Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest five hurricanes that happened in the history of the United States. Hurricane Katrina was mapping since August 24th‚ 2005. The tropical storm started on the Bahamas and moved to Florida in days. Meteorologists were able to warn people in the Gulf Coast States that a major storm was on its way. New Orleans was the main impact of Hurricane Katrina. On August 28th‚ 2005 the mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin ordered a mandatory evacuation. Major Nagin also declared
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Community Service in the Heart of Hurricane Sandy Community service does not have just one single meaning; it has many. Community service means something different to every person in the world. To me‚ community service means helping not only your community‚ but also your school‚ state and country. It means to be kind and caring to others‚ to help out those who are less fortunate then you. Community service is when you take time out of your life to do something that will better other people
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Hurricanes have made a huge impact on the world. They have impacted our environments and society. We have discovered what hurricanes do and how they occur‚ and what they are. There are 5 different categories of hurricane 5 being the worst and 1 being the least strongest. People have reacted differently to different hurricanes. One recent hurricane known as Hurricane harvey was a very deadly and one of the most destructive hurricanes in history. It ruined lives‚ homes‚ and buildings.
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Hurricane Sandy and the Subway Hurricane Sandy‚ the largest Atlantic storm ever and second most costly storm in United States History (Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.5 billion)‚ made it painfully clear exactly how fragile a city composed mostly of low-lying islands can be. At the beginning of the storm‚ Mayor Bloomberg announced that New York City public schools would be closed Tuesday‚ October 30 and Wednesday‚ October 31‚ however
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Hurricane Katrina Early Morning on August 29th 2005 the United States was hit by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. Hundreds to thousands of people in Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama were affected. Making Hurricane Katrina one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina was rated a category 5‚ the highest rated category. Killing an estimate of 1‚833 people. After the hurricane Millions of people were left homeless along the Gulf Coast. The storm hit the New Orleans
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Generally‚ the sound of hurricane force winds and snapping trees don’t combine to make the sweetest lullaby but for the hurricane season those sounds rocked me to sleep. Mix with my mother’s panic and some house leaks‚ I didn’t necessarily have the most eventful hurricane experience. The approach of hurricane Irma didn’t make me as nervous as much as it should have‚ most likely due to my mother worrying enough for the both of us. We covered everything important and not so important things in plastic
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study 1. What is your Analysis of the bag-weight problem? Refer to the case‚ Quality control analysis for this case will be conducted via X-charts and R-charts. X-charts is to control the central tendency of the process‚ for this case we refer to the weight of 50-pound bags of treating agents R-charts is to control the dispersion of the process‚ for this case we refer to the range of weigh or difference between maximum weight and minimum weight of the bag. From the analysis of problems‚ based on
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Social and Economic Impacts of Hurricanes on the Caribbean Hurricanes are powerful weather systems‚ which start as disturbances in the atmosphere over tropical oceans. There are many of these disturbances each year‚ but only a few become hurricanes. Most Atlantic and Caribbean hurricanes occur between June and November and have been known to have serious economic and social consequences. Some economic consequences include unemployment‚ loss of revenue‚ loss of foreign exchange etc. Social consequences
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experience in a category 5 hurricane. Hurricanes are very dangerous storms‚ that if are not properly prepared for could be life threatening. In this essay we will learn how to properly prepare for a category 5 hurricane. There are 3 major things you need to do to prepare for these storms and i will share them with you in this passage. We all know that a hurricane is a very strong storm that has winds stronger than 70 mph. But an catagory 5 hurricane is even stronger‚ with winds
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the United States‚ some worse than others. Hurricane Sandy is one that we will never forget about. Super Storm Sandy‚ a Category 3 storm‚ as known as Hurricane Sandy was a dramatic event that happened in October 2012. Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States. Hurricane Sandy begun as a tropical wave but it quickly aroused into a tropical storm in just 6 hours. It upgraded to a hurricane when the winds arose 74mph. Many States prepared
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