Why JAMAICA doesn't get hit by hurricanes as often as other countries nearby. Some people suggest it's because of Blue Mountains. If it's true, why not all hurricanes get diverted then? What determines the path of a hurricane. Why not stop hurricanes with modern technology? In this episode the full story of hurricanes.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Start
01:05 Introduction
02:46 What is a hurricane
05:49 The origins of hurricanes
08:46 Why hurricanes spin
12:09 Jamaica and Hurricanes
16:57 The path of a hurricane
20:43 Mountains VS Hurricanes
24:02 Attempts to stop hurricanes
26:53 Why Jamaica gets less hurricanes

REFERENCES
► Hurricane Science
http://www.hurricanescience.org/

► National Hurricane Center
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
This website has full reports for each hurricane as pdf files, E.g. here is report for Hurricane Gilbert:
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/pdf/NWSNHC...

► Meteorological Service of Jamaica
http://metservice.gov.jm/

► Atlantic hurricane season
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanti...

► List of Jamaica hurricanes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
https://jamaicahistory.weebly.com/hu...

► List of Hurricanes US
https://www.statista.com/statistics/6...

► List of most intense cyclones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

VIDEOS USED
► Met Office: What is global circulation?
   • What is global circulation? | Part On...  
   • What is global circulation? | Part Tw...  
   • What is global circulation? | Part Th...  

► What The Physics?: The Coriolis Effect
   • The Coriolis Effect  

► Seeker: How the storm is measured
   • Fly With Hurricane Hunters as They Me...  

► ClickView: Formation Of A Tropical Cyclone
   • Formation Of A Tropical Cyclone  

3D MODELS
► Mozaweb 3 D Models
https://us.mozaweb.com/en/Search/glob...

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