Is it Possible to Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tell his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a
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The Scope article "Joplin Tornado: The Evil Swirling Darkness" is about the effects of the tornado and how the people of Joplin rebuild. The beginning was about how the fateful day started. In the middle was about the tornado’s rampage through the town and the destruction it caused in it’s wake. At the end of the article was about how the people of the town survived except for 158 and how they rebuilt. The effects after a disaster can last a long time on a person. If you witness a disaster and
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Editorial of Interpretation The ‘Need for Speed’ Declared as a catastrophic super typhoon‚ the whole central Visayas region was flustered by heavy rains and strong winds Yolanda has brought‚ and nearby areas also felt the typhoon’s wrath. After making 5 land falls‚ the areas were impossible to recognize as they were before. Many people were killed during the typhoon; their crops and livelihood were destroyed as well as their shelters. Relief goods and cash donations for the victims of the typhoon
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Comparing the effect of flooding in MEDCs and LEDCs: Boscastle and Bangladesh: The main difference between floods in MEDCs and LEDCs are the impacts of floods in each place. Very similar floods produce severely worse effects in Ledcs than they do in Medcs. The Boscastle and Bangladesh floods were essentially very similar in terms of amount of rain and water that flooded the land‚ never the less in Boscastle‚ despite there being severe damage to property and the whole of the town being flooded
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How Leadership Failures Lead to the Loss of El Faro The SS El Faro was a roll on/roll off cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime which sank on October 1st‚ 2015 on its way to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. The El Faro sank for a number of reason in Hurricane Joaquin‚ many of which are related to poor leadership. The sinking of El Faro is considered one of the worst catastrophes in United States maritime history‚ with one of the largest losses of life recorded in recent history. The event can be looked at using
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In early September 1999‚ the name‚ Floyd would soon be remembered for years and years. Hurricane Floyd struck the eastern coast of the United States in during the mid-month of September of 1999. This storm originated over the Atlantic off of the western region of Africa. Although Floyd only began as a tropical wave‚ it became a storm the United States thought could be the biggest and strongest they had ever seen. In preparation for this storm from Weather Forecast Offices and different Prediction
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The oak one day address the reed: "To you ungenerous indeed Has nature been‚ my humble friend‚ With weakness aye obliged to bend. The smallest bird that flits in air Is quite too much for you to bear; The slightest wind that wreathes the lake Your ever-trembling head does shake. The while‚ my towering form Dares with the mountain top The solar blaze to stop‚ And wrestle with the storm. What seems to you the blast of death‚ To me is but a zephyr’s breath. Beneath my branches
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BOOKS 07/20/14 http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=pwsczTbbY9sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=flood+control+book&hl=en&sa=X&ei=guTLU82gF46k8AXIiYHYBg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBzhQ#v=onepage&q=flood%20control%20book&f=false http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=IbRmnGiIFdMC&pg=PA76&dq=negative+effect+of+flooding&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MuLLU9-XIM358QXjuIGoBw&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=negative%20effect%20of%20flooding&f=false http://lasalle.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=addFacetValueFilters(ContentType‚Book+%2F+eBook)&s
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The Hurricane. The poem ‘The Hurricane’ creates a tense and fearful atmosphere to such an extent that the reader is made to feel as though they have lived through the hurricane themselves. The poet also uses many poetic devices to express this feeling‚ as well as almost exaggerating the aftermath. All of this creates the vivid atmosphere of the ‘roaring‚ screaming and returning‚’ that was so relentless in the poet’s eyes on the day of the hurricane. The scene of the poem is set in the first line
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"The Wind" I am the Wind I creep and crawl through every swamp and valley Touching every leaf and holding every branch Surrounding every rock and cooling every stream Playing with the leaves that dance on my shoulders I am the Wind. I cradle nature’s breath in my arms Rocking it back and forth Singing to it my sweet lullaby Kissing its tender face with my gentle breeze I am the Wind. I instruct the tall grass to bow before me Ruling over the leaves and governing the
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