Historic Flood Hits Minot The sounds of a siren crushed the hearts of an entire city as water overcame the dikes and flooded the streets. The people of Minot‚ North Dakota heard the siren and knew that their lives were about to greatly change. The Souris River topped the dikes in Minot on June 22‚ 2011. About twelve thousand residents were evacuated out of their homes after a desperate attempt to build sandbag walls around their houses and neighborhoods. All that the residents were able to do was
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A flash flood is a rapid flooding of geomorphic low-lying areas - washes‚ rivers‚ dry lakes and basins. It may be caused by heavy rain associated with a storm‚ hurricane‚ or tropical storm or melt water from ice or snow flowing over ice sheets or snowfields. Flash floods can also occur after the collapse of a natural ice or debris dam‚ or a human structure such as a man-made dam‚ as occurred before the Johnstown Flood of 1889. Flash floods are distinguished from a regular flood by a timescale less
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1927 Mississippi Flood In one of most powerful natural disasters in the 1900s‚ the Mississippi river flooded which caused severe damage around the states of Arkansas‚ Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Tennessee‚ Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Kansas. The flood was caused during a large rainfall that lasted approximately 18 hours; the rainfall caused an overflow in the Mississippi river that overtook the banks. This flood wreaked havoc amongst the citizens in its path. The disaster caused over
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Sensors 2012‚ 12‚ 4213-4236; doi:10.3390/s120404213 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors Article A Real-Time Measurement System for Long-Life Flood Monitoring and Warning Applications Rafael Marin-Perez 1‚ ‚ Javier Garc´a-Pintado 2‚3 and Antonio Skarmeta G´ mez 1 ı o 1 Department of Information and Communication Engineering‚ University of Murcia‚ Campus de Espinardo‚ E-30100‚ Murcia‚ Spain; E-Mail: skarmeta@um.es 2 Euromediterranean Water Institute‚ Campus
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15 ASSIGNMENT 26 UNDERSTAND HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE TASK A BREIFING NOTES FOR NEW WORKERS HOW TO SAFEGUARD THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN Every child or young person has the undeniable right to grow and develop in a safe environment that safeguards them from abuse and maltreatment‚ to enable them to have the best available life chances to develop into young adults. There is no single piece of legislation for safeguarding children in the UK but lots of laws
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The events that took place on July ‘64 in Rochester‚ NY were just one of many other similar happenings taking place throughout the US in the 60’s. Deemed “riots” by many and “rebellions” by black people of the time‚ events similar to those of July ‘64 during the Civil Rights era are hot topic as far as how they should properly be addressed from a historical point of view. The events of July ‘64 definitely did include a riot. However‚ simply labeling the entire 3 day period as a riot is an injustice
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Applicability of Accounting Standard (AS) 26‚ Intangible Assets‚ to intangible items 1. Accounting Standard (AS) 26‚ ‘Intangible Assets’‚ came into effect in respect of expenditure incurred on intangible items during accounting periods commencing on or after 1-4-2003 and is mandatory in nature from that date for the following: (i) Enterprises whose equity or debt securities are listed on a recognised stock exchange in India‚ and enterprises that are in the process of issuing equity or debt
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happens to a patient’s red blood cells when the following solutions are given: a. Hypotonic solution _______________________________ b. Hypertonic solution _______________________________ c. Isotonic solution _______________________________ Chapter 26 - Fluid‚ Electrolyte and Acid-Base Homeostasis Body Water Content Infants have low body fat‚ low bone mass‚ and are 73% or more water Total water content declines throughout life Healthy males are about 60% water; healthy females are around
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Capstone Primary Source Paper: Fourth of July Celebrations The fourth of July‚ also known as Independence Day‚ is a United States federal holiday honoring the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It proclaimed that the thirteen American colonies deemed themselves a new nation‚ known as the United States of America‚ and no longer were to be ruled under the British Empire. However‚ this national holiday would never have existed if one of the most important wars in history never happened
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The Fourth of July is an American tradition/ritual that comes from the original thirteen colonies declaring independence from Great Britain‚ but now let me tell you in more detail. On July 4‚ 1776‚ the thirteen colonies claimed their independence from England‚ an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States. Each year on July 4th‚ also known as Independence Day‚ Americans celebrate this historic event. Conflict between the colonies and England was already a year old when the colonies
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