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LD Nat Hazards #1
LD Natural Hazards - Hurricanes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a Natural Hazard? | A natural process or event that is a potential threat to humane life and property |
| What is a Disaster? | A hazardous event that occurs over a limited time span in a definite area. |
| What is a catastrophe? | A massive disaster that requires significant expenditures of money and a long time for recovery to take place. |
| What is mitigation? | The reduction of hazardous effects |
| Define a cyclone. | A hurricane in the Indian Ocean |
| Where are the hurricanes located? | Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean |
| What is a tropical depression? | An organized area of low pressure in which sustained winds are 38 mph or less. |
| What is a tropical storm? | A tropical cyclone with maximum sustained wind speeds that range from 39 to 73 mph |
| How many hurricane categories are there? | Five |
| What is the name of the scale? | Saffir-Simpson |
| When is hurricane season? | June 1st to November 30th |
| How are hurricanes named? | 1 of 6 alphabetical list alternating between boy and girl names |
| What do they do to name if the hurricane is really bad like Hurricane Katrina? | They retire the name |
| What is a Hurricane Watch? | Possible that a hurricane will hit in 36 hours |
| What is a Hurricane Warning? | A hurricane will hit within 24 hours |
| What effect causes cyclones to spin in opposite directions in Northern and Southern hemispheres? | Coriolis effect |
| What direction do hurricanes spin? | Clockwise (CW) in South and Counter-Clock wise (CCW) in North |
| What is the calmest part of a hurricane? | The eye |
| What is a Hurricane? | A tropical cyclone with sustained winds of at least 74 mph |
| What is a category 1 hurricane? | 74 to 95 mph winds, 4 to 5 feet storm surge with minimal damage |
| What is a category 2 hurricane? | 96 to 110 mph winds, 6 to 8 feet storm surge with moderate damage |
| What is a category 3 hurricane? | 111 to 130 mph winds, 9 to 12 feet storm surge with extensive damage |
| What is a category 4 hurricane? | 131 to 155 mph winds, 13 to 18 feet storm surge with extreme damage |
| What is a category 5 hurricane? | > 155 mph winds, > 18 feet storm surge with catastrophic damage |
| Coastline | Area where the ocean meets the shore |
| Evacuate | To be forced to leave a home because of danger |
| Levee | A wall or embankment that holds ocean water away from a city |
| Hurricane Hunter | A pilot who flies airplanes through hurricanes to measure the wind speed |
| Tropical Depression | An area of swirling thunderstorms over the ocean with wind speeds between 23 and 39 miles per hour |
| Equator | An imaginary line around the center of the Earth |
| Tornado | A spinning storm that is less than one mile wide, with swirling winds that can reach over 300 miles per hour |
| Dissipate | To break apart and reduce in strength |
| What category was Hurricane Katrina? | Category 5 and was the most costly and most deadly hurricane in the history of the US |
| What hurricane was the second costliest hurricane in US history? | Hurricane Sandy |
| What is the order of evolution of a hurricane? | Tropical Disturbance, Tropical Depression, Tropical Storm & Hurricane |
| What happens when a hurricane it moves over land or cold water? | It weakens |
| What is a hurricane called when it occurs in the Pacific Ocean? | Typhoon |
| What is a hurricane called when it occurs in the Indian Ocean? | Cyclone |
| Storm Surge | The push of water by hurricane winds |
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