Another danger on earth

hurricanes can be a lot scarier than we

often realize especially since they can

actually trigger earthquakes this

surprising and frightening phenomenon

known as storm Quakes was discovered

completely by accident not too long

ago it started with scientists trying to

find out more about lowf frequency

earthquakes we're talking about those

earthquakes that are so weak that we

can't actually feel the Tremor see

beneath her feet the Earth is constantly

vibrating in subtle unceasing ways that

we can't hear or see without the right

equipment this geologic hum so to speak

is driven by the movement of oceans

which covers about 70% of our planet

surface scientists have found that this

hum may actually provide useful records

of environmental happenings to figure

out where it's coming from experts use

equipment known as seismometers you can

think of these devices as little ears

pressed to the ground they can pick up

all sorts of vibrations like fans

jumping up and down at their Idols

concert airplanes flying by or even

super distant earthquakes shaking the

ground very low frequency earthquakes

are hard to track over long distances

because the signals they produce can

look different on different measuring

devices to solve this problem experts

came up with a way to track these

signals by combining readings from

smaller areas kind of like putting

together a puzzle but while doing this

they stumbled upon a strange set of

events that looked a bit like the

earthquake Quakes they were studying but

were not exactly the

same the first weird thing they noticed

was that this specific phenomenon was

seasonal it never happened between May

and August for example that is

completely different from earthquakes

which can pretty much happen any time of

the

year the second strange thing is that

earthquakes usually occur more in the

western part of the United States where

the ground moves along cracks in the

surface but these new strange vibration

spread not just along the west coast of

North America but also over to the east

side so what could be triggering this

new

phenomenon what they surprisingly

discovered is that many of these Tremors

coincided with the same time that

massive storms hit North America so we

are essentially talking about a chain

reaction what happens is that during a

specific season hurricanes or heavy

storms can transfer energy into the

oceans creating very strong waves these

waves then interact with the solid earth

producing intense seismic activity these

bursts of energy that are born from

massive storms can radiate thousands of

miles across continents leading to what

we now call Storm

Quakes It is believed that this

phenomenon can trigger earthquakes at a

magnitude of up to 3.5 on the RoR scale

this means it can be felt by many people

but normally doesn't cause any

damage but that doesn't mean we can all

be relaxed now as ocean waters can

indeed increase the intensity of

hurricanes just like what happened with

the frightening hurricane melon which

recently left a path of Destruction

across

Florida the blue purplish Zone you're

looking at is Hurricane Melton seen from

a satellite perspective on October 9th

this hurricane sustained winds of 155

mph and lashed the region with heavy

rainfall damaging winds and

life-threatening Storm surges estimate

show that the losses could be up to $34

billion which could make it one of the

costliest storms in United States

history what happened with hurricane

Milton was pretty tricky it all started

with some record hot water in the Gulf

of Mexico that warm water acted like a

PowerUp giving this hurricane the energy

it needed to grow and then there was

also this process called eyewall

replacement that helped it get bigger

too we'll get to that in a moment so as

hurricane Milton approach the coast

something unusual happened a cross path

with a fast-moving air current called

the jet stream which flows high up in

the atmosphere now normally the winds in

the Northern and Northwest parts of a

hurricane are not as strong as those in

other areas but because of this

interaction with the jet stream the

winds in these parts of the storm became

much stronger than

expected at nearly every turn hurricane

Milton surprised everyone and

intensified faster than we have seen

seen in ages it threatened to slam both

Florida's West and East coasts with a

dangerous surge of water putting the

bustling area of Tampa Bay which is home

to over 3 million people at serious

risk so how did Milton become such a

major problem well the problem started

in the Eastern Pacific Ocean usually

hurricanes follow a fairly predictable

path spinning off of Africa's Coast

sailing across the Atlantic and gaining

strength in the warm Caribbean Waters

but m had a Twist in its origin story it

began as the remnants of a tropical

depression that crossed over the Yucatan

Peninsula and met a stalled front in the

Gulf once Milton got going it didn't

hold back but when it hit those record

high ocean temperatures it was like

giving it an energy drink the warm water

and humid air were the perfect

ingredients for a hurricane on the rise

quickly Milton's wind speeds increased

by 92 mph so it went from a tropical

storm to a category 5 hurricane in less

than 2 days which is basically insane

