Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the
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Hurricane Andrew It was a warm day in Florida; the August sun was kissing the beach in Homestead. Florida had been experiencing its usual climate when there was an alert. On August 12th‚ off the coast of Africa; a warm front blew into the sea. Along with some interference with the high pressure coming from the north‚ the front blew westward toward the Bahamas. On its path it turned into a Tropical Depression. From what we all learned in science class‚ this meant a hurricane was brewing
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Hurricanes are not abnormal for the people of Louisiana. Thus‚ there are plans and precautions made by the government in case a hurricane‚ such as Hurricane Katrina‚ is to happen. So why is Hurricane Katrina so disastrous? In his book Zeitoun‚ Dave Eggers asserts that Congress‚ the Bush Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)‚ and are neglectful and incompetent before‚ during‚ and following Hurricane Katrina. Due to Zeitoun’s family experiences‚ outside cases and broadcasts
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According to scientists‚ hurricanes that are in a higher category of 3 can cause serious damage to the city. If we don’t evacuate more people will get injured or die because of the hurricane. As long as we outrun the hurricane and evacuate we will save more lives than if we stayed in our homes. You’ll see why‚ hurricanes are large‚ spiraling tropical storms that can pick up speeds over 160 miles per hour(MPH)and unleashes more than 2.4 trillion gallons a day. However‚ on September 8‚1900 when a
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5. Port Harcourt 1‚320‚214 6. Benin City 1‚051‚600 7. Maiduguri 1‚044‚497 8. Zaria 1‚018‚827 Population in Nigeria increased from 1990 to 2008 by 57 million a 60% growth rate. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and accounts for about 18% of the
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Hurricane Hugo‚ one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina’s history‚ originated from a wave that moved west off of Africa’s coastline on September 9‚ 1989. Throughout the night and into the morning of September 10‚ Hugo had been classified as a tropical depression. As Hugo moved across the warm waters of the Atlantic it gained more and more strength. It wasn’t until September 14th that Hugo gained enough strength to be classified as a hurricane. On September 15th‚ Hugo turned west-north
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Some stay for a while and leave their footprints on your heart. I’m Positive that the friend that I have in my life now‚ is a friend that will never leave or never forget me. Almost everyone has one‚ and almost everyone is one. There’s something about a friend that cannot be duplicated. Camilla can tell whenever there is something wrong we me even if I don’t tell her anything! She can even tell when I’m lying even if I am trying to keep a straight face! Sometimes I don’t know how she does it. Everyone
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alphabet. Because Amanda’s sponge like‚ brain she was able to start school. At first the school tried to tell me Amanda’s too young‚ I said test her then tell me no. The school tested her and took her. It wasn’t before long she was reading and writing about Old Mother Hubbard who lived in a shoe. Meanwhile she was still fatherless and an only child she was 5 yrs. old. Time passed by without any warning Amanda’s mother and boyfriend moved her out from Colorado to Kansas City Missouri. Amanda had
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Hurricane Katrina: Development and Devastation Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storm systems to ever collide with the coastal United States in the last century. Strong winds sustained during landfall of over 140 mph combined with a very low central pressure (920 mb) to wreak havoc on many coastal communities in ways not seen before in the US (1). Despite monitoring the storms development‚ tracking its movement‚ and issuing early warnings‚ Hurricane Katrina has proved to be the most
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one that I think would be the most helpful to me. 2. What problems did you encounter while searching for references? A problem that I’ve encountered while searching for references was finding a good references but lacking information about my topic. Another problem that I’ve encountered was when I found a great reference‚ but the reference that I found was the same type of reference of my 1st reference. 3. How would you describe each reference as to the (a) recency of info it
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