Hurricane Gilbert

Exposure to various nuclear, biologic, and chemical agents, as well as exposure to natural and man-made disasters, can have genetic implications for children and their future offspring. Following the aftermath of Hurricane Gilbert in Jamaica on September 12, 1988,... 

FIGURE 14 Hurricane Gilbert near Yucatan, Mexico at 4 17 PM (CDT) on September 13,1988. (Courtesy of Oscar Huh and David Wilensky, Louisiana State University.)... 

Hurricane Gilbert (Fig. 14), one of the most powerful (category 5) storms on record, devastated the Yncatan Peninsula, Mexico, on September 14,1988. Two days earlier, it had destroyed an estimated 100,000 of Jamaica s 500,000 houses. Two days later, it again made landfall, striking northeastern Mexico and causing more than 200 people to perish. 

In September 1988, two hurricanes affected the coastal regions of the Gulf of Mexico. One was Florence, a minimal hurricane (scale 1), and the other was Gilbert, a catastrophic storm (scale 5). The effect of these two hurricanes on the barrier islands of Louisiana is shown in Figs. 11-16. Figure 11 is an NOAA-10 satellite image made at 9 05 AM (CDT) on September 9, 1988, as received at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. Wind... 

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