___ freezes solid before it hits the ground; ___ ___ remains in a liquid state until it freezes on contact
Sleet, freezing rain
The ___ ___ ___ is a systematic method for command, control, and coordination of emergency response.
Incident command system
Most utilities municipalities, and large tree contracting firms have designed storm processes and designated ___ ___ ___ where conditions are monitored and decisions are made
Emergency operations center
Personnel from external organizations who travel to a storm area are generally paid the higher of either their ___ ___ rates or the established ___ ___ rates.
Home pay, local pay
In the United States, the National Hurricane Center track forecast cone is intended to predict the track of a storm with an accuracy rate of ___ percent.
67
Removal of ____ following a storm is typically the responsibility of the customer
Brush
A safety ___-____ is a proactive measure in which all operations are brought to a halt until relevant safety information can be provided to response workers
Stand down
Organizations such as electric utilities may declare an ____ independent of official government declarations.
Emergency
Enhanced Fujita ratings are based on
Observed damage following the storm
T/f Rain and snow on dense foliage can increase the likelihood of tree failure
T
Heavy, wet snows have a snow to water equivalent that is
10:1 or less
On the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, a storm must be as least which category to be considered major?
3
A standardized method for improving the overall effectiveness of emergency response is known as the
Incident command system
T/F Coniferous trees that receive frequent, heavy snows are better adapted to snow loading than such trees in areas where snow is rare
T
Conditions are favorable for storms to occur is a ___ while a ___indicates that a storm is imminent or occurring and immediate action is needed
Watch, warning
Refers to any large area of circulating low atmospheric pressure, including tropical systems such as hurricanes and typhoons
Cyclone
Type of cyclone that occurs at higher lattitudes
Extra tropical cyclone
Due the _______, cyclones rotate. ______ in the Southern Hemispheres and _____ in the northern
Coriolis force, clockwise, counter clockwise
___form over warm ocean waters and peak late autumn and early summer when water is warmest
Tropical cyclone
The most powerful tropical cyclones are know as ____in the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific. They are called____in the northwest Pacific, and _____ in the South Pacific and Indian Ocean.
Hurricanes, typhoons, tropical cyclones
When tropical cyclones make landfall, winds, flooding caused by
Storm surge
Results of rising areas of moist, unstable air and bring heavy rain, lightning, thunder, hail, straight line winds, tornadoes
Thunderstorm
In North America thunderstorms occur most frequently in ___
Gulf coast and Florida
A complex of thunderstorms that travels more than 240 miles with wind speeds greater than 58mph
