A hurricane’s deadly forces Hurricanes have an arsenal of effects that can destroy property and cause loss of life. The combination of wind and water can have devastating impacts on man and nature. Learn what these deadly features can do and how to survive them. Storm Tides and Waves Storm surge is simply the rise [...]
The NOAA Hurricane Forecasters believe that the 2009 Atlantic Tropical Season starting with “Ana” is going to be a mild one. Those who live within the reach of destruction are some 38 million Americans that sincerely hope they are right. Of course, history shows them not to be very good at projecting such predictions in [...]
The first tropical depression in the Atlantic for 2009 formed on Friday May 29, 2009 and It looked pretty solid and was thought to become the first Tropical Storm of the year. 2009 was predicted to be a rather mild Hurricane Season, but the winds are flowing and it looks pretty healthy after all. The [...]
In 2008 the mountain town of Ruidoso, North East of the White Sands Missile Range, never expected to get hit by a storm that was a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico just a couple days before. This is the town were Smokey The Bear had been rescued from one of the worst wild fires [...]
2009′s hurricane season will mark my first year living in a hurricane zone. Many people have had plenty of experience going through these treacherous storms and know just what they should do to prepare so for those of us hurricane newbie’s who are not as familiar with hurricanes but find themselves facing the possibility this [...]
Classifying Clouds The infinite array of majestic clouds delights us and have, ever since humankind claimed their place on the earth. You are likely aware that clouds are a gas and simply evidence of lifting air masses. Rain from the clouds is just condensing water vapor. Meteorologists interpret future weather using cloud shapes. Did you [...]
The climate has effected great change in the make up of human and natural systems. This is true of changes we are seeing in flora and fauna and the diminishing availability of good quality drinking water. As the earth’s temperatures rise, the effects of these changes will increase dramatically. Climate change is the greatest environmental [...]
Many people get put off travel to Nepal during the monsoon. I think that the monsoon is one of the very best times to travel in Nepal if you want to see the true culture, way and beauty of life in the Himalaya. Granted you probably will not see the coveted snow capped peaks of [...]
Hurricanes are among the most destructive forces on earth. Thanks to Hurricane Katrina, we’ve all seen the damage they can cause. Do you know how hurricanes come about and why they occur so often in the tropics? The earth, as we all know, rotates around the sun and its axis is tilted toward the sun. [...]
Using the National Hurricane Center’s best post-storm track analysis for East Pacific tropical cyclones, I found that Hurricane Jimena and Hurricane Javier are the only two storms to have intensified the fastest over a 12-hour period, 24-hour period and a 36-hour period. Hurricane Jimena went from a tropical depression to a category one hurricane in [...]