Remembering as if it happened yesterday‚ waking up with my broken left ankle throbbing in pain. Limping out the door toward my SUV‚ I thought I should be on leave and enjoying the fresh snow in the mountains‚ but instead I am working today with a broken ankle. The base began a deployment exercise that day‚ and I did not want to report for duty. The day was gorgeous outside; the sun shining brightly and was a breathtaking day. Once I completed the deployment line‚ I reached the holding area‚ unexpectedly
Premium Earthquake Tsunami 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
The County of San Bernardino is one of the 58 counties of California. With an area of 20‚105 square miles‚ it is considered to be the largest county in the United States. It is even said to be larger than the four smallest states combined. But in spite of its great area‚ San Bernardino is only 5th most-populous county in California‚ and 12th most-populous in the United States. This is because of its numerous wilderness areas that are hardly occupied by citizens. San Bernardino is populated by over
Premium Economics Marketing Business
San Vitale Ravenna‚ Italy The Church of San Vitale remains one of the earliest and most prized structures of Byzantine Art. Built in the Etruscan and later Roman city of Ravenna‚ Italy‚ San Vitale stands to be one of the city’s most celebrated possessions. Two-hundred years after Constantine‚ the creator of Byzantium‚ Ostrogoth ruler Theodoric the Great made Ravenna the capital of his kingdom. Theodoric was of Arian faith where Christ was seen as a creation of God the Father and was subordinate
Premium Byzantine Empire Justinian I Constantinople
Marketing Communications Memo Jason Murray June 17‚ 2013 PSY/ 322 University of Phoenix Instructor: Chawn Williams Military Veteran’s Foundation 12345 Canyon Edge San Antonio‚ Tx. 78133 MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION SUBJECT: Marketing Communications for Fundraising Policies. The intent for of this memo is for employees to understand the perimeters in which they are authorized to perform fundraising efforts on order to support the Military Veteran’s Foundation. The Military Veteran’s
Premium Veteran
When designing earthquake safe structures the first consideration is to make the highest bit‚ the roof‚ as light as possible. This is best done with profiled steel cladding on light gauge steel Zed purlins. This can also have double skin with spacers and insulation. It can have a roof slope between 3 and 15 degrees. If it is required to have a ’flat’ roof‚ this could be made with a galvanised steel decking and solid insulation boards‚ and topped with a special membrane. Even a ’flat’ roof should
Premium Floor Reinforced concrete Building
My life did a complete 180 switch after I survived the devastating earthquake of 2010 in Haiti. It was never easy before as the economy was really poor and life was dull but compared to what I had to live with after I started to realise it was a privileged life. It was a beautiful day ‚ I was looking crispy and getting ready to go school and the day went by so fast ‚ we had a lot of homeworks and things to study for tomorrow . My sister was with me before the incident and helping me with my homeworks
Premium High school Family English-language films
This volcano had its largest eruption on May 18‚ 1980. The ash and dust from the eruption reached as far as the Central United States. A total of 57 people died during the eruption that lasted 9 hours. 85 miles of highway and 15 miles of railways were destroyed. What would someone say about this natural disaster who was there? It was a normal day for my grandma‚ but when she turns on the news it became very far from normal. She see’s that Mt. St Helens erupts. After that‚ she looks outside‚ but
Premium Earthquake Petroleum Volcano
The Battle of San Jacinto San Jacinto is known as the birthplace of Texas freedom. San Jacinto is considered one of the world’s definitive fights. Sam Houston and his battered band of 910 pioneers steered Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna‚ President‚ and Dictator of Mexico and so-called "Napoleon of the West‚" with his glad armed force‚ and changed the guide of North America. This story that has excited Texans for over a century. An account of high courage and initiative; of horrid hardship‚ disaster and
Premium Texas United States Texas Revolution
In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was
Premium Hurricane Katrina Tropical cyclone New Orleans
sponsorship. • Update the logo and provide t-shirts for new brand. • McAllister Park Little League Challenger League can remove age limit or start an adult league. • The Miracle League of San Antonio- fully-lit 4 acre complex including a special surfaced Miracle League field. • Indirect competitors within or near San Antonio. For example‚ A.W.A.R.E. Therapeutic Horse Back Riding‚ Dreams Fulfilled Through Music. • With no clear defined strategy/mission statement it will be hard to establish relationships
Premium SWOT analysis Baseball Texas