Below is a list of typical job descriptions for our retail locations. The UPS Store associates are employees or independent contractors of the independently owned and operated The UPS Store franchisees and are not employees or independent contractors of The UPS Store. Inc., or UPS. Center Manager.
The sustained and powerful winds of a hurricane will cause salty ocean water to pile up and surge onshore. These âstorm surgesâ can be huge. Hurricane Ireneâs surges brought water levels that were as much as 8 feet above normal high tide and Katrina pushed a 30 foot high surge onto the coast.
This rain can stretch for hundreds of miles past the location where the storm originally hits land, and the hardest-hit areas often receive up to 10 inches of rain. Another occurrence during a hurricane is the storm surge, which is the rapid rise in the water level at the coast. This is mostly caused by the high winds of the hurricane, and it leads to damage to homes and other structures built near the coast line. The high winds that occur during hurricanes are incredibly dangerous, reaching speeds of up to 155 miles per hour in the worse cases.