HURRICANESBY CHRISTIAN DANNER

A IS FOR AIR

• A IS FOR AIR. HURRICANE

CONDITIONS OCCUR WHEN WARM

MOIST AIR EVAPORATES FROM

THE SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.

• IT RISES QUICKLY.

• WARM AIR MEETS COOL AIR IN

HIGH ELEVATIONS CAUSING WARM

AIR VAPOR.

• THIS THEN TURNS INTO STORM

CLOUDS WHICH BECOME

HURRICANES.

B IS FOR BAROMETERB IS FOR BAROMETERWHICH MEASURES

INTENSITY OF A HURRICANE. T

HE LOWER THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE, THE

STRONGER THE HURRICANE.

WHEN THEY READ A HURRICANE'S CENTER, IT

CAN SHOW HOW FAST THE WIND WILL BLOW.

THIS WILL ALSO PULL THE AIR IN AND UPWARD

WHICH CAUSES A HURRICANE TO BE STRONGER.

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A anemometer is a tool

that you use to measure

the wind speed.

A barometer showing fair weather.

C IS FOR CURRENTS

• CURRENTS ARE WHEN WARM WATER

COMBINED WITH THE AIR MAKES A

CURRENT.

• A CURRENT IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC

OCEAN IS CALLED THE LOOP CURRENT.

• A THICKER WARM LAYER IS WHAT CAUSES

HURRICANES TO DEVELOP.

• THIS ALSO CAUSES A HURRICANE TO BE

STRONGER.

When water rises to

shore

D IS FOR DEBRIS

• THE DESTRUCTION OF A HOUSE LEAVES

BEHIND DEBRIS.

• DEBRIS CAN BE HOUSES COLLAPSING, TREES

BEING TORN DOWN AND CARS BEING

TOSSED AROUND.

• PEOPLE'S BELONGINGS CAN BE THROWN

AROUND BY THE STRONG WINDS.

• THE DEBRIS MUST BE PROPERLY REMOVED

BECAUSE OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.

A town covered in debris

E IS FOR EQUATOR

• E IS FOR EQUATOR.

• WHEN A HURRICANE IS NORTH OF THE EQUATOR IT

IS CALLED A HURRICANE AND IT SPINS CLOCKWISE.

• A HURRICANE IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN IS CALLED A

TYPHOON.

• WHEN A HURRICANE IS SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR, IT

IS CALLED A CYCLONE OR WILLY-WILLIES.

• THESE HURRICANES SPIN COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.

F IS FOR FLOODS

• F IS FOR FLOOD.

• WHEN IT RAINS TOO MUCH AND FLOODS A

CITY OR A TOWN.

• WATER DAMAGE CAN CAUSE MAJOR PROBLEMS

SUCH AS NOT BEING ABLE TO STAY IN YOUR

HOME.

• FLOODS CAN CAUSE FIRES TOO IF THE

ELECTRICITY IS ON.

• HIGH WATER LEVELS MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR

PEOPLE TO BE RESCUED.

• BOATS OR HELICOPTERS HAVE TO BE USED.

G IS FOR GREAT WINDS

• G IS FOR GREAT WINDS.

• WHEN WINDS BLOW REALLY HARD, IT CAUSES

THINGS TO COLLAPSE AND CAN HARM

PEOPLE.

• YOU CANNOT STAND OUTSIDE WITH STRONG

HURRICANE WINDS.

• IT WILL KNOCK YOU OVER! YOU MUST TAKE

COVER INSIDE.

.

H IS FOR HURRICANES

• H IS FOR

HURRICANES. A

HUGE STORM

WITH

STRONG WINDS.

• IT CAN LAST

LONGER THAN A

WEEK.

• IT MOVES ACROSS

THE OCEAN.

• Emergency kit

items

include credit

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first aid kit.

I IS FOR INLAND

• I IS FOR INLAND. WHEN THE HURRICANE

PUSHES UP TOWARD THE LAND, IT WILL START

TO DESTROY THE CITY, TOWN OR COUNTY.

• FLOODING IS THE GREATEST PROBLEM WHEN

HURRICANES GO INLAND.

• IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT CAN BE

FLOODED, YOU SHOULD HAVE AN

EVACUATION PLAN.

• YOU SHOULD KNOW WHERE YOU CAN GO

AND TAKE YOUR ANIMALS TOO.

