Furious winds shriek and wail outside your window. Rain lashes down in nearly horizontal sheets, pounding the earth. Howling gales bend trees over like toothpicks, blowing away roofs, tearing away wall sidings, and causing massive destruction. The hurricane is one of the most awesome shows of nature’s power, but humans have learned to protect, predict, and prepare themselves. To find out how you, too, can prepare yourself, read on!

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Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

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Furious winds shriek and wail outside your window. Rain lashes down in nearly horizontal sheets, pounding the earth. Howling gales bend trees over like toothpicks, blowing away roofs, tearing away wall sidings, and causing massive destruction. The hurricane is one of the most awesome shows of nature’s power, but humans have learned to protect, predict, and prepare themselves. To find out how you, too, can prepare yourself, read on!

[ back to graphics version ]

Forces of Nature: ThinkQuest 2000 (Team #C003603)

http://library.thinkquest.org/C003603/english/hurricanes/index.shtml