Why was Hurricane Andrew so Frightening? Hurricane Andrew took from people, if it didn’t take their lives, it took their homes and jobs. Hurricane Andrew destroyed the stability that took some people their whole lives to achieve. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew took fully developed cities and left splinters in their places. This natural disaster was the cause of fear because its consequences included physical, social, and economic despair.
Isaac’s Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History by Erik Larson are based on a true story about tragedy. This book discusses the fate of people’s lives left in the hands of Mother Nature. It shares the start of Isaacs’s life as a scientist and how he, like many at the time, believed in technology and science over nature. It is hard to say what kind of changes Isaac went through. A man who loved studying weather and climate, only to watch as weather tore his family apart.
Although the highest winds occurred upon landfall in Mexico, the worst effects there were due to extreme rainfall
Hurricane Hugo was a storm that dealt damage to the entire coast of South Carolina in September, 1989. However, one problem that historians have run into with the discussion on Hurricane Hugo is that very few works have been written on the overlying impact Hurricane Hugo had on the entire Low Country of South Carolina. Therefore, this thesis will synthesize accounts of the damage that Hurricane Hugo caused
The first time Roanoke failed was due to a massive hurricane.
PBS Frontline Documentary, ‘The Storm In spite of decades of planning for disasters, federal, state, and local authorities still failed to cope with Hurricane Katrina. PBS Frontline’s documentary The Storm was produced following the destruction of human life and property by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and its environs. Co-produced by Martin Smith, the 60-minute documentary essentially conducts an investigation into the decisions and actions that resulted in poor and uncoordinated federal and state response to the catastrophe. Unlike common films that people like watching, The Storm is a remarkable film that helps people understand the role of state and federal authorities in crises.
This paper focuses on the most intense hurricanes in the peninsula’s recent history, namely Hurricane Gilbert and Hurricane Dean. Hurricane Gilbert occurred in September 1988 and passed across the northern portions of the peninsula. When it made landfall around Cancun in Quintana Roo it was a Category 5 hurricane with sustained winds of 180 mph and slowly weakened over the peninsula to become a Category 2 storm as it left the Yucatan region. Hurricane Dean went through the southern portions of the peninsula in August 2007. The hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 storm with 165 mph sustained winds, and also weakened to become a Category 2 storm as it exited Campeche.
The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 was one of the most destructive and devastating hurricanes in history. The conditions (strong winds, pouring rain, and high waves) are a large part of what made the storm so powerful, but the element of surprise and the speed at which it traveled were what caused so many losses. The impacts of the 1938 hurricane will be remembered for a long time to come. The 1938 storm formed on September 13 northwest of the Cape Verde Islands off the coast of Africa, reaching hurricane strength just three days later.
The hurricane of 1938 was more devastating than any other hurricane ever. the impact was one that no one will ever forget in their whole life. The conditions made this the perfect recipe for disaster. The hurricane of 1938 was a very tragic day for all the survivors that made it through this storm.
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.
During the Galveston hurricane the city of oleander was filled with people that were on vacation. Good weather forecast things didn’t exist at the time, but the U.S. Weather people gave out a warnings telling people to move to higher ground. Even though these were ignored by many vacationers and residents alike. A 15-foot
Current Reflective Essay Paper On August 25, 2017, Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the coast of Texas. It was originally set to be a category 1 hurricane and wasn 't supposed to be that bad of a natural disaster. Although a number of adding factors made Hurricane Harvey a catastrophic event, the hurricane increased levels as it reached land which was one of the biggest impacts. The main two factors that made Harvey one of the most destructive natural disasters to ever hit the United States was all the recorder rainfall over the city of Houston and the release of the Addicks and Barker reservoirs.
The month of September, in 1928 the Okeechobee hurricane affected many areas, destroyed residents homes and killed many innocent people in the process of its destruction. Hurricanes can range from different Categories, Category 1 being not that bad and 5 being the worst. The Okeechobee hurricane hit many places and the winds picked up
In these day, hurricane is the one of the most terrifying disaster that occur on many countries in this world, it can cause damage and harmful to people. Hurricane is a huge storm that form above the ocean then move to the land and we call it “hurricane” when the wind speeds reach up to 74 mph. However, these storm are call in different names depends on the location that they occur. For example, we call it “typhoon” in Pacific Ocean, “cyclone” in Indian Ocean, etc. In these essay, we will point on the two-main cause and two-main negative effect of the hurricane and some idea of the basic preparation.
History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, ) This is probably because of the fact that since it happened so long ago and there wasn’t enough technology to even know exactly what happened. This makes the hurricane fascinating because if you did not live there at the time, then you probably do not know what happened. The highest measured wind speed for the great storm of 1900 was 100 mph which was more than ever experienced at the time. This made people who were alive not very prepared for what happened and they didn’t know if their family members were even
