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Hurricane Harvey left a mark on Houston, Texas this past August, leaving the citizens with a devastating amount of destruction to their city. This catastrophic storm destroyed homes, separated thousands of people from their families, and even killed some. According to National Public Radio’s website, the White House has estimated over 100,000 homes were damaged by the storm. Also, NPR stated, “More than 30,000 people are staying in emergency shelters and will soon be in need of permanent accommodations

Hurricane Sandy was a massive hurricane that formed in the Caribbean, and affected 24 states on the east coast of the United States. The hurricane killed 203 people in total, destroying everything in its path, and leaving many people homeless. Hurricanes are often measured on a scale of categories 1 to 5, with a category 1 having winds of around 80 km/h, and a category 5 having winds of over 250 km/h. Hurricane Sandy was only a category 2 hurricane, but it’s massive size gave it momentum, and allowed

In early February of 2013, two low-pressure systems would start the process of merging to create one rapidly deepening extratropical cyclonic low-pressure system that would bring record snow totals, hurricane-like winds, and dangerous blizzard conditions. It starts on February 6th when a low-pressure system initiates over central United States while the other was developing just off the Texas coast, with a massive amount of moisture, from a subtropical jet stream that moved into the Gulf of Mexico

Hurricanes and Tornadoes are alike and different. They are extremely dangerous. They have destroyed houses buildings and structures. If you were in this situation, what would you do? Tornadoes can be dangerous too, but hurricanes are still stronger. Tornadoes Come in different scales. EF0=65-85mph, EF1=86-110mph, EF2=111-135mph, EF3=136-165mph, EF4=166-200mph, EF5 is the highest and it equals over 200mph. EF5 takes the most damage, and EF4 is about the same. Tornadoes spin columns of air that

Hurricanes can be dangerous, such as hurricane Katrina in 2005. The main causes of a hurricane are from warm tropical water. When a hurricane occurs the environment can be affected badly. Many things can be destroyed and harmed. One unfortunate hurricane was Katrina. When a hurricane occurs it mainly starts because of a tropical storm. For a hurricane to occur you there is going to be warm water from somewhere near the equator or the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. Then when the water evaporates there

Question 3 (500 words) The building code (BCA/NCC) provides requirements for some locations in Australia to build houses above normal standard or with special precautions to combat extreme weather, natural disasters and other such events. Research and identify a locality in Australia which has these additional requirements for the construction of new houses and present a report detailing: 1. The location with special building requirements. 2. Why these special building requirements are in place and

The Roots of Frequent United States Tornadoes Tornadoes happen all throughout the United States, as well as other parts of the world. Tornadoes are created when colder air meets with the warmer air, creating an unstable weather environment. The United States, according to Friedman (2013), leads the world in sheer volume of tornadoes. The geographic features of the United States affect the frequent appearance of tornadoes across the nation. Tornadoes often appear in the United States, which may come

Hurricanes are natural disasters that can devastate life and property. Hurricanes have been known to destroy just about everything in its path leaving difficulties and hardship for those affected. Hurricanes require thorough knowledge and preparedness. Information such as how they are formed, where they are formed, the different categories and what effects they have on everything, preparedness, and relief efforts is important to knowledge of hurricanes. They are giant tropical storms over the warm

Have you ever wondered what that spinning cloud in the sky is? Or why all of a sudden it is humid out, but the wind is cold? There are approximately 1,000 tornadoes that occur each year in the US, but there are also many that go undetected and unreported. In El Reno, Oklahoma, in 2013, a tornado hit and covered 175 miles per hour. This was the fastest, and largest storm ever recorded. Oklahoma has about fifty-two tornadoes occur, on average a year. The definition of a tornado is a small, very intense

The engineering component of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model predicts wind and rain damage to a variety of modelled building configurations in an effort to model hurricane losses. The program uses a Monte Carlo approach to probabilistically simulating damage to the exterior components of the models, but currently assigns costs to the damaged components deterministically. This implementation does not capture variations in component costs and building values. This paper investigates replacing