Prior to the tornado‚ my experience of Joplin was limited to a dozen family visits over two decades. My lasting impression from those years were of a city that felt more like a small town. However‚ Joplin is the fourteenth-largest city and the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Missouri‚ boasting 49‚000 residents and a daytime population of 270‚000 taken from the metropolitan population of 400‚000 citizens. Of the citizens who self-identified their ethnicity in the 2010 census‚ 85.6 percent were
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What Really Matters” is a great example of how no matter how horribly destroyed everything seems‚ if there is even a little thing left you can rebuild. Corey Soper lived with his family near Tuscaloosa where a tornado tore apart his family home while he was in Nevada for work. “ The tornado had pried off the roof‚ collected some of the family mementos stored in the attic and
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Improving Learner’s Ability with Listening to News Reports Word count - 2470 Contents Introduction 1 Analysis 1 News reports are: 1 Processes 1 Top-down 1 Bottom-up 2 Where top-down and bottom-up meet 3 Problems and Solutions 3 Conclusion 7 Bibliography 8 Background Research 8 Practical Materials 8 Appendix 1 9 Introduction For years now I have taught context/gist/specific info/post activity type listening lessons‚ but my reading on authentic materials and helping
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References: ABC News (2012) “Joplin Tornado”: Death and Destruction by the Numbers ABC News. April 2012.Web. 10 Aug. 2012. Charming Health‚ “After Shock Effects”‚ After Shock Effects or Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome: Charming Health‚ 21 April 2010.Web. 10 Aug. 2012. Darwin C. (2012) “Biological
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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 was slow to recover. When I first moved there I heard a lot of stories of how this small town would have been as big if not bigger than Dallas if the tornado did not hit. Ridding
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Application of Risk Management Techniques Treats that this company is vulnerable to are but not limited to tornado‚ malware‚ equipment failure‚ stolen data‚ DoS attacks & social engineer. The like likelihood of each is moderate to high. Headquarter is located right in tornado alley. Since this building house all three serves‚ a direct hit would result in a total loss. Since the users connect to the LAN with Windows Vista which is very outdate the risk of malware is also high. Along with having all
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CloudFlare Santiago Fonseca 201541674 MGMT 2130 – 080 Mount Royal University May 28‚ 2013 Carolyn Sterenberg CloudFlare is a technological company that protects websites from harmful visitors that might engage in spam or hacking and it also optimizes the loading speed and reduction of bandwidth. CloudFlare maintains a specific corporate culture that practices self-direction and minimal hierarchy; by sustaining this corporate attitude CloudFlare faces multiple issues
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difference between ordinary cell thunderstorms and severe thunderstorms‚ is that severe thunderstorms “produce at least one of the following: large hail with a diameter of at least one inch‚ surface wind gusts of at least 50 knots (58 mi/hr)‚ or a tornado” (Ahrens‚ 2014‚ p.288). Some conditions that favor the development of a severe thunderstorms are: 1. random‚ turbulent eddies that lift small bubbles of air 2. unequal heating at the surface 3. the effect of terrain (such as small hills) or
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INT1 Task 1 Jamie Hildebrand Hurricane Satellite Image‚ NOAA‚ n.d.‚ retrieved from: http://www.noaa.gov/features/02_monitoring/inland_flooding.html Weather Forecasts From folklore and proverbs to modern radar technology‚ the scientific understanding of weather prediction has evolved through time. Several inventions such as the thermometer‚ barometer and even satellites have given way to immense knowledge of weather conditions. Mild‚ sunny days are perfect for picnics‚ but those aren’t the weather
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The evacuations ordered were hectic; a total of 1.5 million were evacuated in all of Florida. Another 27‚000 military personnel were dispatched‚ in addition to tornado warnings. Andrew caused $26.5 billion with most of the damage being felt in southern Florida. Hitting the keys and Dade County at category F5 strength. As the hurricane crossed the end of southern Florida it weakened and fell into the Gulf of Mexico;
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