The hurricane season starts during late summer and early fall along the coast line of North America and the Caribbean, but in the western hemisphere the season lasts all year long (Knowledge 293). ... Surrounding air spirals around the sea of low pressure and clouds form creating a thunder -storm (Knowledge 293). ... Flat terrain, ten feet or less above normal sea level, will flood a distance of about six miles inland, and sea level rising three to five hours before landfall. ... The reason for this is the change of pressure within the eye of the hurricane, causing sea levels to rise severa...

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Think about where you were on August 24, 1992 and August 26, 1992. While you may have been out relaxing in the hot summer sun, the people of Florida and Louisiana were being pummeled by one of the worst storms ever to hit the United States of America. Florida and Louisiana witnessed first hand just...

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