PPT-Hurricanes, Climate, and Culture: How We Cope with Natural Disasters

Kerry Emanuel Lorenz Center MIT Walter Orr Roberts 19151990 Dedicated to Science in the Service of Society Program Hurricanes and Hurricane Disasters Hurricane Impacts Societal Response to Hurricanes. Anthony R. Lupo. Department of Soil, Environmental, and Atmospheric Science. 302 E ABNR Building. University of Missouri – Columbia. Columbia, MO 65211. Hurricanes: The Evil Wind. Hurricanes are a tropical system, which have a unique structure, and, sometimes, unique behavior. . The History, Structure, Development, and Destruction. Source: http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/students/w97/matheson/hpage.htm. What is a hurricane?. Violent cyclonic storm that develops in the tropical region. Statistics 2011. 332 Natural Disasters were recorded. Killed 30,773 people. 244.7 million victims of these disasters. Costs $366.1 billion. China, the United States, the Philippines, India and Indonesia constitute together the top 5 countries that are most frequently hit by natural disasters. . S6E4. I can relate unequal heating of land and water surfaces to form tornados and thunderstorms.. I can relate how moisture evaporating from the oceans affects the weather patterns and events such as hurricanes.. October 27/28 2010. Extreme Weather. Hurricane Ivan. over Gulf, Sept. 2004. Source: NOAA. Definitions. Climate Change. : . . Changes in climate of the past, present or future associated with . natural . . By : . Deavian. foster . Class : 5H. What is an earthquake?. A earthquake is a shaking of the earths crust and is a geological phenomenon . Earthquakes can cause intense vibration of the ground, soil liquefaction, and distortion of the ground. Earthquakes can happen almost anywhere but are most common along the boundaries of the tectonic plates. Earthquakes are primarily caused of movement of the tectonic plates. It lasts more than a few seconds.. Tornadoes are . rotating columns of air that extend down from a storm cloud in the shape of a . funnel.. Anything . in the path of a tornado, including houses, cars, forests, and other ecosystems, . are . Robert C. Newman. Only a century ago…. Many Bible commentators thought the disasters of Biblical prophecy were unrealistic.. So they saw:. Jesus’ descriptions of disaster in Matthew 24 as just the fall of Jerusalem in AD 70;. Progression of Tropical Events. Easterly Wave (Tropical Disturbance). Tropical Depression. Tropical Storm. Hurricane. 10-25%. 50-60%. Easterly Wave. Tropical Cyclones and Sea-Surface Temperatures. Geography of storm names. Atlantic . and eastern Pacific. : . “hurricanes” . Indian Ocean and Australia: . “cyclones”. Western Pacific, N. hemisphere: . “typhoons”. Western Pacific typhoons, 2011 . WP2.1 . & WP2.2 Development of master curricula in WB . HEIs. Prof. Giuseppe Tito . Aronica. University of Messina – Department of Engineering, . ITALY. Slavisa Trajkovic, M. i. lan Gocic. University of Nis, Serbia. Hurricane Seasons. Saffir. -Simpson Scale. What is a hurricane. ?. What . 4 conditions are necessary for hurricane . formation. What . happens as hurricanes approach land?. Based on wind speed:. Hurricanes that are Category 3 or higher . Presentation provided by:Bureau of Economic GeologyJackson School of GeosciencesThe University of Texas at Austin What Is A Hurricane? Hurricanes are intense tropical cyclones with a maximum sustained Word Bank. Bioterrorism. Carbon monoxide. Epidemiology. Evacuation. Outbreak. Public Health. study of the distribution and control of health-related issues, including diseases . leaving an area to escape a potential disaster.