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__Hurricanes __

**Hello, everyone my name is Thomas. I go to Mary Institute Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS)** **in St. Louis, Missouri. This wiki contains a lot of information about Hurricanes. The purpose of this project is how does geography effect how people live their lives. There will be a little bit about an expert, some science hear and there. A list of do's and don'ts and a list of before, during, and after. A story in the news, a current event, and a historical event. On average 5 hurricanes happen every 3 years in the United States. Want to read more?** **Scroll down!** [|MICDS School Website Home Page] [|St. Louis Missouri] media type="custom" key="12340510" __[|MICDS Weather Station]__ Click Here For My Amazing Power Point
 * Thomas C. **
 * 5B1 **
 * 2/21/12 **


 * Natural Disaster Current Event **


 * Title: "Worst year for storms since 2008." **
 * Author: Rice Doyle **
 * Date: 2/13/12 **
 * Source: //USA Today// 7 Nov. 2011: 03A. //Gale Science in Context//. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. [] **

**For this paragraph I will be talking about a treacherous hurricane that ripped through the east cost line of the Top of** ** [|South America] ** **and [|Cuba].** ** The hurricane is Hurricane Tomas. H **** urricane Tomas took place in 2010, on October 29, to November 7. **** This hurricane's eye was a width of 35-46 miles! All the damage cost $ 652 million (USD)! At least 69 know people were killed. **
 *  This article discusses this past year 2011 and how bad of a year it was for hurricanes and tropical storms. This past year as you can see from the title was the worst year for storms since 2008. It was the costliest and deadliest. There were 17 major hurricanes and tropical storms in 2011. The two that caused the most people dying and the most cost of damage were Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. First, Hurricane Irene came and ripped through the east coast of the United States in late August. Then, Tropical Storm Lee came and started out from the west of the Gulf of Mexico and went east towards Florida. “ The season was above average, but not to the level of what we were predicting," said meteorologist Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State. Along the east coast and south eastern corner of the United States many people suffered from flooding and flash flooding. They also had no power, I would think it would be out for about 1 and a half of a week tops. If I was in either or both of those hurricanes I would have stayed in the basement and had a radio and made sure that the house didn’t flood or take any serious damage. This article is important to science because it deals with the weather and our nature around us. **

** This is the during and after paragraph. If you ** ** are in a hurricane stay inside and don't go close to any doors or windows. Don't drive in salt water. Don't drive until authorities say it's safe. Use flashlights, not candles. Before the hurricane if you don't **** want your home do get severel y damaged secure your property. **

**__Thanks:__** [|Wikipedia-Hurricane Tomas] [|FEMA (Natural Disasters)] World Book Encyclopedia Gary, Barnes "Hurricane" World Book Encyclopedia Vol. 9 Chicago, IL World Book Inc. 2007