HURRICANE DOLLY

HOW IS A HURRICANE FORMED?HOW IS A HURRICANE FORMED?

• STARTS AS A REGULAR STARTS AS A REGULAR THUNDERSTORMTHUNDERSTORM

• MOSTLY FORMED WEST OF AFRICA MOSTLY FORMED WEST OF AFRICA

• GAINS STRENGTH OVER 80 DEGREE GAINS STRENGTH OVER 80 DEGREE TROPICAL WATERTROPICAL WATER

• NEEDS CONSTENT WARM ,MOIST AIRNEEDS CONSTENT WARM ,MOIST AIR

TRACK OF HURRICANE TRACK OF HURRICANE DOLLYDOLLY• ON JULY 20ON JULY 20THTH HURRICANE DOLLY WAS HURRICANE DOLLY WAS

FORMED WEST OF AFRICAFORMED WEST OF AFRICA

• ON JULY 21ON JULY 21STST HURRICANE DOLLY HURRICANE DOLLY ENETERED THE YUCATAN PENNINSULA ENETERED THE YUCATAN PENNINSULA NEAR CANCUNNEAR CANCUN

• ON JULY 23ON JULY 23RDRD HURRICANE DOLLY ENTERED HURRICANE DOLLY ENTERED SOUTH PADRE ISLAND SOUTH PADRE ISLAND

• ON JULY 25ON JULY 25THTH HURRICANE DOLLY HURRICANE DOLLY DISSIPATEDDISSIPATED

ELEMENTS OF ELEMENTS OF DESTRUCTIONDESTRUCTION

• WINDWIND

• FLYING DEBRISFLYING DEBRIS

• FLOODINGFLOODING

• POWER OUTAGEPOWER OUTAGE

• WATER SURGEWATER SURGE

• TORNADOSTORNADOS

STORM SURGESTORM SURGE

• WATER RUSHED INTO LAND BY A WATER RUSHED INTO LAND BY A STORM usually 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE STORM usually 6 TO 8 FEET ABOVE NORMALNORMAL

• PORT ISABEL 2.95PORT ISABEL 2.95

• PORT MANSFIELD 3.06PORT MANSFIELD 3.06

• RINCON DE SAN JOSE 2.33RINCON DE SAN JOSE 2.33

Damaged created by Hurricane Damaged created by Hurricane DollyDolly

• ON JULY 24ON JULY 24THTH PRESIDENT BUSH PRESIDENT BUSH DECLEARED A MAJOR DISASTER FOR DECLEARED A MAJOR DISASTER FOR SOUTH TEXASSOUTH TEXAS

• 1 MILLION WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM1 MILLION WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM

• 750 MILLION DAMAGES WERE OCCURRED 750 MILLION DAMAGES WERE OCCURRED BY DOLLY IN THE TEXAS COASTBY DOLLY IN THE TEXAS COAST

• TOTAL OF 1.52 BILLION WERE REPORTED TOTAL OF 1.52 BILLION WERE REPORTED FOR THE ENTIRE AFTERMATH OF FOR THE ENTIRE AFTERMATH OF HURRICANE DOLLYHURRICANE DOLLY

POWER OUTAGEPOWER OUTAGE

• AEP REPORTED 122,875 CUSTOMERS AEP REPORTED 122,875 CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER WERE WITHOUT POWER

• 5 COUNTIES WERE AFFECTED: 5 COUNTIES WERE AFFECTED: CAMERON,WILLACY,STARR,HIDALGO AND CAMERON,WILLACY,STARR,HIDALGO AND HOGGHOGG

• CAMERON COUNTY HAD 85% OF ALL CAMERON COUNTY HAD 85% OF ALL POWER OFF A TOTAL OF 68,000POWER OFF A TOTAL OF 68,000

• 1350 EXTRA WORKERS WERE BROUGHT IN 1350 EXTRA WORKERS WERE BROUGHT IN TO HELP RESTORE POWER AND TRIM TO HELP RESTORE POWER AND TRIM TREESTREES

HURRICANE DOLLYHURRICANE DOLLY

HURRICANE DOLLY’S EYE WAS 15 MILES WIDE

THE EYE IS THE CALMEST PART OF THE STORM

SURVIVAL TIPS FOR A SURVIVAL TIPS FOR A HURRICANEHURRICANE

• MOST IMPORTANT IS PLENTY OF WATERMOST IMPORTANT IS PLENTY OF WATER

• CANNED/READY TO EAT FOODCANNED/READY TO EAT FOOD

• MEDICATIONSMEDICATIONS

• FLASHLIGHTS/BATTERIESFLASHLIGHTS/BATTERIES

• TRANSITOR RADIOTRANSITOR RADIO

• CANDLES/MATCHESCANDLES/MATCHES

• FULL TANK OF GASOLINEFULL TANK OF GASOLINE

• SOME CASHSOME CASH

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