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Hurricane Control Center

You are in charge of giving your county directions and information for the upcoming

hurricane. Are you up to the task?

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Predict: Are we in danger of a hurricane?

• Here are the facts:• The date is : August 24• Location: Palm Beach, Florida• Weather conditions: Hot and muggy, sunny• Waves: calm

• Which of these conditions help determine if a hurricane may be on the horizon? Use this hurricane link to explain.

• Click the back button to come back to this page.

6:30 AM

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• The hurricane

Watch: What shapes and patterns do

the satellites show?

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Watch: What patterns do the satellites show?

7:30 AM

Label your satellite picture.

Where are the winds strongest?

Where are the winds weakest?

Use this link for help in labeling the eye of the storm on the satellite image.

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Identify the type of weather:

You have discovered that winds of 113 miles per hour are coming your way. They will be here in about 36 hours.

Link to find out the category of the hurricane.

find out what type of alert warning you need to issue to the public.

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The people are in a panic. Nobody knows what to do. It is up to you to form a plan to calm down the population for Palm Beach..

Prepare: What should we do?

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Prepare the Public

• Use this link and prepare a written statement in your own words. Include the type of alert and category of the storm.

• Tell the people, how to prepare for the hurricane. Give them three tips on staying safe in a hurricane.

• When you are done. Click on the News Broadcaster and record your message for the Weather Channel. Save you recorded message. NEXT

Watch the storm

Sit safely in your own shelter and watch the storm develop.

What type of damage do you predict? NEXT

Aftermath of the Hurricane

The hurricane is finally over! But the Damage is done….

Link to the pictures of the damage. Click on the Photo link to view photos of Hurricane Katrina’s Damage.

Choose one picture that affects you.Write 3 sentences about what you see. Write a few sentences describing how

the people of Palm Beach Florida feel.

Write a few sentences about how the people of Palm Beach can be helped.

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