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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In the morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ a Category 3 hurricane‚ named Hurricane Katrina‚ hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods
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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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Hurricane Sandy Oct.29.2013 Sandy—A Record Breaking Natural Calamity Hurricane Sandy was one of the most devastating natural calamities of the region‚ in general. It affected incredible band of the Atlantic from Jamaica and Haiti to Canada. The storm caused countless casualties‚ damaged property and disrupted power for many days in some of the most developed and densely populated cities of the US. Despite all preparations and warnings from the concerned departments of the U.S.‚ Hurricane
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Galveston originated as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic Ocean. The storm made a path south of Hispaniola. 6 days later the storm continued a path over Cuba‚ during this time the storm remained in it’s tropical storm phase. The storm reached hurricane state near Key West‚ Florida. Galveston continued from Florida up the Gulf of Mexico through Texas and Louisiana.It finally made landfall in Galevstone‚Texas on September 8‚1900.Gavelstone was also named on September 8‚1900‚ it was obviously named
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Hurricane Sandy Was An Engineered Superstorm Have you ever wondered if storms were created by people? Well some scientists do. People in the United States believe that the President or the Government created storms. There was a recent study about whether they really did create the storms such as Hurricane Sandy. In August of 2008‚ The Telegraph reported that US scientists “believe they can weaken the strength of tropical storms and steer them off course using a range of methods that include spraying
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Harry A. Evans EMDG 502 Hurricane Andrew Brett Hicks On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew slammed into the South Florida‚ devastating Homestead‚ Florida City and parts of Miami‚ then continued northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Louisiana coastline. In all‚ the storm caused 15 deaths directly‚ 25 deaths indirectly and $30 billion in property damage‚ making it the costliest disaster in U.S. History. More than 250‚000 people were left homeless; 82‚000 businesses were destroyed or damaged;
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the novel‚ A Lesson Before Dying‚ The movie The Hurricane tells a story of an African American man who is accused of a triple murder and is convicted and sent to jail for three natural life terms. On the other hand‚ the symbolic value of the word “manhood” is also discussed and analyzed by linking the word to human values and morals. Set up in a place and time where strong segregation was the social issue‚ Rubin and Les from the movie “The Hurricane” and also Jefferson and Grant from Ernest Gaines’s
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HURRICANE IKE RECOVERY RESPONSE Hurricane Ike was the third most destructive hurricane to make landfall in U.S. history with an estimated $22 billion in damages to Texas. Ike’s damage started September 12‚ 2008 with a 12 foot storm surge flooding 75% of Galveston Island and made landfall September 13. Hurricane Ike sustained winds (110mph) were considered a Category Two‚ only being one mile per hour from a Category Three (111mph). Ike’s storm surge was considered that of a Category Five. Texas
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"There is nothing left‚" the words uttered by a young Cambodian civilian known as Vithy. In the novel‚ Little Brother by Allan Baillie‚ it is evident that war has devastating and lasting effects on civilians. These three occurrences are clearly manifested in the novel. They are: Loss of family‚ Loss of property and Genocide. The most terrifying thing of all is that children‚ such as Vithy‚ went through these traumatic things. Firstly‚ war has devastating and lasting effects on civilians because
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