and off the

charts and if that wasn't enough

hurricane Milton also went through this

thing called eyewall replacement now

hurricanes spin around a mostly Clear

Eye in the center but overnight Milton

started forming new bands of rain on its

outer edges creating a second ring

around its on this process helped Milton

grow even bigger spreading out the wind

speeds and giving it a larger footprint

it's kind of like shedding its skin and

getting ready to become even more

powerful hurricane Melton also had this

little wobble in its bat which changed

where it was heading you can think of it

like a spinning top that gets nudged and

Wobbles a bit before finding its balance

again that wobble meant some areas could

get either hit hard or be spared from

the worst of the

storm thankfully hurricane Milton

weakened a bit because of some tricky

wind changes up in the atmosphere until

it finally made landfall after that it

moved across the peninsula and headed

out to sea quickly losing strength as it

pulled away from the warmer

Waters now even though the damage was

significant the good news if you can

call it that is that experts were

honestly expecting things to be way way

worse still it raises a question how

close was Milton's wind speed to the

maximum or in other words is there a

limit to how strong a hurricane can get

well the answer is yes there is a speed

limit for Hurricane winds but it's not a

set number right now the strongest the

storm can get is around 200 mph but that

maximum speed can change depending on

many factors like the heat in the ocean

think of the ocean as the fuel for

hurricanes the warmer the water the more

fuel these storms have to work

with experts believe that as the oceans

continue to warm they can ramp up the

wind speeds and the impacts of

hurricanes making them a lot stronger

but other things can also help figure

out how intense a hurricane can get for

example the heat in the air and the

temperature at the top of the clouds

matter as they also affect how fast heat

moves from the ocean surface to the top

of the

storm some estimates suggest that

maximum wind speeds could reach closer

to 220 mph until the end of the century

so it's definitely something that

experts need to keep an eye on to help

prevent future disasters

as we move forward it's essential to

keep researching and studying these

storms the more we understand them the

better we can protect ourselves and our

communities that's it for today so hey

if you pacified your curiosity then give

the video a like and share it with your

friends or if you want more just click

on these videos and stay on the bright

side

hurricanes can be a lot scarier than we

often realize especially since they can

actually trigger earthquakes this

surprising and frightening phenomenon

known as storm Quakes was discovered

completely by accident not too long

ago it started with scientists trying to

find out more about lowf frequency

earthquakes we're talking about those

earthquakes that are so weak that we

can't actually feel the Tremor see

beneath her feet the Earth is constantly

vibrating in subtle unceasing ways that

we can't hear or see without the right

equipment this geologic hum so to speak

is driven by the movement of oceans

which covers about 70% of our planet

surface scientists have found that this

hum may actually provide useful records

of environmental happenings to figure

out where it's coming from experts use

equipment known as seismometers you can

think of these devices as little ears

pressed to the ground they can pick up

all sorts of vibrations like fans

jumping up and down at their Idols

concert airplanes flying by or even

super distant earthquakes shaking the

ground very low frequency earthquakes

are hard to track over long distances

because the signals they produce can

look different on different measuring

devices to solve this problem experts

came up with a way to track these

signals by combining readings from

smaller areas kind of like putting

together a puzzle but while doing this

they stumbled upon a strange set of

events that looked a bit like the

earthquake Quakes they were studying but

were not exactly the

same the first weird thing they noticed

was that this specific phenomenon was

seasonal it never happened between May

and August for example that is

completely different from earthquakes

which can pretty much happen any time of

the

year the second strange thing is that

earthquakes usually occur more in the

western part of the United States where

the ground moves along cracks in the

surface but these new strange vibration

spread not just along the west coast of

North America but also over to the east

side so what could be triggering this

new

phenomenon what they surprisingly

discovered is that many of these Tremors

coincided with the same time that

massive storms hit North America so we

are essentially talking about a chain

reaction what happens is that during a

specific season hurricanes or heavy

storms can transfer energy into the

oceans creating very strong waves these

waves then interact with the solid earth

producing intense seismic activity these

bursts of energy that are born from

massive storms can radiate thousands of

miles across continents leading to what

we now call Storm

