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Ten Questions: Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane hunters

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(CNN Student News) -- August 31, 2005

Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided.

1. What is the current situation in the states that were affected by Hurricane Katrina?

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2. Why do you think that some hurricane victims chose to stay in their communities rather than evacuate?

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3. What would you do if you were in this situation? Explain.

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4. How has President George W. Bush responded to the Hurricane Katrina disaster?

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5. How does a hurricane develop?

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6. What is the "Coriolis effect"?

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7. What factors tend to make a hurricane lose intensity and fall apart?

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8. What are "hurricane hunters"?

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9. What role do hurricane hunters play in hurricane forecasting?

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10. Does the job of a hurricane hunter appeal to you? Why or why not?

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