Assignment 8 - Tropical Cyclones

"Cyclone" Links to an external site.

Please watch the National Geographic video " Cyclone"  and answer the following Questions (keep your answers very brief - a few words is plenty):

1. What are the most complex and dangerous thunderstorms called?
2. What Air Force base was damaged by the tornado in the video?
3. What does the reporter (and others) do to escape the tornado on the Kansas Turnpike?
4. In what year was the largest tornado outbreak on record according to the video?
5. What does Ted Fujita compare ground markings from tornadoes to?
6. How fast do tornadoes travel over land?
7. What was the name of the large probe that researchers tried to place into a Tornadoes path?
8. What remains the best way to "see inside" a tornado?
9. What does Dr. Howard Bluestein observe from a helicopter in the video?
10. Where are the most violent winds in a hurricane located?
11. What is the name of the professional hurricane storm chaser highlighted in the video?
12. 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?
13. What does Ted Fujita think explains the areas of severe damage by Andrew , in streaks, in south Florida?
14. What city do they focus on toward the end of the video which has the potential for significant damage by hurricanes?
15. What is everyone "playing" in at the end of the video?