Very warm water and air meets cold and high air and generates a hurricane. Hurricanes start they development in oceans. Should it be that underwater volcanoes make a major contribution to hurricane phenomenon?
Volcanos for instance. How often on average is there an eruption around the world? One every year? Every 5-15 years?
Lightning? I seem to recall hearing that there is a lightning bolt every 4 seconds or something somewhere in the world
Hurricanes? Fifty or so I would guess?
Earthquakes above, say, 4.0? Maybe….. 150-200?
Tsunami waves? Maybe 1 every 10 years?
Tornado? No idea……
It’d be interesting to know how often these things occur.
ENOUGH of Hurricane Katrina. YES it was horrible & sad . SO was 9/11. Life goes on! Ever since Katrina every1 scared it’s "going to happen again". Does any1 hate how the media scares us. I live in Houston so I have an idea of what Hurricanes are too! I am so sick of hearing about a storm off the coast of AFRICA & people in Houston making evac. plans & stokcing up on supplies. I know you can’t be too careful but some ppl take it too far don’t you think?
Sorry Nicole 
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Sorry Nicole .
I’m referring to people in Houston worrying about Gustav & I don’t need to hear about N.O for the 3001th time. Why does everyone mention New Orleans when it comes to Katrina? What in the HELL about Mississippi?
the 60s and 70s were all about positive energy and ushering in an age of enlightenment… now all the talk about 2012 and global warming, and solar flares and volcanic activity and earthquakes and hurricanes… so which is it?
I was just listening to Pat Robertson on You Tube. Terrorists do take advantage of political changes, 1993 (Clinton), 2001 (Bush), 2007 (New Congress?). Not a big leap to think of a terrorist attack in 2007. Kind of an anti-climax announcement.
But it did get me thinking, how many people actually prepare for a possible disaster by having a few days of food around, flash lights, medical supplies, that kind of thing. The normal Red Cross Be Prepared kind of thing.
All the "Oh my God the world is going to be destroyed by…" Nuclear war, global warming, terrorists, hurricanes, tornadoes, infestations of caterpillars, etc can leave this one alone.
I just want to know how many reasonably normal people have checked out ready.gov and have some emergency supplies around in case of a disaster.
Thanks. The ratio of real answers to silly answers tells me a lot too. Looks like if there was a major disaster any major urban center in the country things would end up a lot like they were in Louisiana. On the other hand, it kind of looks like people in rural or suburban areas might be better prepared. Kind of a common sense thing I would guess. some kind of ratio of storage space versus costs versus convince and availability, I would assume.
Thanks.
Nuclear energy already supplies 20 percent of our energy. If we were to build my plants, how would we handle the waste? After all, it does have a half-life of 10000 years.
Who would want it in their backyard? What place is safe from earthquakes, fires, hurricanes, and far from a population center?
hurricanes have increased in intensity and numbers drasticaly. there has been more volcanic eruptians, earthquakes, more intense thunderstorms, and tsunamis. also, the climate is shifting. i believe global warming is a rising factor that is being ignored. something needs to be done before it is too late. governemtnis more worried about money then it is man kind. what are your views?
i understand that its nautral and will occur no matter what, but its the intensity and how we speed the proccess up that worries me. sea level is rising, this is another problem occuring due to the melting glaciers.
Yesterday, I saw many signs & boxes about donating food & school supplies to places, like Africa & Honduras. But do other countries do that for us when our country is struggling? I understand that those are poor countries, but I’m just curious.
People cared more about the tsunami in Asia than they cared abut Hurricanes Katrina & Rita. Why is that?
Yeah. That’s what I’m saying. People here in the US didn’t care about the disasters of their own country.
I am traveling to San Salvador this week and heard that their school buildings were destroyed by hurricanes a few years back. Do you know if the schools have been rebuild yet, or are the kids still in trailers. I would like to bring some donations with me for the primary school kids and teacher and want to be sure I bring something they need.
I was planning on taking down some playground toys (soccer balls, jump ropes, etc.) and maybe some books and/or school supplies that might be useful.
Thanks in advance for any first-hand information.
The excuses are as bad as Bushes reasons to go to war in Iraq. First it’s the Hurricanes in the Gulf, the war, supply and demand, King Faad has a run in his nylons and now it’s going up due to the tensions in Iran. Yada Yada Yada! It is all fraud and greed. They are stepping on their own toes because we have our own oil, we also have alternative energy technology. Now all we have to do is get rid of OIL PRESIDENT.
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The Picture you see is a planet called planet x this planet should strike earth atmosphere completely giving our planet major natural disaster the no humankind never seen before if you reading this you be the next generation of human racist… the year is 2007 people are still wondering if this planet is real or not but I think it is.. Basically this planet should come across earth the year 2012 December 21.The story goes that the ancient Sumerians believ in 12 planets in our solar system… there calendar ends at the year 2012 scientist are wondering if this planet is real or not .In 2003 there was rumor the a scientist fund this planet an report to the media but there was no knowledge proof of is existedings .. in 2005 they give a specific they when this planet well come across but they never release to the public… The natural disaster are major tornados, earthquakes, tsunamis , wirldpools, hurricanes all global wide there no escape. This is all there is need to know hope you guys re reading this..
I mean do the hurricanes just say okay, it’s June I’m gonna start now, and when November comes, it says I’m gonna stop now. How do we know the exact month that a hurricane could pop up and how do we know the exact month that it stops? Who’s to say we couldn’t have a hurricane in December?
