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    Rhetorical Analysis of “Hurricane” Martin Luther King once said‚ “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe‚ popular‚ or political‚ but because it is right.” The song “Hurricane”‚ written by Bob Dylan takes a stand and ignores what was safe‚ popular‚ and politically right during the 1960’s and 1970’s‚ in order to paint a picture of injustice. Dylan organizes the actual events of a man named Rubin “Hurricane” Carter who was a middleweight boxer

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    Tavaski Gordon March 7‚ 2014 HS 256 Unit 5 Paper Disaster Response A disaster brings violence‚ terror‚ and trauma‚ to all who experience its wrath and devastation. Destruction and suffering is the entertainment that disasters provide to its audience‚ through a campaign of psychological and physical damage. According to the fields of disaster psychiatry and disaster psychology‚ a disaster is a major ecological and psychosocial destruction that far exceeds the coping ability of a disaster

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    Jersey is not normally where hurricanes violently meet land and its inhabitants‚ the weather pattern became apparent that we were not going to escape this one. On October 29‚ Hurricane Sandy began to embrace and ravish everything impeding its chosen path. Instead of soccer and candy giving‚ the days were complete with continued damage from the storm‚ school cancellations‚ and gas lines. For my creative project‚ I decided to investigate the ramifications of Hurricane Sandy to understand and reflect

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    Project Title: Stronger Turbines‚ Weaker Hurricanes Project ID # 970G Abstract Currently‚ fossil fuels plague our planet‚ destroying the environment and increasing the rate of global warming. This increases the frequency in which hurricanes are created‚ contributing to the end of numerous lives and billions of dollars in damages. The systems devised to protect cities from these natural disasters are often flawed‚ costing a large sum of money or requiring an excessive amount of land. However‚ according

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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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    Hurricane and Tornado Essay Have you ever been in a hurricane or tornado? Do you know how to prepare for it? You would usually hide in a basement‚ a cellar‚ or evacuate the premises for a hurricane. There are three categories of comparing and contrasting for hurricanes and tornados. The first category I am going to talk about is how much damage does a hurricane and tornado do? The second category I am going to talk about is how big a tornado and hurricane get up to. The last category I am going

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    Most feature films are made to position viewers to respond to the characters and issued conveyed in a particular way. The Hurricane‚ a biographical film directed by Norman Jewison‚ explores the idea how black people were treated during the Civil Rights Movement in 1960’s America. This film uses Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter as an example of the discrimination against black people suffered in this time. The director used SWAT codes to position the viewer to respond to he injustice that Rubin Carter faced

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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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    Tornados and hurricanes are dangerous storms but which are most dangerous? According to "Hurricanes and Tornados Source 4‚""hurricanes are tropical storms that effect people in places that have water around it."" According to Hurricanes and Tornados Source 3‚""There are more tornados a year than hurricanes but hurricanes cause more damage." Tornados form on land and hurricanes form on the sea. Texas is affected by tornados and hurricanes‚ because they are in tornado alley and it has water around

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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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