Alaska‚ Rhode Island and Vermont is closer to zero than to one. In Oklahoma and Texas‚ the average jumps to 52 and 126‚ respectively‚ though the high number in Texas is mainly due to the state’s size. To account for the different sizes of states‚ tornado averages for the USA are compared by looking at the annual number per 10‚000 square miles — an around about the size of Vermont. For example‚ Oklahoma is about 70‚000 square miles‚ or about seven Vermonts. If the entire state averages 52 tornadoes
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benefits. You may become more aware of the benefits it has once a tragedy strikes. I wake up‚ April 18‚ 2011‚ and put on my old work clothes. This is the day the students of Ridge View and surrounding schools would be let out of school to help the tornado victims of Early and Nemaha. Many homes and fields were destroyed by the tornadoes that had hit just one week earlier. I was happy to not only get out of school for the day‚ but to also show my love and support for the community as well. My
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Maya Ying Lin By: Srivarshini Parameswaran Maya Lin is one of the most modern architects you probably have ever known. Maya Lin was born on October 5‚ 1959 in Athens‚ Ohio. She was also an artist and a sculptor. The book Boundaries was also by her. Maya designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982‚ the Civil Rights Memorial in 1989‚ Groundswell in 1995‚ The Wave Field in 1995‚ Flutter in 2005‚ and other great projects. Maya’s mother was a poetry writer
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A tornado and hurricanes location in the U.S obviously differs. Hurricanes‚ which form over water‚ are stationed on the East coast of the U.S‚ but tornadoes are farther away from the ocean and the forming location of a hurricane‚ because a tornado has no need to be supplied with warm water to feed it energy. A tornado and hurricanes features and characteristics may widely differ‚ such as their location varieties and frequency inequalities but their similarities don’t go unnoticed. A tornado and
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Severe Weather Storms: Hurricanes and Tornadoes A hurricane is an extremely violent tropical cyclone. The origin of the term Hurricane originates from a Mayan Storm god by the name of Hurakan. He was a Central American idol who believably caused the storms. Years later‚ the hypothesis of someone creating angry storms has been corrected. It is known that these storms are an act of nature by God’s laws at work. The term hurricane just stuck with the weather condition. Another source states
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The Spanish word is tronada means thunderstorms is original word of Tornado in English word and in Thailand‚ We called "Salatan". Tornadoes or tornado or woven Arnedo (Chang) is the storm caused by the rotation of the air. Can happen in many aspects. The most common style is characteristic cone. By the end of the cone pointing down to the ground. Tornadoes can cause damage even higher. The wind speed can be as high as 500 km / h (300 miles / hr.)‚ which caused the collapse of the building. Tornadoes
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occurrences‚ myths‚ and oddities associated with tornadoes. Introduction: Have you ever seen a tornado or known someone who has? Tornadoes can be devastating and can occur anywhere at anytime so you may be affected by one or know someone who will. I am fascinated by tornadoes and have done research in the last couple days preparing for this speech. Body: I. What causes a tornado? A. Tornadoes occur when thunderstorms develop in warm‚ moist air in advance of eastward-moving
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Friday afternoon and I had just got off a conference call around 4:30. I was tired after a long week so I flipped on the TV to take my mind off of work. Well‚ there were live news reports warning there was a tornado around 70-80 miles south-southwest of Oklahoma City. I had no idea this tornado was going to stay on the ground for hours and create the strongest winds ever recorded – Ever. It started out small‚ like an F1‚ but as it got closer to Oklahoma City the thing - this monster of a storm
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6‚ 2013 Short Report on Tornadoes Introduction A tornado is defined as a violently rotating column extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. A violent tornado is capable of enormous amount of destruction with wind speeds up to 300 miles per hour. The tornados can reach up to one mile wide and fifty miles long. A report I read said in an average year‚ 1‚500 tornados are reported nationwide which results in estimated 80 deaths and over 1‚500 injuries. In my
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Hurricanes and Tornadoes Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in a tornado or hurricane? They both cause a lot of damage‚ and they both have a lot of power a tornado can blow a house down‚ but a hurricane has very strong heavy winds and tornadoes have very strong winds. You do not want to be stuck in a tornado or hurricane because they have killed a lot of people over all of these years. Each year they do a lot of damage to they do more damage than people killed each year. First of
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