Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-09-30

WASHINGTON. Sept. GA hur-
ricane has 70 have something 70 blow
away-or how can IL demonstrate
that IL Is u hurricane
Thus the L. s. weather bureau
~ reply u suggestions that West
Indian tempests. winding Up with 2
lot or damage AZ Florida east coast
resorts, are becoming extraordinar-
ily frequent.
In the opinion % bureau officials,
the storms are no more numerous
than they ever were.
/, The Florida east coast reports
are. however.
Columbus Suffered Storms
Columbus lost some vessels IN a
West Indian hurricane. The archi-
pelago was cyclone-swert as long ar
that. al any rate.
Storms PLAYED smash with the
buccaneers for "A couple Of centuries
Weather bureau records show 1877
tropical cyclones in the West In
dies between 1887 ard 1915. There
we're thirteen in 1916.
But southern Florida wss practi-
cslIy unsettled before 1900.
Hurricanes doubtless we're swip-
ing the east coast regularly, As far
back a. there vaE any east coast
but what Of it?-until people be-
gan 10 live there and build cities ?
Today. when a hurricane hits the
Everglade state. IL destroys millions
Of dollars worth Of property, maybe
kills some hundreds Of inhabitants
leaves several thousands homeless
and. more important than MI else,
scares the daylights out or several
multimillionaire colonies.
rs IL any wonder w hear All about
i'll
striking Home" Now
Islands like Porto Rico and the
Virgins. u re sure. were well set
tied long before southern Florida
was. but this country was not re-
sponsible for them until compare
lively recent years-not for Porto
Rico until we took il away from
Spain: not for the Virgins until still
later. when ~ acquired them from
Denmark.
Consequently. although hurricanes
had been laying them flat about en-
cry so often. we never paid any
particular attention 70 their troubles
earlier than the latter part Of he
18th.
Now. as possessions of cur own.
their difficulties are ours. tno, when
disaster befaIIs them.
What's a Tornado
A hurricane al cyclone7 "A ty-
phoon7
All the same thing, according IN
the weather bureau.
"A tornado ~ q different breed ~
kittens.
IA tornado w one of the "twisters
such as we are familiar with on our
western nrairies-and sometimes
elsewhere. but in the prairie coan-
try IN particular.
Il Is a local disturbance and rela-
lively "A small affair, although ter
rifle in its violence, where u does
strike.
Popularity tie tornado Is often re-
ferred 10 a. "a cyclone but never
~ a meteorological. To him a cy-
clone IA a storm of large proportions
from 50 "a 500 miles w diameter
which may travel hundreds Of miles
from w. point or origin, until y
dissirates itself.
Cyclone q Biz Brother
The cyclone is. indeed = vast
Whirl. Just a. the tornado w "A small
one. but a whirl in a direction the
reverse az "A tornado ard ~ no such
frightful velocity as the latter-in
fact. AZ u rate of speed compare
lively so moderate a. 70 be spoken
NJ only a. "a wind though some
times a very high wind.
Cyclones are constantly travera
ing the gobe. usually a. quite ord.
nary storms. worthy Of no especial
notice beyond what u customarily
accorded 10 day-by-day weather
changes.
The creations of cross currents n
the air and conflicting tempera-
lures, ID is only occasionally that
the right combination occurs 70