Monday, March 9, 2009

Long, Tedious and a Pain in the You-Know-Where (or TJ's Hurricane Experiment)

Sorry for the big delay, but my project was in fact long and tedious, and, as such was hard. However, I did get plenty out of this project. My abstract was the polar opposite of my project short and sweet. Here it is:

Hurricanes cause a lot of damage on costal areas. This damage is among the most costly in the world, sometimes upwards of 1 billion dollars. This damage is from 3 sources: wind, rain and storm surge. Storm surge is the heightening of the tide due to a hurricane. The storm surge was found to be the most dangerous of all portions. Therefore, storm surge should be protected against the most when a hurricane is coming.


I also got several great pictures, and a video.



A great picture of a rain trial that was a complete accident: it was taken from a behind the back position


The end result of the second storm surge trial



The first rain trial's result.



A wind trial set up. The Legos are merely indicators of wind speed, etc.



The video I was talking about (It is edited)


A really bad Star Wars joke (Sorry George Lucas). The R stands for rain.

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