One day I was watching the news and they said that a hurricane called Harvey was coming to Houston and it was at category 4. I was shock and frightened of the hurricane because I didn’t knew what to do. I was watching the news the whole week‚ while school was cancelled. It was one rainy day that I started to watch the news and I saw that people were stuck in their homes and needed help to get out there homes. A lot of people had to evacuate their homes because of warnings of flooding but some people
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Superstitions of Iceland Country If sheep gnash their teeth during round-up in the autumn‚ the winter will be hard. If sheep gnash their teeth somewhere else‚ it presages very bad weather. If the first calf born during the winter is white‚ the winter will be a bad one. The first snows of winter are called winter-calves. If these happen early in the season that means the winter will be good. If somebody throws away a dead mouse‚ the wind will soon start to blow from that direction. Seldom can the
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Mapua Institute of Technology Effectiveness and Efficiency of the Project NOAH In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering Submitted by: Alimurong‚ Christian Murillo‚ Kyle Olitoquit‚ Jeff Uy‚ Robert Simon S. CHAPTER 1 Introduction In recent years‚ the Philippines has been struck by strong typhoons and heavy rains with casualties of thousands and damage to property amounting to more than billions of pesos. The Philippines
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Tornadoes 300 miles per hour‚ winds so fast they could blow anything away in an instant. Houses‚ trees‚ cars and loved ones gone‚ just like that. That was the case for many people all over the U.S. These horrible disasters cause are one of mother nature’s deadliest forces. They are called tornadoes. Some of these tornadoes names are the tri state tornado‚ Natchez tornado‚ St. Louis tornado. The third most deadliest tornado is the St. Louis tornado.The St. louis tornado formed on May 27‚ 1896 it
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What’s a tornado you might ask? Well sit back and let me lay it down… A tornado is violently spinning air in rotation that extends at the base of a thunderstorm. Its narrow at the ground bottom and it gets thicker at the top. Wind current is invisible so you can imagine it would be kind of hard to see a tornado unless‚ this tornado forms condensation funnels made up of water droplets or dust or debris. The tornado is the most violent of all atmospheric storms. Tornados are capable of tremendous
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Many places in the city have been measured at 17 feet below sea level‚ making New Orleans one of the lowest inhabited spots in the United States of America. It is continuing to sink at an estimated rate of about an inch per year. This sinking is due to several different factors. The flooding of the Mississippi river has been controlled by levees since the late 1800’s. The river used to leave sediment when it flooded. When levees were put in to prevent flooding‚ the delta downstream was starved of
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Tewksbury floods in 2007 The area around Tewkesbury is frequently affected by flooding. In general such flooding causes little damage to property as the town is surrounded by large areas of floodplain which restrict urban development and the ability for the town to spread. However‚ extreme flooding events have caused damage to property and affected transport links‚ the most significant events occurring in 1947‚ 1960 and 2007. Causes Heavy rain on 20 July caused extensive flooding across
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The Wilderness Idea In this statement from Wallace Stegner’s‚ "The Wilderness Idea"‚ there are three assertions. These assertions are: 1) No wilderness remains and the environment we live in is man-controlled‚ 2) Technology forces us to live a ’termite-life’ without a moment of reflection and rest‚ 3) We are a society like ’Brave New World’ that does not care for or have any need for the environment but instead relies on technology. These assertions are completely false and
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INFORMATIVE SPEECH OUTLINE! Subject: Tornadoes General Purpose: To inform the audience about tornadoes Specific Purpose: Today I will discuss some fascinating facts about tornadoes. Also‚ I will discuss the causes‚ occurrences‚ myths‚ and oddities associated with tornadoes. Introduction: Have you ever seen a tornado or known someone who has? Tornadoes can be devastating and can occur anywhere at anytime so you may be affected by one or know someone who will. I am fascinated by
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Sonia Allahverdian Dr. Monique Williams HCS 320 November 18‚ 2013 Many disasters happen around us that we have no control over‚ nor do we know what the impact will be of these disasters long term and short term. On the environment surrounding us as well as what it may do to our health. Working as the director of health for my region it is my job to stay on top of such issues. Keeping an eye out for such emergencies that may endanger us in our everyday living space and most
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