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Your search for: hurricanes


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Research Topics on: hurricanes

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Books on: hurricanes

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Journal Articles on: hurricanes

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Magazine Articles on: hurricanes

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Newspaper Articles on: hurricanes

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    Gore's 'Truth' Splits Hurricane Scientists; 2006 Season Likely Hard-Hitting
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 29, 2006
    Subjects: 
    Georgia Institute of Technology, Hurricanes
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...North Atlantic hurricanes. This increase in hurricane activity has been...According to NOAA hurricane records going back...the mid-1800s, hurricanes come in cycles...and destructive hurricanes. Top hurricane scientists are...
     
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    Global Warming 'Is Causing Hurricanes' INTERNATIONAL
    Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 30, 2007
    Subjects: 
    Air pollution, Global warming, Hurricanes, Storm damage
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...eight of which were hurricanes. This last period...stabilised, which means hurricane seasons may continue...tropical cyclone becomes a hurricane when its maximum sustained...speeds reach 74 mph. Hurricanes are categorised one...ferocity. A category five hurricane has wind speeds exceeding...
     
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    Hurricane Hype Vapors
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, December 4, 2006
    Subjects: 
    Dylan, Bob, Hurricanes
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...forecasts for the 2006 hurricane season, which...tropical storms and hurricanes, we got only nine...Americans that hurricane season was getting...Last year, after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita...used images of Hurricane Katrina in his...more powerful hurricanes." Where are the...
     
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    Hurricane seasonAEs Been a Dud, So Far
    Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), September 12, 2009
    Subjects: 
    Hurricanes--United States, News agencies, The Associated Press
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...a dud of a hurricane season so far. Only two hurricanes have formed...that powerful hurricanes have hit in...possibility of a hurricane strike...August, and Hurricane Rita, the...24. But no hurricanes at all struck...
     
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    Hurricane Center Reduces Forecast for Major Storms
    Newspaper article; The Washington Times, August 9, 2006
    Subjects: 
    Hurricanes, Weather forecasting
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...TIMES The National Hurricane Center in Miami...three or four major hurricanes to develop through...The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season ended with...tropical storms and 15 hurricanes, seven of which...years ahead." The hurricane research team at...reducing the number of hurricanes to seven from the...
     

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Encyclopedia Articles on: hurricanes

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    Hurricane
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Formation of Hurricanes A cyclone...eventually reaches hurricane intensity...defuse" hurricanes in their developing...more recent hurricane damage-mitigation...Carolinas Hurricane History...Encyclopedia of Hurricanes, Typhoons...
     
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    Cuba
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...nations Cuba is subject to hurricanes. Cuba has three mountain...Cuban pesos. In 2005 two hurricanes, Dennis in July and Wilma...housing and crops when Hurricanes Gustav and Ike battered the island. A third hurricane, Paloma, caused additional...
     
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    Saffir-Simpson Scale
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...form there are two definitive scales: the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Damage Intensity Scale. The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale rates hurricanes from category 1 through category 5 in order of increasing...
     
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    Beaufort Scale
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...gale, whole gale, storm, hurricane. Zero (calm) is a wind...6 km) per hr, and 12 (hurricane) represents a velocity of...Separate scales for tornadoes and hurricanes did not come until the 1970s...Saffir-Simpson scale for hurricanes was formulated by Herbert...
     
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    Texas
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...worst drought in its history and had its share of destructive hurricanes and flooding. Many projects for increased flood control...and 2008, SE Texas suffered extensive damage as a result of Hurricanes Rita and Ike, respectively. Bibliography See T. G. Jordan...
     

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