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    Part I What are the primary differences between Mitigation and Preparedness? Research and describe three examples of each. The United States experiences a variety of natural disasters throughout the year. Because of hurricanes on the Pacific‚ Atlantic‚ and Gulf of Mexico coasts‚ earthquakes near the San Andreas and other fault lines‚ volcanic eruptions‚ tornadoes in the plains‚ and floods throughout the Midwest‚ the United States suffers approximately $1 billion in losses each week. From 1990-93

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    Introduction To build an arena here in [ CITY ]‚ you will have to know some of the severe weather hazards that we go through and how we can overcome it. It is important to know what kind of weather [ CITY ] goes through to ensure people’s safety and know what to expect during certain time of the year. [ CITY ] encounters five severe weather hazards: thunderstorms‚ flash floods‚ lightning‚ tornadoes and hurricanes. Thunderstorms are a short lived weather system that

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    become towering thunderheads. From outside the storm area‚ air moves in over the sea surface to replace the air soaring upwards in the thunderheads. The air begins swirling around the storm centre‚ for the same reason that the air swirls around a tornado centre. As this air swirls in over the sea surface‚ it soaks up more and more water vapor. At the storm centre‚ this new supply of water vapor gets pulled into the thunderhead updrafts‚ releasing still more energy as the water vapour condenses. This

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    ATMS-100: EXAM III REVIEW SHEET The exam will be 80 questions‚ multiple choice. You may use a calculator‚ however‚ CELL PHONE USE IS PROHIBITED. Please bring a #2 pencil. Study aids: This sheet‚ lecture notes‚ textbook. Learn and be able to apply concepts; do NOT simply memorize facts. Questions? Come to office hours‚ ask your TA‚ post to the discussion board on Compass. FROM BEFORE:  _What is the difference between satellites and radar? 1. Satellites: View clouds from space

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    Unit 3 Project

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    someone‚ would immediately think of a super hero such as Superman who wears a cape and saves the world. Bob Gallagher doesn’t necessarily wear a cape; however to a lot of residents in Joplin Missouri he is considered a courageous hero when he decided to risk his own life by recusing neighbors after a devastating tornado that ripped through the town two minutes before. Bob Gallagher demonstrated courage by leaving his family and home that was also affected by the horrific natural disaster to see if

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    moment‚ the man on the radio said‚ “The tornado has touched the ground. I repeat‚ the tornado has touched the ground.” Upon hearing that my mom cut in front of three cars‚ and took the closest exit ramp to get off of the highway. I knew that terror was in my eyes as I looked back and noticed the tornado is a few miles away. My mom started to say a prayer‚ “Oh dear lord‚ please lead my family to a safe shop‚ or store‚ to bring us to safety from the tornado that is coming our way.” I thought that the

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    purpose as you are required to have Tools set upon the activation of their floodgate trap. Dust Tornado is suited more to decks that have massive problems with Floodgate cards i.e Mistake or Skill Drain. It essentially works like a slower MST as you have to set it for a turn‚ but it’s still the most optimal for certain decks to up your spell/trap destruction in Games 2 and 3. Though Dust Tornado is incapable of preventing your opponent’s Trap Stuns or summon-reactive traps like Bottomless Trap

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    Natural Disaster

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    | |e| | |.| | [pic]Natural disaster From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search For the professional wrestling tag team‚ see The Natural Disasters. A natural disaster is the effect of a natural hazard (e.g. flood‚ tornado‚ hurricane‚ volcanic eruption‚ earthquake‚ or landslide) that affects the environment‚ and leads to financial‚ environmental and/or human losses. The resulting loss depends on the capacity of the population to support or resist the disaster‚ and their

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    week 5 lab 90

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    multicell thunderstorm. C.mature thunderstorm. D.ordinary thunderstorms. Answer Key: B Question 3 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points A supercell storm is A.a thunderstorm with an extremely large downburst. B.a thunderstorm that produces a category F-5 tornado. C.a thunderstorm that produces several tornadoes. D.a thunderstorm that lasts for several hours which is a rotating. Answer Key: D Question 4 of 10 10.0/ 10.0 Points Thunderstorms that form over an area randomly and only last for approximately

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    NOAA: A Case Study

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    Outage & In Danger – A Preliminary Investigation on Lack of Budget within NOAA Science‚ technology‚ engineering‚ & mathematics – alternatively STEM – is an evergrowing field in today’s society. Technology is increasing in popularity‚ and development of assistive tools in society are becoming more and more urgent for traditional use. Because of this‚ spending is required in the STEM field‚ but many feel that it is not needed. At first glance‚ one would think that the sectors of the government

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