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Hurricane Facts And Trivia The planet Jupiter has a hurricane which has been going on Sources:
for over 300 years. It can be seen as a red spot on the planet. This http://www.hurricane-facts.com/Interesting-Hurricane-Facts.php
By Katie Roundtree, hurricane on Jupiter is bigger than the Earth itself. http://www.livescience.com/31751-amazing-hurricane-
Finance Director, Northern In the southern hemisphere, hurricanes rotate in a clockwise facts.html
Palm Beach County direction, and in the northern hemisphere they rotate in an counter http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/weather/hurricane/sfl-hc-
Improvement District clockwise direction. This is due to what’s called the Coriolis history-1495to1800-htmlstory.html
It’s that time of year Force, produced by the Earth’s rotation. NPDES Tip: Hurricane season begins June 1. Make sure
when our thoughts turn to Hurricane season is from June to November when the seas your yards and trees are trimmed to avoid flying debris during
the tropics and we keep our are at their warmest and most humid, which are ripe conditions a storm. Dispose of your trimmings and clippings properly. Do
fingers crossed for a quiet for a hurricane to develop. not put them into storm drains or lakes!
hurricane season. Below
are some interesting facts Town Of Jupiter News
about these giant storms
to kick off the hurricane
season on June 1. By Ilan Kaufer, Town Of expected to come to Council in the third quarter of 2020 for
Hurricanes, typhoons and tropical cyclones are all the same Jupiter Councilman discussion.
phenomenon. In the Pacific Ocean, hurricanes are generally First of all, my family Enhancement of bike lanes to reduce accidents: Town
known as typhoons. In the Indian Ocean they are called tropical and I hope you are doing Council held discussion in April and approved funding for
cyclones. In the Atlantic Ocean they are called hurricanes. The well during this devastating green bike markings on roads and key intersections.
word hurricane comes from the Taino Native American word, pandemic. During this Development of a paid family leave program for town
hurucane, meaning evil spirit of the wind. difficult time, we must all employees: Town Staff is working on this item and it is
The earliest hurricane report comes from Christopher work together to help our expected to come to Council in June for discussion.
Columbus in 1495, who encountered a tropical storm on one of communities, particularly Public discussion by council of use of open space funds
his voyages to the New World. He later declared that “nothing all those directly impacted. approved by 2019 referendum: I have asked that Council
but the service of God and the extension of the monarchy” would I continue to consult with have an open discussion concerning the use of these funds. I
induce him to expose himself to such danger. leaders in our health, public continue to believe that is important an agenda item be set so
The first hurricane to hit the American Colonies happened safety, economic, and other areas to ensure I have pertinent the public can provide input and the council can understand
on Aug. 25, 1635. and up to date information for decision making purposes. It is each member’s points of view on the issue.
The first time anyone flew into a hurricane happened in 1943 important to balance public safety objectives with economic Additional priorities include work on transportation
in the middle of World War II. viability. Having personally lost my uncle to this virus, my mitigation efforts for the U.S. 1 Bridge Construction, review
In 1944, the U.S. Navy’s Pacific fleet was crushed by Typhoon family and I fully understand the importance of working of options for potential increased indoor community and
Cobra, which sank three destroyers and damaged many ships. together for the benefit of all members of our community. recreational facilities, and traffic mitigation options. As
Bangladesh was a country that was created from a hurricane. Please find below some recent updates on the work I have always please share your thoughts on these or any of the
In 1970, this region of Pakistan was struck by a cyclone and been doing for our community. current Council strategic initiatives.
500,000 people died. The people felt their government did not Last month, my colleagues selected me to serve as vice New Initiatives
do enough to help after the disaster so in 1971, they voted to be mayor. I am grateful for their confidence to nominate me for In addition to the 2020 strategic initiatives I proposed
independent of Pakistan and Bangladesh was born. this position for the third time in six years and appreciate the earlier this year, I am working on several new ideas to address
In 1971, Hurricane Ginger lasted for over three weeks. opportunity to once again serve the community in this role. resident and business concerns resulting from the pandemic:
In 1989, Hurricane Hugo completely destroyed several 2020 Strategic Initiatives Update (1) Identifying economic opportunities and assistance for local
forests in South Carolina. We continue to move forward with work on strategic business owners (2) Increased communications to seniors to
In 1999, Hurricane Floyd was barely a Category 1 hurricane, initiatives. Please find updated information below on some provide them with information on public services (3) Working
but it still managed to mow down 19 million trees and caused of the priorities I proposed earlier this year: to facilitate food distribution/farm sharing events and reducing
over a billion dollars in damage. Formation of strategic partnership with the Loxahatchee food waste. With respect to the last idea, thankfully there has
Only four Category 5 hurricanes (the highest category on the River District and Palm Beach County to enhance water been quick progress. Over the last few weeks, I have been
hurricane strength scale) have hit the continental United States quality and oyster bed/sea grass habitat: Town staff has working with leadership at local nonprofits to improve food
since the beginning of the 20th century: the 1935 Florida Keys had productive discussions with Palm Beach County. It is distribution efforts in our community. I worked with Feeding
Labor Day hurricane, Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane anticipated that Town staff will provide information to the South Florida to distribute over 40,000 pounds of food per
Andrew in 1992, and most recently Hurricane Michael in 2018. Town Council during the summer for consideration. week to over 750 families, and also have been working with
Hurricane Katrina is the costliest hurricane to have ever hit Development of a home improvement grant program for other Jupiter nonprofits to assist with their distributions.
the United States, causing some $125 billion dollars’ worth of Veterans: Town staff is currently working on this item and it Thank you to our Town staff and police, as well as all the local
damage in New Orleans and across much of the Gulf Coast. It is expected to come to Council in the fourth quarter of 2020. volunteers who are supporting all of these efforts!
was a Category 5 storm at one point, but a Category 3 when it Exploration of improvements to aquatic recreation
made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border. facilities and swim safety programming – including
The most intense tropical cyclone ever measured when discussion with the County about the North County Aquatic
considering a storm’s central pressure (this pressure drops as Center: Town staff is currently working on this item and it is
cyclones become stronger) was Typhoon Tip, which on Oct. 12,
1979, had a central pressure of 870 millibars.
The most intense tropical cyclone in terms of the highest wind
speeds measured was Tropical Cyclone Olivia, which struck
Australia in 1996. It had wind speeds of 253 mph (407 kph) the
fastest wind ever measured on the Earth’s surface.
Every second, a large hurricane releases the energy of 10
atomic bombs.
Originally, hurricanes were given the names of saints who
were honored on the day the storm occurred, according to the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. For example,
the hurricane that hit Okeechobee, Fla., in 1928, was alternately
called the Okeechobee hurricane and the San Felipe Segundo
hurricane because it hit on the feast day of Saint Philip.
The man who first gave names to hurricanes was an
Australian weather forecaster named C. Wragge in the early
1900s.
When the National Hurricane Center began giving official
name to storms in 1953, they were originally all female.
Hurricanes didn’t start having male names until 1979.
The worst hurricane damage is often caused by a storm surge.
A storm surge is like a giant wall of water pushed onshore by
hurricane winds. Most people who die in hurricanes are killed
by the towering walls of sea water that comes inland.

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