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    look outside what’s that outside!? A hurricane or tornado now you can tell the differences! Their similar how are they different? Did you know that hurricanes are about 300 miles wide‚ although they can be wider? Hurricane winds always rotate to the middle of the storm. Tornados are thunderstorms‚ which are made up of large‚ super cells. You need warm‚ moist air‚ after the masses meet they create instability in the atmosphere. The typical wedge tornado is straight on the sides‚ not the side with a

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    Hurricanes and tornadoes‚ two natural disasters that the U.S. sees every year with various amounts of destruction for each hurricane and tornado. While they may both be very different‚ they have their similarities. As with anything‚ hurricanes and tornadoes have their differences. For instance‚ hurricanes aren’t dependant on thunderstorms to birth them whereas tornadoes rely on a thunderstorm in order to appear. Compared to a hurricane‚ tornadoes are significantly less wider than hurricanes with

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    Goenji joins up with the others to play against teams around the world. He becomes close friends with Endou‚ Fubuki‚ and Kido as the story progresses. Killer Shots * Fire Tornado Spins in mid-air‚ showing fire coming from his feet‚ then kicks the ball in mid-air. * Dragon Tornado: the combination of Axel’s Fire Tornado and Kevin’s Dragon Crash. * Inazuma Drop: Jump high then use the other player as a stepping stone to jump once more then kick the ball in high mid-air. This move was used

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    Why Hurricanes Are Bad

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    Tornados and hurricanes are dangerous storms but which are most dangerous? According to "Hurricanes and Tornados Source 4‚""hurricanes are tropical storms that effect people in places that have water around it."" According to Hurricanes and Tornados Source 3‚""There are more tornados a year than hurricanes but hurricanes cause more damage." Tornados form on land and hurricanes form on the sea. Texas is affected by tornados and hurricanes‚ because they are in tornado alley and it has water around

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    COMMUNITY HAZARDS ANALYSIS Case Analysis: Tennessee Valley Man Made and Natural Disaster Analysis Todd A. Metcalf EMGT 302—Professor Leah G. Littlefield Chapter and Module 2 - October 6 2012 University of Maryland In the Tennessee Valley many major categories of disasters are experienced which include natural disasters and man-made and looking into the main difference between them it’s importance in increasing overall knowledge of occurrences‚ causes

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    the eastern Nebraska area. 20 minutes later‚ there was a thunderstorm with hail at Beatrice‚ a city in eastern Nebraska‚ not far from Omaha. Another 20 minutes later‚ at 1510 hours‚ there was a tornado right around the Beatrice area. In 40 minutes‚ the weather went from no precipitation to a tornado touchdown. It shows how quick a drastic weather change can occur. These drastic weather changes are

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    and tornadoes. And also the destruction that both cause. Tornadoes usually cost 500 dollars in repairs‚ according to source two. In the United States there is a certain area‚ called "tornado Ally." This is where the strongest tornadoes hit the U.S‚ I got that in formation from source two. In the U.S. if a tornado is in the northern hemisphere it spins counterclockwise‚ and in the southern hemisphere it spins clockwise‚ according to source three. Hurricanes usually cost 15 billion dollars in repairs

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    Earthquake‚ shaking of the Earth’s surface caused by rapid movement of the Earth’s rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the Earth‚ usually in the form of strain in rocks‚ suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the Earth by earthquake waves. The destruction an earthquake causes depends on its magnitude and duration‚ or the amount of shaking that occurs. A structure’s design and the materials used in its construction also affect the amount of damage

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    Chasing Tornadoes

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    Extreme Storm Chasing On 17 September 2014‚ Maricopa Community College (MCC) provided a forum where Dr. Shauan Pan‚ President of the MCC Honors Program‚ hosted a lecture. Pan invited Reed Timmer‚ CEO of Weather Fusion‚ LLC and Extreme Tornado Tours‚ LLC to present his experiences in storm chasing. Timmer is an extreme weather chaser and one of the few to document hurricane Katrina‚ which was the most devastating hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland. He has also witnessed over two hundred fifty

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    The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage

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