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Relieved to have dodged Hurricane Irene here in the Sunshine State! Sincerely hoping for a change in her direction for all of you along the northeast corridor - and the best possible outcome!
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Some interesting hurricane facts:
Hurricane season lasts June 1 through November 30. It is rare, but hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic as early as March or as late as December.
The average life of a hurricane is 9 days.
Florida has had more hurricanes than any other state. Over 60 have touched down there since 1900.
The Perfect Storm of 1991, made famous by the book and movie was created out of the remnants of Hurricane Grace.
Hurricanes circulate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,836 people, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the Okeechobee (Florida) Hurricane in 1928.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II.
A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher.
All hurricanes begin life in a warm moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters.
A typical hurricane can dump 6 inches to a foot of rain across a region.
The most violent winds and heaviest rains take place in the eye wall, the ring of clouds and thunderstorms closely surrounding the eye.
Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10 atomic bombs.
Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes. They are not as strong as regular tornadoes and last only a few minutes.
Slow moving hurricanes produce more rainfall and can cause more damage from flooding than faster-moving, more powerful hurricanes.
Hurricane Floyd was barely a category I hurricane, but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees and caused over a billion dollars in damage.
Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the towering walls of sea water that comes inland.
In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricanes are generally known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical cyclones.
The man who first gave names to hurricanes was an Australian weather forecaster named C. Wragge in the early 1900s.
Hurricanes are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names.
The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A”. There are actually six lists of names in use for storms in the Atlantic. These lists rotate, one each year; the list of this year's names will not be reused for six years. The names get recycled each time the list comes up, with one exception: storms so devastating that reusing the name is inappropriate. In this case, the name is taken off the list and another name is used to replace it; there will not be another Hurricane Andrew, because Andrew has been replace by Alex on the list.
The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself.
In 1938, a man on Long Island bought a barometer. The instrument signaled a hurricane but the man thought it was defective and went back to the store to complain. When he returned, he found his house has been swept away from a hurricane. It turned out the barometer was correct.
Sources:
www.hurricane-facts.com/Interesting-Hurricane-Facts.php
www.strange-facts.info/interesting-facts-about-hurricanes
miami.about.com/od/weather/a/hurricanenames.htm
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Forecast
Relieved to have dodged Hurricane Irene here in the Sunshine State! Sincerely hoping for a change in her direction for all of you along the northeast corridor - and the best possible outcome!
.
Some interesting hurricane facts:
Hurricane season lasts June 1 through November 30. It is rare, but hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic as early as March or as late as December.
The average life of a hurricane is 9 days.
Florida has had more hurricanes than any other state. Over 60 have touched down there since 1900.
The Perfect Storm of 1991, made famous by the book and movie was created out of the remnants of Hurricane Grace.
Hurricanes circulate counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere
Hurricane Katrina killed at least 1,836 people, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the Okeechobee (Florida) Hurricane in 1928.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 in the middle of World War II.
A tropical storm is classified as a hurricane once winds goes up to 74 miles per hour or higher.
All hurricanes begin life in a warm moist atmosphere over tropical ocean waters.
A typical hurricane can dump 6 inches to a foot of rain across a region.
The most violent winds and heaviest rains take place in the eye wall, the ring of clouds and thunderstorms closely surrounding the eye.
Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10 atomic bombs.
Hurricanes can also produce tornadoes. They are not as strong as regular tornadoes and last only a few minutes.
Slow moving hurricanes produce more rainfall and can cause more damage from flooding than faster-moving, more powerful hurricanes.
Hurricane Floyd was barely a category I hurricane, but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees and caused over a billion dollars in damage.
Most people who die in hurricanes are killed by the towering walls of sea water that comes inland.
In the Pacific Ocean, Hurricanes are generally known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical cyclones.
The man who first gave names to hurricanes was an Australian weather forecaster named C. Wragge in the early 1900s.
Hurricanes are the only weather disasters that have been given their own names.
The first hurricane of the year is given a name beginning with the letter “A”. There are actually six lists of names in use for storms in the Atlantic. These lists rotate, one each year; the list of this year's names will not be reused for six years. The names get recycled each time the list comes up, with one exception: storms so devastating that reusing the name is inappropriate. In this case, the name is taken off the list and another name is used to replace it; there will not be another Hurricane Andrew, because Andrew has been replace by Alex on the list.
The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself.
In 1938, a man on Long Island bought a barometer. The instrument signaled a hurricane but the man thought it was defective and went back to the store to complain. When he returned, he found his house has been swept away from a hurricane. It turned out the barometer was correct.
Sources:
www.hurricane-facts.com/Interesting-Hurricane-Facts.php
www.strange-facts.info/interesting-facts-about-hurricanes
miami.about.com/od/weather/a/hurricanenames.htm
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