jueves, 25 de noviembre de 2010

HURRICANE KARL

The theme is about Hurricane Karl, which catastrophically impacted in the port of Veracruz; with a magnitude in the years he has founded Villa Rica de Veracruz has been observed.

Let's start by defining points, which is a hurricane? A hurricane is a tropical storm with strong winds circulating around an area of low pressure. When wind speed reaches about 110 km an hour, the storm is officially classified as a hurricane.

The classification of hurricanes also come in categories according to the Saffir-Simpson scale, which is a scale that classifies tropical cyclones as the wind speed, given by the founders Herbert Saffir Civil Engineering and Director of the Center U.S. National Hurricane Bob Simpson.

Having defined the terms by which classifies and defines a hurricane, we start by mentioning that this hurricane nominated Karl was the sixth hurricane that formed in the current season. According to relevant research on the journey that brought the hurricane, originated in the Caribbean and slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula as a strong tropical storm, to emerge into the Gulf of Mexico where it gradually reorganized to reach Category 3.

The category 3 hurricane which took this, according to the Saffir-Simpson: "Structural damage to small buildings. Destruction of mobile homes. Flooding destroys small buildings in coastal areas and drifting objects can cause major damage to buildings. Possibility of inland flooding. "Some hurricanes that have been in this category have been Hurricane Bonnie, Hurricane Diana, Hurricane Erin and the last best known: Hurricane Catarina.

The hurricane was turning trip to the coast of Veracruz, was given the warning in the state of Veracruz and especially in the port would have its greatest impact as a hurricane with this category is taken into account. The port Hurricane took a surprise to some people, because the absence of a culture against such contingencies, people did not take all precautions and at the time of impact caused havoc.

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