Quakes It is believed that this

phenomenon can trigger earthquakes at a

magnitude of up to 3.5 on the RoR scale

this means it can be felt by many people

but normally doesn't cause any

damage but that doesn't mean we can all

be relaxed now as ocean waters can

indeed increase the intensity of

hurricanes just like what happened with

the frightening hurricane melon which

recently left a path of Destruction

across

Florida the blue purplish Zone you're

looking at is Hurricane Melton seen from

a satellite perspective on October 9th

this hurricane sustained winds of 155

mph and lashed the region with heavy

rainfall damaging winds and

life-threatening Storm surges estimate

show that the losses could be up to $34

billion which could make it one of the

costliest storms in United States

history what happened with hurricane

Milton was pretty tricky it all started

with some record hot water in the Gulf

of Mexico that warm water acted like a

PowerUp giving this hurricane the energy

it needed to grow and then there was

also this process called eyewall

replacement that helped it get bigger

too we'll get to that in a moment so as

hurricane Milton approach the coast

something unusual happened a cross path

with a fast-moving air current called

the jet stream which flows high up in

the atmosphere now normally the winds in

the Northern and Northwest parts of a

hurricane are not as strong as those in

other areas but because of this

interaction with the jet stream the

winds in these parts of the storm became

much stronger than

expected at nearly every turn hurricane

Milton surprised everyone and

intensified faster than we have seen

seen in ages it threatened to slam both

Florida's West and East coasts with a

dangerous surge of water putting the

bustling area of Tampa Bay which is home

to over 3 million people at serious

risk so how did Milton become such a

major problem well the problem started

in the Eastern Pacific Ocean usually

hurricanes follow a fairly predictable

path spinning off of Africa's Coast

sailing across the Atlantic and gaining

strength in the warm Caribbean Waters

but m had a Twist in its origin story it

began as the remnants of a tropical

depression that crossed over the Yucatan

Peninsula and met a stalled front in the

Gulf once Milton got going it didn't

hold back but when it hit those record

high ocean temperatures it was like

giving it an energy drink the warm water

and humid air were the perfect

ingredients for a hurricane on the rise

quickly Milton's wind speeds increased

by 92 mph so it went from a tropical

storm to a category 5 hurricane in less

than 2 days which is basically insane

and off the

charts and if that wasn't enough

hurricane Milton also went through this

thing called eyewall replacement now

hurricanes spin around a mostly Clear

Eye in the center but overnight Milton

started forming new bands of rain on its

outer edges creating a second ring

around its on this process helped Milton

grow even bigger spreading out the wind

speeds and giving it a larger footprint

it's kind of like shedding its skin and

getting ready to become even more

powerful hurricane Melton also had this

little wobble in its bat which changed

where it was heading you can think of it

like a spinning top that gets nudged and

Wobbles a bit before finding its balance

again that wobble meant some areas could

get either hit hard or be spared from

the worst of the

storm thankfully hurricane Milton

weakened a bit because of some tricky

wind changes up in the atmosphere until

it finally made landfall after that it

moved across the peninsula and headed

out to sea quickly losing strength as it

pulled away from the warmer

Waters now even though the damage was

significant the good news if you can

call it that is that experts were

honestly expecting things to be way way

worse still it raises a question how

close was Milton's wind speed to the

maximum or in other words is there a

limit to how strong a hurricane can get

well the answer is yes there is a speed

limit for Hurricane winds but it's not a

set number right now the strongest the

storm can get is around 200 mph but that

maximum speed can change depending on

many factors like the heat in the ocean

think of the ocean as the fuel for

hurricanes the warmer the water the more

fuel these storms have to work

with experts believe that as the oceans

continue to warm they can ramp up the

wind speeds and the impacts of

hurricanes making them a lot stronger

but other things can also help figure

out how intense a hurricane can get for

example the heat in the air and the

temperature at the top of the clouds

matter as they also affect how fast heat

moves from the ocean surface to the top

of the

storm some estimates suggest that

maximum wind speeds could reach closer

to 220 mph until the end of the century

so it's definitely something that

experts need to keep an eye on to help

prevent future disasters

as we move forward it's essential to

keep researching and studying these

storms the more we understand them the

better we can protect ourselves and our

communities that's it for today so hey

if you pacified your curiosity then give

the video a like and share it with your

friends or if you want more just click

on these videos and stay on the bright

side