Hurricane Math

1. Tropical rotating storm Tessie has winds that are moving at 108 miles per hour on Friday. On Monday, Tessie's winds have speeded up and are now going 194 miles per hour. What is the difference to FEMA? 302 miles per hour 1,000 miles per hour Michael Brown needs to get up speed too. Run for your lives! 2. Tropical storms officially become hurricanes when they reach 74 miles per hour. Tropical Storm Blanco currently has winds of 59 miles per hour. How much do the winds of Tropical Storm Blanco need to speed up in order for the storm to become a hurricane? 133 miles per hour 13 miles per hour A lot. Just enough to cool Ray Nagin down. 3. Hurricanes can cause storm surge - when the water of the ocean rises much higher than usual. Storm surge is very dangerous, and can sweep away homes that are built right along the beach. In the town of Golf Nut Beach, the homes along the water are built on stilts that are 8 1/2 feet high. If the storm surge is 6 1/4 feet high, how much space is there between the homes and the water? 2 1/4 feet 5 feet An inadequate safety margin Buy a boat! 4. Pretend that the storm surge is 10 1/2 feet. How much of the house would be under water? 5 feet All of your CD collection Are you carrying enough insurance? Time to build a basement 5. There is a hurricane warning for the coast and three towns might have to evacuate: Golf Nut Beach (population 1298), Femagate (population 3,862) and Sandbar (population 666). What is the total number of people who might have to evacuate from these three towns? 5,826 people How big are the nearby hotels? It depends how large your budget is. Are these important people? 6. There are 1,200 houses in Golf Nut Beach. The town has been told to prepare for a hurricane by storing water. Each household is told to store 12 gallons of water. How many gallons of water will the town store? 4,000 gallons 14,400 gallons None, they're all leaving. We're going to be hit by a hurricane and all you want us to do is store water?