Hurricane - "evil spirit and big wind" in the Caribbean Indian language
What is a hurricane and where are they?
A hurricane is a tropical storm that has high winds that is accompanied by plenty of rain and the typical thing you would see in a thunder storm or rainstorm. In a hurricane these attributes from these normal storms can exaggerated by many times. They form over warm waters near the equator and in the United States usually attack around the gulf of Mexico and near the coast of California.
They start because of the Coriolis effect left moving winds from the south and right moving winds from the north. They draw their energy from warm water so after moving in to cooler areas or land the hurricanes often loose their power.
They start because of the Coriolis effect left moving winds from the south and right moving winds from the north. They draw their energy from warm water so after moving in to cooler areas or land the hurricanes often loose their power.
Hurricanes
Basic Information:
- the eye is the calmest part being of low pressure air
- the eye wall (the winds surrounding the eye) has the strongest winds
- circular in shape
5 CATEGORIES of Hurricanes-Hurricanes flood areas and plague them with strong winds that can start at 74 mph and reach up to even faster than 155 mph like hurricane Katrina.
Category One Hurricane:
Winds 74-95 mph
Category Two Hurricane:
Winds 96-110 mph
Category Three Hurricane:
Winds 111-130 mph
Category Four Hurricane:
Winds 131-155 mph
Category Five Hurricane:
Winds greater than 155 mph
Winds 74-95 mph
- no really awful damage most damage done to mobile homes, trees and signs that are not well built.
Category Two Hurricane:
Winds 96-110 mph
- significant amount of damage for trees and shrubbery, some damage to buildings parts of roofing and windows, and piers
Category Three Hurricane:
Winds 111-130 mph
- structural damage to small residential buildings, mobile homes and signs completely destroyed, and flooding but not too high
Category Four Hurricane:
Winds 131-155 mph
- excessive damage to doors and windows, flooding, major damage to everything near shore
Category Five Hurricane:
Winds greater than 155 mph
Negative impacts
Hurricanes do things that can impact the environment and its biodiversity for years and years to come
- shatter glass buildings
- knock over trees which are home to many living creatures and telephone poles
- makes it impossible to be inside any building and makes cars useless
- flood water can bring in oil, pesticides, and other chemicals from our human world
- Winds can reach speeds higher that 155 mph
- shatter glass buildings
- knock over trees which are home to many living creatures and telephone poles
- flood areas
- makes it impossible to be inside any building and makes cars useless
- flood water can bring in oil, pesticides, and other chemicals from our human world
- Contaminated flood water can seep into our ground water
Positive Effects
- more rain to help cure droughts
- temperature control - cools down the intensely hot tropic areas
