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    Tornado and hurricane essay First of did you know that a hurricane is worse than a tornado. A tornado can happen at any time a hurricane can happen with a warning. So you need to be prepared so you need to know the cost ‚ the size‚ and the appearance. A tornado can throw a cd so hard it can go through a tree. Also a tornado can throw a fork through a tree. Next a tornado can cost up to 500$ million at the average. A hurricane can cost 100$ Billion at average.The reason is because

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    A hurricane is a huge storm known as a “tropical cyclone”. These can also be identified as typhoons.The tropical storms winds must reach at least 74 mph to be considered a hurricane. Anything below this is just considered a tropical depression or a tropical storm. Hurricanes usually only occur in the Atlantic Hurricane season (June 1-November 30). Hurricanes form over warm ocean water. They use the warm moist air as fuel at the bottom of the hurricane. As the huge storm produces high wind speeds

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    Matt Cooper Alyssia Ashkevron ENGL 111-37D 10 June 2014 Response: White’s 5 Paragraph Theme Theme This short paper will be in response to my reading of Edward White’s “5 Paragraph Theme Theme” essay. The following paragraphs will illustrate my opinion of White’s idea‚ if I think it is an effective means of writing a paper‚ and if I believe it should be the way all papers‚ essays‚ and reports are written. Lastly I will finish up with an overview of what I have discussed. I believe this paper

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    Hurricane Mitch‚ 1998 In October 1998 a tropical storm developed to the east of Central America and began moving towards the countries of Nicaragua and Honduras. As it reached the coast‚ winds of more than 280 km/h were recorded‚ and torrential rain caused large areas to be flooded. Roads and bridges were washed away‚ and in some areas complete villages were destroyed as winds tore down the poor-quality buildings. As rain continued to fall‚ large areas of land quickly flooded. On steeper slopes

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    If I were to have thirty minutes before a destructive hurricane were to hit. I would be ready for it because I would take the necessary stuff to survive it. It was a warm September weekend when I had heard from the news that a destructive hurricane was gonna will hit in thirty minutes. I was taking a morning run when I came home from receiving an alert from my phone saying that a hurricane was gonna hit. I was running at my fullest I had adrenaline running through my bloodstream which had me running

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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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    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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    Joseph Campbell response 10 The power of myths was an event that changed many lives. Joseph Campbell dedicated his live and scholarly work to study the myths for an explanation of consciousness. His work isn’t just a collection of interesting exotic stories but they are for those who are willing to imagine their rich inner life. Campbell explains there are “four function of myth.” The first function is for the individual to explore their inner goddess‚ finding if the mystery exist. The second function

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    Reading Response I Schooling‚ Sexual Orientation‚ Law‚ and Policy: Making Schools Safe for All Students By: Charlotte J. Patterson This article was full of information about sexual minorities and the hardships they face. However‚ it was very redundant and I felt I was reading the same facts and statistics that were previously said in the paragraph before. Also‚ the facts that were being used are common knowledge to many people in my generation’s age bracket. Perhaps the author thought she had

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