Pistolx:
they are named after the first person to discover the huricane

Pistolx:
Ever wondered why this huricanes bear human names

lumzybo:

U took the word from my mouth #iswear
Hurricane katrina, now Matthew, who knows Mayb mark and luke are on the way.

1. They are given names in an alphabetical order. The first one to occur will obviously be named Andrew or Andy.

2. There are officials responsible for naming them and at times the list of names are available even before the hurricane hits, but the list lasts for only a year. Depending on how many occurred that year, the list can start from A-X for year 2000 and A-H for year 2001.

3. Many are not known to us because they where not as destructive as Mathew here, but they occurred.....

4. Mind you, these names are shared between hurricanes and tropical storms. Before a hurricane comes a Tropical Storm and before a Tropical Storm is a Tropical Depression. TD travel at a minimal speed and only become TS when the speed is between 38 mph to 40mph. It is then given a name, say the name is Benny. If Benny dies before reaching the wind speed of between 74mph to 76mph (not very sure about the actual speed), then it is recorded as Tropical Storm Benny. Obviously, if the Tropical Storm further increases in speed then it becomes a Hurricane. Hurricane Benny, whom will be known world wide.

5. It is very difficult to forget the name of someone that shot or robbed you millions. Personifying them makes it easier for everyone to remember them, more especially because they become the talk of town for as long as one can hold a grudge on anyone who wronged them.

Meaning, if this is the first Hurricane on record this year, there were 12 Tropical Storms before named from A-L and this one exceeded to becoming a Hurricane. Hurricane Mathew the troublesome.

Thank you Mr. Khamkham and Mrs. Van Der Merwe

Explorers:
People along the East Coast are flocking to pick up sandbags, raiding hardware stores, grocery aisles and gas stations as Hurricane Matthew marched toward Florida.

Residents are filling sandbags in 90 degree weather in preparation for the approaching hurricane as even the little ones get in on the act.

Abeg, wetin be di work of di sandbag?

Explorers:
Traffic as far as the eye can see: Thousands of families have been caught in gridlock across the state and up the East Coast into the Carolinas and Georgia, as they flee their homes ahead of the storm while the National Guard trucks drive towards the evacuation zones to assist.

If na Lagos, beta one way driving for happen sharp sharp

To keep out flood, minor flood though. This will only work for those living away far from the beach.

mcoldsoja
khalifahsparkles

Powerful: Dark clouds were pictured above Disney World in Orlando, Florida on Thursday as Hurricane Matthew makes its way towards the East Coast.

DisneyWorld closes down for the 4th time in 45yrs.

About 1.5 million people in Florida have been told to flee inland as the dangerous and life-threatening Category Four storm could become a Category Five and siege on the east coast of the state. Above Daytona Beach is pictured on Thursday.

Largest Evacuation Ever on one traffic, no one is going into the city on the other lane.

Thousands of families, business owners fleeing the city on Thursday.

Busy Daytona Beach's boardwalk is barren except for one person as the threat of the Category Four storm sends Florida residents fleeing inland.

Homeowner Don Appell prepares to board up one of the windows at his home ahead of Hurricane Matthew in Cherry Grove, South Carolina, October 6.

That's one way to keep them from blowing away. In Orlando, Florida, one enterprising pool attendant decided to chuck all the sun loungers into the water to avoid more clean up.

Forecasters predict Matthew has strengthened to a Category Four hurricane, with speeds of more than 140mph.

Moving on: The storm battered the Bahamas with 125 mph winds on Thursday morning as it continued on its destructive path towards the US.

Governor Rick Scott of Florida has warned people not to surf, to get out the water and evacuate. But some can still be seen surfing on Thursday.


Some people sa.

A woman covers her face as she walks next to a dead body who, according to witnesses, was found after Hurricane Matthew in Cavaillon, Haiti, October 6.

hopsydboi:
my best wishes are with them...

But this countries r far ahead sha.... Even before the storm arrives they already know ahead. In Nigeria na God dy cause rain, na him dy also cause storm it will just hit us unaware and we be like "God do how he pleases"

Lol.....

