to elaborate on causes and consequences of floods. There are always floods somewhere in the world. They threat big communities with millions of people‚ their lives and properties. Big floods always draw international attention. In order to support my discussion about floods with concrete examples‚ I will talk about causes and consequences of flood using Mississippi River basin. The flood plain A river’s flood plain is central to any discussion of floods. A broad‚ nearly flat landform consisting
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IN MY HOUSE It was a dark and stormy night. I was alone at home and about to go to bed‚ when I saw a scary shadow figure at my window. "Who’s there" I shouted. Suddenly there was a flash of lightning followed by thundershower. I saw a lion’s face followed by a scary thunderous roar at the window. It looked like the lion from the local circus that had been announced missing on the television news channel. I felt very scared. I ran to my bed and pulled my blanket over my head
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My three-hundred acre summerhouse‚ in Osceola Missouri‚ has many aspects to it. It is a huge property in a small-populated town. My favorite parts include the bedrooms‚ kitchen‚ game room‚ and backyard. Like any other house‚ my summerhouse has bedrooms. The biggest room is the master bedroom. It has a huge black painted wooden king-sized bed with a comfortable therapeutic mattress. It also has a huge bathroom. In the bathroom‚ is a large jet bathtub and a large shower. The best part of the room
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I had lived my whole life in Hamilton I heard many things about the 1913 flood in Hamilton‚ Ohio. Throughout all of Hamilton there are many hints that show the flood was here at one time. For example‚ there are many plaques and high water marks. Out of the surrounding places in Ohio Hamilton had got hit the worst with water up to 18 feet high. The flood of 1913 changed Ohio in many ways where you can still see it today. The flood was very important because it impacted Hamilton‚ Ohio and other
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1927 Mississippi Flood In one of most powerful natural disasters in the 1900s‚ the Mississippi river flooded which caused severe damage around the states of Arkansas‚ Illinois‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Tennessee‚ Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ and Kansas. The flood was caused during a large rainfall that lasted approximately 18 hours; the rainfall caused an overflow in the Mississippi river that overtook the banks. This flood wreaked havoc amongst the citizens in its path. The disaster caused over
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My most favorite place has always been my grandmother’s house. This is the place I would have to go to before and after school. I have always loved my grandmother’s house because it made me feel safe and warm. There was a smell of coffee in the air at all times. It seemed as if all my grandmother did was make coffee. If I smell coffee‚ I instantly think of my grandmother’s house. My grandmother’s house will always be filled with people. I can remember sitting in a chair watching her do hair
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Paper 5 Analysis of “Beneath My House” “Beneath My House” by Louise Erdrich‚ is a literary essay with an expressive approach. Erdrich narrates the day she rescues a kitten from beneath her house‚ despite the fact that she does not even like cats. Her maternal instincts take over when she hears the kitten cry‚ which causes her to do whatever it takes to rescue the kitten. Then‚ the author analyzes the event and she expresses her emotional response. Through the use of description and narration
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In today’s society‚ women are taught “do not get raped.” They are given pieces of advice such as: cover your drinks‚ dress in a conservative manner‚ and never go somewhere unfamiliar alone. Two of these are accurate means of avoiding situations where rape is ever a possibility. However‚ telling women to dress conservatively is not a good‚ accurate way for her to avoid being raped. This is a common misconception made by many people‚ but who are they to judge and say‚ “If she dresses like a slut‚ she’s
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Wolford History 202 “The Johnstown Flood” Johnstown Flood Having taken classes about Pennsylvania history in high school and being familiar with this horrible flood‚ I was very happy with this book. The author‚ David McCullough‚ does a masterful job setting the scene‚ the politics surrounding the dam and the subsequent failure of that dam. Johnstown was a typical American town for that day and time. People worked hard and earned little. The environment was polluted to some extent‚ but no one
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as a motif to show the recurrence of massive floods. In 1858‚ a massive flood hit the school of Haddan and surrounding area and “After the flood‚ houses in town had to be refloored and reroofed; public building were torn down‚ then refashion from cellar to ceiling…Main Street itself had become a river‚ with waters more than six feet deep” (2). At the end of the book‚ Carlin is coming back to Haddan after a flood hit the town‚“Some of the big white houses would have to be reroofed‚ but the Haddan School
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