Infographic: The Makings of a Hurricane

Rianovosti has a neat infographic that shows how a Hurricane forms and the various measurement systems used to gauge the power of them.  It starts with the fact that the word ‘Hurricane’ comes from the evil American Indian god ‘Hurakan’, and then covers the various hydrodynamic effects of a hurricane.

A hurricane is a storm. It got its name from the evil American Indian god Hurakan. | INFOgraphics | RIA Novosti.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.