Hurricanes Irma and Harvey were disasterous hurricanes. Choose one of these hurr

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Hurricanes Irma and Harvey were disasterous hurricanes. Choose one of these hurricanes, and discuss its formation and movement, including a discussion of the factors that led to their extreme size, winds, and rain. Then, think about the onshore effects of the hurricane: Could we have prevented these effects? Why or why not? Use a specific location to support your response. Finally, support or refute the claim that humans have the ability and technology to stop hurricanes from forming or lessen their intensity. Do you agree or disagree? Use specific examples.

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Hurricanes irma begin as tropical storms over the warm ocean waters near the equator. When this warm and wet air rises, it liquidises to form formidable dark clouds causing heavy rainfall; it also creates a low pressure zone near the surface of the water. Warm air is under higher pressure than cold air, so moves towards the space occupied by the colder, lower pressure air. As a result, the low pressure sucks in air from the warm surroundings, which then also rises.The continuous up-flow of warm and wet air continues to create clouds and rain and is twisted high in the atmosphere.

Irma is a category 5 for 3.25 days and a wind speed of 185mph for 37 hrs. The maximum total rainfall was almost 16 inches in Fort Pierce, Florida . Hurricane Irma’s extraordinary strength has caused a seemingly unusual meteorological phenomena: the eerie pushing of water away from shorelines in the Bahamas and the Gulf Coast of Florida

Hurricanes can't be stopped But the damage might have been less widespread, in both the Texas Gulf and Florida, if the government didn't subsidize flood insurance

If these turbine farms were setup in the band of the Atlantic and Pacific ocean where hurricanes/monsoons form, then this could suck enough energy out of the atmosphere to prevent or minimize hurricanes. The logistics of doing this will be immense but they might pay for themselves with the energy generated these method was accepted by most scientific scholors of the world .There suggestion is that these may or may not prevent the hurricans but it will minimize its energy thus causing us less damage . A hurricane is nature's way of moving heat from the equator to the poles. If you stop hurricanes, that heat is going to build up, and is going to find an outlet somewhere

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