Searching for a Natural Hazard Free Zone The environment of the earth is very delicate. While the strenuous acts of human life impose harmful conditions to the earth’s environment‚ there are natural hazards that can impose harmful conditions for human life. At any moment there are natural hazards that can occur on the earth. While some hazards are more predictable than others‚ all have the potential to have disastrous outcomes. Like the catastrophic tsunami of the Indian Ocean in December
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the following list of the top 10 most devastating floods in history. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) - Jul. 15‚ 2008 - 1. Huang He (Yellow) River‚ China 1931 Death Toll: 1‚000‚000 to 3‚700‚000 The Huang He river is prone to flooding due to the surrounding low plains. A high silt content in the river (which also gives the river its name‚ “yellow”) causes the river to gain volume‚ helping it to rise above the plains. Death tolls are often high because there are so many people
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Hurricane Sandy The day was March 18th 1967 the location was Caraguatatuba Brazil. On this day Brazil suffered it’s worst natural disaster when continuing rains and rising ocean temperatures brought on flooding and mudslides that killed at least 500 people (J.Masters/wonderblog.com). Nine months later and two hundred miles away on December 4‚ 1967 I was born. Though I didn’t experience first hand the effects of that storm my parents did. I had never experienced anything like it until two
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Climate Scare Is all the hype about man made climate change going to destroy the human race. In The 11th Hour by Leonardo DiCaprio‚ we hear and see the perceived effects man-made climate change is having on our planet. Flooding‚ hurricanes‚ and drought‚ all caused by man’s use of fossil fuels‚ our only chance of survival‚ eliminate our use of fossil fuels. Bill McKibben agrees with this theory‚ in “350 Science” he informs us the current level of carbon dioxide (CO2)‚ 392 parts per million‚
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July 29‚ 2014 Dear Committee on Admission and Academic Standing: I respectfully appeal for readmission to University of South Dakota for the Fall semester of 2014. This letter is to explain my reasoning for wanting to return to USD‚ my future goals as a USD student‚ and post plans for after attending USD. While attending USD as an undergrad student I’ve enjoyed studying there immensely! My plans for wanting to return to USD is simply to further my education under which I was successful at
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Dwayne FON 100 The King Corn movie‚ which takes place in Greene‚ Iowa‚ is a dialogue based on the topic of corn and how corn has an effect on our daily lives. The two “star” individuals‚ who go by the names of Ian and Curtis‚ after graduating from college decided to find out about this rumor of corn causing a short life-span. The two curiously decide to move to Iowa and commence their adventure to find out if this rumor is actually true and educate others how corn has infiltrated the food
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DISADVANATGES: 1. Dams are extremely expensive to build and must be built to a very high standard. 2. The high cost of dam construction means that they must operate for many decades to become profitable. 3. The flooding of large areas of land means that the natural environment is destroyed. 4. People living in villages and towns that are in the valley to be flooded‚ must move out. This means that they lose their farms and businesses. In some countries‚ people are forcibly removed so that
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in the United States of America. It is continuing to sink at an estimated rate of about an inch per year. This sinking is due to several different factors. The flooding of the Mississippi river has been controlled by levees since the late 1800’s. The river used to leave sediment when it flooded. When levees were put in to prevent flooding‚ the delta downstream was starved of sediment and nutrients. This sediment that the Mississippi river brought during floods used to settle and make more land over
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earth’s climate. One of the major changes currently happening on earth is the melting of the polar ice caps. Major impacts relating to the melting of the polar ice caps include changes in ocean temperature‚ changes in ocean salinity‚ sea level rise/ flooding‚ changes in ocean circulations‚ loss of biodiversity‚ and loss of ecosystems as well as their services. All of these impacts could lead to devastating consequences for many
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Ransomware Spreads Like Wildfire – Hits Hospitals‚ Schools And More If you thought only home users could get infected by ransomware‚ think again! Reports have been pouring in from around the world reporting about ransomware infections in courthouses‚ schools‚ hospitals and churches in the past month. A few years back it was considered shameful to be admitting about ransomware infections‚ but now the infections have become more common. More and more institutions are coming out with their experiences
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