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[Phys-L] energy comparisons
From
: bernard cleyet <
bernardcleyet@redshift.com
>
Date
: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 09:54:43 -0700
The devastation pictures of Hiro-Naga (well, at the edges) and Barbuda are similar. A great diff. is the time, i.e. seconds vs. hours.
http://people.com/human-interest/hurricane-irma-wreaks-havoc-islands/
Anyone done the calcs?
bc remembers reading, long time ago, weather events, wait here’s one:
TNT equiv. (M tonnes) and
8.6 10 TWh The energy released by an "average" tropical cyclone <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclone
> in one minute, primarily from water condensation. Winds constitute a quarter of a percent of that energy.[17] <
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent#cite_note-17
>
that’s tera Joules!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNT_equivalent
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