No country plans when they are going to be hit by a natural catastrophe‚ it just happens. When the state of Florida was blindsided by a category 5 hurricane no one was prepared for the damage it was going to do. With hurricane Andrew’s 165 mph winds‚ 17 foot high floods and destruction of 25-26.5 billion dollars worth of property the state could not handle the cleanup and relief that was needed. Florida’s local government officials were not prepared for this disaster‚ nor could they fix the damages
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Brian Mrs. Schechinger American Studies 2A‚2B January 15th 2013 My First Trip to Florida In the summer before 9th grade‚ things were not going great for my family and me‚ things in school had been very bad‚ and things at home and out of school were even worse. At the end of July my mother and I‚ were looking to go on a trip‚ to get our minds off of everything that had happened in the past year. We threw ideas around‚ like going to Vermont‚ Maine‚ Pennsylvania‚ and other nearby states to go
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Fulton The Florida panther is a beautiful subtropical subspecies of the North American cougar. Unfortunately the Florida panther is one of the most endangered animals in the world. The Florida panther was one of the first species to be added to the U.S. Endangered Species List in 1973. Most Florida panthers remain alive in captivity; there are less than one hundred panthers in the wild. The few that are still in the wild are found in a few places in southern Florida. Places like the Everglades
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Key West Florida My idea of the perfect vacation spot would have to be Key West Florida. In Key West a vacationer will not only discover soft sandy beaches‚ sizzling temperatures‚ and a booming night life‚ they will uncover a absolute feast for the senses. When it comes to discovering sheer heaven on earth‚ few vacation destinations measure up to Key West. The time of year that I usually travel to Key West is March‚ when the chill of a Western New York winter has reached its peak‚ and
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Best Place I Ever Lived Florida is a wonderful place to live and visit. Even in the small towns in Florida there are a lot of things to see and do. Here are a few places where visitors and residents visit. There are lots of parks in Florida such as Disney World in Orlando‚ Busch Gardens in Tampa and LEGOLAND in Lakeland. There are also water parks in Florida such as Adventure Island in Tampa‚ Buccaneer Bay in Spring Hill‚ and Wet N’ Wild in Orlando. In my opinion Florida is the best place I have
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States. Lacking money and basic necessities like food‚ shelter‚ clothes‚ education and healthcare are the goods necessary to live a decent life; however not everyone has access to these luxury. In Serving Florida‚ Barbara Ehrenreich goes undercover as a waitress and housekeeper in Key West Florida‚ and to live the life of a low socio-economic class. She discovers that it is not financially viable to live off just the minimum wage. She even had to get two jobs to survive. In On Dumpster Diving‚ Lars
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in the state of Florida is particularly high. The state of Florida‚ the state in which the Beach Sheet headquarters will be located‚ attracts a very high number of visitors per year. Data for the 2006 calendar year shows that over 83 million people visited the state this particular year. Also for 2006‚ these 83 million people left an economic impact of over $65 billion in tourism spending. Statistics also show that the main activities these tourists perform while they visit Florida is shopping‚ going
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can be a charming creature‚ but it is abolishing the Everglades in Florida! Have you ever speculated how much damage this snake can do! The answer is a lot! These Python’s are changing the Everglades way too much. They are treacherous and dreadful to keep as pets. As soon as‚ Burmese Pythons wandered upon this earth they were causing trouble to the Everglades! The text in source two states “a Burmese Python-will roam the Florida Everglades in search of the coveted snakes.” A number of animals in
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occurred in Florida the past couple years‚ I think it’s safe to say that Florida can also be a pleasant place to live. With its mostly sunny weather‚ friendly disposition‚ and many exciting attractions‚ Florida almost doesn’t seem like the type of place to have such horrific weather at times. I‚ personally‚ even after knowing so many good qualities about the sunshine state‚ still am not convinced that Florida would be a nice place to live. One reason for not wanting to live in Florida‚ besides the
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwZcrcUhLTUNb28ycmc2UnpfbDA/view Even today‚ Florida is a fragmented block of land‚ not by water or mountains as some states‚ instead by values and history. The old saying of “the more South you go in Florida the more North you are” has never been more true than in today’s world. But‚ it was not always like this‚ during Florida’s early years and beginner start of statehood the concentration of its people was far more North. The central areas were nothing but country
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