J IS FOR JAMAICA

• J IS FOR JAMAICA.

• JAMAICA IS A COMMON PLACE WHERE

HURRICANES CAN FORM.

• HURRICANE SEASON LASTS FROM JUNE TO

NOVEMBER IN THIS AREA.

• JAMAICA IS PART OF THE ATLANTIC

HURRICANE BELT.

• IN 2004, HURRICANE IVAN CAUSED MAJOR

DAMAGE IN JAMAICA WHICH COST LOTS OF

MONEY TO REPAIR.

K IS FOR KATRINA

• ALMOST 2,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE STORM

DURING AUGUST 2005.

• HURRICANE KATRINA DESTROYED ABOUT

200,000 HOUSES.

• MILLIONS WERE LEFT HOMELESS ALONG THE

GULF COAST AND IN NEW ORLEANS.

• IT WAS A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE.

L IS FOR LANDFALL

• A LANDFALL IS WHEN THE CENTER OF THE

STORM MOVES ACROSS THE COAST.

• THIS IS ALSO WHEN THE EYE MOVES OVER THE

LAND.

• THE EYE OF THE STORM WILL CAUSE THE

MOST DAMAGE.

• WHEN A STORM LEAVES THE OCEAN, IT LOSES

MOST OF ITS POWER.

• IT WILL FINALLY DIE.

• A METEOROLOGIST IS A PERSON WHO

COLLECTS DATA FROM NEARBY STORMS ON

THE COAST OF A CITY OR A TOWN.

• SOMETIMES THEY WILL REPORT FROM THE

HURRICANE AREA.

• METEOROLOGISTS WARN PEOPLE SEVERAL

DAYS BEFORE A HURRICANE WILL HIT AN

AREA.

• THEY USE RADAR AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY

TO DETERMINE THIS.

M IS FOR METEOROLOGIST

N IS FOR NEWS

• THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER HAS BEEN

TRACKING THE STORM FOR A WEEK.

• THEY THINK IT MAY STRIKE LAND IN A COUPLE

OF DAYS.

• IT'S TIME TO PREPARE YOUR THINGS.

• BOARD UP YOUR WINDOWS AND GET OUT ON

THE ROAD.

Something that tells you if a

storm is coming.

O IS FOR OCEAN

• HURRICANES CAN POP UP ANYTIME.

• MOST HURRICANES OCCUR BETWEEN JUNE

AND NOVEMBER.

• MANY BEGIN IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.

• SOME HIT THE EAST COAST AND THE GULF

OF MEXICO AS WELL.

• HURRICANES BEGIN AS TROPICAL STORMS

AT FIRST.

P IS FOR PREDICT

• METEOROLOGISTS USE WEATHER SATELLITES

AND A RADAR TO PREDICT PRESSURE

SYSTEMS THAT COULD BECOME HURRICANES.

• HURRICANE HUNTERS THEN REVIEW STORMS

IN THAT AREA.

• IF CONDITIONS ARE RIGHT, A HURRICANE

WATCH WILL BE ISSUED BASED ON THE

PREDICTION.

• A WARNING MEANS AN AREA IS IN DANGER

OF BEING HIT IN 24 HOURS OR LESS.

Q IS FOR QUICK

• QUICK IS WHEN A STORM IS COMING.

• QUICK WEATHER CHANNELS WILL TELL YOU

HOW FAST IT IS COMING.

• YOU HAVE TO PREPARE FOR THE STORM

QUICKLY.

• HURRICANES CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE

QUICKLY.

R IS FOR RADIOSONDE

• A RADIOSONDE IS AN INSTRUMENT THEY

USE TO MEASURE WIND SPEED AND MORE.

• THIS HELPS SCIENTIST SEE IF A HURRICANE IS

COMING.

• A RADIOSONDE IS CARRIED BY A BALLOON.

• IT USES RADIO SIGNALS TO TRANSMIT

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S IS FOR SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE

• A SAFFIR SIMPSON SCALE IS A BOARD THAT

KEEPS TRACK OF WIND SPEED AND

DAMAGE FROM A HURRICANE. IT

• IS USED TO CLASSIFY HURRICANES.

• CATEGORIES ARE NUMBERED 1,2,3,4,5.

• A CATEGORY 5 IS THE STRONGEST

HURRICANE.

