The hands-on experience and hardship of discovering ruins and ancient tombs are a thing of the past. There are many technological advances used today to discover the unknown, and provide estimates of them. Treasure hunters use water dredges or "the mailbox system." Archeologists use LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) or GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar), and most importantly, Hurricane hunters use planes, dropsondes, and satellites to gather information about hurricanes. Dropsondes and satellites are the most important and most technologically advanced system used by modern adventurers, because their information is used to warn citizens of the dangers of individual hurricanes, maybe causing them to evacuate.
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During the early 1700s, war was wager including the French, Spanish, Dutch, English, and Austrians. The tactics of the Dutch, English and Austrians was to cause mayhem to the Spanish armada from the New World colonies. "Facing bankruptcy new the end of the war, the Spanish King ordered a fleet of ships to bring back a shipment of treasure at all costs" (Article 1, Paragraph 5). In July of 1715, twelve ships met at a port in Havana, entirely filled with treasure, and set sail towards Spain. On their way to Spain, a hurricane struck eleven of the twelve ships, and they were destroyed near the coast of Florida. During the late 1950s, a man named Kip Wagner found a silver coin on the beach. The coin was a spanish coin, called the eight reales coin. Wagner used a metal detector to find an old salvage work site that stored coins and other artifacts. Wagner later "saw an old cannon on the ocean floor. Wagner assembled a team of divers, and they …show more content…
While they are gathering information, they launch a dropsonde, "small instruments attached to parachutes." The dropsonde drops to the ocean and transmits bursts of information to the plane.The dropsonde gathers information that a plane cannot find, such as humidity, temperature, atmospheric pressure, as well as the direction and speed of winds. Weather forcasters use this information to determine how strong a hurricane is becoming. send planes to "fly through three parts of a hurricane: an eye, an eyewall, and spiral rain bands." Before dropsondes, Hurricane hunters were required to use planes to fly through hurricanes, gathering as much information as possible. "Meteorologists used the data to prepare their forecats" (Article 2, Paragraph 5). Starting in the 1960s, weather satellites have been circling the world to gather information that planes cannot determine. Satellite surveillance has saved many lives in 1961, when a hurricane was headed straight for Texas. Meteorologists used information from the satellites to evacuate 350,000 people. "Satellite surveillance does not guarantee that a hurricane will not take people by surprise when it reaches land" (Article 2, Paragraph 7). Satellites only provide data for rough estimates of the time and place of the landfall, as well as a hurricane's strength. Dropsondes are commonly used today by the United States
On 19 December 1818, the United States’ Vessel, the Emma Sophia was held up by a Spanish privateer in the Santaren Channel. She surrendered because she was not armed. In the struggle, an officer was taken to be hange...
The British Empire was a World dominant force throughout the 17th, 18th, and 19th century, but if it wasn’t for the naval defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588, the British might have never settled what would be the United States. And the person we have to thank is none other than Sir Francis Drake, a common man whose rise from a small country town, to the mighty dragon that the Spanish feared, was the most brilliant Captain during the Elizabethan Era. Sir Francis Drake’s privateering in the Caribbean and the Pacific were the staging grounds for the destruction of the Spanish Armada and the Rise of the British Empire. It was in the Caribbean where Drake inflicted is greatest defeats and captured his greatest prizes.
In this paper, I will discuss what tornadoes are and how they form, what different forms of tornadoes there are, what tornado watches and warning are and give examples of tornadoes in Oklahoma and what destruction they caused, also while providing information about the Doppler radar.
Columbus happened to be in Spain at the siege of Granada and was called upon the Spanish court, thus giving his chance to request funding for his voyages to Asia. While Columbus was in front of the Spanish court, he proposed to them an agreement of finding gold and riches in Asia to put them ahead of their rival, Portugal. Despite the great amount of Spanish explorers who wanted to embark on the voyage to riches in Asia, the Catholic monarchs and the Spanish court then came to a consensus that having Columbus sail the voyage would benefit them greatly. Therefore, if Columbus brought back gold and spices as he promised to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, then he would receive 10 percent of the profit and govern the new lands that he discovers. Shortly after Columbus was funded for the voyage towards Asia, Columbus set out onto the sea with three ships: the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria. Approximately, 86-89 men accompanied Columbus on the three ships. Little did Columbus know, he mistakenly miscalculated the size of the Earth and sea, thus never reaching Asia, but the
Although Greensburg was almost entirely destroyed, the storm helped to reinforce the important role that storm chasers play in the tracking and warning process of severe weather. By having well-trained, experienced people in the field, meteorologists and weather services are better able to track the exact location and characteristics of tornadic events, relaying that information to the public faster and more accurately than ever before.
