock in rescue efforts and stabilizing our city that has been severely damaged by this unexpected natural disaster. Sandy is responsible for the death of the very young and the very old‚ the rich and the poor‚ sick and healthy people. It’s responsible for leaving so many people immobile‚ homeless‚ hungry‚ thirsty‚ without
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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath Hurricane Sandy hit New York hard. Power was lost; there were floods‚ several casualties and deaths. But the neighborhoods of Lower Manhattan‚ Red Hook and Gowanus areas of Brooklyn‚ and Staten Island were perhaps one of the greatest affected by this natural disaster. Because scientists are predicting that by 2100‚ the century event of Hurricane Sandy will be an annual occurrence. So‚ because of this‚ the question of “How can we protect New York from this in the future
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this event have? In 2012 Hurricane Sandy began as a low pressure system which developed sufficient organized convection to be classified as a tropical depression. In the immediate term‚ three factors have come together to make Hurricane Sandy what it is: A huge storm with winds gusting up to 90 mph (145 kph) set to make landfall somewhere on the East Coast Monday night. First‚ hurricane season is still on‚ meaning the tropics are still actively generating storms. Hurricane Sandy came ashore in northern
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Hurricane Sandy was a hurricane that devastated portions of the Caribbean and the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States‚ with lesser impacts in the Southeastern and Midwestern states and Eastern Canada‚ in late October 2012. Sandy‚ the eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ was a Category 2 storm at its peak intensity. While it was a Category 1 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States‚ the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on
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