...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...
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...Hurricane Irma could have been the first hurricane I would have experienced, It wasn't. On Wednesday September 6, schools where closed on Thursday and Friday due to hurricane Irma. This wasn't the first time a hurricane was approaching Florida but it certainly was the first time since I had come to live here that there was a high chance of risk of it actually reaching and hitting Miami. My family was in chaos, plans for reservations at hotels, booking tickets to go back to my country, worrying if my rented houses old dirty roof would be swept off in the fast 100 mp wind, and if the home owners would sue us for any type of damage. Those three days Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday where a rush of preparation and feeling of anxiety. Wednesday...
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