Based on your knowledge of hurricanes and tornados, which one do you think will do the most damage to our world (including the people in it)? Why do you think that? Give reasons and examples to prove your opinion.

Be sure to post your comment with your supporting evidence and post on someone else's comment as well. Both comments are worth 5 points for a total of 10 points.

These blog posts are DUE BY: Friday, November 11, 2011.


You may use this link to do some research on hurricanes and tornadoes.
http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weather-ed/weather-encyclopedia/
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This is a picture of a hurricane.
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Seth
11/7/2011 06:38:17 am

I think hurricanes are better thentornados because sometimes hurricanes can make tornados and they are bigger,so it can destroy more if it just stayed in one spot.So that is why I think a hurricane is better then a tornado.

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4/22/2013 09:09:50 am

Seth... you need to check your spelling not to be rude or anything just telling you.

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kate
11/7/2011 07:03:12 am

I feel a hurricane is worse than a tornado. Why? Because a hurrican is much larger. on Google i typed in how wide is a hurrican and it said it can be as wide as 300 miles! you might laugh at what i am fixing to say. a world record of how wide a tornado was is 2.5 miles! also i looked on Google images and saw a car burried in the sand and it looked like it was in the middle of nowhere! a tornado rips apart things if it touches it, but a hurricane does the same but with all the stuff i just said. these are the reasones why i think a hurrican is worse than a tornado.

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rachael
11/7/2011 07:42:58 am

Kate, I agree a hurricane is a lot bigger. I think a hurricane is worse because hurricane has high wind, lots of water, can cause flooding ,and is a lot bigger.

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EMILY
11/7/2011 07:59:43 am

I think a hurricane is stronger and larger than a tornado. After a tornado, one house can be severely damaged, and the one next to it can be completely untouched. This is because a tornado isn't nearly as wide as a hurricane is. A tornado has much stronger winds, though. A hurricane doesn't just affect the area with the warning. Often, the places around it get heavy rainfall and occasionally floods happen.

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EMILY
11/7/2011 08:00:41 am

Nice comment, Seth!

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Seth
3/2/2012 08:37:45 am

Thank you, Emily

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EMILY
11/7/2011 08:02:21 am

Kate, I love your post. It is awesome! I can't wait to read your next blog post! You deserve an A+!

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11/7/2011 08:21:46 am

In my opinion a hurricane is bigger why I say this and think this is because tornados you know stay where they are. On the other hand hurricanes go a lot of places. Now why I think hurricanes can do a lot more damage to earth and people is because of their wind speeds.
Did you know wind speeds can get up to 74- 95 miles per hour maybe even a lot more! So those are just a couple of reasons why I think that Hurricanes can damage the earth more than tornados.

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11/7/2011 08:23:35 am

Great thinking EMILY!!! U r a great thinker!!

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kate
11/7/2011 08:48:18 am

caroline,i like how you gave us a fact.she said that wind speeds can go up to 74-94 mph! that amazing. thanks for the new information.

kate

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kate
11/7/2011 08:54:06 am

emily, i like how you said that one house can be very destroyed when the one right beside it is completely unharmed! great example! you diserve an a+ too!

kate

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kate
11/7/2011 08:58:56 am

everyones was amazing but i am very sorry i can not type a complement for 4 people at this moment. have to go study facts! by

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adrienne
11/7/2011 09:26:38 am

I think that a huricane is worse because it can bring big floodes .

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adrienne
11/7/2011 09:33:43 am

Caroline i agree with you huricanes do have high wind speeds

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11/7/2011 10:54:53 pm

I think that hurricanes are worse because they cover more land and tornados follow a path. A tornado can hit one house and its neighbor does not get touched by the tornado.

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maleah
11/7/2011 10:56:16 pm

I think hurricanes are more powerful than a tornado. because they are bigger than a tornado.

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maleah
11/7/2011 10:58:58 pm

kate I love how you said that a hurricane can get up to 300 miles wide

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11/8/2011 12:11:19 am

I am adding to what I said before. I think hurricanes are worse because they cover more land and they destroy more homes and buildings. I have been in a tornado in Kansas and it was not as bad as when I was in Rhode Island and they had to board up the windows and it was much worse.

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carter
11/8/2011 03:17:57 am

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11/8/2011 03:20:14 am

i think torndoes do the most damige to the earth because it gets land

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11/8/2011 03:21:49 am

seth.you realy deatald that

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chris
11/8/2011 03:22:31 am

a tornado should do more damage because tornado suck up places and it can kill people

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Anne
11/8/2011 05:29:00 am

I think a hurricane would do more damage than a tornado. I think this because on www.theweatherchannelkids.com it said,"A hurricane happened in 1969 and killed 256 people!'' In a tornado it said,"A tornado will usually not kill anyone. But it is very rare for a killer tornado to appear." This is why I think a hurricane would do more damage than a tornado.

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Anne
11/8/2011 05:34:21 am

Caroline, I agree with you. Since a hurricane can go up to 74-95 miles per hour, it can definitely cover more area and kill more things than a tornado!

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Emily
11/8/2011 05:47:43 am

Caroline, I am not trying to correct you, but I wanted to tell you that even though a hurricane can have a wind speed of 74 - 92 mph, a tornado's wind speed is 200 to 500 mph! So a tornado's winds are actually a lot stronger than a hurricane's winds...

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Connor
11/8/2011 06:21:02 am

I think that a tornado will cause more destruction because a tornado affects a larger area than a hurricane. I used the link above and it showed me the area that a tornado is possible and also where a hurricane can happen. When a hurricane hits land it starts to lose its power. When a tornado hits a house or structure it pretty much destroys it carrying pieces of debris to cause more damage. That is why I think a tornado would cause more damage than a hurricane.