I live in South Florida, and I know that the hurricane has been predicted to go west of florida, but we all know that hurricanes can make drastic turns. What do you think will happen?
Is it lower demand because of the seasons? Is it because of no hurricanes that affected the supply chain to cause a surplus of petroleum.
Because that time is almost here. Earthquakes, famines, floods, hurricanes, fires, tornados, and much more. If your house is not in
order, you had better get right. What do you think ? Best answer
wins.
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here today. My, my. You must love me.
HOTBOI. Zodiac Man is just a name.
I told you before the reason for it. So it
shall forever remain……….
if hurricanes were in short supply and it needed to look like a natural disaster?…something really big that would cause a lot of deaths and panic the population…
maybe even something that put the regime in charge of medicine, food, water, utilities, industry, travel, trade, communications, media, fuel……..and such
and would cause an immediate need for a civilian army.
or even a one world government
A) Tornados
B) Earthquakes
C) Hurricanes
D) Floods
E) Tsunamis
Criteria: Most pollutants from destroyed buildings, automobiles, and land-use structures, size of disaster, volume of disaster types, in a single calendar year.
4 strikeouts so far, the answer is included in the choices.
The pollution from what is destroyed, not the cause of the disaster.
Do you think that its weird that i want hurricane Dean to hit miami? My reasons are that hopefully it will delay the start of school. And it gives people an opportunity to repair aging homes and buildings. I also like preparing for the hurricane by going out and buying supplies I know that houses in miami wont fall apart because most are up to code and we dont do that plywood stuff that is done upstate we build with concrete and cement……do any of you "yahoo answer’s" get excitment out of hurricanes..?
Hurricane andrew destroyed whatever falling apart homes and poorly built houses…the last hurricane New orleans got was 50 years earlier…no offense but here miami alot of people take precautions and there are shelters in every corner…in even hurricane andrew there was not many fatalities..
thank u angelluv my heart dropped when he said that it would not hit…hehe at least there is hope…no school!lol
Does anyone happen to know what a person needs to do to become an "official" fund raiser for hurricane disaster relief — or, if one needs to be an official anything at all to do this, *or* where I can go to find some straight answers?
My website’s just full of socially-aware adults — I’d say, about a million of us. Our community is well-established, it’s just that we aren’t a corporation, or anything "legal", yet…
With these hurricanes, enough is enough! I just *know* we can help… but I’m running in circles trying to research this.
I’d be very grateful for some real help… people are in dire and serious need, here — this is nonsense! It shouldn’t be this difficult to help.
Thanks for reading. 
Scientists and uninformed citzens have been predicting the big one since the beginning of time. Everytime we do have a major earthquake (we never do) they still claim its not the big one. Its all bs. California earthquakes are nothing in comparison to the damage sustained from hurricanes and tornados.
We live paycheck to paycheck. Made the mistake of moving to Florida. We got here a year before all the hurricanes started coming (we’ve been hit by 4 directly). Now housing is through the roof and even if we could get a place (we rent right now) the insurance co’s are running like rats on a sinking ship and the ones that are staying are raising their rates 50 – 99% (no joke). We want to move to Colorado but have no extra money. There’s really no expenses to cut to save, except to stop eatting. Last year we lost 00 because of lost food, ice, batteries and other emergency supplies thanks to the hurricanes. It’s like a trap, we can’t afford to live here and can’t afford to get out! Open to suggestions. Thanks.
It’s coming. I believe it is. All the bad hurricanes,flooding, global warming,ozone layer disappearing(well that’s actually getting better I hear), earhquakes, the tsumani, the bird flu, our natural resources vanishing. What do you think of all this? Are you scared? how will we prepare? How do we know for certain when it’s reallly coming? Facts? Opinions?
Watching the California burning into ashes, I honestly believe New York is the most safest state from natural disaster… West Coast (California, Utah) have forest fire and earthquake, mid-west (Oklahoma, Kansas) have tornadoes, southern states (florida, Lousiana, New Orleans) have hurricanes and flooding, northern states (Chicago, Michigan, Maine, Wyoming) have blizzard, and phoenix is just hell… what does ny have?
Are there certain areas more prone to Hurricanes in Houston? I Houston in danger of getting a bad Hurricane or are they outside of it?
Where were you and what happened?By natural disasters I mean hurricanes, tornadoes, avalanches, floods, landslides,earthquakes,etc.
What was it like and how did you survive.Share your story.
When a hurricane hits any coastal city in the United States, it is advised either mandatory or voluntarily to evacuate from where you are located.
Throughout history of major hurricanes such as Hurricane Andrew (1992), Hugo (1989), Opal (1995) and Katrina (2005), many residents of coastal cities stayed even though they were told to leave.
What are the risk and challenges one must face when riding out a hurricane?
Hurricanes, tornadoes, cyclones, earthquakes, etc??
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1469610.stm
http://www.defensetech.org/archives/002163.html
http://pesn.com/2005/09/06/9600160_Weather_Modification/
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/11/china-leads-wea.html
i was wondering, where does a hurricane come from, and then where does it end? also, is there a particular season for hurricanes? im from england and we don’t get hurricanes so i don’t know. thanks to anyone who answers. it would be most appreciated.
Im doing a project on earthquakes and hurricanes so can anyone please give me some information on them or some websites with information.
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/inflatable-hous.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp
This article basically says that there is a new product on the market that basically is a bouncing room house. Its shaped like a small cube that can be used as a safe shelter for disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.
The only problem is that there are many people who are claustrophobic who would not be able to last long in this thing.
What do you think?