Hurricane Harvey was a category 4 hurricane that devastated the eastern coast of Texas. This catastrophic hurricane destroyed countless homes and properties. Many people’s lives have been‚ and will continue to be affected by this storm for years to come. Harvey was a hurricane that swept through the area of Houston‚ Texas over a period of about ten days. Prior to the landfall of Hurricane Harvey‚ the city of Houston was not ordered to be evacuated. This is surprising because of the known magnitude
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Cause & Effect of Hurricanes Hurricanes are the most destructive natural disasters in the world. They are very powerful and violent storms that have strong winds. Storms are known to be hurricanes when they reach 74 mile per hour. Hurricanes storms start over warm sea water near the equator and come with strong winds‚ flash floods‚ mudslides‚ and huge waves. Hurricanes come with different names depending where the location it occurred. Hurricane storms are called hurricanes‚ if they start over
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Texas residents waited anxiously for days‚ and then it finally came: Hurricane Harvey. On Friday‚ August 25‚ Hurricane Harvey struck the shore Texas waging a war with the state in which 15-20 trillion estimated gallons of water were dumped and at least 60 lives were claimed. It seems high magnitude hurricanes are becoming more and more common‚ and it may be our fault. A large factor in the strength and commonality of hurricanes is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) which entails the temperature
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Hurricanes and tornados are very different‚ yet also alike. In this essay I’ll be comparing the two to find which is more dangerous. A mobile‚ destructive vortex of violently rotating winds-the tornado‚ or a tropical cyclone with violent winds-the hurricane. Hurricanes and tornados are both made up of strong rotating winds. That’s just one of the things they have common. Both usually occur with violent storms and lot of rain. They also both form in circular patterns. Hurricanes and tornados are
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Hurricane Dancers is primarily poetic fiction. For example‚ Bernardino de Talavera‚ the pirate who captures Quebrado‚ Ojeda‚ and other slaves‚ says “I offered the illusion of mercy/and Ojeda was desperate enough/to believe me.” (10) The author portrays Ojeda as an assassin killing for glory. But Ojeda seems weak in Talavera’s flashback‚ falling for his “fake mercy”. If the author kept Ojeda’s killer trait‚ Ojeda wouldn’t have certainly fallen for Talavera’s lie. But instead‚ Ojeda does fall for his
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ESSAY ON HURRICANES Hurricanes get their start over the warm tropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or early fall‚ when sea temperatures are at their highest. Hurricanes only form over really warm ocean water of 80°F or warmer. The atmosphere (the air) must cool off very quickly the higher you go. Also‚ the wind must be blowing in the same direction and at the same speed to force air upward from the ocean surface. Winds flow outward
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Hurricane Matthew has claimed at least 478 deaths in Haiti‚ and left over 300‚000 people in need of disaster relief. An estimated 61‚000 people have sought shelter in the impoverished country. Heavy winds sustaining speeds of up to 140 mph accompanied by torrential rain caused massive flooding in Haiti and left a trail of destruction wherever the storm passed. Rescue workers are trying to assess the extent of damage‚ which was not immediately known because the hurricane had hampered communication
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’The Hurricane’ Film Review How is it possible for an innocent person to be wrongly excused and reprimanded all because of their pigment or race? How can a supposed ’justice system’ allow a man to be put behind bars for nearly 30 years for a crime he did not commit‚ solely because he is black? ’The Hurricane’ evokes‚ explores and answers these questions and more in a dramatic‚ meaningful manner. By the end of the film there is no question in any viewer’s mind of how hard it was to be a black person
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ANDERSON SC-- Hurricane Irma has taken a turn for the absolute worst. We all thought that it was over after Hurricane Harvey hit on August 25th on the Texas Coast. But now Hurricane Irma is projected to hit the East Coast as a category three hurricane. Currently this powerful storm has hit the caribbean area and flashing flooding is taking place. Already‚ Hurricane Irma is responsible for 10 deaths and is threatening Miami. Many people in Florida are told to evacuate because the damages ahead are
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English 1101 Essay #1 6 September 2013 Beyond Katrina Analysis Perhaps Tretheway focused a portion of her novel on the idea that the economy was demolished after Hurricane Katrina due to the building of Casinos and Resorts. In “Beyond Katrina: A Mediation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast‚” Natasha Tretheway infuses parallelism between the destruction of the city/ people and the destruction of the casinos‚ “some memorabilia washed away in the storm. They are like us in their appreciation of loss”
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