MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Freed
561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu

FAU Frontiers in Science Lecture Series
Hurricane: Threat and Beauty

WHAT: Florida Atlantic University's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science presents the third lecture of its Spring 2006 series - "Hurricane: Threat and Beauty."

WHEN: Thursday, January 26, 2006
3:30 p.m.

WHERE: FAU Boca Raton Campus
Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center
Room 126

COST: Free and open to the public

CONTACT NUMBER: Patsy Jones - 561-297-1307

As Florida and its neighboring states have witnessed, hurricanes are one of the most powerful and destructive forces of nature. Dr. Armin Fuchs, associate professor of Complex Systems and Brain Sciences at FAU, will give an in-depth look into the energy and force of these natural disasters, focusing on how hurricanes can release the amount of energy equivalent to 400 hydrogen bombs, or the electricity used in the U.S. in a six-month period during a single day. Fuchs' 50-minute presentation will include satellite movies and demonstrations, concentrating on wind speed, hurricane originations and paths, basic mechanisms and storm predictions.

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