The events in Texas over the past week have been devastating. There is no doubt that the events that are about to transpire over Florida will have the same or even greater damage. Hurricanes happen usually over warmer oceans with warm, moist air rising and air from the surrounding areas taking it place underneath. This causes a cyclone to appear. What generally makes a hurricane a hurricane is that is uses water as an energy source. As a hurricane forms, it take the water's potential energy and converts it to kinetic energy to fuel its movement and spin faster. This is also why Hurricane Irma has been losing speed as it move onto land, as it are moving away from their energy source. This is also why hurricanes are less damaging the more inland