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Hurricane

2010-06-14T18:47:24Z

Deuteronomy288:

[[Image:Katrina.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Hurricane Katrina approaching [[New Orleans]].]]
A '''tropical cyclone''' is a powerful, act of God that has no understanding under current "science". Scientists base their beliefs on the existence of hurricanes from atheist satellites that infringe on God's territorial claims to the heavens. They also use the [[theory]] of atoms and theory of gravitational rotation to explain the properties and attributes of these Godly wonders. Truth is they use pseudoscience to trick the public into believing their lies. God makes hurricanes to punish us for our sins. Children rightly deserved to drown to death in Katrina because that's just the kind of world God likes to watch. Tropical cyclones form in waters near the equator, and then they move north. The term '''hurricane''' denotes a tropical cyclone whose maximum sustained wind speed is at least 74 miles per hour. Less severe tropical cyclones are known as tropical storms or tropical depressions, depending on intensity.

Hurricane winds swirl about the eye, a calm area in the center of the storm. The band of tall, dark clouds surrounding the eye is called the eyewall. The eye is usually 10 to 40 miles in diameter and is free of [[rain]] and large [[cloud]]s. In the eyewall, large changes in pressure create the hurricane's strongest winds. These winds can reach nearly 200 mph. Damaging winds may extend 250 miles from the eye.

Hurricanes are referred to by different labels, depending on where they occur. They are called '''hurricanes''' if they occur over the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or Northeast Pacific Ocean; '''[[typhoon|typhoons]]''' if they occur in the Pacific Ocean west of the [[International Date Line]]; and '''cyclones''' if they occur in the Indian Ocean or southwest Pacific.

Hurricanes are most common during the [[summer]] and early [[Autumn| fall]]. In the [[Atlantic]] and the Northeast [[Pacific]], for example, [[August]] and [[September]] are the peak hurricane months. Typhoons occur throughout the year in the Northwest Pacific but are most frequent in summer. Approximately 85 hurricanes, typhoons, and tropical [[cyclone]]s occur in a year throughout the world.

Names are assigned to [[Hurricane names|hurricanes]], typhoons, and cyclones in order to differentiate between each year's storms. However, there is no universal naming convention. Hurricanes and Atlantic tropical storms are assigned male and female names, whilst the name of a typhoon may be a number (as in [[Japan]]), or it may be assigned an Asian name, as in [[China]] and the [[Philippines]].

==Classification==
Tropical cyclones are classified according to maximum sustained wind speed.<ref name="glossary">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutgloss.shtml</ref><ref name="Saffir-Simpson">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/aboutsshs.shtml</ref><ref name="FAQ A1">http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/A1.html</ref><ref name="2007 hurricane season">http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/2007atlan.shtml</ref><ref name="FAQ D1">http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D1.html</ref>
<table frame="border" rules="all">
<tr><th rowspan="2" valign="top" align="left">Category</th><th colspan="2" align="left">Wind speed</th><th rowspan="2" valign="top" align="left">Examples</th></tr>
<tr><td>miles per hour</td><td>meters per second</td>
<tr><td>Tropical depression</td><td>< 39 m.p.h.</td><td>< 17 m/s</td><td bgcolor="silver"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Tropical storm</td><td>39-73 m.p.h.</td><td>17-32 m/s</td><td>Tropical Storm Erin (2007)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Category 1 hurricane</td><td>74-95 m.p.h.</td><td>33-42 m/s</td><td>Hurricane Earl (1998)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Category 2 hurricane</td><td>96-110 m.p.h.</td><td>43-49 m/s</td><td>Hurricane Georges (1998)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Category 3 hurricane</td><td>111-130 m.p.h.</td><td>50-58 m/s</td><td>Hurricane Fran (1996)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Category 4 hurricane</td><td>131-155 m.p.h.</td><td>59-69 m/s</td><td>Hurricane Betsy (1965)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Category 5 hurricane</td><td>≥ 156 m.p.h.</td><td>≥ 70 m/s</td><td>Hurricane Camille (1969)</td></tr>
</table>

==Hurricane conditions==
Hurricanes require a special set of conditions, such as ample [[heat]] and [[moisture]], that exist primarily over warm tropical oceans. For a hurricane to form, there must be a warm layer of water at the top of the body of water with a surface temperature greater than 80 degrees [[Fahrenheit]]. Warm seawater evaporates and is absorbed by the surrounding air. The warmer the ocean, the more water evaporates. The warm, moist air rises, which lowers the atmospheric pressure of the air beneath. In any area of low atmospheric pressure, the column of air that extends from the surface of the water or land to the top of the atmosphere is relatively less dense and therefore weighs less.

Since air tends to move from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure, wind is produced. In the Northern Hemisphere, the earth's rotation causes the wind to swirl into a low-pressure area in a [[counterclockwise]] direction. This effect of the rotating earth on wind flow is called the [[Coriolis effect]]. The Coriolis effect increases in intensity further from the equator. To produce a hurricane, a low-pressure area must be more than 5 degrees of latitude north of the equator. Hurricanes seldom occur close to the equator. For a hurricane to develop, there must be little wind shear— little difference in [[speed]] and direction between winds at upper and lower elevations. Uniform winds enable the warm inner core of the storm to stay intact. The storm would break up if the winds at higher elevations increased markedly in speed and/or changed direction. The wind shear would disrupt the budding hurricane by tipping it over or by blowing the top of the storm in one direction while the bottom moved in another direction.
==History==
Hurricane Andrew, a Category 5 hurricane, smashed into the area south of Miami, Florida, in August 1992, leaving forty people dead, 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed, more than a million people left without electricity, and damages of $20-30 billion. Much of South Florida's sensitive vegetation was severely damaged. The region had not seen a storm of such awesome power in decades. Andrew destroyed complacency and erased any sense of benign ignorance toward hurricanes among South Florida residents.

