Notable Hurricanes
This 2005 hurricane was one of the most devastating in U.S. history.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This U.S. state is hit most frequently by hurricanes.
What is Florida?
This is the minimum wind speed (in mph) a storm must reach to be classified as a hurricane.
What is 74 mph?
These aircraft fly into hurricanes to collect data on wind speed, pressure, and structure.
What are Hurricane Hunters?
This NCAA football team is famously known as "The U."
Who are the Miami Hurricanes?
This 2012 storm combined with a nor'easter to cause major damage in New York and New Jersey.
What is Hurricane Sandy?
This U.S. region is often referred to as "Hurricane Alley."
What is the Gulf Coast?
This scale is used to categorize hurricanes from 1 to 5 based on sustained wind speeds.
What is the Saffir-Simpson scale?
You should keep at least this many days' worth of food, water, and medicine during hurricane season.
What is 3 days?
This NHL team, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, reached the Stanley Cup Finals in 2006.
Who are the Carolina Hurricanes?
This hurricane tied with another as the strongest Atlantic hurricane (by pressure) on record.
What is Hurricane Wilma?
This city suffered catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
What is New Orleans?
Before becoming a hurricane, a storm must first reach this intermediate stage after being a tropical depression.
What is a tropical storm?
This imagery type shows temperature differences in storm clouds and is key to storm analysis.
What is infrared satellite imagery?
This Pro Football Hall of Famer, known as "The Playmaker," played college football for the Miami Hurricanes.
Who is Michael Irvin?
This 2018 hurricane rapidly intensified before hitting the Florida Panhandle.
What is Hurricane Michael?
This Atlantic state is often first to encounter hurricanes that form off Africa.
What is North Carolina?
This is the term for the calm area at the center of a hurricane.
What is the eye?
This U.S. agency is responsible for issuing hurricane forecasts and warnings.
What is the National Hurricane Center?
This legendary coach led the Miami Hurricanes to a national championship in 1987 before going on to coach the Dallas Cowboys.
Who is Jimmy Johnson?
This 1900 hurricane remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history.
What is the Galveston Hurricane?
This island U.S. territory was devastated by Hurricane Maria in 2017.
What is Puerto Rico?
This process describes how hurricanes lose strength after making landfall.
What is weakening due to loss of warm ocean water (or simply, land interaction)?
These computer-based models simulate hurricane paths and intensity changes.
What are forecast models (e.g., GFS, ECMWF)?
In 1988, this Notre Dame wide receiver returned a punt for a TD against the Miami Hurricanes, helping end their 36-game regular season win streak.
Who is Ricky Watters?