Thunderstorms Kyle Cowan Known as the electric storm‚ thunderstorms occur all the time. When a thunderstorm starts to occur‚ the air starts to cool as it rises. Cumulus clouds start to form as water vapor starts to condense. As condensation occurs‚ heat (latent heat/energy)‚ starts to release from the atmosphere and assists the thunderstorm in becoming created and grow. Soon as the thunderstorm is formed‚ condensation high in the cloud (now in the form of water droplets or ice) starts
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English 100 #3221 17 May 2007 Hurricanes A hurricane is one of the most severe storms the country has to endure. A hurricane can easily damage millions of dollars of property and even kill anyone in their paths. A hurricane is a local name for tropical cyclones in the Caribbean‚ Nnorth Atlantic and Eeastern Nnorthern Pacific. On average there are about six hurricanes in a season and of those about 2 reach become a major hurricane. Hurricane season starts in June and ends in November. A hurricane
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Short Report – Hurricanes I. Introduction “The term hurricane has its origin in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further
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Manager of Campus Security 563.242.4023 ext. 7868 Associate Director of Student Services 563.242.4023 ext. 7789 Introduction Disasters‚ whether natural or manmade‚ can happen anytime and anywhere‚ without warning. An earthquake‚ hurricane‚ tornado‚ fire‚ or hazardous material spill or even an act of terrorism can happen anywhere any time any place. If your business‚ school‚ city‚ town or home and family were faced with an unexpected disaster‚ would you be totally prepared? A Emergency Operations
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The Tornado It was July 22‚ 1983‚ and a nice and sunny day until 5:00pm. Duke‚ Mary‚ and I were staying after school for guitar practice. We were in Mr. Jones classroom when the wind started blowing really hard. Then the police man came in and yelled‚ "There is a tornado get the kids in the gym now!" So‚ we went in the gym. "I’m scared‚" Joy said. "Me too‚" said Duke‚ who sounded very scared. "This is my first time being in school when there was a tornado‚" explained Mary
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and people are struggling to survive. On May 8th the news channels are flooded with information of the tornado. The tornado is named the “Natchez Tornado.” It is the second deadliest tornado in history. The news report says that it killed three hundred seventeen people‚ the death tolls may not have included the slaves‚ and injured one hundred and nine more. It is recorded as an E F-5 tornado with winds over two hundred miles per hour. Looking back to this event‚ we know it took a lot of people
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Imagine in the dark at the fair with flashing lights all over you people trying to make you play. I climbed on the tornado a very fast ride. The tornado starts slow you can hear yells on other rides I wanted to jump on really fast. There were four seats so there were two other people with me. I was with my brother‚ he is younger than me. In the middle is a thing you can spin to spin faster we were going so fast I felt really dizzy I went even faster‚ even though the ride was over we were still spinning
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The Tazmanian Devil associate got together to focus the challenges that stood up to the originators‚ and specialists at the Tornado Electronic Company (TEC). The key goal of the gathering was to end up familiar with each and assess what capacities each partner could contribute. Impediments included tongue blocks and a thorough appreciation of what was required of the gathering. The gathering then met on a couple of occasions to conceptualize on effective techniques that would upgrade creation at
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Hurricanes vs Tornados Which is worse Hurricanes or Tornados? Which one is larger‚ Which one has stronger wind speeds? Which one has a longer lifespan? These and more interesting facts will be included‚ so sit back and relax. You will find out which is worse‚ what tornado has caused the most damage and which hurricane has killed the most people. To begin‚ the average amount of tornados that affect the US in one year is 1300. However‚ according to source 4‚"5 hurricanes make landfall in
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Some of these tornadoes names are the tri state tornado‚ Natchez tornado‚ St. Louis tornado. The third most deadliest tornado is the St. Louis tornado.The St. louis tornado formed on May 27‚ 1896 it hit Missouri and Illinois. The tornado was a supercell‚ that was an EF-4 tornado.This tornado was about 207-260 miles per hour when it struck.the disaster killed 255 people and injured 1000. the damage total was about 3.8 billion dollars. That day
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