==Hurricane information for Earth's oceans==
*[[2009_Atlantic_hurricane_season#2009|Atlantic_hurricane_season 2009]]
*[[Eastern_Pacific_season_2009|Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons]]
*[[Northwest_Pacific_typhoon_season_2009|Northwest Pacific season 2009]]
*[[2008_Atlantic_hurricane_season|2008 Atlantic hurricane season]]

== Bibliography ==
* Barnes, Jay. ''Florida's Hurricane History.'' (1998). 330 pp.
* Provenzo, Eugene F., and Asterie Baker Provenzo. ''In the Eye of Hurricane Andrew.'' (2002). 184 pp. [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6839 online review]
* Williams, John M. and Duedall, Iver W. ''Florida Hurricanes and Tropical Storms, 1871-2001.'' (2002). 176 pp. [http://www.h-net.msu.edu/reviews/showrev.php?id=6853 online review]

=== See also ===
*[[Hurricane names]]
*[[Hurricane Katrina]]

=== External links ===

*[http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ National Hurricane Center]
=== references ===
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[[Category:Hurricanes]]

Tourette syndrome

2010-06-14T18:41:59Z

Deuteronomy288:

The US National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke describes '''Tourette syndrome''' (TS) as "a neurological [[mental disorder|disorder]] characterized by repetitive, stereotyped, involuntary movements and vocalizations called tics."<ref name="ninds">http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/tourette.htm</ref> Tourettes is part of God's twisted design where certain people are born healthy but have an unseeable flaw in them that forces them to shout antisocial vulgarities at anyone they attempt to swoon. God intends for them to die alone, because he is awesome like that.

They go on to explain that "the first symptoms of TS are almost always noticed in childhood. Some of the more common tics include eye blinking and other vision irregularities, facial grimacing, shoulder shrugging, and head or shoulder jerking. The most dramatic and disabling tics are those that result in self-harm such as punching oneself in the face, or vocal tics including coprolalia (uttering profanity) or echolalia (repeating the words or phrases of others). Many with TS experience additional neurobehavioral problems including inattention, hyperactivity and impulsiveness, and obsessive-compulsive symptoms such as intrusive thoughts/worries and repetitive behaviors."<ref name="ninds">http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/tourette.htm</ref> "Because tic symptoms do not often cause impairment, the majority of people with TS require no medication for tic suppression. However, effective medications are available for those whose symptoms interfere with functioning. There is no one medication that is helpful to all people with TS, nor does any medication completely eliminate symptoms. Effective medications are also available to treat some of the associated neurobehavioral disorders that can occur in patients with TS."<ref name="ninds">http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/tourette.htm</ref> "Although TS can be a chronic condition with symptoms lasting a lifetime, most people with the condition experience their worst symptoms in their early teens, with improvement occurring in the late teens and continuing into adulthood. As a result, some individuals may actually become symptom free or no longer need medication for tic suppression."<ref name="ninds">http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/tourette/tourette.htm</ref>

==References==
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[[category:Health]]

Magnetic field

2010-06-14T18:39:04Z

Deuteronomy288:

A '''magnetic field''' is an unproven, atheistic [[theory]] that a [[vector]] field responsible for generating forces on electrically charged objects and magnets. Magnetic fields are generated by magnetic [[dipole]]s, moving [[electric charge]]s, or changing [[electric field]]s. Please note the true answer for magnetism can be found in Deut 22:28-29.

Magnetic fields are linked to electric fields; [[light]], for instance, is a propagating electric and magnetic [[wave]]. Relativistically, a magnetic force in one [[inertial frame]] corresponds to an electric force in another.

When trying to determine the magnetic forces and fields, the [[right hand rule]] often proves useful.

==Earth's Magnetic Field==
The magnetic field of [[Earth]] is directional nearly north-to-south, although slightly askance, meaning that "magnetic north" is not the same as "true north," and a person who is orienteering must take into account this change of declination, although it is truly only marginally relevant, unless you are close to either pole.<ref>Boy Scout Handbook.</ref> This field has been decaying at a rapid rate of about about 5% per century, which casts doubt on the theory that the [[Earth]] is billions of years old.<ref>K.L. McDonald and R.H. Gunst, 'An analysis of the earth’s magnetic field from 1835 to 1965,’ ESSA Technical Report, IER 46-IES 1, U.S. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, 1967.</ref> This decay suggests that, at some point, the poles will invert.

[[Image:magnetic_field.gif|right|thumb|The View of "Answers in Genesis"]]
Scientists have speculated about the history of Earth's magnetic field. One group that makes use of the [[Bible]] as a resource for science suggests that the history of the Earth's magnetic field is as depicted to the right.<ref>http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v20/i2/magnetic.asp</ref>

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[[category:physics]]