The Omaha Storm Chasers are a Minor League Baseball team founded just outside of Omaha, Nebraska in the city of Papillion. Due to the Storm Chasers being located in a high population, such as Omaha, the team can interest a larger community of fans that most Minor League teams can’t do. This outstanding Minor League team is affiliated as the Triple-A organization for none other than the defending World Series champions the Kansas City Royals, and has been affiliated with the Royals since 1969, giving the fans of the Royals a team to cheer for in Nebraska. The Storm Chasers play their games at the beautiful Werner Park, a place that provides wholesome entertainment and quality baseball games for the thousands of fans watching. This ballpark can hold up to 9,000 thrilled fans, also this unique park has a grass berm seating section in the outfield area, making the experience a little different than a regular ball game.
Hurricane Grace was a category 2 hurricane that was short lived in 1991. It emerged from a cold front that left the East coast of the United States. On October 28th a extratropical cyclone progressed along a cold front to the East of Nova Scotia. On Oct 27th, Hurricane Grace developed from a pre existing subtropical storm and was originally moving northeastward, had made a turn and headed east. Hurricane Grace was drifted upwards by its cold front into a warm zone of circulation of the deep cyclone on Oct 29th.
PASSPORTS AND VISAS DAMAGED BY HURRICANES HARVEY AND IRMA Following the devastation that ravaged Florida and Texas early September after Hurricane Harvey and Irma left hundreds homeless, jobless and emotionally distraught, America Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), in a bid to ease the suffering of immigrants published a document titled “CBP Practice Alert.” The document was targeted at foreign nationals owning water-damaged passports and visas as a result of Hurricane Harvey and Irma. Following the plague of Hurricane Harvey and Irma, the body (AILA), showed that many foreign residents had their passports or visas damaged by water. The association advised that foreign nationals with such water-damaged documents with the intent of travelling abroad either by air or through the borders should either have their passports/visas replaced before leaving or allow for ample time for application and replacements of new passport before
Statement of the Problem Among the events that have had a drastic shaping on human events throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are natural disasters. Often times, a natural disaster will leave residents of affected areas in a state of awe as they seek to understand what exactly happened. One such example is Hurricane Hugo.
Nathan Freibott Period 6 2/2/24 Hazel Bryan Expository Essay: Final Introduction September 4th, 1957, a day that went down in infamy. Hazel Bryan on this fateful day made the decision to scream obscenities at Elizabeth Eckford, one of the teenage girls from the Little Rock Nine. The consequences of her actions are nigh innumerable, having this incident, which occurred at 15, haunt her for life. Whether the issues she faced were irrationally cruel is a topic of contention, with some believing that the consequences she faced after the incident were wildly blown out of proportion. Some consequences of this day were the ostracization of Bryan from the Little Rock Nine, extreme backlash from the public and resentment from the people who were once closest to her.
Hurricane-Ready Homes Potential damage from a tropical cyclone might be the last thing you want to consider when searching for your new Florida home, but it should be a primary concern. Here’s why: good planning = peace of mind. Florida’s natural beauty and gorgeous climate stems from its tropical setting amid the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. That means the potential for Atlantic Basin storms during each year’s hurricane season — officially June 1 to November 30.
Tornados are one of the most weather phenomenons that we have. The Joplin tornado was one of the worst tornados that were recorded. This was also the deadliest tornado that has ever happened in the United States. These natural disasters were from Oklahoma all the way to North Carolina. There was over a 150 tornados that spawned from these natural disasters.
Hurricane Mitch, hurricane (equatorial storm) that destroyed Central America, specially Nicaragua and Honduras, in final of October 1998. Hurricane Mitch was known as the number two gravely Atlantic hurricane on world record, after the massive Hurricane of 1780. With millions left homeless and property damage of nearly 22 billion dirhams, it was also one of the most subversive. Hurricane Mitch created as a equatorial reduction in the southwestern Caribbean Sea on October 22. After being improved to a storm on October 24, Mitch entered a while of quick intensification, and by the afternoon of October 26, it had become gradually into a category 5 storm—the biggest average on the Simpson storms scale.
Response Comparison: Hurricane Katrina VS. San Bernardino Terrorist Attack Armstrong, Troy Union Institute & University Critical Incident Management-Response Course Spring 2022-2023 Term Instructor Ron Santo Abstract In comparison, there were many differences between the 2005 Hurricane Katrina response and the December 2015 response to the San Bernardino Terrorist Attacks. There were main strengths and opportunities for improvement identified in both responses specific to emergency services.
Galveston Hurricane: September 8, 1900. On September 8, a Category 4 hurricane ripped through Galveston, killing an estimated amount 6,000 to 8,000 people. A 15-foot storm flooded the city, which was then situated at less than 9 feet above sea level, and numerous homes and buildings were destroyed. On the day of September 8 ,1900 a Category 4 hurricane went through Galveston, Texas and around 6,000 to 8,000 people died.
Hurricane Joaquin manifested in the Atlantic Ocean on September 27 and made its way to the Eastern United States, constantly growing in size and intensity. The hurricane eventually reached the strength of a category four hurricane with wind speeds up to a 155 mph, only two mph shy from becoming a category five hurricane (Hurricane Joaquin Recap, 2015). Though many meteorologists suspected that the hurricane would make landfall in the mainland United States, it made a drastic turn to Bermuda, but, in turn, sent a low pressure system through all of South Carolina sending down torrential rainfall starting on October 1, 2015 (Hurricane Joaquin Recap, 2015). The rain continued through October 6, 2015, breaking precipitation records throughout South Carolina causing massive flooding in Charleston, Columbia, Myrtle Beach, and other surrounding cities. Charleston received 16.33” amount of rain in a period of five days, from October 1 to October 5, while Myrtle Beach received 15.5”, shattering both previous records for rainfall (Wiltgen, 2015).
Hurricane Patricia is the world's strongest hurricane or typhoon since at least 1970 when accurate satellite measurements of wind speeds began according to data gathered by meteorologist and hurricane expert Phil Klotzbach of Colorado State University. Another expert WeatherBell meterologist Ryan Maue said that storms before the satellite era can't be accurately ranked because of the poor quality of the historical records. Hurricane Patricia was a tropical cyclone that formed in the eastern Pacific and rapidly intensified into a Catagory 5 hurricane. Even more quickly than the storm strengthened it rapidly weakened over the rugged terrain of Mexico. Patricia initially formed on Oct 20 2015 and dissipated on Oct 24 2015 30 hours after peaking
In Indonesian, “Taufan” means hurricane. Hurricanes bring destruction and chaos. My last name is Taufan, so do I bring destruction? Do I bring chaos?
It is deemed the deadliest natural disaster in the U.S. history. It took down thirty-six hundred buildings. “Although the history of the hurricane’s track and its intensity are not fully known, U.S. Weather Bureau forecasters were aware of the tropical system as early as August 30, 1900.” (History.com Staff. “1900 Galveston Hurricane.”
The Storm Lightning crashes overhead as I race back into the house, dripping wet. I was just returning back from an adventure in the woods. The storm was unexpected, even the forecasters had never expected it. Luckily, I managed to make it back inside safely.