Explain the causes of one type of extreme weather. Temperate storm Boscastle flood 2004 A Temperate storm are storms of different types and occurs in the area of 30 to 60 degrees latitude with High Wind speed (39-55 mph + or 63–90 km/h). In 2004 various factors lead to the flooding of Boscastle. Boscastle is a rural village located on the North coast of Cornwall‚ in the South West of England. There are various physical factors which contributed to the flooding of Boscastle. Firstly‚ the storm which
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(2008). Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground at Forty . Retrieved 10 16‚ 2013‚ from George Mason Univeristy History New Network : http://hnn.us/article/93754 Gillies‚ K. (1998‚ 11). The Last Radical. (A. Pilon‚ Ed.) Vancouver Magazine . Lozano‚ C. (Producer)‚ & Green‚ B. S. (Director). (2003). The Weather Underground [Motion Picture]. Gussow‚ M. (2003‚ 3 5). The House On West 11th Street . The New York Times ‚ p. 3. Maryland‚ U. o. (2010-2013). Weather Underground Organization (WUO) / Weathermen
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Air Masses There are many components when it comes to understanding different types of weather systems. When it comes to weather‚ many vital parts such as air masses are very important to understand. One might ask‚ what is an air mass? An air mass is a large body of air that has similar temperature and moisture properties (ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu). When there are similar characteristics and temperature and humidity within an air mass this is called its source region. The source region is
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The Hot Zone By Richard Preston Links: 1.) Richard Preston: http://richardpreston.net/about-richard-preston 2.) The Hot Zone Reviews: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/book_0695.html 3.) Essay: The Hot Zone is a true story about an Ebola virus outbreak originating in Kenya‚ Africa at Kitum Cave on Mount. Algon. This outbreak happened In the 1990’s‚ which devastated many of the surrounding areas and people found this virus to be spreading to many
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Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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Jeffrey Boateng This more of an assignment then an essay to help people who are reading the Hot zone. Diction: choice of words Tone: The attitude of the speaker or writer as revealed in the choice of vocabulary. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston General Tones: Caution‚ fear‚ and uncertainty Example one: Once a virus hits the net‚ it can shoot anywhere in a day-Paris‚ Tokyo‚ New York‚ Los Angles‚ wherever planes fly. Charles Monet and the life form inside him had entered the net. Richard Preston
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SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY FOR WEATHER FORECASTING Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a given location and over the years many techniques have been used to forecast the weather‚ Satellite technology is one of it. The history of weather forecasting and early satellite programmes was told using archive film‚ highlighting the difficulties associated with a lack of weather data. Two hundred dedicated weather satellites have been
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throughout the entire book. The novel illustrates how the virus outbreaks had its outbursts‚ rapidly demolishing and destroying the human population gradually as there is no known cure and control over the destruction. Richard Preston discusses in The Hot Zone‚ the different factors that contribute to those outbreaks‚ such as hygiene and the lack of knowledge about the virus. Even a slight lack of hygiene can possibly contribute to the vital outbreaks in numerous ways. One of the major factors that contribute
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Geo-Engineering: Controlling the Climate and Weather Recall the pleasure derived from the last time you took a walk through a park on a day when the weather was perfect. The sunshine was bright‚ the temperature was perfect‚ and perhaps there was a slight breeze that left you the ultimate feeling of refreshment as it caressed your face. Or perhaps you can remember the last time you enjoyed the sounds and smells of a light April shower that left the trees and grass looking so green and the air
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#1 New York Times Bestseller‚ The Hot Zone‚ written by Richard Preston works with its main goal of educating society on the disturbing topic of the Ebola virus. It attempts and adequately completes its goal to reveal the terrifying truth of the origins of this deadly virus to the whole of society. It is due to the fact that the Ebola Virus is both highly deadly as well as an infectious disease that it comes as no surprise that it is classified as an exotic “hot” virus. While the book takes place
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