| Before: |
Many schools are shelters during hurricanes. Is there a school that acts as a hurricane shelter in your neighborhood? Are there other hurricane shelters as well? Is a hurricane shelter near or far from your home? Can you walk to the shelter or do you need to drive to the shelter? With your parents help, draw a map to guide your family from your home to the shelter. How many houses are on your block? Count them. How many people do you estimate live in all these houses? Do you think they would all fit in the shelter? |
During: |
Think about the size of your favorite room in your house. With your parents help, measure the room in feet. How long is the room (length)? How wide is the room (width)? How many people would fit in that room during the storm? How much space do you think each person would have if they all had to be in that room together? If you used wood to protect your windows, can you estimate the length and width of each piece of wood? How many pieces of wood did your family need to cover the windows? Answer the same questions if your family used metal panels to cover the windows. |
| After: |
A tropical storm becomes a hurricane when it reaches 74 miles per hour. The strength of a hurricane is categorized by the speed of the hurricane winds. A category 1 storm is the weakest. A category 5 storm is the strongest? If a hurricane reached 115 miles per hour, how many miles per hour is the storm above the minimum wind speed of a hurricane? How strong were the winds in this hurricane? How many miles per hour was the storm above the minimum speed of a hurricane? Was this a weak or very strong hurricane? What category did the hurricane reach in South Florida? |