2008 Woodie Awards
Hurricane Season Kicks it up a Notch
JD Casto
Issue date: 9/18/06 Section: News
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Hurricane Florence eyed Bermuda as it grew past Tropical Storm status and grew towards a Category Two storm. With its winds sustained at 90 mph it moved past Bermuda causing minimal damage.
Bermuda braced for Florence by closing down the airport and bus services. By Friday islanders rushed to convenient stores buying supplies. Store, of course, saw a spike in their sales due to the storm.
Hurricane Florence spared Bermuda from extensive damage - only a small section of their Causeway was damaged as well as two residential roofs.
Shortly after Hurricane Florence passed Bermuda, a new storm, Tropical Depression Seven, formed in the Atlantic. A storm is upgraded to Tropical Storm status when the max-sustained winds are higher than 39 mph. On Tuesday, Tropical Depression Seven was named Tropical Strom Gordon.
For a storm to be further upgraded to hurricane status, the max-sustained winds need to be 74 mph or greater. As of Wednesday T.S. Gordon was upgraded to a hurricane. Its winds were sustained at 90 mph. The NHC is forecasted that Gordon will strengthen to a Category Two storm later on Wednesday.
On Tuesday a new storm developed. The NHC forecasted that the storm would take 24 to 48 hours to intensify to a hurricane status. After this slow intensification, they said that the storm would strengthen more rapidly. As for a general location, their models conflict, but the NHC believe that T.D. eight will head toward the Leeward Islands.
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a one to five scale based on a hurricane's present winds, as apposed to the Fujita Scale used for determining the strength of tornadoes. The Fujita Scale is still a one to five scale, but it rates damage, not wind speeds.
A Category One hurricane has winds between 74 mph and 95 mph. Little to no damage is done to building structures; however, unanchored mobile homes, shrubberies and trees are primarily damaged. The storm surge is four to five feet above normal seas.
Bermuda braced for Florence by closing down the airport and bus services. By Friday islanders rushed to convenient stores buying supplies. Store, of course, saw a spike in their sales due to the storm.
Hurricane Florence spared Bermuda from extensive damage - only a small section of their Causeway was damaged as well as two residential roofs.
Shortly after Hurricane Florence passed Bermuda, a new storm, Tropical Depression Seven, formed in the Atlantic. A storm is upgraded to Tropical Storm status when the max-sustained winds are higher than 39 mph. On Tuesday, Tropical Depression Seven was named Tropical Strom Gordon.
For a storm to be further upgraded to hurricane status, the max-sustained winds need to be 74 mph or greater. As of Wednesday T.S. Gordon was upgraded to a hurricane. Its winds were sustained at 90 mph. The NHC is forecasted that Gordon will strengthen to a Category Two storm later on Wednesday.
On Tuesday a new storm developed. The NHC forecasted that the storm would take 24 to 48 hours to intensify to a hurricane status. After this slow intensification, they said that the storm would strengthen more rapidly. As for a general location, their models conflict, but the NHC believe that T.D. eight will head toward the Leeward Islands.
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale is a one to five scale based on a hurricane's present winds, as apposed to the Fujita Scale used for determining the strength of tornadoes. The Fujita Scale is still a one to five scale, but it rates damage, not wind speeds.
A Category One hurricane has winds between 74 mph and 95 mph. Little to no damage is done to building structures; however, unanchored mobile homes, shrubberies and trees are primarily damaged. The storm surge is four to five feet above normal seas.
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