Hurricanes are not only destructive and a force to be reckoned with but also, they are something that I have never seen before. I grew up in Nebraska, a place that is known for being in the infamous Tornado Alley. I had always grown up around tornados and had only heard about hurricanes in school and on the news. There was always this idea that tornados and hurricanes were basically the same thing; the only difference being that hurricanes were near water. Although there are some factors that are the same between the two, there are definitely many differences. Those differences, particularly what a hurricane is and how they form, are the reasons that I thought learning about hurricanes was so interesting to me and why I chose it as my topic to write about. …show more content…
These disturbances can grow and eventually reach a point where they are considered hurricanes. Many of these disturbances occur throughout the year but there are only a few that gain enough power to be considered a hurricane. In order for one of these storms to be considered a hurricane it has to reach a certain wind speed. If the wind has gotten up to 38 miles per hour with a closed circulation formation it is considered to be a tropical depression. The next level up from that is what is known as a tropical storm; when winds reach up to 39 to 73 miles per hour. Then, finally, a hurricane is officially declared when the winds in a storm reach or surpass 74 miles per hour. Although, 73 miles per hour is the minimum speed that a hurricane has to reach, most storms that form double