landfall near Kingston‚ Jamaica‚ a few hours later‚ re-emerged into the Caribbean Sea and strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane. On October 25‚ Sandy hit Cuba‚ then weakened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 26‚ Sandy moved through the Bahamas.[7] On October 27‚ Sandy briefly weakened to a tropical storm and then restrengthened to a Category 1 hurricane. Early on October 29‚ Sandy curved north-northwest and then[8] moved ashore near Atlantic City‚ New Jersey as a "post-tropical cyclone"
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The Caribbean region is located in the tropics and spans a broad arc of over 4000km from the Bahamas in the North to Guyana and Suriname in the south. There are thousands of islands and they vary in size and stretch and altogether they span an area from longitude 59 degrees west to 85 degrees west and range roughly from latitude 10 degrees north to latitude 25 degrees north. The islands all lie within an entirely salubrious environment‚ conducive to the growth of population and development of
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Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer‚ navigator‚ and Italian. He is credited to opening up the Americas to European colonization. In my report I will touch the topics on Christopher Columbus’s life‚ his exploration to the Americas‚ and later voyages. Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Italy. His dad was a weaver. He was born in Genoa‚Italy. As a teen he worked on a ship for merchants. In 1470 Columbus was on a ship‚ later pirates attacked the boat. The boat sank on the portuguese shore
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trying to return home‚ Lt. Robert Cox overheard them trying to communicate over the radio. 1. Lt. Taylor informed Lt. Cox that they were in the Florida Keys‚ but didn’t know how to get back to Fort Lauderdale. 2. Lt. Taylor was actually over the Bahamas not the keys and only proceeded to go further out into the sea. C. Rescue teams were sent out to find Flight 19. 1. A Martin Mariner failed to make its schedule and did not answer calls. 2. Flight 19 was never found‚ neither was the Mariner
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the English teenager who was discovered at the age of 14 by the founder of an exclusive modeling agency in New York. Sarah Doukas as she is called spotted Moss at the JFK Airport in New York City after Kate had just come back from a vacation in the Bahamas. A short time later she was gracing the cover of British Magazine‚ The Face. She then went on to become the face of Calvin Klein‚ she was known as the anti-supermodel" of the 1990’s because of her waif-heroin-chic look‚ and at only 5"6 she wasn’t
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application. General Steel has supplied buildings to Mexico‚ Canada and many nations in a Caribbean including Antigua‚ St. Martin‚ Trinidad/Tobago‚ and the Lesser Antilles. Consumers in Turkey‚ American Samoa‚ Pago Pago‚ the Marshall Islands‚ and the Grand Bahamas also enjoy the many benefits that a General Steel building can provides. 11 General Steel buildings offer clear-span construction of up to 300 feet in width and unlimited length capabilities. A General Steel building is versatile and consumers as
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ngbvngnbbhhbvhnvg During the mid 1800’s many colonies battled over who had the most power.the French and the Dutch were apart of this battle.to prevent any take over‚ the British government set aside several laws. According to the text book‚the making of the Bahamas‚ the British empire passed laws imposing taxes and tried to tighten its rule over the colonies.the Americans however‚did not agree with these laws that were passed so they fought for their independence.these Americans were called the Yankee’s .those
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What I wish I did this summer Something I wanted to do this summer was sleep more. If I would have slept more I would’ve been happier. I also wish I could have spent the night at my aunts and uncles house more. I wish I could’ve tanned more also. I wish I could’ve played‚ hiked and swam more. I also wish I could’ve ridden horses more. This summer I rode my cousins four wheeler and wish I could have done it more. My brother went paintballing this summer and I’m sad I couldn’t tag along. Also this
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Caribbean Islands - Regional OverviewCaribbean Islands THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN ISLANDS have a distinctive history. Permanently influenced by the experiences of colonialism and slavery‚ the Caribbean has produced a collection of societies that are markedly different in population composition from those in any other region of the world. Lying on the sparsely settled periphery of an irregularly populated continent‚ the region was "discovered" by Christopher Columbus in 1492. Thereafter‚ it became
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costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States. Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression #12 on August 23rd in the Southeastern Bahamas (1). The next day‚ on August 24th the storm was named Tropical Storm Katrina (1). TS Katrina picked up in strength while traveling a northwesterly then westerly path through the Bahamas (1). Shortly before landfall in southern Florida‚ at about 6:30 Eastern Daylight-Savings Time on August 25th‚ Katrina strengthened into a category 1 hurricane
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