Are hurricanes avoidable?
373595
no. if people think hurricanes are because of global warming, what about the unnamed hurricane that racked new england in 1923?\nor Camille in 1969?\nthe word itself came from an old incan word for the god of war. so apparently they've been around for hundreds of years. they are not avoidable, unless you avoid the state they hit.
210554
Argentina could in theory be affected by a hurricane, but is definitely not in a region very favorable for hurricanes.  The southern Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Oceans are very rare to have any hurricanes because there is a lot of wind shear there and ocean temperatures are not as favorable.  There was one "named" storm in that region ever, which hit Brazil last year (though the government of Brazil denies it was a hurricane).  There is no formal tropical weather center for that region.  Argentina is also further south and thus cooler, and even less likely than Brazil to face a hurricane.  So while it is theoretically possible, the odds of Argentina seeing a hurricane in our lifetime are miniscule... so it's definitely not in/on a belt!
124844
To which hurricane are you referring to? Hurricanes never have done good. I have been through five or six in the past eleven years and it is not fun to sit through one worring if this is the worst of it. Evacuating is not much fun either as you worry if you have anything left. It is not only human lives that are disrupted or lost, but those of animals and the environment.
1185612
It only gets in the way if you ask me. I am from hurricane central so bureaucracy don't have a warm spot in my heart. When something needs to get done quickly, it only gets in the way==red tape and all..
42373
The formation of tropical cyclones (hurricanes) is the topic of extensive ongoing research, and is still not fully understood, however, there is a reasonably good article here to read up on current theories...\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane
681414
Legally, your employer CAN fire you for failing to show up for work, even during a hurricane.\n\nhere is an article on the issue:\nhttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/weather/hurricaneguide/orl-asecspechwork060505jun05,0,6899897.story?coll=orl-weather-hurr-lessons\n\nHope this helps!
564729
no. the problem is that all this "enforcement" costs money and time and we seem to want these things but then we get pissed when the govt tries to enforce them. Big govt is not good. We need to keep our selves safe. keep ourselves reponsible, and dammit, keep ourselves from dying from hurricanes ALL BY OURSELVES!
1043869
ALL nations have some natural hazards.  Anything from flooding, earthquake, drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, landslides, take you pick.  Mongolia is VERY unlikely to ever have a hurricane, by the way
88954
Actually, cyclones ARE another name for hurricanes - I post this directly, not changing the context one bit.\n\nIn meteorology, a cyclone is the rotation of a volume of air about an area of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are responsible for a wide variety of different meteorological phenomena such as tropical cyclones and tornadoes. Because of this, most weather forecasters avoid using the term cyclone without a qualifying term.\n\nTropical cyclones (also known as tropical storms, hurricanes and typhoons) are cyclones which form over warm (generally tropical) ocean waters and draw their energy from evaporation and condensation. They are characterized by a strong area of low pressure at the surface and an area of higher pressure aloft. Tropical cyclones are associated with strong thunderstorms, high winds, and flooding.\n\nIn North America, tornadoes are sometimes described as cyclones because they involve powerful winds around a low-pressure vortex. However, they differ from other cyclones by their very local nature; most cyclones are massive storms, while tornados are comparatively small but extremely powerful. Tornadoes occur on too local a scale for the Coriolis effect to determine the direction of rotation; for this reason tornado winds sometimes flow anticyclonically, or opposite the direction dictated by the Coriolis effect.
1140075
You raise an excellent question because coriolis forces caused by the direction of the eye with respect to the spin of the earth are very important in organizing the storm and its direction of rotation and natural rotation is reversed on opposite sides of the equator.  However, hurricanes have been known to stall or even reverse direction before continuing.  The hurricanes take enormous quantities of heat from the warm sea water and build up organized momentum that may have a life all its own.  When you let water out of bath tubs, there is a natural force (coriolis) that spins the whirlpools in opposite directions north and south of the equator; but you can start the whirlpool in the wrong direction buy hand and it will continue due to momentum.
269617
This is far better though.  Plug yourself into NASA.\n\nWatch hurricanes as they happen.\n\nhttp://goes.gsfc.nasa.gov/
608235
That would be low pressure. The center, or eye, of a hurricane always has low pressure.
1071536
They are called extra-tropical systems. An extra-tropical system would not normally have hurricane characteristics, such as an eye, therefore would not be called a hurricane...unless it developed into a warm core system. Easy, huh?
642334
Hurricanes are considered an act of God(or nature).The way our government is heading they could be the act of Satan!
197579
Well, I can tell you that hurricanes, if they stay around long enough, will errode the beachline tremendously.  Last year, one of Florida's hurricanes (or a combination of all three of them) erroded the line so badly that some of the original beachline motel foundations were showing.  AND...a bus that was burried since the 60's (by reckoning) actually showed up half-buried.  Now THATS alot of errosion.
538849
whal.. er, I mean hurricanes
472447
Okay I have been through many Hurricanes . Start Packing early . Even if you never use it you will still have it . \n1. Allot of water \n2. ICE Lots \n3. If you have a pool use the bad nasty water to flush your toilets .\n4.Flash lights Lots of new batters \n5. If they say there's  going to be a hurricane try to take a shower the night before . Don't put on or wear any make up .\nCause who knows when you'll get to take a shower next . \n6. Probable TV Radio with new batters \n7.Some thing to do to pass time like broad games \n8. If your taking any medication make sure you have enough.\n9. Can foods \n10 Gill get everything for a grill \n11. Candles \n13. Matches Lighters \n14 frist  AID Kit \n15. Bord up windows \n16. The light Spray bottles that run on Batters that you put water in . \n\nStuff like that you may not use it right away but you'll be happy when you have it ..