Answer Key - Assignment 8 Tropical Cyclones

What are the most complex and dangerous thunderstorms called?

Supercells

What Air Force base was damaged by the tornado in the video?

McConnell Air Force Base

What does the reporter (and others) do to escape the tornado on the Kansas Turnpike?

Hid under an overpass

In what year was the largest tornado outbreak on record according to the video?

1974

What does Ted Fujita compare ground markings from tornadoes to?

Fingerprints left behind by criminals

How fast do tornadoes travel over land?

30 mph

What was the name of the large probe that researchers tried to place into a Tornadoes path?

TOTO

What remains the best way to "see inside" a tornado?

Doppler Radar

What does Dr. Howard Bluestein observe from a helicopter in the video?

Water Spouts

Where are the most violent winds in a hurricane located?

The Eye Wall

What is the name of the professional hurricane storm chaser highlighted in the video?

Jim Leonard

Dr. Stanley Goldenberg rides out Hurricane Andrew at home. What is his house missing that he thinks explains why his house was so badly damaged versus his neighbors' homes?

Metal Storm Shutters

What does Ted Fujita think explains the areas of severe damage by Andrew , in streaks, in south Florida?

Mini-swirls

What city do they focus on toward the end of the video which has the potential for significant damage by hurricanes?

New Orleans

What is everyone "playing" in at the end of the video?

Hay Devil