TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 Something Wicked This Way Comes Chapter 2 The Eye of the Storm Chapter 3 Take Cover Chapter 4 The Aftermath Beyond the Book Glossary About the Author Index Photo Credits 4 10 16 22.28 29 30 30.30
Chapter 1 SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES 4 Hey Mom Isla said the moment she got home from school We're doing a project on hurricanes Can you tell me more about the one Grandma went through Sure honey Mom replied She sat down at the kitchen table and pulled out her phone She showed Isla pictures that Grandma had sent The skies were dark The trees looked like they would break in the wind The waves crashed onto roads Hurricane lan right Isla asked She pulled a sheet of paper out of her backpack That's the one Florida gets a lot of hurricanes but lan was a bad one A state of emergency was declared Schools were closed Mandatory evacuations were put in place for many people along the coast The storm was a lot worse than they expected
+ + 251 155 129 208 177 110 153 95 THE CATEGORY IS Not all hurricanes are the same We judge them based on wind speed The Saffir Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale measures possible damage There are five categories Storms with wind less than 74 miles per hour mph 119 km h are tropical storms Storms with wind greater than 74 mph are hurricanes CATEGORY 1 74 MPH WIND 119 KM H CATEGORY 2 96 MPH WIND 154 KM H CATEGORY 3 111 MPH WIND 178 KM H CATEGORY 4 130 MPH WIND 209 KM H CATEGORY 5 156 MPH WIND 252 KM H But Grandma was okay right How did she stay safe Isla's mom looped an arm around her shoulders She squeezed her tight Over the next hour Isla and her mom talked all about hurricanes 5
