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[Phys-L] energy comparisons



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