Yayiyiphi iqhwithi elibhubhisayo lonke ixesha? Ixabiso elibi kakhulu? Liliphi ilizwe eliye lathatha ihoshephe ezithe ngqo? Zingaphi kangangoko, ngokuqhelekileyo, ngaba iindwangu ezinkulu zihlasela i-US? Ndiye ndifumana izibalo ezithile kunye neenyaniso ezinokumangalisa. Ukwazi njani iinjubane zakho?
Yayiyiphi iqhunyana elibhubhisayo kwi rekhodi?
I-1900 yanyhukunyana neGalveston, eTexas yabulala abantu abayi-8 000. Isiqendu sesine-4, sabetha isiqithi kunye nemimoya eqhubekayo yeekhilomitha ezili-140 ngeyure.
Ngaphandle kwe-radar, ukulandelela, okanye izibikezelo, kwakungazange kubekho amalungiselelo okwenzela isiqhwithi. Ukuphakama okuphezulu kwiGalveston ngo-1900 kwakuyi-8.7; i-15.7 isantya seenyawo sagubungela amakhaya kunye namashishini afana nolwandle. Ixabisa i-$ 20 yezigidi ngelo xesha; kwimali yanamhlanje, umonakalo wawuya kuba yizigidi ezingama-700 zamaRandi. Emva kwesiphepho, uGalveston wakhulisa udonga lwamanxweme kwaye wandisa ibakala lesi siqithi ukukhusela ukuphindaphinda kwentlekele.
Yiyiphi iindonyana ezibi kakhulu kwiirekhodi?
Njengoko ininzi yaseFlorida iza kukhumbula, iqhushuna elibi kakhulu lixesha lonke liyiNkuthazi Andrew. U-Andrew wabulala ngo-1992 waza wabhubhisa iiHomestead kunye neendawo zasemazantsi eMiami-Dade kunye nemimoya eqhubekayo yeekhilomitha ezi-156 ngeyure. Umonakalo oqikelelwa kwindleko wawuyi-$ 26.5 yezigidigidi. Emva kokuqikelelwa kweentsuku ukuba isiqhwithi sithatha inkambo yasentla, abaninzi abantu baseMiami naseHomestead babengakulungele ukutshintsha kwindlela eya kuthathwa kwi-Homestead Air Force Base kunye ne-Land Walk.
Ukwakhiwa kwe-Post-Andrew kwakuyimigangatho eyahluke kakhulu, kubandakanywa nezivunguvungu zesibhakabhaka ezifunekayo xa kuthengisa ikhaya elitsha.
Yayiyiphi iqhusana elinamandla kakhulu ukubetha i-US?
Ngaphezulu kweveki yoMsebenzi weveki ngo-1935, iqhupho lashaya iFlorida Keys. Ngendlela yokubeka irekhodi ephantsi kwe-barometric pressure ye 892 mb, isiqithi esincane sase-Islamorada sasinalo ithuba lokuphepha ukutshabalalisa.
U-390 wasweleka kuloo mcimbi, njengoko iiKhentshi zazingekahlali. Imigwaqo, izakhiwo, ii-viaducts, amabhuloho kunye nomzila weendlela zatshatyalaliswa ngokupheleleyo. Kukholelwa ukuba iHlabathi yoSuku lwezeMisebenzi eqhutywe yimimoya efikelele kwiiyure ezingama-200 ngeyure.
Zingaphi izivunguvungu ezinkulu ezihlasela i-US?
Ngokomyinge, iindubana ezimbini ezinkulu (itekisi 3-5) zithatha yonke iminyaka emithathu; kuzo zonke iindidi, malunga neziqhwithi ezihlanu zenze ihlaseli nganye iminyaka emithathu. Ngokomyinge, ityhurenti ikati 4 okanye ngaphezulu ihlaselwa kuphela emva kweminyaka emithandathu. 2004 kuye kwaba yinkinga.
Yayiyiphi imeko yenkwenkwezi yenkqantosi kwi-Atlastiki?
Ngo-1995, iziphepho ezili-11 zabhalwa kwi-Atlantic. Iziphepho ezibizwa ngegama liye lafika lonke kwiNkantyambo iTanya. Allison, Dean, Erin, uGabrielle, Jerry, Opal, kunye noRoxanne bonke bahlaselwa e-US.
Ngekhulu lama-20, zingaphi iindubhu ezithatha i-US?
Iimvunguvungu ezili-158 zithatha i-US kuzo zonke iindidi; Ezi zi-64 zezi ziqhwithi ezinkulu, iindidi 3-5. IFlorida yayineendawo zokungena kwiindawo ezili-57, kunye neninzi yezi zikumntla-mpuma nentshonalanga. ITexas yaza ngeyesibini kunye ne-36, kunye neLouosana neNorth Carolina zibophelela okwesithathu kwi-25 iqhekeza.
Iyiphi inyanga ebaluleke kunazo zonke e-US ngenxa yeqhwithi elikhulu?
Kude, uSeptemba unayo; Iingqungquthela ezingama-36 zezikhulu ezingama-64 zatshatyalaliswa ngoSeptemba.
Inyanga ezayo kakhulu ngenyanga ka-Agasti, kunye ne-15 kuphela.