T IS FOR TROPICS

• A TROPIC IS A REGION OF THE EARTH

SURROUNDING THE EQUATOR.

• TROPICS ARE ALSO REFERRED TO AS

TROPICAL ZONE AND A TORRID ZONE.

• TROPICS TEND TO BE WARM AREAS.

• HURRICANE OFTEN START IN THE TROPIC.

U IS FOR UNDER WATER

• HURRICANES STRIKE COASTAL AREAS AND

LEADS TO LOTS OF FLOODING.

• THESE TYPES OF THUNDERSTORMS INVOLVE

HEAVY RAINS.

• THIS LEADS TO RISING WATER LEVELS IN THE

AREAS.

• THE RISING WATER LEVELS CAUSES

AUTOMOBILES AND HOUSES AND BUSINESSES

TO BE UNDER WATER, WHICH CAUSES A LOT

OF DESTRUCTION.

V IS FOR VAPOR

• THE SOURCE OF ENERGY FOR A HURRICANE

IS WATER VAPOR.

• WATER VAPOR IS EVAPORATED FROM THE

SURFACE OF THE OCEAN.

• WATER VAPOR IS THE FUEL FOR THESE

SEVERE TROPICAL STORMS.

• IT WARMS THE SURROUNDING AIR AS IT

CONDENSES AND RELEASES HIDDEN HEAT.

How to prepare

for vapor first you

will need to were

a mask.

Something that floats

through the air.

W IS FOR WIND AND WAVES

• HIGH WIND SPEEDS ASSOCIATED WITH

HURRICANES PRODUCE EXTREME WAVES.

• WAVE HEIGHT IS AFFECTED BY WIND SPEED,

WIND DURATION AND THE DISTANCE THE

WIND TRAVELS OVER THE WATER.

• WAVES ARE VERY POWERFUL FORCES OF

WATER.

• WAVES OVER 90 FEET ARE FAIRLY

COMMONS IN HURRICANES.

X IS FOR XL

• XL IS A STAINLESS-STEEL HURRICANE PUMP.

• IT IS A LONG LASTING, HIGH PERFORMANCE

PUMP MOTOR THAT LASTS OVER 400 HOURS

UNDER NORMAL WORKING CONDITIONS.

• IT IS USED TO PUMP WATER TO LIMIT THE

FLOODING.

• AREAS AT HIGH RISK FOR HURRICANES ARE

MORE LIKELY TO BUY AND HAVE XL HURRICANE

PUMPS.

More facts about the XL

The XL is capable of

pumping up to 150 feet of

water.

Y IS FOR YOU

• YOU MUST TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN DEALING WITH

HURRICANES.

• YOU MUST LISTEN TO THE WEATHER ALERT.

• YOU MAY NEED SUPPLIES TO KEEP YOUR FAMILY SAFE

AND HEALTHY.

• YOU SHOULD OBEY THE DIRECTIONS OF THE WEATHER

PERSON.

Z IS FOR ZONE

• THE HURRICANE ZONE IS THE AREA WHERE

THEY MOST COMMONLY FORM.

• HURRICANE ZONES AFFECT THE COST OF

HOUSING IN AN AREA.

• LIVING IN A HURRICANE ZONE TAKES SPECIAL

CONSIDERATIONS TO REMAIN SAFE.

• IN ORDER TO KNOW WHEN TO EVACUATE

FOR HURRICANE SURGE FLOODING, YOU

MUST KNOW YOUR ZONE!

GLOSSARY

• BAROMETER- MEASURES AIR PRESSURE

• COUNTER-CLOCKWISE-HURRICANES ROTATE COUNTER CLOCKWISE PARTICLES AWAY FROM THE

EQUATOR

• DEBRIS-THE REMAINS OF A DESTROYED HOUSE AFTER A STORM

• EQUATOR- LINE OF LATITUDE THAT GOES AROUND THE MIDDLE OF THE EARTH

• EVACUATE-WHEN PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR HOMES TO GO TO A SAFE AREA WHEN DANGER IS NEARBY

• METEOROLOGIST- SOMEONE WHO STUDIES STORMS

• RADIOSONDE- A WEATHER BALLOON THAT COLLECTS DATA

• SAFFIR-SIMPSON SCALE- THIS CHART MEASURES THE SPEED OF A STORM OR HURRICANE

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