Hurricane - John

Dear Uncle Randy,

It seems like only yesterday that hurricane hit. Since my last post, I've have split my time between helping others and watching my siblings. Everyone is alright, just a little scared is all. Fortunatly, the storm soon stopped. Me some others went out to find more supplies and I took my digital camera and took some pics. Although only one got into here:

I've also done some additional research for hurricanes (this is getting interesting and I would think I should be hurricane savvy since it happened to me). Environmentally, these storms create storm surges, big "domes" of water thaat sweep across the hurricane's landing point and these can wash away beaches, plus they uproot trees. Economically, the costliest storm was Hurricane Andrew. There was an estimated $25 billion ($25,000,000,000.00) worth of damage. Now for humans, these storms impact us in many ways. They lift boats, destroy houses, roofs are torn off, large trucks are lifter cables and wires are ripped apart, and people have little chance of survival outdoors. Nationwide, hurricanes have an avg. of 17 deathes while it's floods have 147 per year.

Well, thats all for now, I might not get back to you at all because so much is to be done so wish me luck. Bye!

-John

P.S. Click here for damage caused by hurricanes.

Thunderstorm Day 3- Brittany

Howdy grandmommy and pop! Momma and poppa are home, safe and sound! As for the property though not so much! The storm did get classified as a severe storm. The wind speed got up to 67 mph and the hail size was that of a dollar coin. There are tree limbs all over the place and trash all over the yards and streets. What is so amazing is that there is a tree split right down the middle! It's such a sight grandmommy. My neighbor has a big mess out in her yard. She has a big family which equals lots of trash so there are 5 trash cans full of trash scattered all in her yard! In this storm there was only 1 death and one guy in critical condition from lightning but will be okay. This is actually a great number though grandmommy because on average about 152 deaths from hail, lightning, flooding, and tornadoes a year. Storms really do affect humans; people loose their homes, their cars, and sometimes even their animals and their own lives. There is also a huge economic impact from severe storms. 580 million dollars a year is spent on fixing transportation things like air planes, boats, cars. FEMA spends 8-9 million dollars just on disaster relief. The country also spends about 12.5 BILLION dollars on property and agriculture damage. The good thing though is that I’m safe and plan on staying that way. Just make sure ya listen out for the weather and if I hear anything I will let ya’ll know right away! I love ya’ll lots and lots like tater tots. Xoxo. Be safe, talk to ya soon!

Day 3 Thunderstorms - Alaina

Hey Grammi and Pop. How is it going? Well good news for us, the huge storm has passed and it was horrendous! It was crazy. The wind going so fast we heard it, the siding was creaking and the house felt like it could fall over any second. It didn't but some other things did. When we woke up this morning the storm was over but the evidence was clear as day. A massive storm had definitely been there. We went outside both of our trash cans were across and down the street. Dad made us run down and get them, in pajamas! Then the power went out for a little while because they were saying some trees went down on the power lines. But we got lucky the trees didn't come down on anyones house. People die every year because of tree crashes onto their houses or lightning strikes. Sometimes people get hail the size of baseballs and golf balls. That's really dangerous to go out in that because what if it hit you? The hailalso costs a lot of money too, the hail damages cars buildings everything. You might not think they are that dangerous but they are one of the most dangerous and common storms. A double whammy. There is also flooding which we did get. Out in the backyard we have a part that is lower that the other parts and it has about 3 inches of water. The ground is really soggy, when the dogs went outside they were sinking almost. I am suspecting

that the repairs and such

will probably be about 1 to 2 million dollars. They were showing all the damage on the TV..... well before the power went out. We got through it though. I guess we are going to be expecting some more storms. Hopefully not as bad. Everything will be fine! I can't wait until you

guys come to visit.

I'll Talk to you again later, Alaina

Tornado- Anthony- Day 3

Dear Sarah,

The devastation of this tornado is terrible. First of all the house i was living was completely torn apart. Also all of the crops that were once there are now gone. Even the trees have been uprooted which means some of the animals that live in them wont have a home. Including the animals that might have had time to move they are probably all dead. Every where I look there are houses and cars torn apart. There is going to bee alot of funirals because most of the peopl that live around here dont have a well buiol and strucured house. Don"t worry im fine and so is the dog. I should be home soon although im going to stay here a while and help the people that live around here clean up. if you need anymore info on what i might be doing to help these people click here.

Tornados Jayson Day 3

Dear Fernando

Its been about 10 hours I'm in my bunker. When I peeked out the sun was shining. Then all the sudden fish came falling down. I first thought it was hail. My house was completly safe but when I went to the back the lake was sucked up and my deck was completely destroyed. But I'm thank full my house was'nt destroy. But I felt bad for my next door neghiboors house and it was completly destroyed. I went looking under the rubble. To look for them but I found laying down under all the rubble and they were dead.

