move upward. This causes it to rotate‚ creating a tornado. As the tornado is twisting it builds up more velocity and power damaging anything in its path. “The overwhelming majority of damaging tornadoes are spawned by what are known as supercell thunderstorms” (Markowski and Yvette 27). Supercell tornados are the most violent form of tornado‚ and cause the most damage due to the strong winds these tornadoes create. Supercells are defined by the persistent rotating updraft. The scale of the updraft is
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When a tornado forms or passes over a water surface‚ it is called a waterspout. Like tornadoes‚ they form in many shapes and often occur in series or families. Measurements of tornadoes can be a few kilometers an hour to as high as 64 to 80 kilometers per hour. We should know what to do before‚ during‚ and after a tornado has hit our town. Tornados cause much damage and we people should be prepared before a tornado‚ during a tornado and what to do after a tornado. Before a tornado‚ we should listen
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many people. First‚ hurricanes form in warm air‚ and low air pressure. Usually it is storming and or also raining. The warm ocean water heats the cooler surface low pressure air above the ocean. The Hot air rises till it cools down‚ after that thunderstorm clouds develop. Next clouds form and the warm air flows upward. When hurricanes land they land with tremendous force and bring big waves and many rainstorms‚ but after they hit land then grow weak really fast. They then join together
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campfire dishes were packed‚ and all that was left to do was load our personal belongings into our troop leader’s green minivan. We could hardly contain our excitement. Little did we know‚ the weather forecast that weekend was calling for severe thunderstorms. Packed and ready to go‚ we began the two-hour drive to Oregon Inlet in nearby North Carolina. As we drew closer to our destination‚ we began to notice more and more gray clouds appearing in the sky. Hopeful‚ we shrugged them off as little rain
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Natural Hazards Faith McPhee SANDSTORMS -wind current goes under layer of sand and picks it up like a tidal wave. -mostly in deserts (no vegetation) -Dust Devils in U.S.A (smaller version of sandstorm but with dust) -is sometimes caused by soil loss in dry lands -fast moving Cyclones/Typhoons/Hurricanes -Starts as storm‚ but is considered a TROPICAL storm when winds reach 74 miles per hour. -swirling water inward is eye‚ swirling < is southern hem‚ swirling > is northern hem. -Convection
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Severe weather alert: U.S. study finds tornadoes coming in swarms Thursday‚ October 16‚ 2014 WILL DUNHAM FOR REUTERS A severe thunderstorm wall cloud is seen over the area of Canton‚ Mississippi in this April 29‚ 2014 file photo. REUTERS/Gene Blevins/Files By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Tornadoes in the United States are increasingly coming in swarms rather than as isolated twisters‚ according to a study by U.S. government meteorologists published on Thursday that illustrates another trend
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Imagine being outside on a dark cloudy afternoon in Murphysboro‚ Illinois and the winds are roaring by you. Then you turn around and you see this monstrous funnel racing toward you. This is what happened to a group of people when the F5 tri-state tornadoes hit them on March 18‚ 1925. It drove through Missouri‚ Illinois‚ and Indiana killing a staggering number of 695 people and injuring 2‚027. It was one of the most devastating storms to the United States costing over $17 million (Briannica 54-55)
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A good writer’s depiction of setting positions the reader right into the story. In "To Build a Fire" by Jack London‚ the setting plays a significant role throughout the entire short story. London uses certain techniques to establish the atmosphere of the story. By introducing his readers to the setting‚ prepares them for a tone that is depressed and frightening. Isolated by the hostile environment of the Yukon in sub-freeing temperatures‚ a man falls victim to the unrelenting and unforgiving power
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A hurricane is a huge storm known as a “tropical cyclone”. These can also be identified as typhoons.The tropical storms winds must reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Anything below this is just considered a tropical depression or a tropical storm. Hurricanes usually only occur in the Atlantic Hurricane season (June 1-November 30). Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. They use the warm moist air as fuel at the bottom of the hurricane. As the huge storm produces high wind speeds
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Ever “Every Little Hurricane” From Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Harper Perennial‚ 1994) Although it was winter‚ the nearest ocean four hundred miles away‚ and the Tribal Weatherman asleep because of boredom‚ a hurricane dropped from the sky in 1976 and fell so hard on the Spokane Indian Reservation that it knocked Victor from bed and his latest nightmare. It was January and Victor was nine years old. He was sleeping in his bedroom in the basement
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