Is not a hurricane an example of entropy reversal?

Subject: Is not a hurricane an example of entropy reversal?

Date: Tue Oct 6 10:22:30 1998
Posted by George Bugh
Grade level: nonaligned
School: n/a
City: Fort Worth State/Province: Texas
Country: USA
Area of science: Physics
ID: 907687350.Ph

Message:


It seems that a hurricane violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics since 
random heat energy in the ocean water is turned into non-random wind 
energy which in turn is transferred to all the objects that are 
displaced on land.

Re: Is not a hurricane an example of entropy reversal?

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