All About Hurricanes
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHAT TO DO IF ONE COMES
- Cover all windows and board up doors
- Take shelter on the lowest floor possible (between wind and water)
- Bring in all outdoor furniture
- Listen to radio for important announcement
HURRICANE NAMES
- Hurricanes get their names when their wind reaches 39mph
- They are named in alphabetical order, and rotated from boy to girl
- "Hurricane" comes from Taino Indian word meaning Hurakan meaning "Big Wind"
HURRICANE KATRINA
- August 29th, 2005 near New Orleans, Louisiana
- Over $100 billion dollars in damage
- 1,836 deaths
- Was the worst natural disaster in U.S. history of loss of property and human life
HURRICANE IVAN
- September 13-16, 2004 near Alabama Gulf Coast
- Over $4.5 billion dollars in damage
- 14 deaths
- One of the most damaging hurricanes to affect the western Florida Panhandle in U.S history
HURRICANE SANDY
- October 21, 2012 in New York to New Jersey
- Over 33 billion dollars worth of damage
- 125 deaths
- One of U.S's most damaging earthquakes in history
