One
or two weeks ago, a huge hurricane arrived to the east cost of the United
States of America. And it was one of the biggest storms ever seen
in the country.
My
eldest sister was on vacations in NYC and the hurricane Sandy arrived to the
New Yersey coast in the middle of her third day in the city. She had no idea
what to do or how to behave during those days and she tried to get out of there
but it was impossible.
But,
what do we really know about hurracaines?
Hurracaines
are large tropical storms with heavy winds of 120kms per hour and with huge and
large areas of rainfall. The sea plays a funadmental role in the creation of a
hurricanes, because if the water is not warm enough the hurricane would never be
generated. There is a season of hurricanes that it the USA goes from the late
summer to the early fall of each year.
Hurricane
Sandy left million and million of dollars in losses and around 50 people dead
only in that country. Please remember that we are talking about the most
powerful country in the world so imagine the actual magnitude of this phenomenon.
Would
you imagine our lives if we lived in a country that could be hit by a hurricane
every year? How would you prepare youself for a imminent huge storm?
Think
about it a little bit and realize that an earthquake is not the worst thing
that can happend in a country.
If you want to know a little bit more about the conformation of a hurricane please click here
I disagree with you in some ideas, because I do think that an earthquake is worst than a hurricane! Hurricanes can be predicted, so the people can built refuges, shelters and stash supplies. But earthquakes cannot be predicted! If you remember, the famous 27F killed over 500 people and left without their homes to over 2 million people. And comparing that to a country which is "the most powerful in the world" their loss is so much insignificant.
ReplyDeleteAnd I think hurricanes are the way of the mother nature of paying back to Americans.