Compare And Contrast Hurricanes And Tornadoes

Tornados are one of the most destructive and devastating natural forces on Earth. When a tornado is fully created, wind speeds can reach up to more than 300 mph (483 km/h). Most tornadoes that occur are between the Appalachians and Rocky Mountains, but tornados can happen where ever the conditions are right. 90% of tornadoes that happen in the United States, happens in the Central United States. Even though scientist have not yet understood how tornadoes are formed, they’ve developed a theory that consist of the process and conditions of which a tornado must have to form.

Hurricanes form over the equator in warm ocean waters. First in a hurricane the winds start to pick up wind on the average reach about 39-73 mile per hour,th but in the great Galveston the winds reached 145 miles per hour the power of the wind can take down trees, houses and building. it rains very hard it is not uncommon during a hurricane to get 5-10 inches of rain. It’s also very common to get floods from the storm surge that averages 25-28 feet above sea level. Even though it is very rare tornadoes

Hurricanes are known for heavy winds, rain, and the damage. Hurricane winds are known to reach speeds of 100 mph. Hurricanes have heavy rainfall that could last for days, or weeks at the most. Hurricanes can also start floods, which will bring me into my next statement. Hurricanes can cause trees to fall which causes damage to houses, and even people! The average number of kill’s for a hurricane are approximately over 80 thousand people.

Hurricanes and tornadoes are both severe weather events that can potentially cause a great deal of damage to property. Both of these storms can threaten human life and in severe events with either a hurricane of a tornado there may well be a loss of life. They may be quite different in how they form and what they actually do but on the other hand those storms are both potentially devastating so they fall into the same category of potential severe weather danger. People who live in areas where hurricanes and tornadoes are known to appear during certain seasons of the year are always urged to be alert to weather warning systems. Those same residents know from experience to keep their radios tuned to weather emergency stations and they are in many cases prepared for the brunt of a storm by building basement shelters.

The warm sun is hitting your body. You can feel the squishy sand between your toes, and the waves are coming ashore. It is going to be a great day, right? Tsunamis and hurricanes are natural phenomena that cause mass destruction in an instant. Tsunamis are giant waves caused by earthquakes in the ocean; whereas, hurricanes are large funnels of water and debris originating from the ocean. Tsunamis and hurricanes start in the ocean, and both cause mass destruction when they hit land, but they are still two completely different storms.

According to Brain Dunbar, from Nasa, a hurricane is large swirling storm that produces winds of 74 mph or higher. That is much faster than the world’s fastest animal on land, a cheetah, which speeds range from 68-75 mph. Hurricanes are powerful rotating tropical storms which an average diameter of 100 miles. A hurricane is made up of an eye, the center of the storm, which

Tornadoes can like I said before unfortunately cause the lives of many innocent people. Did you know that the Joplin tornado killed 158 people which is a lot of innocent people lives? Tornadoes don’t only effect humans they can ruin animals shelters which is a very major problem. Tornadoes destroy many houses which people need to rebuild which is a big time consumer and takes many money. Tornadoes also effect animal food chains because tornadoes don’t only kill humans they kill animals too.

Hurricanes affect people in many ways. Hurricane winds can do A LOT of damage alone, but things like storm surges, waves, river floods, and wind can also do a lot of destruction alone . They can completely wipe out homes, schools, businesses, and, hospitals. And all sorts of infrastructure such as phone lines, power, water systems, sewage systems, and roads. Leaving many people homeless for many days, weeks, and even months.`

Some similarities are that tornadoes and hurricanes both rotate clockwise in the southern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere. Some of the differences between them is that there lifespan is different. Hurricanes can last for several days while tornadoes last for several minutes but no more than an hour. The sizes are also different. The shape is different, hurricanes are more symmetrical but tornadoes are cone shaped. Their winds are different speeds. The occurrences are different and where they start. The final difference is the warning before tornadoes or hurricanes occur. Hurricanes warnings start from weeks or days while tornado warnings are from an hour to several minutes. Tornadoes and hurricanes are terrible storms that are very dangerous and

Tornadoes can tear apart buildings, cars, forests, and can kill numerous people. In the U.S. alone, tornadoes cause 70 fatalities and 1,500 injuries on average annually (“Tornado Facts And History”). A tornado swept through Yellowstone in the late 1980’s which left a path of destruction up and down a 10,000-foot mountain (“Tornado Facts”).

A major difference between the two hurricanes was the response before each hurricane. Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Texas. However, citizens of Houston, Texas were not required to evacuate. Several families took it upon themselves to evacuate for their own safety. On the other hand, Citizens of Mississippi and New Orleans were required to evacuate immediately from their current area. Another difference between the two hurricanes was the strength of each Hurricane. Hurricane Harvey came out to be a category four when the hurricane breached land, and Katrina came out to be a category three when the hurricane breached land. A similarity of each response towards each hurricane was how the government seemed to be extremely concerned for the safety of their citizens.

Do you think hurricanes are nothing compared to tornadoes? The Hurricane of 1938 was a catastrophic disaster that New England was not prepared for. The New Englanders were just going about business as usual and once the storm hit without warning, no one was prepared. The hurricane caused very high waves, destruction of property, and flooding.

     A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes can produce massive destruction with wind speeds of 250 miles per hour or more. The typical tornado moves from southwest to northeast, but they have been known to move in any direction. The average forward speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour but it may vary from stationary to 70 miles per hour. Although tornadoes occur in many parts of the world, they are found most frequently in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains during the spring and summer months. In an average year, 800 tornadoes are reported nationwide, resulting in 80 deaths and over 1,500 injuries.

Tornados and hurricanes are often thought of as very similar, even at times identical. Both are destructive and can kill people, yet at the same time there must be a difference, because why would they be called different things if they were the same? Well, although both hurricanes and tornados have many things in common, some may be surprised to know how different they can be.

The damage from tornadoes comes from the strong winds they contain. It is generally believed that tornado wind speeds can be as high as three hundred miles per hour in most violent tornadoes. Wind speeds that high can cause automobiles to become airborne, rip ordinary homes to shreds, and turn broken glass and other debris into lethal missiles. The biggest threat to living creatures, including humans, from tornadoes is from flying debris and from being tossed about in the wind. It used to be believed that the low pressure in a tornado contributed to the damage by making buildings "explode" but this is no longer believed to be true.