In the future, if global warming and higher sea levels do occur, then the world is in for more tsunamis, earthquakes, and flooding than ever imagined. Throughout Casey’s entire book, there is a constant theme of danger and risk. Scientists do enjoy studying these freak waves and the ocean that produces them, but they also are aware of the increasing hazards that these waves induce and are trying to make the rest of the population aware of
Storm surge is mainly the wind from the storm pushing in tons of water from the mid-ocean and creating huge waves sometimes up to 25 feet which can flood an entire city, According to the website “WeatherBug” “Category 5 hurricanes can produce a storm surge 20 to 25 feet high that can push miles inland, often destroying everything along the coast and flooding low-lying areas well ashore.” Which means that this storm will push the waves 25 feet inland but then
The wind basically stirred up the waves. It made the waves big and powerful. The wind had speeds of 60 miles per hour. Worst winds they've seen in centuries. Those winds made the waves big.
In the story “Super Disasters of the 21st Century” by Adams,and the story Perfect Storm by Junger Compare ,and contrast. Strategies techniques that each author uses to describe the causes and effects of disaster. In Super Disaster by, Adams and Kostel, the authors used vocabulary to show how serious the storm was.
Earlier this month, Hurricane Joaquin had most of the population along the U.S. East Coast on the edge of their seats as it was upgraded from Category 1 to Category 4 (130 mile per hour winds) within a week’s time. Although the “storm of the century” eventually bypassed the U.S., Joaquin has, nonetheless, caused considerable damages along the way. It tore off roofs, uprooted trees, unleashed unrelenting rain leading to heavy flooding in South Carolina. It also swallowed up a 735-foot cargo ship with 33 missing people off the Bahamas.
In The Perfect Storm, Junger uses a personal anecdote to connect with the readers, “You get so much bad weather that you kind of get used to it. But then you see really bad weather. And that, you never get used to.” As for in the article, “Super Disasters”, the author just told of the causes and effects of a fault that was ruptured, “Energy transferred to a fault and when the fault ruptured, it triggered a monster earthquake that caused massive destruction.” Both pieces say how much damage costed after all was said and done.
On August 23, 2005, a tropical depression, over the Bahamas, morphed into Hurricane Katrina which would become known as “the single most catastrophic national disaster in U.S. history” (FEMA, 2006). As Hurricane Katrina developed, weather warnings followed, advising residents of the Gulf Coast States to leave their homes evacuate the region because the storm was predicted to leave the area uninhabitable for up to a week, possibly more. One week later, on August 29, Katrina struck the Gulf Coast states as a category three hurricane, stretching 400 miles and bringing sustained winds up to 100-140 mph and causing great damage to infrastructure, homes, and lives. Nevertheless, the worst was yet to come for this region of the United States (History,
On December 26, 2004, a huge and severe natural disaster called a Tsunami hit the South and Southeast of Asia including Thailand. The estimated number of victims and missing people was between 230,000 to 280,000. The novel Wave, by Eric Walters, talks about the damage that Tsunami caused, and the destruction
Hurricanes caused “150 billion dollars in damage in 2004 and 2005” (Pielke 1). Hurricane Sandy hit “before dawn on Tuesday morning, October 30, 2012” (Powell, Hanfling and Gostin 1). Hurricane Sandy caused a lot of damage to people physically and mentally. “Six months following Hurricane Sandy, a cross-sectional survey of 200 adults residing in beach communities directly exposed to the storm located in Monmouth County, NJ, was conducted.
Hurricanes are a significant weather threat, especially from June through October, and have caused significant damage in the
As the atmosphere and the ocean are becoming warmer because of the increase in the emissions of carbon dioxide, it provides an environment for a hurricane to form. “Healthy ecosystems and functional biogeochemical cycles not only are the foundation of a sustainable biosphere but also provide many goods and services for human well-being” (Dixon). The impact of climate change on marine animals is substantial to create change to the living organism, but the effects of climate change are going to be twofold as the ocean pH begins to
It is seemingly random that a massively destructive hurricane could devestate an entire coastline of a nation, misplace thousands if not millions, and result in billions of dollars in damage. Some people will say “It’s God’s plan.” Let's skip over the absurd notion that and all loving God would choose to let people suffer and die, and focus on scientifically or statistically proving exactly why the storm occurred. this is where we see the largest divide between religion and science. we can study these mass of storms and the impact that they have on people and society.
This indicates that there are probably other factors that affect the
It made landfall at Buras-Triumph, Louisiana as a category 3 hurricane. The winds of Katrina were 200 kilometers per hour and its storm surge reached 8 meters above sea level. This damaging storm killed 2,000 people and caused 108 billion dollars in damage. After Katrina, many conclusions regarding hurricane intensity were evaluated. The storm surge of Katrina emphasized the ineffectiveness of the hurricane category system to adequately convey hazards and suggested that floods cause more damage than winds (Sumner).
