the footage of the destruction of the tsunami that caught Japan by surprise in 2011 shook the whole world and brought awareness and respect to the ocean and its potential fury. This was just a typical tsunami, it reached Japan at about 33 feet, and caused extreme destruction along the coast. This example was just a small ripple compared to what our ocean could generate. Our ocean has the potential to generate mega-tsunamis over a mile high, hence the name “Mega-Tsunamis”. If a mega-tsunami of this
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In the rural southern town of Wrongberight, one of its sixty-four residents, vivacious Clemmie Sue Jarvis, who stands 4 feet 3, and looks as if she weighs less than a hummingbird, turned fifty-nine last week. The townsfolk say she possesses less sense than the blessed Lord gave Johnny Homer’s jackass. In fact, this dent in her personality provides them with numerous opportunities to validate their mundane existence. Therefore, when they heard what transpired on Saturday night their wagging tongues
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pretty easy in prison Gambling, Weapons, and Fighting were not allowed in prison. But any prisoners who broke these rules were punished by wearing the ball and chain. But the biggest punished was getting sent to the Dark Cell it was a room of 15 feet by 15 feet with an iron cage on top. Every prisoner must shower once a week. Must be in bed at the
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to … “Yerba-Santa is used for respiratory conditions like asthma and coughs, for fevers, dry mouth and is it is applied to skin it can treat sprains, insect bites and reduce joint pain”. This shrub grows at the elevation range that of six thousand feet below sea level. As the group continued walking along the path, we saw a Dam known as a Crib Dam. According to … “crib dams are built of log and are filled with stones, clayey sand, topped with stone and brick rubble”. This Dam helped to prevent flooding
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I awoke, my feet cold under the sheets. My room was strangely quiet as I slipped out of bed and looked out the window. I saw the world covered in a sea of white snow. I hurried to get dressed and started for the back door. Hesitantly, I walked out of my warm cozy comfort zone towards a freezing cold, snow blurry. I stopped at the door, silently watching the snow fall. The tiny ice crystals drifted peacefully down from the sky, layering all the standing structures. The door creaked open after I nudged
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about 100 feet from me, completely oblivious to the fact that I am quietly sitting there and watching every move that it makes. As I watch the creature slowly pad across my yard, stop to eat mushrooms, then drink the ice cold water from the stream along the yard, I realize how peaceful and beautiful nature can be when not a single other human is around to disturb the tranquility. Then, nature further unfolds it incredible ability, as a group of wild turkeys emerge from the woods about 150 feet from the
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overflowed the lower districts of the city. The rising waters began at 12 o'clock (midnight) and in less than half an hour the whole lower part of the city south of the canal from Black Rock to the Hydraulics was submerged in water from two to eight feet in depth. The height in which the water rose to was completely unpredicted. Houses were blown down--unroofed--cellars flooded; in fact the great amount of damage done almost instantaneously. Upwards of eighty canal boats went ashore between Buffalo
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arch’s design, it can move side to side 18 inches, and a 50-mile-per-hour wind will only make the arch move a little bit more than an inch from side to side. The arch has very good malleability because its shape cannot be changed into anything else. It just stays as the shape of an
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sweaty-toothed madman with a stare that pounds my brains His hands reach out and choke me And all the time he’s mumbling Truth, like a blanket that always leaves your feet cold. You push it, stretch it, it will never be enough Kick it beat it, it will never cover any of us. From the moment we enter crying, to the moment we leave dying, it will just cover your face as you wail and cry and scream.” In this poem, Todd is saying that the madman is passion, but passion (the blanket) is not enough, it leaves
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D. The Olmec Civilization Question 22: Which statement is correct? A. Aztec women were involved in civic decisions B. Wealthy children were taught how to farm C. Nearly all Aztec children were given education D. Commoners were taught how to rule, just in case Question 23: When did the Mexica people settle near Lake Texcoco? A. Around 500 BC B. 1248 AD C. 1678 AD D. 1369 AD Question 24: When did the Aztec Empire begin? A. Around 600 AD B. 1248 AD C. 267 BC D. 1678 AD Question 25: Teotihuacan and
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