Hurricane Ike : Part I

Ocean currents effect hurricanes far more than hurricanes effect ocean currents. Surface ocean currents carry the warm waters to the hurricane breeding areas and fuel the storms with warm currents along their paths. Cold water currents also play a major role in robbing the storms of one of their sources of fuel when hurricanes pass over the colder currents, like the ones along the eastern U.S. border. Hurricanes with their strong winds cause huge waves, mix warm surface waters and their currents, with the deeper cooler water. Not much is known about what happens to that warmer water once it has been sunk into the depths of the ocean but some suggest that the heat is transported towards the poles via ocean currents (Bettex, n.d.). The Gulf of Mexico’s loop current creates large warm water eddies in the gulf and is likely intensifying hurricanes that pass over them. These eddies are blamed for fueling some of the worst storms ever, like Katrina and Rita ("Ocean Motion and Surface Events", n.d.).

Author’s Primary Claim and Summary of Main Points: R.J. Matson alludes in this cartoon that just as hurricanes hit the eastern coast, a “hurricane” of immigration policies, congress disagreement, and public backlash is about to hit the Whitehouse as President trump makes decisions regarding the DACA Program.

When many think of the worst hurricanes in the united states they think of hurricane katrina and that's what many believe but that sadly is incorrect .On September 8th in 1900 a casual saturday morning one of the most horrific hurricanes struck its way into galveston texas in which is referred to as “The Great Hurricane Galveston”. The great Hurricane Galveston is one of the most deadliest natural disasters in american history. It happened to kill between 6 and 12,000 people. It was a category 4 storm with winds up to 145 mph . The storm arose about 15 feet high within hours. This severe storm was situated about 9 feet above sea level ,numerous amounts of homes were desto about 3,600 buildings were destroyed.

If anyone has ever wondered what it’s like to live through a hurricane regardless of its strength, I can personally tell you that Hurricane Ike was a monster of a storm to ever be faced in the 2008 Atlantic season; It was not only one of the costliest hurricanes in Texas, but also one of the most powerful.

The catastrophic hurricane marked its aims on galveston on september 8, 1900 on the day of saturday. It did a huge amount of damage, trees were uprooted, city was flooded with high speed wind that tor off blinds, frames and all kinds of debris in the air which destroyed most of the houses. This deadliest hurricane in the U.S history took lives of 6000 to 12000 people. Inhabitants of Galveston were warned of the storm but not of the severity of it. My reason behind this would from, Ida smith Austin who was also a resident of Galveston was aware of the storm but never thought of the storm to be this bad, that that water will reach her house as it had never come close to it.

By September 1, U.S. Weather Bureau observers were reporting on a "storm of moderate intensity (not a hurricane)" southeast of Cuba. Continuing westward, the storm made landfall on southwest Cuba on September 3, dropping heavy rains. On September 5, it emerged into the Florida Straits as a tropical storm or a weak hurricane.[4] The Weather Bureau ignored reports from Cuban meteorologists because they expected the storm to curve northeast along the coast of North America: "Assumption became fact as the official government reports stated, wrongly, that the storm was traveling northeast in the Atlantic." However, a region of high pressure had pushed the storm to the west into the Gulf of

Hurricanes are formed over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds over 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms addressed here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This paper will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms.

In 1990, the galveston hurricane occurred. It was one of america’s deadliest natural disasters. It all started on august 27th, with very high winds coming from the tropical atlantic. On september 3rd, it reached cuba, cuba then had heavy rain. U.S weather bureau ignored the reports from cuban meteorologist because they expected the storm to move to the northeast along the U.S east and then exit to the atlantic. They were wrong the region of high pressure pushed the storm west to the gulf of mexico. The tides kept getting closer to the inland and the winds increased. It ended on september 17, with buildings destroyed. No one really knew it was gonna be that bad but it destroyed a lot of galveston. This disaster killed 6,000 to 8,000+. The

Ike left a long trail of death and demolition. It is evaluated that flooding and mudslides executed 74 individuals in Haiti and 2 in the Dominican Republic, aggravating the issues brought on by Fay, Gustav, and Hanna. The Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas managed to far reach harm to property. Seven passing's were accounted for in Cuba. Ike's tempest surge crushed the Bolivar Peninsula of Texas, and surge winds, and flooding from substantial downpours brought on far-reaching harm in different parts of southeastern Texas, western Louisiana, and Arkansas. Twenty individuals were slaughtered in these territories, with 34 regardless others missing. Property harm from Ike as a tropical storm is assessed at $19.3 billion. Furthermore,

“Hurricane Ike is churning in the Gulf of Mexico and is heading straight for Galveston Island. It will be making landfall within hours, and wind gusts are already packing up to 110 mph,” announced the meteorologist on ABC news. I could not believe that a storm ould be approaching. It was a beautiful, hot day on Galveston Island. However, the water rose suddenly and rushed over the curbs, flooding the streets. The storm and its potential for devastation was becoming a reality.

Hurricane Ike- Hurricane Ike was a Category 4 storm. It attacked 4 states and 1 country (states: Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Ohio. Country: Canada Killed 186 people Caused 37.5 billion dollars in damage ( Most expensive storm in U.S.

The hurricane impacted the coast of Africa, NY and NE. It was closing in on the coast of Florida when it swerved away. Forecasters thought it would out to sea and die out but they were wrong. When it went out to sea the hurricane swerved again and slammed into Long Island. It continued up through NY and hit NE.

This storm was no normal hurricane, it grew and grew and grew till the conditions were terrible. The hurricane of 1938 started off the coast of Africa as a thunderstorm. Then it moved toward Florida, ships reporting heavy rain, strong winds, and waves. Meteorologists expected it to hit Florida and start heading north and die down. The storm turned into a tropical cyclone and missed Florida and heads north. Once the cyclone hit the cool water it does not die it grew stronger and turned into a storm surge. Soon it’s right outside

Typical of Hurricanes that form in the Atlantic between the African Coastline and the U.S., Erica grew rapidly and was designated as the most powerful Hurricane ever to form since the beginning of time. It was recommended that the entire Eastern half of the Country should run to Canada, or beyond, and do so while Erica is still some million and a half miles away.

The world’s attention was focused on the devastating events of Hurricane Ike and the turmoil left in its wake. 300 miles north of the storm’s epicentre, a little girl of 7 years appeared fascinated by the commotion surrounding her. She pressed her face up against the window of her father’s car, gazing out with intensity. All the neighbourhood shops had transformed into amateur forts overnight with sandbags blocking the doors, windows boarded, and ugly signs saying “Closed for Ike”. The sky was purple, the dark clouds churned with discontent.