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    Air Pollution - The Causes & Effect . Defi-Air pollution‚ both indoors and outdoors‚ poses health risks to millions of Americans every day‚ contributing to asthma‚ emphysema‚ heart disease‚ and other potentially lethal conditions. Managing air pollution causes‚ and defending successful safeguards like the Clean Air Act‚ is critical to the human‚ economic‚ and environmental health of our communities. America’s power plants are our biggest industrial polluters. Each year they pump more

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    wish to stay away from whatever thing or situation that causes them to feel the fear or anxiety. In this research paper‚ you will learn more about phobias. Our research paper consists of information and data that will let you understand important facts about phobia. Here‚ you can learn facts that are interesting and new to you. You can learn what the different types of phobia are‚ how people acquire these phobias‚ what are the possible effects of phobia to the ones experiencing it‚ and what are the

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    the validity of this claim‚ we must seek out data from other countries that have instituted similar laws on gun control and analyze the effects on gun related deaths. While several countries have gun laws that limit or prohibit an individual’s right to own a gun‚ such as India‚ England‚ and Cambodia‚ these countries all have external factors that impact the effects and limits the accuracy of any data gathered. An example of these factors would be the geographic location of the country enabling a person

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    1926 Hurricanes

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    1926 Hurricane by Anthea Carnes Before the Storm 1. The Hurricane of 1926 came at the worst possible time for the city of Miami and became known as “The Great Miami Hurricane”. It was the roaring twenties; A time of prohibition‚ speakeasies‚ flapper girls‚ and jazz. Miami had been experiencing a boom economically and in population growth. 2. In the period between 1920 and 1923‚ the population of Miami itself had doubled. People from all over the United States came to South Florida to enjoy

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    has recently had to face was Hurricane Katrina. In this devastating storm‚ “nearly 1000 people perished‚ and hundreds of thousands were left homeless” (O’Neill‚ 2005). Not to mention “the financial cost [that] may top $100 billion” (O’Neill‚ 2005). The area that we mainly affected was Louisiana in the United States. This is where the hurricane caused the most damage and destruction. The major event was of course the actual hurricane‚ but there were other effects that lasted over a very long extensive

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    Hurricane Gilbert remains one of the largest tropical cyclones to ever hit the US eastern seaboard and brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. In total‚ 15 different countries were affected by the storm which hit the area in early September 1988. The hurricane became famous for the great difficulty it caused weather forecasters due to its erratic movement‚ the number of predicted paths it could take and its constantly fluctuating intensity. Luckily it was an occasion

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    affordable housing are the principal causes of becoming homeless. Even if a person is working a full time job making minimum wage‚he or she is not able to afford rent required for a home.Another cause of homelessness is due to mental illness or physical disabilities‚ as a result it becomes difficult for people to coexist with other civilians. Which in most cases leads to addictions and causes them to lose their homes and families.Domestic violence is the third leading cause of homelessness among families

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    Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1‚ 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29‚ 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana‚ and also stimulated

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    In August of 1983 Hurricane Alicia slammed into Texas coastline causing mass destruction. The hurricane formed near Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico before hitting Texas. Hurricane Alicia was responsible for the death of 21 people‚ along with nearly two billion dollars in damages. Alicia was the first ever billion dollar hurricane to destroy Texas. Hurricane Alicia tore through Galveston and Houston with wind speeds of 115 miles per hour destroying parts of the cities and created at least 23 reported

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    Hurricane Katrina

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    Housing market in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina Table of contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 2. Pre-Katrina situation ………………………..…………………………………..4 3. After-Katrina situation…………………………………………………………..6 4. Current situation New Orleans….………………………………………………8 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...…9 6. References…………………………………………………………………….….10 Introduction It is August 29th of 2005 when the United States of America is badly affected

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