Hurricane Watch Hurricane conditions (sustained winds of 74 mph or higher) are possible in the specified area of the watch, but the watch is called 48 hours before the possible arrival of the tropical storm winds (sustained winds of 39 to 73 mph). I ntroductIon Hurricanes are the most severe of all tropical cyclones and have great potential for widespread destruction in Hawaiâi. This was demonstrated in 1982 by Hurricane Iwa and in 1992 by Hurricane Iniki. Total damages in Hawaiâi from Iwa were estimated at $250 million and from Iniki at $2.4 billion.
encased - covered or protected with or as if with a case; knights cased in steel; products encased in leatherette. cased, incased. sheathed - enclosed in a protective covering; sometimes used in combination; his sheathed sword; the cat's sheathed claws; a ship's bottom sheathed in copper; copper-sheathed.
Encapsulation is an Object Oriented Programming concept that binds together the data and functions that manipulate the data, and that keeps both safe from outside interference and misuse. Data encapsulation led to the important OOP concept of data hiding.