TORNADOS

By: Hector Gonzalez

Class : J

DEFINITION

Is a violent whirlwinds which star from clouds to

the earth’s surface.

CAUSES

Tornadoes it formed when cold and hot air come

together

When the clouds grow larges and larges in only

one place.

EFFECTS

Economic: flooding farmlands, Disruption energy

production.

Environmental: destroying buildings and trees,

Water contamination.

Social: food/water, electricity.

LOCATION OF TORNADOS

The tornadoes the location is central part of

United State this this happen more in summer.

PREVENTION

This does not have a prevention because is a natural

disasters, but for this situation we have to #1 try to

put up as many walls as possible between you and the

outside walls of the building.

#2 if you are in a vehicle instead leave and go to

lowest floor of a building.

#3 always go to part where is low: go to a basement

EVIDENCE #1

#1 in this map show us how Texas, Oklahoma,

Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska has been affected a

lot from the tornado Alley because there the cold dry

air and warm dry air mix together and cause

tornadoes, there is where the tornado happen the

most

EVIDENCE #1

EVIDENCE #2

evidence #2 is a graph this show us how each year

the total of tornadoes is more, between 1950 to 2008

is more high the amount of tornadoes in the United

State.

EVIDENCE #2

EVIDENCE #3

evidence #3 is a graph this show us how tornadoes

increase over the year in 1950 the amount of

tornadoes were 130, but in 2007 is completely

different the amount is 1170 tornadoes.

EVIDENCE #3

1950 1965 1980 1995 2001 20070

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Tornado increase over the year

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adoes

CONCLUSION

Tornadoes had being happening over the years.

My hypothesis is that 100 years later the country

would be completely destroy, because the number of

tornadoes are increasing over the years.