Hurricane Katrina According to (Brunner, 2007), Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800. When levees in New Orleans were breached, eighty percent of the city was submerged by the flooding. About twenty percent of its 500,000 citizens were trapped in the city without power, food, or drinking water. Rescue efforts were so delayed and haphazard
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Any class that takes place online as opposed to a class being conducted on campus grounds would introduce less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from lack of transportation due to students not having to make the drive to and from class meetings. The use of facilities such as bathrooms or any energy used such as power for the classroom and air conditioning for the building may also contribute to our carbon footprint and use of water facilities. http://myfootprint.org/en/your_results/?id=2788767
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opening ceremonies here in Rio de Janeiro with his band, so I decided I would come with him and research the Tropical Rain Forests. The thing most different about rain forests compared to South Dakota is the fact that they are warm year-round. In fact, rain forests go through virtually no season changes. To say it simply, every season there is equivalent to a wet, hot summer. Tropical rainforests on average have around 100 inches of rain a year and the temperatures range from 40 degrees Fahrenheit
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Communication During and After Hurricane Andrew The largest natural disaster ever recorded in the history of the United States was hurricane Andrew, which struck South Dade County, Florida, as midnight turned the clock into August 24, 1992. Contrary to what the American news media broadcast across the United States and throughout Europe, the first outer wall of the hurricane unexpectedly slammed into South Dade, packing 214+ mph winds which quickly escalated to 350+ mph. Most of the 414
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temperate latitudes? What mechanisms produce low precipitation in the tropics? 2. Use what you know about atmospheric circulation and seasonal changes in the sun’s orientation to earth to explain the highly seasonal rainfall in the tropical dry forest and tropical savanna biomes. (Hint: Why does the rainy season in these biomes come during the warmer months?) Heating of the earth surface and atmosphere and influences patterns of precipitation the sun heats the air at the equator causing it
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Write about your ideal destination. The scorching sun blazing on the white sand felt like a heated duvet over my sun kissed body. The sound of the endless blue waves crashing on the stone filled beach shoreline was a musical symphony to my ears. An endless array of vibrant, jungle thick rainforests throw a soft shade on the isolated beach. This is my ideal destination. The salty, splashing of the dazzling blue waves would be an irresistible, unbreakable spell that would lead me to discover
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Victor Frankenstein had a deep desire to create life. During a huge storm during his early life where a tree was literally disintegrated by a lightning strike, he was awestricken. This was the moment Victor was instilled with the idea of giving life: much like that of a woman being able to create a child within her. Once his mother dies before he departs for college, it only makes his desire to create a being more intense. There are many types of external forces that control Victor’s health mentally
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The storm can reflect the juror’s feelings. The play was set in NY 1957 which is the hottest day in the year. The storm is brewing. As tempers fray and patient was tested, the prejudice of some jurors was revealed. In ACT 2 there is the “calm” before the storm, and just like the weather, the impending storm within is about to erupt. “The sound of the rain “is heard, but no respite is achieved within the room. The rain which then “splashes in” the window is closed off- symbolizing that a cleansing
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West Indies where they described any tropical cyclone. (Hurricane: What is a Hurricane?) The accurate definition of a hurricane is a “tropical cyclone with sustained winds that have reached speeds of 74 mph or higher” the storms are labeled as hurricanes when they gain their strength over days and weeks time. (Hurricane: What is a Hurricane?) Storms developing over the Atlantic Ocean or eastern Pacific Ocean are coined hurricanes. Regardless the name, all tropical cyclones develop the same way. These
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b. One natural disaster in particular is the hurricane, or as others call them typhoons or cyclones, depending where they occur. c. The scientific term is “Tropical Cyclone” i. Called a Hurricane if formed over the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Oceans. ii. Whatever they are called, all tropical cyclones form the same way. II. According to Meteorologist Josh Fitzpatrick, Hurricanes need at least 80 degree water surface temperatures and the Pacific waters off of
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