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Summary :  I learned that the safest city in America is believed to be Dayton, Ohio by me and some of my classmates. I learned that Dayton, Ohio is completely free or almost completely free of wildfires, earthquakes, and hurricanes. Earthquakes are the sudden shake of the Earth and they happen near or on fault lines. The ground is releasing some tension and releases it through fault lines because they are the weakest points in the Earth's crust. Dayton, Ohio is not near or on any fault line, therefore, is safe. One other deadly natural disaster is a wildfire. Wildfires happen in places with lots of dry vegetation because they form when the sun is so hot, dry vegetation catches on fire. Dayton has regular amounts of rain, not allowing the vegetation to become dry enough to catch fire. Dayton is free of one more thing, hurricanes. Hurricanes form over warm ocean waters. The ocean needs to be at least 80 °F or warmer for hurricanes to form. Dayton is not n...

The safest city in America is Dayton,Ohio. We think this because it is free of hurricanes. It is also free of earthquakes and wildfires. It is free of these things because the weather conditions do not permit them to happen. The New York times says that Corvallis,Oregon is the safest city,but we disagree. Dayton, Ohio is unable to have wildfires because of its weather and climate. The weather is normally cold (and so is the climate) and Dayton, as well as the rest of Ohio doesn’t have much dry vegetation to burn. It is also not in a drought so there is plenty of rain in Ohio. Dayton has an even smaller chance to experience wildfires because it is a city. Cities don’t have much vegetation, nevertheless dry vegetation. Wildfires are fueled by vegetation, and although even moist vegetation can catch fire, Dayton doesn’t have much vegetation, just like other cities. The only fire that can occur in Cleveland would be a man-made fire which can easily be put out by people including fire...

en.wikipedia.org Image - Summary - The safest place in america is surely in Ohio. This is because Ohio is free from the following natural disasters :   Tsunamis :   Ohio's current and past earthquake average isn't enough to trigger a tsunami. Also, even the lowest leveled ground on Ohio is too high for a Tsunami to reach. Wildfires:  Because of Ohio's cold weather, wildfires don't occur in Ohio.  They also don't occur  because in Ohio  there are good amounts of rainfall which  keeps vegetation wet and not dry, which prevents from the fire from spreading.   Another thing is Ohio doesn't have dry, flat land for the fire to travel on.  Hurricanes:  Ohio doesn't have seas or oceans which a hurricane can form on. Hurricanes form on large bodies of water which are warm and have enough energy for a large amount of surface water evaporation.  Tornadoes:  Although Ohi...

Properties:  www.thinglink.com Summary:  Natural Disasters are not something to joke about. Natural disasters can cause millions in dollars in damage. Some types of natural disasters are tornadoes,wildfires,hurricanes,tsunamis,blizzards, thunderstorms, and earthquakes. I will explain some of them now. Wildfires - Wildfires are known as forest fires, wild-land fire, bush fire, etc, are big unconstrained/uncontrolled fires that are fueled by vegetation. Wild fires mostly occur in areas with a lot of vegetation, and are very likely to start in areas with dry vegetation. Wildfires normally happen in dry, hot areas which have conditions such as droughts(droughts can help because if it's a place with vegetation (green or dry) (such as California) the fire has lots of brush to burn through). Wild fires form when the air pressure is high which causes sunny days. The reason it can't form when the air pressure is low is because the air is moist and it is most likely raining. Wild...

Image credits:  1000awesomethings.com Summary: Wind is caused by the rotation and changing temperatures of the Earth. Wind is cool air rushing towards the ground to replace the warm air that has just risen. Warm air expands as it rises. Cool air contracts, therefore taking up less space. Air pressure is also an ingredient to wind. It can make wind blow in different directions. A barometer is used to measure the air pressure. When there is high pressure in the atmosphere, it is sunny. When there is low pressure in the atmosphere, there are rainy days. Wind helps create weather. SP8: Obtain, evaluate and communicate information: This week we started on our next project. For this project, we needed to research about the different types of severe weather. One of the most important things that we had to figure out was what type of conditions the type of weather needed to be created. This will help us figure out where the type of weather is likely to occur, leading to to figuring...