Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. ~John Ruskin

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Supersttorm of the Century

Superstorm of the Century


On March 12, 1993 a superstorm had appeared on the eastern side of the United States. The storm had spread from Cuba all the way to eastern Canada. Forming in the Gulf of Mexico from three jet streams; Polar Jet, Pacific Jet, and Subtropical Jet. The three jet streams merged into one and then traveled up north to Canada. This storm was a combination of blizzards, thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes. About three to four days of intense weather along the east coast. Blizzards having snowfall up to forty inches of snow. around eleven tornadoes down in the Florida region.Coastal flooding and intense waves that rose up to 50 and 60 feet. Around $6 million dollars in damage from the storm and more than 300 killed from this catastrophe. This was the Storm of the Century and will be remembered.

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