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 tornadoes. Timmer is one of the most distinguished storm chasers in the world and is currently working on his Ph.D. in meteorology at the University of Oklahoma. Timmer and his team have built vehicles
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occur mostly in a region called "Tornado Alley‚" which includes states such as
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Are tornadoes becoming more frequent and more violent because of climate change? A powerful tornado as much As 3 kilometres wide devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 20. The tornado reportedly boasted winds above 300 kilometres per hour as it ripped through homes and schools‚ leaving a huge path of destruction and fifty one of people‚ including twenty children. People have started to ask the questions about what causes these shattering tornadoes‚ and a lot of people have started
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Severe Weather Storms: Hurricanes and Tornadoes A hurricane is an extremely violent tropical cyclone. The origin of the term Hurricane originates from a Mayan Storm god by the name of Hurakan. He was a Central American idol who believably caused the storms. Years later‚ the hypothesis of someone creating angry storms has been corrected. It is known that these storms are an act of nature by God’s laws at work. The term hurricane just stuck with the weather condition. Another source states
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hurricane and a tornado looks like. Beginning with hurricanes‚ they have absolutely super heavy rains. Tornadoes do form from thunder storms‚ but they don’t have as strong rains. Hurricanes have some violent heavy bursts of rain at points. An example of hurricanes having heavy enough rains to burst through
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Vol. 59‚ No. 5. Sept./Oct. 2006: 46-51. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Feb 2011. "Is Your Community Ready When the Weather Changes?." Is Your Community Ready When the Weather Changes?. 2000: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 09 Feb 2011. Magers‚ Phil. "Tornado Protections Much Improved." UPI. 30 Mar 2004: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Feb 2011. "Mississippi Receives $6.6 Million to Boost "Safe Room" Program." FEMA News Release. Jan. 9 2006: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 09 Feb 2011. Treaster‚ Joseph
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you live in a mid-western state‚ you may be in harm’s way for tornadoes (Source 2). Although‚ if you live in gulf states or even around gulf states‚ you may in danger of a hurricane (Source 2)! There are many ways to prepare for a hurricane or a tornado‚ and one way is just to know information about them. This could save your life!
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period of usually less than a couple of minutes in any particular area because the funnel tends to skip along. Tornadoes generally exhibit a certain characteristic cycle of behavior between formation and final disappearance. The first sign of a tornado may be a strong whirlwind of dust from the ground surface‚ often in conjunction with the appearance of a short funnel growing from the storm cloud above it. The funnel then becomes more organized and descends further from the cloud‚ sometimes touching
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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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"Black Wall Street" was the name given to Greenwood Avenue of North Tulsa‚ Oklahoma during the early 1900’s. Because of strict segregation‚ Blacks were only allowed to shop‚ spend‚ and live in a 35 square block area called the Greenwood district. The "circulation of Black dollars" only in the Black community produced a tremendously prosperous Black business district that was admired and envied by the whole country. Oklahoma’s first African-American settlers were Indian slaves of the so-called "Five
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