Friday afternoon and I had just got off a conference call around 4:30. I was tired after a long week so I flipped on the TV to take my mind off of work. Well‚ there were live news reports warning there was a tornado around 70-80 miles south-southwest of Oklahoma City. I had no idea this tornado was going to stay on the ground for hours and create the strongest winds ever recorded – Ever. It started out small‚ like an F1‚ but as it got closer to Oklahoma City the thing - this monster of a storm
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occurrences‚ myths‚ and oddities associated with tornadoes. Introduction: Have you ever seen a tornado or known someone who has? Tornadoes can be devastating and can occur anywhere at anytime so you may be affected by one or know someone who will. I am fascinated by tornadoes and have done research in the last couple days preparing for this speech. Body: I. What causes a tornado? A. Tornadoes occur when thunderstorms develop in warm‚ moist air in advance of eastward-moving
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a tornado or hurricane? They both cause a lot of damage‚ and they both have a lot of power a tornado can blow a house down‚ but a hurricane has very strong heavy winds and tornadoes have very strong winds. You do not want to be stuck in a tornado or hurricane because they have killed a lot of people over all of these years. Each year they do a lot of damage to they do more damage than people killed each year. First of
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Scott Joplin’s‚ "The Entertainer"‚ is a quintessential example of ragtime piano‚ a genre of jazz that swept the country around the turn of the century. Perhaps the greatest composer of rag‚ Joplin incorporates the fundamental characteristics of ragtime his piece‚ specifically the technique of syncopation‚ a repeating left hand pattern and a catchy melody. While listening to the recording‚ the melody of "The Entertainer" caught my ear immediately‚ seemingly very familiar. Some of you may recognize
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evening of Friday‚ May 31st‚ professional storm chaser Tim Samaras‚ along with his son Paul Samaras and partner Carl Young‚ died in the 2 mile wide 2013 El Reno tornado. This tornado was the largest tornado ever recorded in human history‚ and although the crew had plenty of experience in chasing and observing dangerous storms the El Reno tornado made a sudden turn left while also increasing its speed and width exponentially. This made escape impossible for Tim Samaras and his crew‚ which sealed their
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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 the eye of the hurricane are the strongest and are called the eye wall. They can have speeds over 200 miles per hour. In a tornado the eye is a “weak-echo” region it does not reflect a radar beam. Hurricanes and tropical storms
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"Crack!" Down goes an immense tree. Hurricanes and Tornadoes are lethal catastrophes that are strong enough to destroy anything in their paths. They have similarities but have differences as well. To start off‚ Hurricanes and Tornadoes are similar because they scaled on a one to five scale. Also‚ wind‚ rain‚ and hail are crucial fragments of these fatal natural disasters. Likewise‚ they both are cyclonic‚ and they contain harmful rotating winds. Similarly‚ they both spin counterclockwise in the
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just in case if another tree gets one of his family members stuck again because he is smart enough to know that his dad will get tired if it happens again or it is too heavy to lift. The wind then lets up a little‚ but still is pretty windy. The tornado then disappears out of nowhere. Gone just like
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes are two of the most violent natural disasters known to mankind. There are many similarities and differences between these two disasters. While there are many differences between the two‚ The severe similarities are as dramatic. Although the bear some minor differences‚ The similarities between hurricanes and tornadoes are clear because they both have early warning systems‚ create massive destruction‚ and involves heavy wind speeds that can end up deadly. Both hurricanes
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fires‚ or explosions. It is a phenomenon that disasters can cause damage to life‚ property and destroy the economic‚ social and cultural life of people. Types Of Natural Disaster? 1. Avalanches 2. Earthquakes 3. Volcanic Eruption 4. Tornado 5. Storms Avalanches 1. An avalanche (also called a snow slide or snow slip) 2. Artificial means something with people not natural 3. Avalanches are most common during winter or spring but glacier movements may cause ice avalanches
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