In the article "Ship Of Gold" by Gary Hanna talks about events that happened during the middle of 1857 and early 1980's. In the middle of 1857 there was a ship (Central America) in Cuba that was headed toward New York. But, a massive Hurricane was headed right toward the ship. In the article it says " The Central America had sailed into the path of a furious hurricane. For three days, enormous waves had pummeled the ship. Screaming winds had shattered its windows and shredded its sails.” (Hanna 18)The ship gave in after three days. A nearby vessel was able to save only 132 people which left 425 people to die. This ship was not not ordinary, it had twenty one tons of gold. The article states ” It was filled with treasure—21 tons of gold.” (Hanna
Leading up to the hurricane, many scientists expected the storm to dissipate over the ocean and cause little to no harm (Rappaport). The scientists were relying on faulty equipment that said that due to slow air speed and l...
In response to the damage caused by Hurricane Isabel, Virginia Governor Mark Warner described it as, “Probably the worst storm in a generation” (Washington Post, Ambrose). This was certainly not an overstatement as the National Weather Service reported that Isabel created 925 million dollars of damage in the state of Virginia alone (Johnson). While Isabel was not the most intense storm once it reached the United States, the size of this storm and the population of the area it impacted was why it caused so much damage (Johnson). This paper will discuss the science behind the creation of this storm, the impact of the storm in Richmond, Virginia and its surrounding areas, and the efforts to decrease the effects of the storm along with what could have further prevented any damages.
Portobello’s defenses proved to be no match for Morgan’s large fleet of nine ships and an army of five hundred men. Morgan’s deceptive warlike skills were instrumental in his victories over these Spanish towns. For example, when attacking Portobello, he did not attack from the side where all of Portobello’s defenses aligned to repel attackers. Instead, Morgan headed about twenty-five miles west of Portobello, attacked from the landward side, and ordered 400 of his men to march through the jungle, enabling the “surprise” factor for this and many of his other successful raids. After numerous sword fights and gunshots, the Spanish commander of the town surrendered and Morgan took possession of the town. Most of the one hundred thousand pieces of eight, currency also known as the Spanish dollar, was given to the town of Port Royal in Jamaica, “…who had been captured by the English from Spain during the course of a serendipitous campaign in 1655”(Guttman). With this large influx of stolen money, Morgan easily recruited men for his future raids on Maracaibo and
In 2007, Odyssey Marine Exploration, a marine treasure hunting company, found a Spanish colonial-era shipwreck while surveying the waters off of Gibraltar for the colonial-era HMS Merchant Royal wreck. Odyssey salvaged the wreck, code-named Black Swan, in secret, recovering 594,000 silver coins estimated to be worth $500 million. After salvaging the coins, Odyssey transported them to the US for auction to the public. The ship was later confirmed to the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, a Spanish war frigate sunk by British ships in 1804 after it was blown off course returning from Peru. The Mercedes carried a mostly civil cargo comprising of Peruvian silver and several citizens’ personal cargos. Shortly after Odyssey publicly announced its find,
Ponce de Leon sailed to Puerto Rico in 1506 with two hundred men to the island and found out that it had rich gold deposits. He enslaved the natives, and forced them to mine gold for him. Ponce de Leon left Puerto Rico and returned again in 1508, this time he brought with him only fifty men. On this voyage, his ship went through a terrible storm that caused him to run onto the rocks on two occasions. The crew was forced to throw over much of their supplies in order to keep the ship from sinking.
Archaeology is a continuously evolving field where there is a constant stream of new branches and excavation methods. Due to the influx of new technologies and innovations in recent decades, archaeologists have been able to excavate previously inaccessible areas. For example, new diving equipment and tools such as proton magnetometers, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, and miniature submarines have allowed archaeologists to dive into the deep depths of the ocean. As a result, the branch of underwater archaeology was created to search for shipwrecks and other artifacts on the ocean floor. Underwater archaeology’s role has increased in recent years as it allows archaeologists to more accurately interpret the past by supplementing information gained through traditional land excavations.
Hurricanes are powerful atmospheric vortices that are intermediate in size. Hurricanes are unique and powerful weather systems. The word “hurricane” comes from a Caribbean word meaning “big wind”. Views of hurricanes can be seen from a satellite positioned thousands of miles above the earth.
Right now there are people trying to prevent hurricanes. At the present it is impossible to prevent them, but with early detection many lives have been saved.
middle of paper ... ... Help people if they are trapped under fallen debris and give them first aid in the event that they are injured. Tornado safety and preparedness are key to protecting your loved ones during a tornado. So far, there has been no evidence that tornadoes pick up objects and move them to Oz, but we do know they can lift enormous objects and cause billions of dollars in damage.