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Well first of all if a hurricane's coming your way your school shouldn't even be open... but if it is then you should probably not go just to be safe. It's definitely gonna be too dangerous out to go outside with 50 mph winds and torrential rainfall.
People are alwasy getting killed by falling trees. Either on their houses( more rarely) or as they walk by them or as they drive in cars. Its probably best to stay home. Most schools are closed tomorrow anyway, at least in NJ and eatern Pa.
As Sandy is coming closer and closer to my location in Baltimore, I wonder if it is safe for me to walk to school on Monday and Tuesday.
I need some common sense of what speed of hurricane can pose what kinds of danger. I googled it, but didn't find any such information.
Thanks!
Pretty much all schools in Maryland are closed, not sure why you'd be going to school. 50-60 mph can be difficult to walk in, and 80 mph gusts can knock you off your feet.
Pretty much all schools in Maryland are closed, not sure why you'd be going to school. 50-60 mph can be difficult to walk in, and 80 mph gusts can knock you off your feet.
As Sandy is coming closer and closer to my location in Baltimore, I wonder if it is safe for me to walk to school on Monday and Tuesday.
I need some common sense of what speed of hurricane can pose what kinds of danger. I googled it, but didn't find any such information.
Thanks!
The wind is the least of your worries - it's the things carried by the high winds that do the damage. A single roof shingle traveling at 40 mph can do a lot of damage to your skin.
Besides all of the wind blown debris, there's always the danger of downed "hot" power lines that can electrocute a person with no warning. High voltage and rain-soaked ground make for a deadly combination. Be careful.
The wind is the least of your worries - it's the things carried by the high winds that do the damage. A single roof shingle traveling at 40 mph can do a lot of damage to your skin.
Besides all of the wind blown debris, there's always the danger of downed "hot" power lines that can electrocute a person with no warning. High voltage and rain-soaked ground make for a deadly combination. Be careful.
Bingo, the wind is problematic but its all the sand and debris that gets caught up in it is the problem. Let alone said power lines and stuff.
it depdns o the wind spped . I can tell you from experince that a 90MPH sustained hurricane is nothig comapred to a 130 sustain winds speed. Alos with surge the wind spedd can cause cars ;trees etc floating in surge waters to be like battering rams. Wind blown surge can really do alot of destruction compared to just rising surge in milder winds.In Rita it blew barge and boats over 100 feet 20 miles inland during Rita and i ike it destroyed evry roadway in coastal areas here and wiped out the beach front property .Not even grass was left and mostly just piling marking where a house was 13 feet above the ground.Channels eight foot deep where water ran like creeks when going out as water receded.
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