once again just want to apologize for my voice still still sick there so sorry
have you ever experienced a hurricane well we have as many of you know we live in Florida and
when you live in Florida there are some things you need to get used to seeing weird stuff at
a Walmart at 1am alligators walking along the road or in your yard and not being able
to go outside eight to nine months of the year because it's a hundred degrees with 100 humidity
you also have to get used to hurricanes to many Floridians a hurricane is more of a
hassle rather than a catastrophic event it's not that we don't take them seriously it's just that
we've been through it so many times we know the routine by now but that's not always the case
also we've decided to add a fundraiser to the American Red Cross in this video to help with
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with that in mind I'm Mike with list25 and these are 25 things you may not know about hurricanes
25. 40 hit Florida yeah more good news for the Sunshine State it's estimated that 40
of all hurricanes hit Florida the storms form in the Atlantic Ocean Spawn from winds blowing
off the African Coast those winds pick up the warm moisture along the Equator and
move towards and through the Caribbean islands picking up speed as it moves
because Florida is near those islands it is susceptible to frequent hurricane activity
24. 70 mile an hour winds for a storm to achieve hurricane status it must have winds
of at least 75 miles an hour anything below is considered a tropical storm
as soon as it hits 74 it is officially a hurricane 23. naming storms the national
weather service has not always named hurricanes I actually didn't start doing this until 1953.
at that time only traditionally women's names were given to hurricanes and they continued doing this
until 1978. from that point forward the names have included both traditionally male or female names
22. the name game so where do those names come from anyway how the World Meteorological Society
creates the lists there are six different lists that get rotated each year each list has 26 names
one for each letter of the alphabet quick can you think of six names that begin with the letter x
just kidding you actually don't have to the list doesn't use the letters q-u-x-y or Z 21. retired
names if a hurricane is especially destructive the name used will be retired so far unfortunately
there have been 93 names retired the first name retired was Carol the 1954 Category 3 storm that
caused 460 million dollars in Damages and took 60 lives the newest member of the retired names list
will be Ian 20. the storm within the storm when you see weather forecasts about hurricanes you
always see the long bands swirling around the eye of the storm those rain bands as they're
called are actually long lines of thunderstorms with hurricane force winds these bands can range
anywhere from a few miles to dozens of miles wide the length of the Bands Will sometimes
stretch from approximately 50 to 300 miles long 19 the right side as a hurricane approaches it's
much better to be on the left side of the eye the right side carries with the strongest storm
bands which create the heaviest winds most severe thunderstorms and the largest storm
surge it is also the right side of the storm that has the greatest chance of tornadoes 18.
Hurricane Katrina was the costliest hurricane ever Hurricane Katrina was the costliest hurricane of
all time Katrina hit Louisiana in 2005. many people lost their homes and lives to Katrina
the estimated cost of the damages done by this hurricane was a hundred and eight billion dollars
to this day some of the damage to New Orleans remains and no one who was alive to see it will
ever forget the images of the Superdome trying to house thousands who lost everything uh fun
little fact I uh my cousin got married in New Orleans and when I was there there was a dude
at the hotel who was telling me stories about how they suddenly would notice the
flood waters and then so they opened like the hotel to people to stay to try to get you know
to escape uh he gave me actually like a couple things like a pamphlet that showed like where
to evacuate and stuff like that I still have that somewhere it's crazy 17. a crafty killer
when news outlets cover a hurricane they always show weather reporters out in conditions that they
should be nowhere near looking at you Jim Cantore trees sway street signs shake back and forth tree
branches and limbs get blown down the street roofs are ripped off buildings you've seen it you would
think that most of the people who died during a hurricane do so because of all this destruction
but no most deaths that occur from a hurricane are from drowning the most dangerous thing about
them is the storm surge the storm surge is a huge wall of water that the winds bring on Shore that
sometimes measure as high as 12 to 18 feet and cover nearly a 100 Mile Stretch of the coast
teen a storm by Any Other Name a hurricane is actually a tropical cyclone
if it occurs in the Atlantic it's called a hurricane if it forms in the North Pacific
they're called typhoons if it spins in the South Pacific or Indian Ocean they're Cyclones
15. tornadoes as if a hurricane isn't bad enough they bring with them high chances for tornadoes
when a hurricane is moving through the water all of the speed is equal from sea level to
the uppermost part of the storm when those bands move over land the wind stays elevated continues
to move at the same speed the winds close to the ground begin to interact with buildings Hills
Etc this causes friction the higher winds are essentially pulling the lower winds along the
two forces moving at different speeds cause tornadoes to form 14. the watch and the warning
when a hurricane is being tracked by the National Weather Service updates will be given for 12
hours the NWS uses several different computer models to predict where each storm is headed
when landfall is expected tracking updates will be given every hour
if a hurricane is expected within 36 hours all areas within its path are put on a hurricane
watch if the storm is expected within 24 hours a hurricane warning is issued
13. the cone of Doom when hurricane models are shown in the media you can see the general
expected path of the storm as it continues to form strengthen and move toward Land This is called the
cone of uncertainty what the cone shows is where the storm is expected to go depending
on how strong it is and how fast it moves the cone takes into account other factors such as
other weather conditions that affects the storm's movement so it's not really where it is going to
go that's why it's called the cone of uncertainty there's gonna go somewhere in this cone 12.
