Chattanooga is home to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) and Chattanooga State Community College.
The Sunshine State has been pummeled by dozens of tropical storm systems since the 1950s -- none worse than Hurricane Andrew in 1992. The Category 5 hurricane with gusts of more than 200 mph held the title as the most expensive natural disaster in U.S. history until Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Severe freezes have been disastrous for Florida farming on multiple occasions.
COASTAL HAZARDS 3 By being close to the ocean, people who live and work in coastal areas face unique risks of natural disasters. And as more people move to the coast, natural disasters have the potential to cause ever more damage. Coastal communities are vulnerable to such catastrophic events as hurricanes, tropical storms, and tsunamis, and even the flooding and high winds associated with smaller, less intense storms can present major dangers to those living along the coast.