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    The Summer Escape

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    Summer Escape My family has always looked forward to leaving Florida during the torrid summer months. It is a tremendous relief to get out of the heated hustle and bustle of summer living in Florida. Each summer‚ we follow the yellow brick road to our hometown in upstate New York. As we drive through state after state‚ it becomes apparent that the world around us is changing. In South Carolina‚ we already begin to notice changes. The trees appear to be touchable‚ offering soft‚ plush leaves which

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    Flood Monitering

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    African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 7(7)‚ pp. 1054-1067‚ 19 February‚ 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJAR DOI: 10.5897/AJARX11.036 ISSN 1991-637X ©2012 Academic Journals Review A critical analysis of 2010 floods in Pakistan Hashim Nisar Hashmi1‚ Qazi Tallat Mahmood Siddiqui1*‚ Abdul Razzaq Ghumman1‚ Mumtaz Ahmed Kamal1 and Habib ur Rehman Mughal2 1 2 Department of Civil Engineering‚ University of Engineering and Technology‚ Taxila‚ Pakistan. Department

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    The Johnstown Flood

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    Response Paper of the Johnstown Flood “Johnstown flood” is a short story written by David McCullough. This story talks about the miraculous survival of a little girl named Gertrude. Gertrude’s sheer luck got her up the hill safely. Of course‚ with the help of several people she met along the way. I think that this is an extraordinary act of how worked together and some people put his/her life at risk to save a small child that they didn’t even knew. I fell that this is a great example of how

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    Tacoma Narrows Bridge

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    failure……………………………………………….………6 Replacement bridge…………………………………….........……….10 Conclusions…………………………………………………………...10 References...........................................................................................11 Abstract (143 words) The Tacoma Narrows bridge was a one of a kind bridge at its time. Starting from its size and ending with the structure of the bridge‚ It was considered to be an outstanding bridge at that time. It looked perfect and flawless as it started swaying in windy conditions

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    The Causes of Flood

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    The Causes of Flood Disaster is a natural or man-made phenomenon that has causes many human deaths‚ damage houses and crops‚ and cause extensive destruction. Flood is one of the disasters that always happen in the world including in Malaysia. Many causes can contribute to flood happen. Although there are various causes of flood‚ these are the three major factors that can make it become more destructive which are the extreme weather pattern at certain location of the place‚ human activities

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    Flood History

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    Flood History   1. Introduction:               Riverbank erosion during high flood period in the valley is a regular annual feature. Over bank flood due to breaches in the embankment render the fertile cultivable land unsuitable for crop production due to deposition of coarse sand on the surface to a variable depth. As per Assam Government Revenue Dept. records‚ an area of 6116 hectares of land was affected by soil erosion in Upper Brahmaputra Valley and North Bank Plain zone during 1994.

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    The Escape by Maugham

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    novels. His reputation as a novelist is based on the following prominent books: “Of Human Bondage”; “The Moon and Sixpence”; and “The Razor’s Edge”. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemporary social order‚ he is critical of the morals and the narrow-mindedness. Realistic portrayal of life‚ keen character observation‚ and interesting plots coupled with beautiful‚ expressive language‚ a simple‚ clear‚ unadored style‚ place Somerset Maugham on a level with the greatest English writers of the 20th

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    Effects of Floods

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    EFFECTS OF FLOODS Floods are mostly caused by the intensive rainfall that incereases the water level dramatically and results excessive water overflow that might have some devastating effects on te endangerd areas. This unexpected hazard might have a significant impact on both economy and human beings. Firstly‚ an overflow of the expanse of water has a considerable impact on the economy of the country. The submergence of the land‚ results in a destruction of buildings and roads which ‚ in

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    Pakistani Floods

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    The Pakistani Floods of 2010 by The British Geographer The Causes of the Flood Physical Causes From its headwaters in the Himalayas of Tibet‚ the River Indus flows northwest through India before turning sharply south across Pakistan. It finally discharges into the Arabian Sea‚ a journey of some 3‚200km (2‚000 miles). The River Indus has an annual flood caused by tropical monsoon rainfall. It’s rich alluvium floodplain led to one of the cradles of civilization‚ 9000 years ago.  However‚ this flood’s

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    The Great Flood

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    The Great flood is a historical event that may have happened before 0 BC‚ this was an event that flooded the whole world which have possibly wiped out human and plant existence. There are several different evidence that suggest the happening of the Great flood which include the several geological shaping which can only be created with a massive flood‚ the several different theories that different cultures and religions have mentioned and the possible existence of the Noahs arc however the fact remains

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