According to the SciJinks website concerning how a hurricane forms, moisture that evaporates from the ocean waters in high-temperature areas in the tropics (i.e., within about 23 degrees of the equator) has a tendency to cluster into distinct shapes, owing to the fact that warmer air is ca...
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Some of you may be struggling to understand how the same movement of air that creates a gentle afternoon breeze can also create a hurricane capable of blowing houses down. When air moves across a pressure gradient (from high to low), it generates a certain amount of force. If there is a...
About 6 months later, the site was hit by a hurricane and the database server got the BSOD. The site contacted the central office for assistance and they tried to restore the backups to an older server. I got a panicked call from the central office admin who was saying that my backup...
The entire future of Hurricane Fiona depended on the exact timing of that trough swinging into Eastern Canada. If the trough had gone a little faster, it may have shielded Atlantic Canada from feeling the hurricane’s wrath. If it had gone a little slower, though, it ...
Heidi Tujague came to University Medical Center because she wanted to practice“where patient care was the focus, not profits.” While New Orleans’ original Charity Hospital was shut down after Hurricane Katrina, UMC was built to serve the functions of Charity and the old University Hospital...
The Minnesota State Agricultural Society had their annual meeting on Sunday, and you may be wondering why that's a big deal? Because it's the board that manages the Minnesota State Fair and the admission price. After several consecutive years of raising the price of admission, the board decid...
If we think of hurricane Katrina or storms that flood cities in a dream it can imply uncontrollable emotions that occur naturally. A dream where you see yourself drowning in turbulent water such as a tsunami, flood, or a storm or that the water is rising very fast and you are swept away...
But, no matter, for the grounds have been set for a reawakening of the hurricane. Now with a larger eye, the storm can contract in on itself. "It's like an ice skater throwing their arms inwards," said Slocum. "If it is able to contract more, you’ll see a spin up." ...