I think in my head how many more people out there need help. There can be alot of people injured from debree heading there head. Or there house proabaly collapse over them. Or how many people could have died from the hail because there like a size of a basketball. So pretend your in dodge ball and there using basketballs that come at you a 20 to a 60 miles per an hour. Or that there cuts are left open or if they break bones and they were not treated for there wounds. Bacteria could get in there body. This will cause major problems in the economy if a lot of people died or if there sick.

The torndos destruction left building destroyed. Including business building like walmart BJ's and Mcdonalds. It would leave many people with a jobs and to not have enough money to pay there taxes. Also the company who put that building there because they have to construct it. Bridges and roads and airports were destroyed so people can get around to there jobs. Or that the tornado pulled trees from the ground. That sometimes block the roads. To know more click here.

Torndoes can cause mass destruction in the enviroment. Farms could have been destroy like the tomatoe farm was completly destroyed. So now were going to have to pay extra for tomatoes. The landscape has change to like a forest could have a path now because the tornado could cut right trought it. Like it did to my deck but I'm okay and I'll being you soon.

Jayson

Tornados Day 3-Kathryn

Dear Uncle Sean,

The storm is finally over! My house and I made it through in one piece. A lot of debris was being blown around outside but my house didn't have any major damages. The tornado did cause lots of damages. There are millions of dollars worth of damages throughout the pathway of the tornado. It destroyed houses and many businesses. People are loosing their homes and their properties and don't have the money to pay for the damages. The tornado went through several farms and their farms, livestock, and crops were destroyed. This greatly effected the economy of our state.

There was much damage to the plants and environment around the area of the tornado. The large hail and trees damaged all different kinds of plants and ecosystems. Crops of the farmers were damaged and now have to be grown all over again. Lots of trees were ripped out of the ground and destroyed. Animals were affected as well. Especially many types of birds that couldn't fly away from the tornado fast enough. Forests were damaged by trees falling out of the tornado and trees falling on top of other trees. It affected many different aspects of the environment.

Many people were affected by the tornado. Only several people died, but over a hundred were injured. The power lines were knocked down and lots of people had no power. The wind and debris from the tornado caused the power lines to go down. Many people lost their homes to the tornadoes destructive path. Their properties were also damaged. Some cant pay for the damages and will have to move away and others will have to try to pay to fix their properties. But I am glad this storm is finally over and Delaware will try to repair the damage done by this tornado.

Sincerely, Kathryn.

Dear Christine,

Thanks for all of the tips on thunderstorms! They helped the whole family be prepared for this monster. Now do you have any tips for after the storm because none of us know what were doing! What do you do with all the humongous tree limbs that broke off? Do you know how long it takes for all the dirty water from the flooding to finally evaporate? So many questions such little time, well at least before the storm hits you guys in Massachusetts.

I wish i could at least watch the news to know what is going on outside of my house. But, a bolt of lightning striked the power lines. It is said that the power will be out for about a week. WHOOPEE! When i peeked out the windows the big chunks of hale were still sitting on the sidewalks waiting to be picked up, they are practically the size of baseballs! They destroyed almost everything under them. They damaged cars, buildings, tree's, mailboxes, anything else, you name it! It's ashame on how much money will need to be spent to fix everything.

With the high winds, hail, lightning, flooding, and tornadoes from this thunderstorm it damaged marine transportation, air planes, boats, and cars. They are spending the most money on air transportation, approxamitley 580 million. Thats entirely insane! I wish they could find a way to prevent thunderstorms,like this one, from happening. Oh yeah and did i mention, on top of that whopping amount of money they are spending 8-9 million on disaster relief and 12.5 billion worth of property and agriculture damage.

I'm so lucky that i'm not one of the people to get struck by a bolt of lightning. On our weather radio they reported about 5-10 deaths accured during this particular storm. But an average per year is 152 and not just from the lightning for all the other "symptoms" in a storm. Who knew?

Our food supply is low since we havnt gotten to go out and stock up in about a week! And we arent allowed to drink any tap water, since it may not be clean. I've been living off of orange juice and milk (yuck!). The gas station down the street is long gone! So i guess this means no more gas for miles :(.

O well, it seems really scary right now, but each day it gets a little better! Thanks for the tips and i hope my warning will have you even more prepared then i am. So stock up on food and make sure you always have a flashlight with you incase your power also goes out. Thanks again! Well our laptop is dead so i cant email you back after this but if you want to look up more facts click ">here.

Love,

Emily♥