Obviously with Hurricane Ida coming it’s all over the news. They’re saying storm surges could be several feet. I understand if it breaks a dam or a levy how the water can get that high. But how can a Hurricane bring so much water inland?
In: Earth Science
So hurricanes are low pressure systems, like really low pressure cause they’re so big. Think of a bowling ball on a trampoline, the ball will push the trampoline down, now imagine that trampoline was water and air and the bowling ball is the hurricane. The hurricane It’s going to displace A LOT of air and A LOT of water.
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