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Disaster Math (from www.fema.gov/kidsApps)

1. Hurricane A has winds that are mov-ing at 124 miles per hour on Sunday. On Monday, Hurricane A’s winds have slowed down and are only going 94 miles per hour. What is the difference in the speed of the winds from Sunday to Monday?

2. There is a hurricane warning for the coast and three towns might have to evacu-ate: Palm Nut Beach (population 3,451), Femaville (popula-tion 1,256) and Sand-gate (population 7,436). What is the total num-ber of people who might have to evacuate from these three towns?

3. Tropical storms offi cially become hurricanes when they reach 74 miles per hour. Tropical Storm Z currently has winds of 59 miles per hour. How much do the winds of Tropical Storm Z need to speed up in order for the storm to become a hurricane?

You are the reporter!Read through the newspaper to cre-

ate interview questions about the recent wind storm.

Interview classmates and write a short article about how classmates survived the storm and power outages.

Compare articles with classmates.

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How Do Hurricanes Get Their Names?All hurricanes have names to help us identify and track storms

as they move across the ocean. Since more than one storm can happen at a time, each one has a name so that we don’t get confused.

So who decides what names are used each year? The World Meteorological Organization uses six lists in rotation. The same lists are reused every six years. The only time a new name is added is if a hurricane is very deadly or costly. Then the name is retired and a new name is chosen.

Hurricane

Where were you on Sunday, September 14, 2008?

Were you outside playing? Visiting relatives? Or were you at home watching the trees being tossed around and split into pieces? Many were at home watching the remnants of Hurricane Ike sweep through the lower parts of the Ohio Valley causing damage to houses and many people to lose power in their home. Wind gusts were estimated at more than 70 miles per hour and traveling was very dangerous. But is it as dangerous as the actual hurricane? Not even close!

Hurricanes are giant, spiraling tropical storms with wind speeds which can reach over 160 miles an hour and can unleash more than 2.4 trillion gallons of rain a day. These same tropical storms are known as cyclones in the northern Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal, and as typhoons in the western Pacifi c Ocean.

• When winds are greater than 74 mph, the storm is considered a hurricane.

• The Saffi r-Simpson Hurricane Scale defi nes hurricane strength by categories. A Category 1 storm is the weakest hurricane (winds 74-95 mph); a Category 5 hurricane is the strongest (winds greater than 155 mph).

• The category of the storm does not nec-essarily relate directly to the damage it will infl ict. Lower category storms can cause sub-stantial damage depending on what oth-er weather features they interact with, where they strike, and how slow they move.

Anatomy of a Hurricane• Most hurricanes are about 300 miles wide but can vary in size.• The eye at a hurricane’s center is a relatively calm, clear area approximately 20-40 miles across.

• The eyewall surrounding the eye is made of thick clouds that contain the highest winds in the storm.

• The storm’s outer rainbands are made up of thick bands of thunderstorms ranging from a few miles to tens of miles wide and 50 to 300 miles long.

• Hurricane-force winds can reach outward to about 25 miles in a small hurricane and to more than 150 miles for a large one. Tropical storm-force winds can stretch out as far

as 300 miles from the center of a large hurricane.• The right side of a hurricane is usually the most dangerous in terms of storm surge,

winds, and tornadoes.• A hurricane’s speed and path depend on complex ocean and atmospheric interac-

tions, including the presence or absence of other weather patterns. This complexity of the fl ow makes it very diffi cult to predict the speed and direction of a hurricane.

ArthurBerthaCristobalDollyEdouardFayGustav

HannaIkeJosephineKyleLauraMarcoNana

OmarPalomaReneSallyTeddyVickyWilfred

2008 Hurricane Names*

* The lists contain names that begin from A to W, but exclude names that begin with Q or U.

1.) 30 miles per hour; 2.) 12,143 people;3.) 15 miles per hour

Answers to Disaster Math

A Few Hurricane Facts

Source: http://geography.about.com/od/physicalgeography/a/2008names

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Text sources:

http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson015.shtml

http://www.weatherwizkids.com/hurricane1.htm

http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/hurricane-profi le.html

MathematicsAnalyze and solve multi-step problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers

ScienceAnalyze weather and changes that occur over a period of time

Language ArtsPre-writing: Generate ideas through discussion with others and from printed material