When a tornado forms or passes over a water surface‚ it is called a waterspout. Like tornadoes‚ they form in many shapes and often occur in series or families. Measurements of tornadoes can be a few kilometers an hour to as high as 64 to 80 kilometers per hour. We should know what to do before‚ during‚ and after a tornado has hit our town. Tornados cause much damage and we people should be prepared before a tornado‚ during a tornado and what to do after a tornado. Before a tornado‚ we should listen
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COMMUNITY HAZARDS ANALYSIS Case Analysis: Tennessee Valley Man Made and Natural Disaster Analysis Todd A. Metcalf EMGT 302—Professor Leah G. Littlefield Chapter and Module 2 - October 6 2012 University of Maryland In the Tennessee Valley many major categories of disasters are experienced which include natural disasters and man-made and looking into the main difference between them it’s importance in increasing overall knowledge of occurrences‚ causes
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Vol. 59‚ No. 5. Sept./Oct. 2006: 46-51. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Feb 2011. "Is Your Community Ready When the Weather Changes?." Is Your Community Ready When the Weather Changes?. 2000: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 09 Feb 2011. Magers‚ Phil. "Tornado Protections Much Improved." UPI. 30 Mar 2004: n.p. SIRS Researcher. Web. 09 Feb 2011. "Mississippi Receives $6.6 Million to Boost "Safe Room" Program." FEMA News Release. Jan. 9 2006: n.p. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 09 Feb 2011. Treaster‚ Joseph
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the eastern Nebraska area. 20 minutes later‚ there was a thunderstorm with hail at Beatrice‚ a city in eastern Nebraska‚ not far from Omaha. Another 20 minutes later‚ at 1510 hours‚ there was a tornado right around the Beatrice area. In 40 minutes‚ the weather went from no precipitation to a tornado touchdown. It shows how quick a drastic weather change can occur. These drastic weather changes are
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thought of what a tornado could really do if it happened near you? Why are tornadoes really harmful to everything? There are many reasons why they are very dangerous. Reasons like the damage they cause‚ the lives they take‚ and the money it takes to repair things. These are many reasons why tornadoes are dangerous. When you’re in a bad storm‚ there may be a weather warning about tornadoes in your area. Has there ever been a time when you could sit down and think of what a tornado can really do? Tornadoes
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Extreme Storm Chasing On 17 September 2014‚ Maricopa Community College (MCC) provided a forum where Dr. Shauan Pan‚ President of the MCC Honors Program‚ hosted a lecture. Pan invited Reed Timmer‚ CEO of Weather Fusion‚ LLC and Extreme Tornado Tours‚ LLC to present his experiences in storm chasing. Timmer is an extreme weather chaser and one of the few to document hurricane Katrina‚ which was the most devastating hurricane to strike the U.S. mainland. He has also witnessed over two hundred fifty
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It was a nice spring day‚ the sun shined bright‚ the flowers waved in the wind and you could smell the fresh cut grass. In a rural area right outside of Smithville lived a teenage girl named Grace. She had blonde hair and blue eyes. Grace was small for her age‚ but she was mighty. She was shy‚ but caring and she loved animals. There was something special about Grace that only a few people that were very close to Grace knew. Grace had the power of speed. Grace was a normal teenager before she got
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The Hazard Mitigation Plan for Douglas County‚ Minnesota lists tornadoes as being the highest risk for a disaster in the county (Douglas County‚ 2015). According to the Tornado History Project‚ the largest tornado in the Douglas County area was an F4 in 2010 that caused 5 injuries and 1 death (n.d.). Tornadoes have the potential to create widespread damage and destruction as well as physical injuries and death as a result of high winds‚ flying debris‚ and compromised infrastructure. The Fujita Damage
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Tornados and hurricanes are dangerous storms but which are most dangerous? According to "Hurricanes and Tornados Source 4‚""hurricanes are tropical storms that effect people in places that have water around it."" According to Hurricanes and Tornados Source 3‚""There are more tornados a year than hurricanes but hurricanes cause more damage." Tornados form on land and hurricanes form on the sea. Texas is affected by tornados and hurricanes‚ because they are in tornado alley and it has water around
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dramatic. Both are centered on gusting wind swirling around a center; however the diameters of the storms are quite different. While hurricanes can range from 100 to 300 miles wide‚ tornadoes usually have only a length of less than two miles. However‚ a tornado makes up for its small size with extremely high wind speeds‚ in excess of over 250 miles per hour. Hurricanes on the contrary have wind speeds from 74 to 160 miles per hour. To compare and to contrast hurricanes and tornadoes the main areas of interest
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