Hurricane Floyd by Alison O'Brien https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m Astronomy Project en-us 2020-03-20 21:02:18 UTC 2023-06-04 04:48:59 UTC hello@padlet.com HURRICANE FLOYD 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468493674 struck the Bahama's and the East Coast of the United States in 1999
- the third major hurricane in the 1999 Atlantic hurricane season]]> 2020-03-20 21:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468493674 HURRICANE 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468495938 - originated from a low pressure area in the Gulf of Honduras on September 7
- then drifted eastward in the next few days]]> 2020-03-20 21:05:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468495938 IMPACT (1) 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468499175 - the Pamlico River and estuarine environment are still suffering from damage today (NC)
- Millions of farm animals drowned in the flooding
- Nearly half of all the peanut, cotton, soybean, sweet potato, and tobacco crops were lost]]> 2020-03-20 21:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468499175 IMPACT (2) 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468505758 - between the U.S. and the Bahamas, there was an estimated $4.5 billion in damages
- Most of the roads east of I-95 were flooded
- Over 80,000 of their homes were destroyed or damaged, as were 75,000 of their cars and trucks (NC)]]> 2020-03-20 21:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468505758 IMPACT - LOCAL POPULATIONS 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468510521 - There were 57 deaths, 56 in the US and 1 in Grand Bahama Island
- 56,000 homes damaged
- 10,000 people housed in temporary shelters]]> 2020-03-20 21:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468510521 WHAT WAS HAPPENING? 1999 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468518158 - Snowstorm hits the Midwestern US in January
- Columbine High School Shooting in April
- The impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton opens in the U.S. Senate]]> 2020-03-20 21:34:15 UTC https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468518158 COMPARING HURRICANE FLOYD 20obriea https://padlet.com/20obriea/umfizibim65m/wish/468524188 Compared to Hurricane Matthew 
- Matthew was category 5 where Floyd was a large category 3
- they struck around the same time (September) however Mathew was in 2016
the image shows the difference between Matthew and Floyd

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