Hurricane

Topics related to hurricanes:
- hurricane: a violent tropical storm that forms over an ocean / winds over 74 miles per hour
 * tropical storms
 * typhoons: a hurricane in the China seas / when hurricanes are in the western Pacific and hit Japan and the Philippines
 * cyclones: a hurricane in the southwest Pacific and Indian oceans (they would hit India or Australia)
 * storm surge: a huge wave of seawater that can engulf the coast when a hurricane hits land.
 * satellite tracking, use of aircraft and Doppler radar to track the movement of hurricanes
 * categories of a hurricane measured by strength and damage caused
 * Coriolis force
 * how fast are the wind?
 * how long do they last?
 * advantages of hurricanes
 * 24-hour warning systems

__Questions you could ask__:

 * Which hurricane happened first? / When did the first hurricane happen? - snappy?
 * Which hurricane has been the biggest in history? -- area it covers? lives lost? economical destruction?
 * **Are tornados getting worse? What is the evidence? What sorts of technology can be used to better predict hurricnes? BILLY**
 * **How was the naming system for hurricanes developed? What sorts of changes would you implement if you were in charge of reinventing this system?**
 * **How do you measure hurricanes and what do the different categories mean in terms of destruction?**
 * **How do satellites help in analyzing weather data and what type of satellites are used?**
 * **What correlation is there between __why__ a hurricane happens and __when__ they develop?**
 * **What are the immediate and lasting effects of a hurricane on an area's plants and animals?** AISSA
 * **Are hurricanes getting fiercer and more frequent or can scientists just detect and monitor them better now?** **(also looking at the history of hurricanes) ROWAN**
 * **How would you survive in a hurricane? What preperations would you make?**
 * **What happens to a hurricane as it moves from the ocean to the land? (stength, damage)**
 * **Is there an area (like Tornado Alley) where hurricanes happen more frequently than anywhere else?**
 * **What are the effects of hurricanes on water transportation? WREN**
 * **What is it like in the eye of a hurricane and how does it affect us? MEGAN P**
 * **Why do hurricanes have eyes and what happens to create them? CASSIA**