he westerlies, they usually turn toward the northeast, often missing the continents. This turn, the northeast, is called recurvature. Until 1944, when hurricane exploration by aircraft became common, detection of hurricanes was based entirely on surface reports of land stations or ships, and some small storms probably went unnoticed. Although aircraft reconnaissance has considerably improved the ability to detect and monitor tropical storms, the greatest advance in early detection has been the continuous surveillance maintained by the series of geosynchronous satellites stationed over fixed points on the equator.Hurricanes are not only dangerous they can sometimes be very costly. Like Hurricane Andrew that hit southern Florida and Louisiana in 1992 the total cost on damage was $30.5 billion dollars. That was the most costly hurricane in history. The next one was Hurricane Hugo that hit South Carolina in 1989. It cost $8.5 billion dollars. The most deadly hurricane recorded in history hit in Galveston, Texas in 1900. It was a category 4 hurricane, and killed around 8,000 people. In second and third place comes Florida. Combine together the grand totals of deaths are around 2,500 people. Just think we are in Florida. Florida also receives the strongest hurricane in history also. Remember to take caution when a hurricane threatens to approach. Always be on the caution and be ready for a storm to pop up. ...
