. Elementary physical geography . described in the last chapter. Air is moving toward acentral area, where it ascends and flows away in the air above. This outflowing ofthe air in the upper parts ofthe storm, is shown to existby the movements of theupper clouds, which extendoutward as long streamers. Effects.—The violence ofthe winds in a hurricane isalmost incredible, and manya ship that has been drawninto the dangerous whirl hasnot been able to escape de-struction. The tendency isfor a vessel to be whirledaround the storm center;and if it happens to passthrough the center or eye ofthe storm,
. Elementary physical geography . described in the last chapter. Air is moving toward acentral area, where it ascends and flows away in the air above. This outflowing ofthe air in the upper parts ofthe storm, is shown to existby the movements of theupper clouds, which extendoutward as long streamers. Effects.—The violence ofthe winds in a hurricane isalmost incredible, and manya ship that has been drawninto the dangerous whirl hasnot been able to escape de-struction. The tendency isfor a vessel to be whirledaround the storm center;and if it happens to passthrough the center or eye ofthe storm, the sudden changein the direction of the windmay come so quickly that theship is not able to adjust itscourse in time to prevent foundering. When these hurricanes pass over oceanic islands, theyoften cause much devastation; and the destruction of sev-eral war vessels at the Samoan Islands, in 1889, was a resultof one of the South Pacific hurricanes. The history of theWest Indies, and of the southeast coast of Asia, is replete. Fig. showing conditions of windand pressure in an actual hurricane. STORMS. 89 with instances of the destruction of stout vessels that havebeen overtaken by hurricanes or typhoons. Accompanying the storms, there are often great oceanwaves which sweep over low-lying coasts, sometimes com-pletely destroying all life and property in the areas September 15, 1875, three-fourths of Indianola, Texas,
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