Hurricane Katrina 800‚000 Houses‚ This is the sum of how many homes were destroyed and lost. I’m sure no person could imagine waking up with everything they needed and then the next day wake up with absolutely nothing. Hurricane season if from the beginning of June and until the end of November. In this time in 2005 one of the world’s worst natural disasters occurred on August 23 and ended August 31 and it destroyed everything in it’s path like office buildings‚ local restaurants‚ businesses‚ many
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In 2005‚ the brave Kira Salak decides to travel up the Niger river alone‚ in a kayak. The book “600 Miles to Timbuktu”‚ by Kira Salak it tells all about her adventure. She started in Malain and had to go all the way to Timbuktu. The day she wanted to leave a major thunderstorm hits. Thunder booms and lightning streaks the sky. But no matter what the weather‚ she was going to make it to Timbuktu. Another event that happened during this long trip was‚ as Salak was traveling the calm river‚ the
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before. Usually once in your day you can say that you have been caught up in one of the following types of drivers. My favorite kind of driver and the type that aggravates me the most are the slow elderly type. You can find this type going at least 10 miles per hour under the speed limit‚ thus creating a traffic flow issue. I don’t recommend speeding over the speed limit‚ but going under the speed limit is ridiculous. Often times this kind of driver is referred to as a ‘white knuckle driver.’ They grip
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“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” I have recently learned how true this statement is and started to realize that it applies to just about everything in my life. From college‚ to getting over the loss of a good friend‚ to starting new relationships. Ever since I was a little girl I talked about going to college. As I got into high school I started to receive letters and information from different colleges. But the fact that I was actually going to go didn’t hit me
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Imagine driving on I-75 as cars race by you at a blink of an eye. You are driving 60 miles per hour‚ the speed limit; they must be doing 100 miles per hour or more. This is not an illusion; this is the reality of driving on a highway. Believe it‚ it happens everyday. Cars race down the road at uncontrollable speeds that cause tickets‚ accidents‚ and sadly death. Speed limits are a must for traffic control‚ for safety in neighborhoods and for avoidance of collisions. Traffic control establishes
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they drive inches behind your car waiting for the opportunity to pass you. Then once they pass you they give you some gesture‚ like you were going twenty miles under the speed limit when actually you were going over the speed limit. The slow drivers are another type and are always those eighty-year-old grandparents that go at least ten miles under the speed limit at all times. They’re usually always driving cars that look almost as ancient as themselves. These types of driver also have the special
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Human Behavior Prostitution is illegal for a couple of different reasons. One reason is it spreads STD’s‚ some can be treated but some can also kill a someone. Another reason prostitution is illegal is people are or willing to pay for the service and the income is not reported to taxes. In many states you will find law enforcement cracking down on enforcing this law by having undercover cops acting like they are interested in the service so we keep less prostitution of the streets and diseases
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Aboriginal rights changing. The context in which the novel was written is important as it is reflected throughout the novel by a nostalgic tone and themes of reconciliation and hardship. Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet was the recipient of the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award in 1992‚ and since has become a well studied Australian novel by schools and scholars such as Michael McGirr and Yvonne Miels. The values explored in
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We live in a world that is deeply influenced by technology. In the past forty years‚ almost everything about our lifestyles has changed. From different clothes to different foods‚ our world is constantly changing. Should our criteria for the drivers on the roads not change as well? Teenagers are often seen as the terrors of the road because they are so inexperienced‚ but many senior citizens are‚ in fact‚ much worse drivers than teenagers are. People over the age of sixty-five should be required
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traffic school‚ and on top of that‚ make their insurance rates rise. Not only does speeding affect just you‚ it affects others as well. If a roads speed limit is 45‚ people will expect you to go around that speed. Say someone is traveling at 100 miles per hour down this road. A driver sees them down the road and they think they have enough time to pull out in front of them. But they were wrong because the other guy was doing 100 down the road and they collided. Other drivers expect people to obey
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