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Hurricanes

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Hurricane Formation
How a hurricane is formed.
( http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/OEM/hurricane/formation.html )
How Hurricanes Work
Lots of good information with pictures. What conditions are needed for formation, where, and why, plus how they are named.
( http://howstuffworks.lycos.com/hurricane.htm?printable=1 )
NOAA's Picture Gallery
Has wonderful pictures of tornadoes, hurricanes, and many other phenomena.
( http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/index.html )
Tracking a Hurricane
What data collecting methods are used to help track a hurricane.
( http://geography.about.com/science/geography/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww... )
Galveston Hurricane of 1900
Historical perspective on hurricane forecasting.
( http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s496.htm )
Hurricane Andrew
The complete story of this storm with graphics and statistics in an article from NOAA.
( http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/1992andrew.html )
Computers and Hurricane Prediction
Brief article from NOAA on the Cray supercomputer and how it has helped in prediction.
( http://www.cray.com/features/noaa.html )
The Unnamed Hurricane
NOAA article about the unnamed hurricane in late October 1991. It was later called "The Perfect Storm." How and why it formed are discussed. Very interesting article.
( http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/satellite/satelliteseye/hurricanes/unnamed91/unnamed91.html )
Hurricanes - How They Work and What They Do

( http://kids.earth.nasa.gov/archive/hurricane/index.html )
WW2010 - The Online Guides

( http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hurr/home.rxml )
Hurricanes - For Kids

( http://www.fema.gov/kids/hurr.htm )
World Book Encyclopedia Presents - Hurricanes

( http://www.worldbook.com/fun/bth/hurricane/html/hurricanes_.htm )
Hurricane Forecasts - Hurricanes 2001. com

( http://www.hurricanes2000.com/ )
Hyper Hurricanes at Discovery.com

( http://www.discovery.com/stories/science/hurricanes/hurricanes.html )
About Weather - Hurricanes

( http://weather.about.com/science/weather/cs/hurricanes/ )
National Hurricane Center

( http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ )
The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Intensity Scale

( http://www.citi-net.com/george/ss-scale.html )
Hurricane Andrew Image Catalog

( http://lumahai.soest.hawaii.edu/history/andrew/andrew.html )
Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory

( http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/general/ )