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What Was The Galveston Hurricane Of 1900

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Welcome to the World of Hurricanes.
Have you ever turned on the news and been told there was a hurricane sweeping through Florida,Louisiana, or some other place in the world. Well in this book you will learn what a hurricane is, how they form, and so many other things about a hurricane.
What is a Hurricane?
A hurricane is a whirling mass of wind,lightning, and clouds. Hurricanes are a natural disaster, a piece of meteorological art. They are like a puzzle, requiring precise conditions to be complete. These natural forces are a force not to messed with, for they are some of the most dangerous, costly forces on the face of the Earth.
How do They Form?
Now depending on what area of the world you are from these whirling dangers go by different …show more content…

Now the hurricane was not the largest or the windiest or anything of the sort it is the sheer fact they underestimated the storm and did not have modern technologies. Now the storm all started around West africa then headed through the caribbean mainly in Cuba and headed to the florida straits. At that point the people of Galveston thought that the prediction was wrong and said it was going to hit the area next to them. This was the horribly deadly decision that the people of Galveston, Texas made. The winds were around 145 mph and the storm was listed as a category 4. After the hurricane which had a 15 ft. storm surge passed the island of Galveston was in absolute ruins. This was even worse due to the fact it is a barrier …show more content…

Now lets first talk about the concept of freezing a hurricane. Now you might think it impossible but it is, just not likely. Hurricanes need warm water, if somehow you can freeze the whole radius of water under a hurricane it might work. Just one slight problem, you would need hundreds of gallons of liquid nitrogen to do so. And then after successfully doing so the surrounding temperature would drop killing all wildlife and freezing the people attempting the operation. Well now that doesn’t sound good does it, how about bombing one out of existence? Well perhaps. But a hurricane generates more energy than any one bomb on the face of the earth. But there is one bomb the Tsar Bomba. You would need hundreds of Tsar Bomba’s dropped at once to overpower the hurricanes energy and destroy it. But then the bombs would obliterate the planet if not with the explosive power, then with the radiation which would kill every living thing on

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