georgedwilkinson
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(Not familiar with hurricane- can they suddenly turn up the heat all of sudden or is it more or less a sure thing once they lose steam?)
They can do almost anything when they have a fuel source (i.e. warm water like that in the Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico). Once they hit land, there are few sources of fuel warm enough to sustain them and having to fight against trees, buildings, hills, mountains, etc. tends to wear them down.
One of the problems with hurricanes that go over Florida is that they get to the other side and bulk up again, ready to hit land somewhere else.
And, they can spawn tornadoes for a long time (several days) after they seem to have run out of steam, which can be dangerous after you think everything's calmed down.