Photo in the News: Monster “Hurricane” Spotted on Saturn
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- Photo in the News: Monster “Hurricane” Spotted on Saturn
- Frequently asked questions: Tornadoes
- Alone forlon after the storm: FR HURRICANE WILMA VICTIMS STILL…
- Insurers like Allstate profit after hurricane season busts – November…
- Company quits hurricane game.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(In the House)(Column)
Photo in the News: Monster “Hurricane” Spotted on Saturn
National Geographic – Nov 13, 2006
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft recently captured these images (taken in visible light [left] and infrared) of a massive hurricane-like storm at Saturn’s south pole the first such phenomenon ever spotted on another planet. Much like an Earth-bound hurricane the storm features a well-developed central eye and columns of towering clouds. But this cyclone could not only dwarf any Earthly storm it could also virtually swallow the Earth itself measuring a monstrous 5000 miles (8000 kilometers) across. The cyclone is swirling over the pole at 350 miles (550 kilometers) an hour whipping up Saturn’s ammonia clouds at speeds much higher than the winds inside Jupiter’s Great Red Spot. Despite its familiar-looking eye however Saturn’s enormous storm probably isn’t a true hurricane scientists say. Hurricanes typically drift over the warm ocean waters from which they draw their energy; the newfound storm appears to be fixed in place and Saturn has no liquid seas… Hurricanes typically drift over the warm ocean waters from which they draw their energy; the newfound storm appears to be fixed in place and Saturn has no liquid seas. News of the unusual discovery is stirring up a tempest among scientists who are studying the storm to find out how it formed. “It looks like a hurricane but it doesn’t behave like a hurricane” said Andrew Ingersoll a member of Cassini’s imaging team at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. “Whatever it is we’re going to focus on the eye of this storm and find out why it’s there. —Blake de Pastino•. nationalgeographic.
Frequently asked questions: Tornadoes
USA Today – Nov 13, 2006
n the previous Fujita scale an F6 tornado was technically possible but none was ever recorded. For a tornado to have received an F6 rating on the old scale it would have to produce severe damage never before observed with estimated wind speeds of 319 mph. n May 3 1999 using a portable radar device.
Alone forlon after the storm: FR HURRICANE WILMA VICTIMS STILL…
Free with registration – Miami Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 13, 2006
“Watching everyone else move on is hard” said Cindy Rust 42 who has lived a government-issued trailer in C. Smith Park in Pembroke Pines since December after her own mobile home blew apart in the. CPYRIGHT 2006 The Miami Herald.
Insurers like Allstate profit after hurricane season busts – November…
CNNMoney.com – Nov 13, 2006
It’s still possible that a major storm will plow through the Gulf but getting less likely every day: Hurricane season ends on Nov. So it now appears that the oh-so-feared hurricane season of 2006 will end up a complete bust. That’s great news for everyone from grandmas in Boca Raton to shrimpers in Mobile to giant insurance companies – especially to giant insurance companies. They’re minting money right now… As a homeowner you might think that increases in insurance premiums are a nasty thing. But if state regulators had allowed for bigger annual rate hikes along the way there might be less pain now. Mother Nature pulls a fast oneThe expectations for this year’s hurricane season were so dire because folks extrapolated from 2004′s and especially 2005′s extraordinary storms. (And it’s not all about Katrina; eight major hurricanes hit Florida over the past two years. )Prognosticators tell us that we entered an era in which powerful storms would roar out of the Caribbean and crash into the U. with increasing regularity.
Company quits hurricane game.(BUSINESS WEEKLY)(In the House)(Column)
Free with registration – Sarasota Herald-Tribune – AccessMyLibrary.com – Nov 13, 2006
Company quits hurricane game. (13-NV-06) Sarasota Herald Tribune. But Gulf Coast Hurricane Armor a Charlotte County firm is getting out of th… (13-NV-06) Sarasota Herald Tribune. But Gulf Coast Hurricane Armor a Charlotte County firm is getting out of th.