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Connor
11/8/2011 06:25:37 am

Carter- I agree, because tornadoes are formed on land and can destroy more things. And Emily, I agree with you too because of the wind speeds and a tornado doesn't have to be really big to be destructive.

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Zachary White
11/8/2011 07:12:16 am

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Zachary White
11/8/2011 07:19:46 am

I think that hurricanes are more destructive and more harmful. I think that because hurricanes knock over trees, houses ,sky scrapers , and buildings . Hurricanes also flood everything as far as the eyes can see. I`ve heard that a whole family lived when a tornado lifted there house up, which is evidence that hurricanes are more dangerous.

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zachary
11/8/2011 07:30:42 am

Sorry I accidentally clicked submit and i`m not done.One other reason that I think that hurricanes are more dangerous because Hurricanes wind speed goes up to 74-155 or more! http://www.nesec.org/hazards/tornadoes.cfm

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Zachary
11/8/2011 07:34:28 am

Braxton I agree with you.I think that hurricanes cause more damage because it covers more land too!

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maleah
11/8/2011 08:31:39 am

I like how you commented braxtons answer

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11/8/2011 10:02:39 pm

I think that a hurricane is stronger and larger than a tornado an i think that maleah an braxton did a gr8t job on there answer!!!!!

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Jenni (Pierce's mom)
11/8/2011 10:34:00 pm

Both hurricanes and tornados are definitely mother nature at work! I agree with everyone who thinks hurricanes are worse than tornados, but does anyone think people have more time to take safety and prepare for a hurricane than a tornado?
It seems hurricanes might be easier to predicit early on whereas a tornado just comes and goes as it pleases!

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11/9/2011 10:01:33 pm

I think that hurricanes and tornado do a lot of damige to the world but hurricanes are stronger because ocean water makes it stronger

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pierce
11/9/2011 10:02:28 pm

I agree with you mom

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eve
11/10/2011 04:08:02 am

i think a hurricane is more scary and more powerful i know this becase it is faster and biger

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iyunia
11/10/2011 04:09:58 am

i iagree eve!

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eve
11/10/2011 04:10:11 am

i think the same thing seth

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11/10/2011 04:11:54 am

i think hurricanes are the most damage!

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11/10/2011 04:13:52 am

you are correct braxton

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Matthew
11/10/2011 04:21:41 am

I think Hurricanes would do the most damage because hurricanes can lead to very heavy flooding.

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Presley
11/10/2011 06:44:46 am

I think huuricanes will do more damage. I think this because tornados only have winds and is small but hurricanes are big and they include wind and rain.

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Presley
11/10/2011 06:46:21 am

Eve, that`s what I talked about too!!!

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william wood
11/10/2011 10:03:47 pm

i think a hurricane would do more damage because it destroys trees and houses, causes storm surges that flood, and ends in a rainfall. although a tornado has higher windspeeds, it usually only lasts for ten minutes.

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willy wonka
11/10/2011 10:04:34 pm

i agree kate!

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luke
11/10/2011 11:38:13 pm

whos put there name as willy wonka

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luke
11/10/2011 11:41:08 pm

I think a hurricane is more destructive than a tornado because a hurricane can get 300 miles wide and a tornado con only get a mile wide.

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luke
11/10/2011 11:42:47 pm


I agree eve, peirce, and william

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maleah
11/10/2011 11:44:14 pm

I agree with caroline !!!!

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luke
11/10/2011 11:47:00 pm

someone should do a report on a tornado or a hurricane for extra credit

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luke
11/10/2011 11:47:59 pm

it would probebly be for the science grade

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luke
11/10/2011 11:55:29 pm

i agree zac

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Matthew
11/11/2011 12:04:25 am

I agree luke.

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11/11/2011 12:30:01 am

hurricans are the most damage to our world!

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logan.moll123
11/11/2011 12:36:26 am

i think that tornados are stronger because they proudse more winds

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lopgan.moll123
11/11/2011 12:41:44 am

great thinking braxton (a+)!!!!

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AUSTIN HAMBLIN
11/14/2011 12:05:33 am

I think a Hurricane would releas more damage and pordues more dethes than a Tornado because Hurricanes can pordues strom surges and Tornadoes cann't pordues strom surges,but Tornadoes can flaten houses.

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AUSTIN HAMBLIN
11/14/2011 12:20:03 am

I ageer with WILLAM you shold get an A+ an 100%

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1/28/2012 09:49:49 am

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3/25/2012 06:04:16 pm

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3/28/2012 08:41:54 pm

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Noah
2/11/2013 06:52:08 am

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Noah G
2/11/2013 06:57:18 am

I think tornados are worse because they can lift and fling objects and form virualy anywhere, even on other planets. Even though hurricanes can form on other planet such as the Big Red Spot on Jupitor on, Earth they only form over oceans and what does make it's way to land is only on the coast line so it can't hurt states such as Arkansas.

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4/22/2013 09:18:17 am

I think Hurricanes are worse then tornadoes... Tornadoes just goes on down the state. Before I was little a Tornado was infront of my house my sister and I was next to the screen door we didn't have a basement but it passed didn't touch us. So we moved down close to the old house now... I still got the day in my head. The year was 2011... My mom and I still clean up the house get everything over as we can but now we are doing good with the other kids. atleast we are not fighting as we use to. Well I am doing a speech about Tornadoes, I gotta find a website for it so I am working hard as I can.

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