EESC1168 Lecture 31: hurricanes III lecture 31 4.10
10 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Hurricanes are blown west, and then east, as they move away from the equator. Today: 3 case studies of hurricane related disasters: Key west, florida (1935): category 5 storm struck on labor day, killing at least 423 people, including many wwi veterans. Bhola cyclone, bangladesh (1970): category 3 storm, 225,000-500,000 dead + exacerbated political unrest, leading to a war and bangladesh independence. Super-typhoon nina, china (1975): category 3 at landfall (taiwan), 26,000 dead + The florida keys are a group of islands southwest of florida. They have surfaced in the las 30,000 years as the sea level retreated. On average, they are 5 ft. above sea level. Highest point is 18ft above sea level. A small, highly intense storm formed in the caribbean sea. Weather satellites were not used until 1960 - no satellite images were. The national weather bureau tracked the storm through coastal observation. The storm struck on labor day, 9/2/1935 as a category 5 storm.
