Characteristics Of Maria's Churning In The Atlantic Ocean

Over the past decade, the world has experienced more natural disaster than people can count. Floods, mudslides, earthquakes, and raging fires are just a few of the events that have stripped people away from their families, homes, and possessions. The deadliest of these natural disasters are hurricanes. Extremely strong winds mixed with large waves can cause enormous damage, taking months, even years for towns to recover. Hurricane Katrina left millions of people without homes and families torn apart. Hurricane Sandy demolished the Jersey coast, leaving years of repair work behind. The most recent and powerful hurricane that surfaced is Hurricane Maria. A level five hurricane, Hurricane Maria ripped straight through the United States territory of Puerto Rico. The island lost power, supplies

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On Aug 30, 2017 a extremely powerful hurricane formed in the Atlantic as a category 2 hurricane. As days past the large gust and wind and rain turn from a category 2 to a category 3 hurricane and as days past it fluctuated between a category 2 to a 3 back to a 2. On September 4, 2017 that was the day everyone in the state of Florida became very in tune to make sure we were ready for a category 5 hurricane. Looking at the news as they played out every scenario as to where this storm would head was miserable. I never had so many sleepless nights. As the days past of stocking up on water, Non-perishable foods, flashlight candles, gas. In preparation for the

Port Charlotte specifically, is directly hit by a hurricane every 12 years or so. It has gotten to the point that any time a hurricane begins to form in the ocean, regardless of how far away it is, the residents of Port Charlotte watch the weather reports carefully in anticipation that at any moment the deadly storm could turn in their direction. In fact, during the peak of the 2004 hurricane season, four hurricanes devastated the coasts of Florida, with three of them striking the southwest portion of the state within a matter of 6 weeks. Just how devastating can these hurricanes be? Take for instance hurricane Charley which struck Charlotte County in 2004. While it was a rather small but powerful hurricane with a 6-10 mile eye, it killed 33 people and caused over $14 billion worth of damage. In fact, 5 months after the hurricane hit, 1/3 of all hotels on the coast are still not rentable due to damage from the storm.

So there it is…. How to prepare and avoid hurricane irma and other Cat 5

Hurricane Maria has hit Puerto Rico, destroying buildings leaving its approximately 3.4 million residents largely without electricity. Hurricane Maria crashed into Puerto Rico early Wednesday as a “Potentially Catastrophic” Category 4 storm that was set to become the most powerful to strike the US territory in almost 90 years.

Hurricane Maria is now known as the most disaster inflicting natural event on record to ever hit Dominica this cause serious damage to the Puerto Rican towns, cities, and their economy. Many American citizens have been asking “how can I help” and many people in our area have been volunteering to collect items for victims of the storm and some have even gone to the island to help firsthand.

Winds of disaster, waves of multitude, preparations galore, the wait is on to determine the outcome of a hurricane. Being one of the most devastating and feared natural disasters, hurricanes are a brutal and unpredictable force. Never knowing what could happen or what they will do, forewarning and preparation for hurricanes are highly recommended. A hurricane is a form of a tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that occurs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Southern Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico (conserve-energy-future.com). The cause of a hurricane is a force of nature, but the effects that follow are to land,

This hurricane season has been one of the most intense that Puerto Rico has had in over a century. First, it got trimmed by Hurricane Irma, a Category 5 storm whose eye passed just north of the island. Irma devastated several Caribbean islands including Puerto Rico and left a million of people in the island without power (CNN Wire, 2017). A little under 2 weeks after Irma, Puerto Rico was pummeled by Hurricane Maria, a Category 4 storm leaving the island in a humanitarian crisis. According to CNN Wire (2017), days before the storm made landfall on Puerto Rico, Governor Ricardo Rosselló declared a state of emergency. Subsequently, President Trump announced an emergency declaration for Puerto Rico to support with federal assistance. Gov.

Saturday, September 9, 2017, Hurricane Irma is raging in and around Florida, and because of the risks of dispatching, rescue workers are not able to respond to 9-1-1 calls. The winds are up to 105 mph and the water is literally being sucked from the gulf shores of Florida by the strong storm. CNN writes in their news article, “Frustrated First Responders Have to Ignore Irma 911 Calls,” reflecting on the struggles of the victims and first responders in the devastating storm.

This article is about a category 4 hurricane named Ignacio that’s going to be hitting north-northwestward well north of Hawaii and is forcing beaches to close because of high surf. It’s important to know about this so we know about other things that are not happening near us and we might be able to help by sending donations their way. It is important to my community because it’s not in a far off land it’s in our country and we have to be informed about what’s happening in our own country. The negative aspects of this article are: Ignacio regained hurricane status Wednesday night, and at one point Saturday evening into Sunday morning, Ignacio was one of three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific, joined by Kilo and Jimena, and Swells from Ignacio

For example, Hurricane Maria, that name has been retired due to its destruction, reaching wind speeds of 160 miles per hour as a Category 5 passing first through the Caribbean. Hurricane Maria then worked its way demolishing Puerto Rico with wind speeds of 150 miles per hour and pouring out about 40 inches of rain causing it to flood (AccessScience Editors, 2017).

Hurricanes are one of nature’s most natural occurrences and intense phenomenal storms. Yet, as phenomenal as they are, they are still one of the deadliest and disastrous natural occurrences that continue to plague costal residents with fears of their homes being destroyed, their towns wiped out, and loved ones either disappearing or dying.

In today’s world, there has been one disaster or another, and hurricanes are one of those disasters that always happens. But, for one reason or another we are never prepared or understand the danger of any type of hurricane over a category one. Most of us have been through many hurricanes, like this learner who has lived in Miami, Fla. for over 30 years, and experienced her last hurricane which was Hurricane Andrew. Warnings are always given, first responders are trained to all ways be on alert, and FEMA is supposed to be ready to jump in once the storm has done its damage. But we can never be prepared, because hurricanes are unpredictable, and can become deadly for citizens and create millions of dollars in damages. Within this post we will discuss Hurricane Katrina, preparedness and Emergency management before and after the disaster.

Did you know that Hurricanes have killed approximately 1.9 million people worldwide over the past 200 years. (Karen lenhardt said in her 2017 article on facts about hurricanes). We are seeing more and more of these occur, this year we have already encountered 13 named storms, 7 of them being hurricanes. Only four other seasons since 1995 have had that many by Sept. 18. Just two more by the end of the year would put 2017 in the top 15 since 1851. Maggie Astor stated in her New York Times news report about the 2017 Hurricane season . We must take notice and learn about the hurricane process so that we are able to understand the stages that hurricanes go through to get to be so fierce and devastating to get the strength to kill that many people.