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**Part I of IV**
**Hurricanes** |
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**Part I of IV** |
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Hurricanes the greatest storms on earth. There is nothing like them in
the atmosphere. They are not the largest storm system in our atmosphere,
nor the most violent; but they combine those qualities as no other
phenomenon does, as if they were designed to be engines of death and
destruction.
In our hemisphere they are referred to as hurricanes, named by the
Caribbean Indians for Huracan, a Caribbean God of Evil.
The storms are products of the tropical oceans and atmosphere, powered
by heat from the sea, steered by the easterly trade winds, westerlies and
their own energy.
Hurricanes have a benefit, they are a major source for rain. Maybe there
are some other hidden benefits also.
A hurricane is a large circular storm of awful power and violence,
equivalent to many atoms bombs. Winds in a hurricane reach at least 74 mph
or greater, and may gust to over 200 mph. On the average, the great spiral
of clouds associated with the hurricane cover vast areas some hundreds of
miles in diameter.
The spiral consists of bands of torrential rains. Tornado activity may
be generated in these bands of clouds.
Hurricanes have very erratic movements, and it is very difficult to
predict the path these storms will take. They can suddenly make loops,
slow or stop completely, move at 10 to 20 mph. Some hurricanes when
arriving over cooler waters of the North Atlantic can move up to 50 mph.
The most unique portion of as hurricane is the "hurricane eye".
It is unique in that no other atmospheric phenomenon has a center almost
free of clouds, light wind, and warm temperatures. The diameter of the eye
is usually about 10 miles, however it can be as much as 100 miles.
Sometimes a hurricane will have two eyes in its system.
Destruction produced by these giant storms is, death and destruction,
caused by high winds and flooding. The most destructive portion of the
hurricane is the storm surge.
© 1998 Charles A. Giannetta