GEOLOGY - EXAM 4

A tornado superoutbreak is currently defined as _____ tornadoes from the same storm system in a 24 hour period of time

100+ tornadoes

When was the last year that Manhattan KS and Topeka KS were both struck by tornadoes on the same day?

1966

The last time that Manhattan, KS was officially struck by a tornado was in ____

2008

What time of day during tornado season is usually most likely to see a tornado form?

4pm to 9pm

The Topeka KS tornado of 1966 is still the ____ most-costly tornado on record when adjusted for inflation.

4th

A tornado outbreak is currently defined as _____ tornadoes from the same storm system in a 24 hour period of time

6 to 99 tornadoes

How many people died during the Galveston, TX (1900) natural disaster?

6,000 - 8,000

Survivors of a tornado that was part of the same tornado outbreak as this tornado unwisely took shelter in a highway underpass, and held on tightly enough to keep from being sucked out by the tornado

Andover, KS (1991)

How are individual tornadoes named?

By location and date

Which famous author wrote our best account of the English Windstorm of 1703?

Daniel Defoe

The army caught in the filed at Chartes, France, in 1360 was _______

English

Isaac Cline downplayed the possibility of a hurricane making landfall where he was chief of the US Weather Bureau before this major hurricane actually did make landfall there

Galveston, TX (1900)

Which of the following natural disasters is the deadliest natural disaster in US history?

Galveston, TX (1900)

Following the Samoan Typhoon of 1889, which two countries divided the Samoan islands between themselves?

Germany and the United States

_____ was the first tornado to be rated an EF 5 on the New Enhanced Fujita Scale

Greensburg, KS (May 2007)

This notable hurricane killed nearly as many hundreds of miles inland as it did when it made landfall on the coastline as a Category 5 hurricane

Hurricane Camille (1969)

This notable storm was the first test of the Galveston, TX, sea wall

Hurricane Ike (2008)

This notable storm was the first test of New York City's hurricane evacuation plane

Hurricane Irene (2011)

The late season notable hurricane caused a storm surge that flooded tunnels going to and from Manhattan in NYC and disrupted electrical power in tens to thousands of people in NYC, New Jersey, and Long Island before merging with a mid-latitiude cyclone to become an extra-tropical cyclone

Hurricane Sandy (2012)

Which of the following is currently the most-costly tornado on record?

Joplin, Missouri (2011)

When does Dr. Lambert think MHK was actually last struck by a tornado?

June 2010 - a minimal EF0 tornado

Which state has the 2nd most tornadoes in a year?

Kansas

_______ was caught at their parents house during the New England Hurricane of 1938

Katharine Hepburn

When was the Enhanced Fujita Scale introduced?

March 2007

When do most tornadoes happen during a calendar year?

May

An invasion of Japan by ____ was thwarted by a typhoon that came to be known as "kamikaze" or "divine wind"

Mongols

People trying to escape this notable tornado became its victims when they became stuck in traffic on the interstate

Moore, Oklahoma (2013)

Which American city was hardest hit by the Blizzard of 1888?

New York City, New York

On average, which state has the most tornadoes in a year?

Texas

The Hurricanes of 1780 may have aided which of the following groups of revolutionaries?

The Americans

The intensity of modern tornadoes are measured on what scale?

The Enhanced Fujita Scale

Which notable hurricane would have likely had more casualties if it had happened just a few weeks earlier bc it would have made landfall on Labor Day Weekend?

The New England Hurricane of 1938

What is Daniel Defoes' work "The Great Storm" often called?

The first work of modern journalism

In a ______, conditions are right for a tornado to develop in your area

Tornado watch

What country governed Bangladesh when the 1970 typhoon and other things helped it gain its independence?

West Pakistan

what new technology did people use to track the English Windstorm of 1703?

barometers

why do most tornadoes in tornado season happen from 4pm to 9pm?

bc it is after the heat of the day has built up

How was weather information about the Blizzard of 1888 communicated?

by telegraph

The Chartes, France, severe storm in 1360 that killed thousands of soldiers in the field was a ____

hailstorm "hayle the size of goose eggs"

_____ is the tornado responsible for killing the most people, and may have had the longest ground track of any tornado in history.

the Tri-State Tornado of 1925

Most of the top 10 deadliest tornadoes in the US happened in the first half of the 20th century. To what does your instructor attribute this fact?

the development of weather radar in the US following WWII

What process powers the sun?

the nuclear fusion of hydrogen to hellium

Which of the following statements about the universe is now thought to be true?

the universe has been increasing in size during its existence

In a ___ a tornado has been sighted in your area either visually or by radar, and you should seek shelter immediately

tornado warning