I have done a blog post on tornadoes, so I should probably do another storm. Just to keep up the tradition. This post is going to be about really big storms. Some people call them hurricanes, but I live life on risks. Hurricanes are super windy storms with a lot of rain. They have been really disastrous in the U.S. Hurricane Katrina was a big one that did a lot of damage. We also had Hurricane Sandy not long ago. We felt that here in Virginia, but not as bad as some states. America deals with a few hurricanes over years. Usually once a year, but we do not get them some years. Depends on how the weather feels, it has no boss. Hurricanes are really only counted as hurricanes once the winds reach 74mph and they can and have reached up to around 160mph. The diameter of hurricanes are 400 to 500 miles long sometimes. That's at least the length of three trucks in a row, I don't know though because I'm not a scientist. Can you even imagine a storm that big coming at you? Also hurricanes can have thunderstorms inside them as well as tornadoes, that is a triple threat you have to watch out for. Do not worry though. In the middle of a hurricane is this thing called the "eye." It is really not that windy amd surprisingly calm in the eye, so just chill in there a while. It can be roughly 20 miles long, so just manage to follow in it until it dies down. The strength of hurricanes rapidly lower once it hits land, so what you see going on in the ocean is not what you will receive. One last neat fact I swear. Hurricanes form over the ocean, as you know, but the water has to be at least around 80 degrees for them to stay a hurricane. Sayonara, I'm out.
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