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Hurricane Of 1938 Research Paper

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The great hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive hurricanes to reach New England with winds over 100 mph. Human error, weather conditions led to the mass destruction and devastation caused by this hurricane. Human error played a major role in this disaster, because the people at the weather station were not very concerned about this storm. In fact, they didn’t even figure it was a hurricane. Until a young meteorologist did the math and found that the storm was a hurricane and it was coming to New England. But the further experienced meteorologists didn’t believe him and it never got out to the public, so no one evacuated the area or made any safety precautions. Once they found out it was actually a hurricane, they had no time to

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