What You Need To Know About Hurricane Tracking Map

By Brooke Nash


Since then, humanity, properties and the environment has suffered changes and consequences to advancements. Natural disasters have been around for as long as mankind has, suffering through volcanic eruptions, floods and meteorological disasters. As they cannot be prevented or intervened on, man devised ways to be better prepared, such is the hurricane tracking map.

Hurricanes are tropical cyclones with violent winds, storm systems typified by low pressure systems and numerous thunderstorms that produce heavy rains and strong winds. They move in counter clockwise manner around an eye, having winds of at least 74 mph. As soon as it moves to land, comes heavy waves and rains and strong winds damaging houses, buildings and trees.

These heavy waves are called storm surge which is very dangerous and is the reason why one should stay away from the ocean during hurricane warnings or hurricanes. This disrupts shipping and may cause shipwrecks. Off shore, strong winds cause damage to properties and outside structures causing deadly projectiles. Flooding, loss of homes and limit to resources cause people to crowd making them susceptible to diseases.

Due to perilous effects, man has made conscious efforts to prepare for such disasters. Facilities like weather stations have instruments and equipment to observe atmospheric conditions. Information is then used for weather forecast and study of weather and climate.

Showcase of such efforts include hurricane trackers that are made available for the masses to keep themselves informed as to the status of the storm. Data is consolidated such as location, movement and wind speed, to name a few. Along the trackers, wind charts are available and you are given an option to receive alerts for updates.

In the past centuries, observation of the tropical cyclone is continually carried out. At the arrival of technology, evolution of methods in observation came, now using unmanned aerial vehicles, radars, satellites and planes. Actual activity of the storm is measured along the periphery where danger is lesser.

The authorities have done their part in providing much needed warnings and continue their observations. The public will need to do what they can to, if not prevent, then lessen the damage of disasters, efforts as tree planting, preventing illegal logging and policing the environment from improper disposals. Man does not have much when going against nature.

Mankind has invested much effort so that in the event of catastrophes warning on upcoming disasters can be given out. This allows for time to secure ones homes and ones life. Taking advantage of resources available, as a hurricane tracking map is imperative as so much can be saved by so little.




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