1. 2004: THE HURRICANE SEASON THAT TERRORIZED FLORIDA BY JACOB WALDEN

2. During October 2004 I had the ability to be a part of a disaster cleanup team that traveled to Kissimmee, Florida. We spent the weekend clearing roads, cutting up fallen trees, and helping people to regain their mobility in the area. Since I had a first hand account of the destruction that a hurricane can cause I am doing my ePortfolio about the Atlantic Hurricane Season of 2004. There was significant damage done throughout the Caribbean but I want to mainly focus on the effects of these storms on the United States.

3. MAJOR EVENTS TROPICAL STORM BONNIE HURRICANE CHARLEY CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE FRANCES CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE IVAN CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE JEANNE CATEGORY 3

4. KEY FACTS OF THIS HURRICANE SEASON BEGAN ON JUNE 1, AND ENDED ON NOVEMBER 30 WAS AN EL NIÑO YEAR NINE TOTAL HURRICANES SIX HURRICANES REACHING AT LEAST CATEGORY 3 INTENSITY CAUSED AT LEAST 3,258 DEATHS OVERALL $50 BILLION IN DAMAGE

5. PATH OF TROPICAL STORM BONNIE

6. TROPICAL STORM BONNIE BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION AUGUST 3, 2004 UPGRADED TO TROPICAL STORM AUGUST 9, 2004 LANDED NEAR APALACHICOLA, FL ON AUGUST 12, 2004 3 DEATHS, $1.27 MILLION IN DAMAGE

7. PATH OF HURRICANE CHARLEY

8. HURRICANE CHARLEY BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON AUGUST 9, 2004 STRENGTHENED TO A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE AUGUST 13, 2013 MADE US LANDFALL IN CAYO COSTA, FL WITH 150MPH WIND AUGUST 13, 2013 CAUSED 29 DEATHS, IN 792 INJURIES, AND $15.1 BILLION IN DAMAGE IN FLORIDA ALONE

9. PATH OF HURRICANE FRANCES

10. HURRICANE FRANCIS BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON AUGUST 24, 2004 STRENGTHENED TO CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE ON AUGUST 27, 2004 LANDED IN THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 CAUSED 6 DEATHS AND $10.9 BILLION IN DAMAGE PRODUCED 103 TORNADOS IN THE UNITED STATES

11. PATH OF HURRICANE IVAN

12. HURRICANE IVAN BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 STRENGTHENED TO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE SEPTEMBER 9, 2004 LANDED NEAR GULF SHORES, ALABAMA SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 ENTERED THE ATLANTIC SEPTEMBER 18, BUT CROSSED FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 IVAN PRODUCED A RECORD 119 TORNADOS IN 9 COLLECTIVE STATES

13. PATH OF HURRICANE JEANNE

14. HURRICANE JEANNE BECAME A TROPICAL DEPRESSION ON SEPTEMBER 13, 2004 PERFORMS A COMPLETE LOOP IN OPEN WATER, REACHES CATEGORY 3 SEPTEMBER 25, 2004 LANDS NEAR STUART, FLORIDA ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2004 CAUSED AT LEAST 4 US DEATHS, $6.8 BILLION IN DAMAGE

15. OUTSIDE OF THE US THIS PROJECT REALLY DROVE HOME THE LESSONS WE LEARNED ABOUT HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. HURRICANE JEANNE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER 3000 DEATHS IN HAITI ALONE. THE CITY OF GONAÏVES WAS NEARLY WASHED AWAY COMPLETELY BY FLOODS AND MUDSLIDES. MANY FLORIDIANS WERE ALSO ABLE TO EVACUATE NORTHWARD WHEN HURRICANE FRANCES TOOK TWO DAYS TO CROSS THE BAHAMAS. WE TEND TO FOCUS ONLY ON OUR LOSSES BUT OUR LOSSES WERE MOSTLY FINANCIAL WHEREAS IN THE CARIBBEAN THERE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FATALITIES.

16. REFLECTION I FEEL THAT I LEARNED SO MUCH THIS SEMESTER. THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DAY YET THAT I HAVENT THOUGHT ABOUT SOME OF THE PRINCIPLES I LEARNED WHEN DRIVING AROUND IN THE VALLEY. THIS PROJECT HELPED ME TO SEE THAT HURRICANES ARE HAZARDOUS NOT ONLY FOR THEIR WIND BUT ALSO FOR THE TORNADOS, RAINS, AND MASSIVE FLOODS THAT THEY BRING. THIS HURRICANE SEASON WAS SO DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY LAYERED OVER THE SAME AREAS IN THE SAME WAY AFTERSHOCKS DO FOLLOWING EARTHQUAKES. IN THE PHOTOS YOU CAN SEE HOW THE HURRICANES START PACKING AWAY HEAT ENERGY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ATLANTIC, THEN HOW THEY DUMP THAT STORED ENERGY ALL THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN SEABOARD. THOUGH WE DONT GET HURRICANES IN UTAH, WE CAN GET TORRENTIAL RAINSTORMS THAT COULD WASH US OFF THE SLOPES. BY BUILDING BETTER HOMES IN LESS DANGEROUS AREAS WE CAN KEEP FROM WASHING OFF LIKE THE HAITIANS DID.