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Did meteorologists help save people's lives when hurricane Andrew hit Florida?
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∙ 9y ago
Yes, they were warned too well, you might say. Almost the entire East Coast was under a hurricane warning at some point because Floyd was very difficult to predict exactly were it would recurve to the north. If it recurved any later, it would have struck different parts of the East Coast. As it happened, it just hit eastern NC and was weaker than expected. So people knew well out in advance that this storm was coming, but the forecast was not particularly good (nor easy, of course) for its exact track and intensity.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoTo a limited degree, yes. Meteorologists track tropical weather systems and analyze them to determine how likely they are to develop into tropical cyclones (tropical depressions, tropical storms, or hurricanes). By looking at conditions in and around a tropical cyclone scientists can estimated where a hurricane will probably go and how strong it will likely be. However, predictions more than 5 days into the future lose accuracy rapidly.
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∙ 9y agoMeteorologists did help to save people's lives during Hurricane Andrew. Meteorologists issues warnings of the hurricane's severity and told residents to evacuate.
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What year did hurricane Andrew hit in florida?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in august of 1992.
What category when hurricane Andrew made landfall?
when hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 it came in a cat. #5
What date did hurricane andrew hit Florida and Louisiana?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on August 24, 1992 and Louisiana on August 26.
What cities were hit by hurricane Andrew?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida the most severely. It also hit Louisiana and the Bahamas. Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia were hit by only the outer parts of Hurricane Andrew.
What was the highest category reached by hurricane Andrew?
Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with a category 5 on August 24th 1992.
What year did hurricane Andrew hit in florida?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in august of 1992.
Where did hurricane Andrew strike?
Florida
What category when hurricane Andrew made landfall?
when hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992 it came in a cat. #5
What date did hurricane andrew hit Florida and Louisiana?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida on August 24, 1992 and Louisiana on August 26.
Where did hurricane Andrew occur?
bahamas, louisiana, and florida
What cities were hit by hurricane Andrew?
Hurricane Andrew hit Florida the most severely. It also hit Louisiana and the Bahamas. Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia were hit by only the outer parts of Hurricane Andrew.
What was the highest category reached by hurricane Andrew?
Hurricane Andrew hit South Florida with a category 5 on August 24th 1992.
Where did Hurricane Andrew occur in 1992?
Hurricane Andrew did it's most destruction in South Florida, but it also affected the Bahamas and Louisiana.
Has there ever been a hurricane Andrew?
Yes. Hurricane Andrew struck Florida and the U.S. Gulf Coast in 1992. Andrew is one of the most well-known and destructive hurricanes in U.S. history.
Where Hurricane Andrew made landfall?
It made landfall in the Bahamas, Florida (where Hurricane Andrew was at it's peak intensity), and New Orleans. These places were hit the hardest. Other places were skimmed by the very outer wind bands of Hurricane Andrew.
Worst hurricane that cost at least 30 billion in Florida?
Hurricane Andrew, August 24th 1992 this was a Cat. #5 the most powerful hurricane there is.
What caused Hurricane Andrew to move along the coast?
Hurricane names are named by when the hurricane happens. Andrew was the first storm of the 192 Atlantic hurricane season so it got an "A" name. (i.e. first hurricane of season might get the name Ally and the second Barry and the third Corinne, etc.) The meteorologists at the National Hurricane Center comes up with a list of 21 names for each hurricane season. If a hurricane is really wild, the name will be taken out and replaced by another one beginning with the same letter. Names are used every 6 years (like I said, wild hurricane names are taken out). If the number of hurricanes exceeds 21, then meteorologists will need to use Greek letter names. In 2005, there were so many hurricanes that they ran out of names and used the Greek letter names such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon, and Zeta. Hope this helped!! :)
