Hurricane Sandy Case Study Problem Statement Hurricane Sandy was a rare hybrid storm that spread over 1‚000 miles in circumference and affected 24 states along the East Coast of the United States and inland across the Appalachian Mountains into Wisconsin and Michigan. Hurricane Sandy brought high winds and record storm surges that led to major flooding‚ property damage and deaths in states along the East Coast. Advanced technology allowed for the early detection of this storm far in
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Hurricanes are powerful atmospheric vortices that are intermediate in size. Hurricanes are unique and powerful weather systems. The word "hurricane" comes from a Caribbean word meaning "big wind". Views of hurricanes can be seen from a satellite positioned thousands of miles above the earth. Hurricanes originate as tropical disturbances over warm oceans with trade winds. The tropical turbances intensify into tropical depressions‚ and eventually into a tropical storm. They only originate
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Short Report – Hurricanes I. Introduction “The term hurricane has its origin in the indigenous religions of past civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further
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Defining National Security VS Personal Privacy is a matter of looking at the basic nature of each. From research collected there is a consensus that we need balance. Too much of one hurts the other and vise versa. There are a couple of articles that range from Civil Liberties to the birth of public right to know that support the overall claim. Talks about the effects of censorship in different situations like war and peace will help prove that a balance needs to be forged. The problem here
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Hurricane Irma was a natural disaster that mainly affected the Caribbean and Florida. Irma had struck the Florida Keys as a category 4 hurricane on September 10th‚ and was reduced to category 3 when it struck mainland Florida later that same day (Manzo‚ 2017). Prior to making landfall‚ the path that Irma would take was unclear. This uncertainty lead Governor Rick Scott to issue an evacuation order for 6.5 million residents (The New York Times‚ 2017). In the days preceding hurricane Irma‚ roads
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ANDERSON SC-- Hurricane Irma has taken a turn for the absolute worst. We all thought that it was over after Hurricane Harvey hit on August 25th on the Texas Coast. But now Hurricane Irma is projected to hit the East Coast as a category three hurricane. Currently this powerful storm has hit the caribbean area and flashing flooding is taking place. Already‚ Hurricane Irma is responsible for 10 deaths and is threatening Miami. Many people in Florida are told to evacuate because the damages ahead are
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Cause & Effect of Hurricanes Hurricanes are the most destructive natural disasters in the world. They are very powerful and violent storms that have strong winds. Storms are known to be hurricanes when they reach 74 mile per hour. Hurricanes storms start over warm sea water near the equator and come with strong winds‚ flash floods‚ mudslides‚ and huge waves. Hurricanes come with different names depending where the location it occurred. Hurricane storms are called hurricanes‚ if they start over
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In this paper I will discuss about the deaths that Hurricane Matthews left in Haiti. I will provide reasons why this situation is critical for the country of Haiti‚ and how government officials are working hard to help families who have suffer the wrath of the hurricane. CNN reported that Hurricane Matthew has killed many people‚ including 15 people in Haiti. According to CNN‚ the Hurricane Matthew is a problem because Haiti is barely recuperating from many deaths due to cholera. Government officials
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Hurricanes and tornados are very different‚ yet also alike. In this essay I’ll be comparing the two to find which is more dangerous. A mobile‚ destructive vortex of violently rotating winds-the tornado‚ or a tropical cyclone with violent winds-the hurricane. Hurricanes and tornados are both made up of strong rotating winds. That’s just one of the things they have common. Both usually occur with violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are
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Everyone has been aware of the damage that Hurricane Harvey has done to the state of Texas‚ yet the devastation is not only hitting the average American’s heart‚ but their wallets as well. Texas is a major supplier of oil to the country and Hurricane Harvey has put an abrupt halt to its oil production and refining. It is even quoted by Tom Kloza‚ the global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service that “Satan could not have drawn up a more horrible geographic scenario for knocking
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