Jullian Nevarez-Anderson Professor Sinclair ENGL 1010 October 2‚ 2012 Bird Houses Building a bird house is an easy way to pass the time if one is interested in this type of hobby. Although it is a fun and effective way to let your creative juices flow‚ there is one important fact that a person should know if they intend to actually have birds occupy their house. Different bird species prefer different living areas. For example‚ Robins don’t need a house at all; they only need a platform that
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HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as measured by diameter‚ with winds spanning 1‚100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
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Hurricane Sandy Case study 1‚ Background * The outline of hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy was formed on October 22 and dissipated on October 31. Its highest winds throughout all the date was 110mph (175km/h) and the lowest pressure was 940hPa. The number of fatalities was 253 in all‚ and all costs of damage‚ at least‚ have risen to $65.6 billion. Affected areas by this hurricane expanded to wide range. This is Hurricane Sandy when it was near peak intensity on October 25. Firstly
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However‚ if it appears to be lighter‚ like the color of a cup of tea‚ then you still have some time before it needs to be changed. Before you can drain the oil‚ there are few steps you need to take to get ready for this minor auto maintenance process. The first is making sure you have the right tools and equipment on hand. To drain the oil‚ you ’re going to need a socket wrench‚ oil filter wrench and an oil catcher or recycling container to catch and store the old oil until you dispose of it.
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Essay Assignment GE-253 Hurricanes Have you ever heard tropical storms pushing winds up to 200 mph and causing destruction everywhere? A true beast of nature we call a hurricane. These hurricanes can show up at any time to make a mess of things. To fully understand hurricanes we have to peer into the history‚ calculate the physics‚ plot the storm’s movements and actions‚ respect the power of such storms‚ and prepare ourselves if a storm is headed our way. A lot of hurricanes have happened up until
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Eggert/5th In August 2005‚ my life changed. What was home to me‚ New Orleans‚ became a memory. I was forced by the natural disaster‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi
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DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HURRICANE AND TORNADO It’s easy to find similarities between the weather phenomenon‚ we call a hurricane and the one we call a tornado. Both cause most of their damage through high winds and rain‚ and the arrival of both can cause evacuations‚ emergency warnings and general chaos. But there are numerous differences between the two weather systems‚ from the elements that form them to the type of devastation they leave behind. The confusion between a tornado and a hurricane may stem from
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing
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Over the last few years Florida has had many Hurricanes. Thank God they haven’t resulted in that many casualties. Casualties can be avoided though‚ if everyone followed the National Hurricane Center’s instructions on how to prepare for a hurricane than many of those casualties can be prevented. Its isn’t that hard to be prepared for a hurricane‚ there are only a few supplies needed and it only costs a few dollars for what you need‚ Personally I would rather spend a few dollars on supplies than
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Hurricane Gilbert remains one of the largest tropical cyclones to ever hit the US eastern seaboard and brought widespread destruction to the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico. In total‚ 15 different countries were affected by the storm which hit the area in early September 1988. The hurricane became famous for the great difficulty it caused weather forecasters due to its erratic movement‚ the number of predicted paths it could take and its constantly fluctuating intensity. Luckily it was an occasion
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