Hurricane and Tornado Essay Have you ever been in a hurricane or tornado? Do you know how to prepare for it? You would usually hide in a basement‚ a cellar‚ or evacuate the premises for a hurricane. There are three categories of comparing and contrasting for hurricanes and tornados. The first category I am going to talk about is how much damage does a hurricane and tornado do? The second category I am going to talk about is how big a tornado and hurricane get up to. The last category I am going
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In this paper I will discuss about the deaths that Hurricane Matthews left in Haiti. I will provide reasons why this situation is critical for the country of Haiti‚ and how government officials are working hard to help families who have suffer the wrath of the hurricane. CNN reported that Hurricane Matthew has killed many people‚ including 15 people in Haiti. According to CNN‚ the Hurricane Matthew is a problem because Haiti is barely recuperating from many deaths due to cholera. Government officials
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Hurricanes and tornados are very different‚ yet also alike. In this essay I’ll be comparing the two to find which is more dangerous. A mobile‚ destructive vortex of violently rotating winds-the tornado‚ or a tropical cyclone with violent winds-the hurricane. Hurricanes and tornados are both made up of strong rotating winds. That’s just one of the things they have common. Both usually occur with violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are
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Tornadoes are more destructive than hurricanes. Tornadoes are more powerful than hurricanes. Tornadoes have a higher wind speed. Tornadoes hit small areas and destroy a lot. Hurricanes mostly knock down objects‚ Tornadoes picks up and throw the objects. In addition to tornadoes being more destructive‚ the reason is because of the wind speed. Tornadoes wind speed is much higher than the hurricanes wind speed. The Fujita scale is for the different names and wind speeds for tornadoes. The F0- 40-72
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According to scientists‚ hurricanes that are in a higher category of 3 can cause serious damage to the city. If we don’t evacuate more people will get injured or die because of the hurricane. As long as we outrun the hurricane and evacuate we will save more lives than if we stayed in our homes. You’ll see why‚ hurricanes are large‚ spiraling tropical storms that can pick up speeds over 160 miles per hour(MPH)and unleashes more than 2.4 trillion gallons a day. However‚ on September 8‚1900 when a
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Imagine finding out that there is a hurricane that is a category five hurricane is about to hit your home town and you hear that you must leave the area. In a situation like this most individual use both the avoidance and the loss reduction techniques for risk management to protect their self from the hurricane. When using the avoidance techniques when a hurricane is come most individual who are in a flooded area would leave their homes and go to a shelter or another town that is not in the area
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Quarter Research Report January 3‚ 2017 Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy happened only four years ago‚ and caused lots of damage to the East Coast. I remember seeing all of the damage shown on TV‚ along with the newly homeless people. Hurricane Sandy included any details common to hurricanes ad caused damage and destruction to property that affected the region‚ but the area has been recovered its aftermath. Many parts of this disaster are common to Hurricanes. Many people had died during this terrible
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Texas residents waited anxiously for days‚ and then it finally came: Hurricane Harvey. On Friday‚ August 25‚ Hurricane Harvey struck the shore Texas waging a war with the state in which 15-20 trillion estimated gallons of water were dumped and at least 60 lives were claimed. It seems high magnitude hurricanes are becoming more and more common‚ and it may be our fault. A large factor in the strength and commonality of hurricanes is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) which entails the temperature
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Hurricanes can cause a lot of damage. My hurricane is Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Hurricanes can pop up at any time. They can cause massive amounts of damage. A hurricane starts as mass amounts of wind. What happens is the pressure drops. There is sometimes a storm and usually a mass amount of clouds. The weather would be cloudy and rainy during the storm. The hurricane that this paper is about Andrew of 1992 in Florida. Trees were toppled and agricultural damage was done. Andrew reached hurricane
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The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is known to be the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States of America . The Galveston Hurricane was a category 4‚ with the storm surge of 8 - 15 feet. I am researching natural disasters‚ because I want to know how to help the people that are involved in a natural disaster.I was trying to find out how to help the environment and to donate money to fix up destroyed homes‚ building‚ and to help find placement for animals . We Can not stop the natural disasters
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