the hurricane frequency there are usually an average of 10 hurricanes per year of those maybe
four will make landfall but there are exceptions in 1933 there were 21 named storms that record
was almost surpassed in 1995 when there were 19 but the record was smashed in 2005. that year saw
28 named storms since they ran out of names they began using the Greek alphabet those storms were
called Alpha Beta Gamma Delta Epsilon and Zeta 11. the deadliest ever the deadliest hurricane
to ever make landfall in the U.S happened in 1900. it was a category 4 that slammed into Galveston
Texas on September 8th approximately 8 000 people died and the island was completely destroyed 10.
those that completed the journey obviously a category 5 hurricane is the most intense storm out
there but how many cat fives have made landfall that number may actually be smaller than you think
due date only four category five hurricanes have hit the US the Labor Day hurricane of 1935 Camille
in 62 Andrew in 92 and Michael in 2018. none of these are the most destructive or deadliest storms
on record nine it's time to party believe it or not some people whether they're unable or simply
unwilling choose to stay and ride the storm out some areas especially here in Florida have seen so
many hurricanes in their lifetime that the people feel like they know how to prepare and refuse to
leave this is given way to what are referred to as hurricane parties groups of friends get
together have many cocktails and fun together while the storm rages outside the Southeastern
major grocery chain Publix even sells hurricane party cakes for the occasion it's a terrible idea
if you are told to evacuate please evacuate do not have hurricane parties it's it's a fun phrase
and the cakes are delicious Publix is amazing do not stay I'm begging you this is my serious
face I mean it don't stay eight on a crash course there have been times where two hurricanes formed
in the same region on these occasions the two storms will actually crash into each other well
maybe not crash exactly what happens is when they get close enough the storms start to orbit each
other until the large one absorbs the smaller one it's incredibly difficult to project where
this developing system will go until it is fully formed seven Andrew the Builder Hurricane Andrew
tore through South Florida in 1992 and brought billions of dollars of damage with it Andrew was a
category five and was found to cause major damage wherever it made landfall the damage revealed the
lacks building codes and code enforcement in the state as well as low construction standards during
the 80s and 90s population surges until Andrew local governments could set their own codes and
choose whether or not to enforce them this was changed the State of Florida now has among the
strictest codes in the country housing along the coasts are now built to withstand the effects of
hurricanes so thanks Andrew for the Silver Lining I guess six the the hurricane Hunters the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or the NOAA employs a group called The Hurricane Hunters this
team consists of trained pilots Navigators meteorologists scientists and crew members
in a specially fitted plane the crew flies through the eyewall and into the calmness of the eye while
doing so it takes readings to see how the storm is developing does research on thunderstorms Coastal
erosion and ocean winds as well as other research projects five the name of the Beast the word
hurricane comes from the language of the Taino these were the indigenous people of Florida and
the Caribbean islands the word was Hurricane the Carib God of evil but that name wasn't completely
theirs their word comes from the Mayan god of wind storm and fire whose name was Huracan it was
picked up by Spanish explorers who continued using it and over time it became hurricane 4. hurricanes
have class hurricanes are classified by their strength the higher the wind speed the higher
the class to be considered a hurricane a storm must have winds of at least 74 miles per hour
like we stated earlier the classifications are as follows category 1 74 to 95 miles an hour Category
2 95 to 110 Category 3 111 to 130 category 4 131-155 and Category 5 is 155 and up miles
an hour if you ever want to get an idea of the force of those wins the next time you're driving
on the interstate just hold your arm out the window when you're doing about 70 miles an hour
that's not even a category one three not of this world the largest hurricane of
all time that we know of is bigger than the entire planet Earth yes I am serious
have you ever heard of the Great Red Spot look at pictures of Jupiter and you can see it that red
spot below Jupiter's equator is a hurricane it produces wind speeds of approximately 268 miles
an hour if as scientists believe it's the same storm that has been observed since the 1600s it
would mean that this single Hurricane has been happening for at least 357 years two
an odd observation hurricanes are frighteningly destructive and should always be taken seriously
in Florida we know the drill category one or two it's an afternoon rain shower category three okay
we're listening anything higher and we become vigilant the problem is that hurricane paths
change a lot you may be in imminent danger one day and looking at you know a little rain the next
but here's the annoying part everybody freaks out people think there could be a run on gas
so they take trucks with a dozen gas cans in the back and try to fill them all which then causes a
run on gas they think there won't be any bottled water in the stores so they go and buy more and
more water than they would actually use in a month which makes the stores run out of water
it's just crazy so yes take the storm seriously but don't panic the Panic causes more panic and
it's just I mean you guys saw how it was with the gas back and with you know the pandemic
so same thing here take it seriously be smart one in the eye of the storm while the most dangerous
part of a hurricane is in the eye wall the eye of the storm is actually peaceful the eye usually
ranges between 20 to 40 miles depending on the size of the storm and if you've never experienced
it oh here's what happens the storm rages around you winds and rain are pounding and then nothing
the rain stops the winds if there are any are calm it's peaceful and at the same time it's
pretty frightening you can go outside survey some of the damage and wait for the second half of the
storm to hit so do you feel like an expert on hurricanes now do you have any hurricane
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