Weather and Emergency Rescue by Andrew Zondlo

Weather and Rescue Vehicles

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-23 18:20:34 UTC

Hurricanes

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-23 18:21:03 UTC

A hurricane is A tropical development that forms in warm waters. In the Atlantic, the many hurricane season is in between June 1 and November 30.

[Hurricanes, by An Imagination Library, pg 10]

U.S. Coast Guard

vijay_ramakrishnan — 2019-01-23 18:27:08 UTC

The U.S. Coast Guard is in charge of maritime safety, maritime mobility, and maritime security. [Careers in the U.S. Coast Guard, by Edward F. Dolan, Pg. 14]

Three basic responsibilities: To protect the public, to protect the environment, and to protect the nation's economic and security interests in any ocean, coastal region, port, or inland waterway where they are threatened. [Careers in the U.S. Coast Guard, by Edward F. Dolan, Pg. 12]

U.S. Coast guard

joseph_gardner3 — 2019-01-23 18:39:12 UTC

Through rich and poor times and through several name changes over the years the service has survived.Today nearly 200 years old, the U.S. Coast Guard is the nation's oldest continuous seagoing force Pg 10

Why Did Hurricane Michael Become such a Monster Storm So Quickly?

vijay_ramakrishnan — 2019-01-24 18:23:40 UTC

Summary: In the text "Why Did Hurricane Michael Become such a Monster Storm So Quickly?" the author examines hurricanes, to explain how certain things can make a hurricane into a monster quickly. The author makes his point by saying things like

"A lack of friction from land also allowed...to keep gaining strength over time"

Summary: Hurricane Harvey

joseph_gardner3 — 2019-01-24 18:26:12 UTC

Hurricane Harvey hit Houston Texas and left with almost 3,000 people on there roof tops. To rescue a lot of people they needed to use boats and helicopters. The flood got so bad that it could fill the second floor of the hotels.

The Billion dollar disasters

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-24 18:34:52 UTC

In the article "The Billion dollar disasters" The article explains the billion dollar disasters of 2018. Also, It explained the effect we are having on the climate, and how climate change is causing these billion dollar disasters. I also noticed that 15 of the diasters were caused because of hurricanes

Summaries

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-24 18:36:58 UTC

What is a Hurricane?

vijay_ramakrishnan — 2019-01-24 18:41:23 UTC

Summary: In the text, "What is a Hurricane," the author examines hurricanes, and their origins, to figure out how they are made, and what they are made of. The author has some main ideas like the speeds of hurricanes, and how they are classified.

Hurricanes are large, swirling storms with winds of 119 KM per hour (74 mph) or higher

It is not clear to scientists how a hurricane forms, but they know it is

two main ingredients are necessary: warm water and winds

A Hurricanes effect on wind farms

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-24 18:44:43 UTC

In the article "A hurricanes effect on wind farms", the article explained how Hurricane Maria effected wind farms in Porto Rico. In the article, there was a wind farm that got destroyed, and one that was undamaged and supplied tons of energy for the people of that area.

Summary: How hurricane Harvey ruined lives

joseph_gardner3 — 2019-01-24 18:47:54 UTC

Hurricane Harvey ruined people's lives because their homes were destroyed because of the flooding that Harvey had with it. Many people were homeless after Hurricane Harvey hit Houston people to this day still worrier that there will be another hurricane like that.

Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms On Earth

aston_yuan — 2019-01-25 18:26:43 UTC

In the article, "Hurricanes: The Greatest Storms On Earth" talks about how a hurricane is formed, the article. It also explains how the categories of a hurricanes.

Rescue Vehicles

aston_yuan — 2019-01-25 18:51:16 UTC

Rescue vehicles can vary from cars and trucks to helicopters. Ambulances can give medical support if needed. It has sirens to alert that there is someone. Fire trucks can extinguish fire, and have equipment to rescue people that are in danger. Fire trucks just like ambulances also have sirens. Police cars are marked in a unique way so people can tell that it is a police car. Police cars have sirens as well. Tow trucks might not seem like a rescue vehicle, but it does tow vehicles that are out of commission. Rescue helicopters are almost like ambulances that fly. They can treat injuries too, they can also pick up people from rescue boats.

Hurricanes

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-29 18:39:16 UTC

In our summaries, we have said a lot about how hurricanes are increasing in numbers in the past years because of global warming.

Rescue Vehicles

TalonFlame70 — 2019-01-29 18:43:03 UTC

I've noticed that Rescue Vehicles are connected to hurricanes and the Coast guard because when a hurricane strikes a area, Rescue Vehicles and the coast guard have to go to the place that got hit and rescue and to protect the people

Tornadoes

aston_yuan — 2019-02-04 18:04:59 UTC

In the article, "Tornadoes" examines how tornadoes are formed and what they are. It also talks about how it is ranked on the Fujita scale.