Explorers:
Moving on: The storm battered the Bahamas with 125 mph winds on Thursday morning as it continued on its destructive path towards the US.

thank God I no go there

Explorers:
Governor Rick Scott of Florida has warned people not to surf, to get out the water and evacuate. But some can still be seen surfing on Thursday.


Some people sa.

It's difficult to stop someone from doing what he enjoy doing even with death staring.

This is pretty explanatory.... Gracias broda

Explorers:



Tsunami can also be referred to as a seismic sea wave, a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

Earthquakes,volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions(including detonations of underwater nuclear devices), landslides, meteorite impact sand other disturbances above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami.


Earthquake or Landslide triggers Tsunami most of the time. The deadliest occurred 2004 in Indonesia, killed over 250,000.



Hurricane/Typhoon are the same kind of heavy rotating storm system that produces strong wind and heavy rain.

It forms over large bodies of warm water(ocean).

In addition to strong winds and rain, tropical cyclones/hurricane are capable of generating high waves, damaging Storm surge, and tornadoes. They typically weaken rapidly over land where they are cut off from their primary energy source. For this reason, coastal regions are particularly vulnerable to damage from a tropical cyclone as compared to inland regions. Heavy rains, however, can cause significant flooding inland, and storm surges canproduce extensive coastal flooding up to 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the coastline.

Haitian people cross the river La Digue in Petit Goave where the bridge collapsed during the rains from Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince, October 6.

Residents arrange clothes soaked by Hurricane Matthew on tombs at a cemetery in Les Cayes, Haiti, after the storm rampaged across the country's remote southwestern peninsula.

Piles of personal items are set out to dry as homeowners cull through the debris of their homes destroyed by Hurricane Matthew.

A lone loaf of bread sits on an empty shelf at a Wal-Mart supermarket in Kissimmee, Florida, after residents rushed to stock up on the essentials ahead of the storm.


That looks like a wheat bread.

A woman takes pictures of a girl on the beach while Hurricane Matthew approaches in Melbourne, Florida

Still taking pictures, this oyinbo people sa Smh.

Ghost town: The busy Daytona Beach, Florida abandoned on Thursday a few hours before the hurricane is due to hit.

Makeshift shelter for pets at the Timberlin Creek Elementary School in St. Augustine, Florida, on October 6, 2016, ahead of hurricane Matthew.


Orisirisi....people sef never get place sleep.

This has gotta be one of the 'FEW' times I'm happy being a Nigerian! God see them through.. #How many wann survive if ee happen for Naija?

Explorers:
A woman takes pictures of a girl on the beach while Hurricane Matthew approaches in Melbourne, Florida

Still taking pictures, this oyinbo people sa Smh.

For the memories!


BTW millions of properties will be destroyed, hosting sites will be down and media houses!


God please save them!

ChemicalReaction:
This has gotta be one of the 'FEW' times I'm happy being a Nigerian! God see them through.. #How many wann survive if ee happen for Naija?

Millions will die God forbid. If people are asked to evacuate lagos, thats when you see some millions that will be saying 'na lie, nothing dey happen, i rebuke flood IJN, Amen.'

They will ignore the warnings until they are in close contact with the danger or until they see the flood coming and then it will be too late.

Some will say they cant leave their investments o, they cant abandon their houses, cars or business.

Check the attached picture, see the line, people are moving out of the city ordely and quietly. In some places, can you see the green grass that demarcates this highway, they would have formed another three invalid lines on it.

Even in the face of disaster, there is orderliness in America.




Small hold up for oshodi, omo, u will fear danfo drivers... chei.. Lord have mercy on your people

I bet my life that if it were in Nigeria, Dat empty lane would have been filled up.. infact Buhari should empower WAI (war against indiscipline)

Cutehector:
I bet my life that if it were in Nigeria, Dat empty lane would have been filled up.. infact Buhari should empower WAI (war against indiscipline)

It wont work unless the discipline starts from them, when there is traffic, what do you think they usually do

The governors, police, and the military. They whip people, hit people off the road, disobey/run traffic lights, take one way and like that.

Explorers:


It wont work unless the discipline starts from them, when there is traffic, what do you think they usually do

The governors, police, and the military. They whip people, hit people off the road, disobey/run traffic lights, take one way and like that.

and that is true.. change begins with me.