Choose a major hurricane and answer the following questions in your blog.

1. Which hurricane did you choose?

Hurricane Jeanne 2004

2. What category was it on the Saffir-Simpson scale?

Category 3

3. Tell its story.

Hurricane Jeanne started off as a troical wave and than became a tropical depression on September 13 near the Leeward islands. Jeanne hit Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola, and the bahammas. By the time she got to the United states she was no longer a category 3. She had weakened once hitting Florida. Once she got to Virginia she died out.

4. How many lives were lost? How much damage did it cause ($)?

Hurricane Jeanne caused $6.9 billion dollars and over 3,000 people lost their lives.

5. Include at least one picture.