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    all San Francisco’s history‚ were her people as kind and courteous as on this night of terror.” In the magazine article‚ “Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire” Jon Lee Anderson really tries to express how one victim of Hurricane Katrina was affected by the shocking. Focuses on one victim named Lionel Petrie who had been awaiting the arrival of his family who had left the day before. Until Shawn Alladio had told him that the authorities were not allowing people back

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    Dams and levees weren’t enough to protect the 1‚836 people who died in Hurricane Katrina‚ and yet officials relied yet again on these devices against Hurricane Harvey 12 years later. Years have passed‚ and still so-called “experts” believe that because the circumstances may have been slightly different than before‚ they had the upper hand against nature. Various natural disasters have proven again and again that no human has power over the environment‚ and again and again these lapses in judgement

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    coastal populations also face events brought on by nature such as hurricanes and storm surges. Although hurricanes and surges occur naturally‚ the intensity and frequency of them have dramatically increased over the years due to global warming. The signs have been evident. Take the year 2005‚ for example. In the Atlantic region‚ there were 28 recorded hurricanes and tropical storms‚ one of them being the infamous Katrina (National Hurricane Center). It hit

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    Case – 1 - A perfect response to an Imperfect storm Twelve days. That’s how long it took for Mississippi power to restore electric power to the heavily damaged areas of southern Mississippi after hurricane Katrina slammed into the Mississippi gulf coast on august 29‚ 2005‚ with 145-mph winds and pounding rain. That’s remarkable‚ given the devastation that news photos and television newscasts so graphically displayed. It’s something that even the federal and state governments could not accomplish

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    Machiavelli V. Bush

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    balance virtue and fortune‚ for “they will prosper as the two are in accord with one another” (Machiavelli 107). Over the past 8 years‚ the United States under President George W. Bush faced numerous trials; including the death penalty‚ 9-11‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ and gas price inflations. These trials defied Machiavellian principles. Although competent‚ President Bush represents in no way the Machiavellian ideals to govern a country. President Bush extensively advocated the death penalty – since it’s

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    From the reading I gathered the climate change could melt ice caps from global warming‚ which could make sea levels rise‚ which would make them more power for dangerous hurricanes. Hurricanes draw power from warm water. Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans was a great example of the power of the ocean. There are so many things that affect the atmosphere. If the ozone layer were to be gone‚ of course the planet would heat up. It is really our only protection‚ in my opinion‚ from the dangerous

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    regarding why we pay what we pay for gasoline. The formula is: crude oil + refining process + retail sales/distribution + taxes = gasoline price. A good example of a sudden price change can be found in Hurricane Katrina. Many oil refineries and drilling operations were wiped out because of the hurricane‚ causing a spike in the gasoline prices because of the sudden decrease in supply. (Roy‚ 2010) We at the delivery company have put together a data set to help report on the effects of this situation

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    Defining the Humanities

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    Defining the Humanities Paul Talley HUM100 March 25‚ 2013 Marilyn Olander Defining the Humanities After reading this week’s lecture and my understanding of what humanities are is the study of what people have experienced and how they express this experience. Humanities are how people have interacted throughout their existence and how people interact today. Humanities are the study of the philosophical beliefs of a culture. The philosophical approach to understanding a culture is what separates

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    Influence of Media on Society Media‚ the name alone to everyone seems all too familiar‚ however the meaning and purpose of the word is understood differently amongst people. For ages media has been a key source for knowing what is happening throughout the world. As time evolved the speed in which media information becomes available has increased dramatically‚ but the quality of media is one to question. Today our media behavior changes all the time because the gratifications we seek from the media

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