Community Service for the Elderly Waco is situated beside the Brazo River and I-35 between Dallas and Austin. Waco was an up and coming town raising in population and businesses until the devastating tornados hit. On May 11‚ 1953 a record tornado hit‚ killing 114 people‚ Injuring 600‚ more than 600 business and home were demolished. The Tornado left damages estimating at $41 million dollars. This is known to be the deadliest tornado in Texas history and the tenth deadliest in the nation. The town
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How Hurricanes Form Hurricanes can be very powerful and violent storms. Hurricanes get their energy when the sun heats up the ocean water. When the wind blows across the warm ocean‚ the water evaporates and gets carried upward. As the wind continues‚ the storm starts to spin and move across the ocean. If the water stays warm there are no mountains or obstacles‚ the storm can grow. Once it hits land‚ it no longer has moisture or heat so it starts to weaken. The wind speed tells you how strong a
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Elena Russey‚ Period 2 Ticket to safety‚ Prompt #3 You’ve got a ticket in your hand- Where will you go? What will you do? What will happen when you get there? There are so many places and things you could do with one ticket. With a ticket in my hand I would choose to go to Barbuda. I have chosen Barbuda due to the conditions all the people on the island were left in after Hurricane Irma came and swept through. 95% of the buildings and homes on the island were destroyed and will cost
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Girl killed in massive pileup on icy Ohio highway By Joe Wessels | Reuters – 22 hrs ago · CINCINNATI (Reuters) - A 12-year-old girl was killed on Monday and dozens of people injured in a 76-vehicle pileup on an icy Ohio highway‚ one of three major crashes that clogged roadways across the state‚ authorities said. Sixty cars and 16 tractor trailers slammed into one another on Interstate 275 near Cincinnati just after 11:35 a.m.‚ Hamilton County Sheriff’s spokesman Jim Knapp said. "Eighteen years
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Save New Orleans How would you feel if your town where you were born was flooded and never built back again? In the summer of 2005‚ in the city of New Orleans‚ a hurricane‚ which was named Katrina‚ destroyed the city‚ leaving people homeless and source less‚ and because of that‚ the government and the town’s council started thinking if they should really re built the city or not‚ because of possible future disasters. New Orleans is an important city because it was the home of many people‚ and without
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Michael Ramirez’s cartoon illustrates how political issues take a back seat in the wake of natural disasters. The scene depicted shows two men up to there neck in water holding picket fence signs that are no longer fully visible due to the water. The men are standing on a street corner with one sign Houston Rd visible. The second street sign is being blocked by the first and underneath the two signs is a stop sign half covered in water. Clearly based on the water and the street sign Houston Rd its
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LeQuina Daniels ETHICAL ISSUE Miami police ramp up patrols to combat looting On September 10‚2017 a catastrophic category 4 hurricane came barreling through Miami. The hurricane left the streets of Miami flooded with water and trails of debris and power outages for many people. The day after many people went out periling through the streets of Miami you would think to look at the damage of the hurricane or to check on family members. These individuals 50 to be exact‚ as the article stated came
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Imagine finding out that there is a hurricane that is a category five hurricane is about to hit your home town and you hear that you must leave the area. In a situation like this most individual use both the avoidance and the loss reduction techniques for risk management to protect their self from the hurricane. When using the avoidance techniques when a hurricane is come most individual who are in a flooded area would leave their homes and go to a shelter or another town that is not in the area
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Kim Eastridge Jennifer Pena‚ Instructor History 132 C31‚ C21 January 23‚ 2013 Black Americans Following the Civil War Southern black Americans faced many challenges following the Civil War. Although several major improvements were made‚ life for blacks in the South was far from perfect. This process of hoping to rebuild the war-torn South is known as the Reconstruction Era. There were many policies implemented during this time with the intentions of helping freed slaves. Initially Reconstruction
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Miss Emily’s House: The Downfall of The South In “A Rose for Emily‚” William Faulkner uses symbolism to paint a vivid picture of the fallen South. This literary piece takes place in the southern town of Jefferson‚ during the Civil War era and depicts how the Southern way of life fell apart after the war. One of the symbols that he uses to illustrate the deterioration of the South is Miss Emily’s house. Through vivid descriptions of dilapidation of the once beautiful house and the things that
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