ATOC 185 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hurricane Katrina, Plate Tectonics
29 Nov 2017
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Look at some of the geological hazards that change the surface of the earth, and pose a direct threat to human survival. Every 250 million people affected by natural disasters. International community spent 3billion dollars to help mitigate impacts of disasters. Climate really has important impact on wars and human life. Irma is going to be affecting most of the populated parts of fl. Steering winds travel from east to west in lower. As irma travels into vicinity of the keys it"s forecasted to be caught up in westerly winds and recur northward. The lower the pressure the more intense the storm - pressure is lower at the eye. Bangladesh extremely populated so storm surges have been upwards of. Deadliest storm are galveston hurricanes - 8000 dead. Of the 10 deadliest us storms in the us one has occurred since 1957 - 1833 dead.
