George Shirk sits in his office at the Mammoth Times on a Saturday afternoon‚ with his dog‚ Fido‚ who writes his own weekly column for the paper‚ curled up underneath the desk. Early December is the quiet time between the Thanksgiving and Christmas rushes at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area‚ and Shirk‚ a 60-year-old news veteran with a sandy smoker’s voice‚ has kindly agreed to give me an armchair tour of his adopted hometown. Mammoth Lakes is perched in the Eastern Sierra‚ a half-day’s walk from some
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widespread continent. Rains are abundant and intense in tropical monsoon areas. But there is a distinct dry season‚ though very short. However‚ the amount of precipitation during the rainy season is so heavy that it more than gives back the absence of rainfall for a few months. Soils retain moisture to support the plant cover. In the tropical monsoon climate summer is generally the rainy season. During the high-sun period the on-shore winds bring a lot of moisture from over the tropical warm oceans to
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dengue infection with climatic factors such as rainfall‚ temperature and relative humidity during the dengue fever epidemic in the year 2003. Blood samples were collected from 1550 patients experiencing a febrile illness clinically consistent with dengue infection. Serological confirmation of Dengue Infection was done using Dengue Duo IgM and IgG Rapid Strip test (Pan Bio‚ Australia)‚ which detected dengue-specific antibodies. Monthly data of total rainfall‚ temperature and relative humidity for the
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The climate in Egypt is generally moderate; it is mostly hot or warm during the day‚ and cool at night. In the coastal regions‚ daytime average temperatures range between a minimum 140C in winter and maximum 300C in summer. In deserts the temperatures vary considerably‚ especially in summer; when they may range from 7°C at night‚ to 52 °C during the day. While the winter temperatures in deserts do not fluctuate so wildly‚ they can be as low as 0 °C at night‚ and as high as 18 °C during the day. Egypt
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factors within the desert environment include temperature‚ climate‚ soil‚ and rainfall. The abiotic features all help towards making up the desert. The temperature in the Gobi desert has been known to shift 60 degrees in a matter of hours. The weather can go down to minus -40 degrees during in the winter and as hot as 122 degrees during the summer. Although the desert only receives an average of 7.6 inches of rainfall per year‚ and northerly position on the globe‚ it’s not unheard-of to see
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The final reason for the cause of the Dust Bowl was the dry climate. The Western explorer‚ John Wesley Powell discovered that the minimum amount of rainfall for successful farming on the Southern Great Plains was 20 inches. (Doc E). However‚ the average amount of rainfall for famers was between 17 and 18 inches. In Dallas‚ Texas‚ the average rainfall decreased from starting at 33 inches in 1923‚ to 12.74 inches in 1940. The
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ENG 121 November 3‚ 2005 Comparison and Contrast Essay Cable Verses Satellite Introduction: There are more households today which have televisions and computers than at any time in history. Nowadays in order to watch a good movie on television‚ you have to have something other then local channels. Years ago you could catch a good movie at night on the television. Now the way things are‚ you can’t just get away with local channels. You need to have a cable or satellite service
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abnormally dry period when there is not enough water for users’ normal needs. Drought is not simply low rainfall; if it was‚ much of inland Australia would be in almost perpetual drought. Because people use water in so many different ways‚ there is no universal definition of drought. Drought occurs because rains are unreliable and in some years the ITCZ (Inner Tropical Convergence Zone = area of rainfall) may not move so far north. Thus hot‚ dry tropical continental air dominates for the whole year.
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Highway Authority was used as the standard for the design of all drains DESIGN RETURN PERIOD A 20 years return period was used in the design of all drains‚ both secondary and tertiary IDF CURVE Using rainfall-intensity-duration curve for Kumasi‚ obtained from the Kumasi Metropolitan assembly‚ the rainfall intensities for a chosen return periods can be estimated. The total peak flow for each of the catchment areas can also be estimated with the values from the IDF curve. This is used for the sizing of
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During the 2010 monsoon season (July and August)‚ Pakistan experienced the worst floods recorded in its history. Heavy rainfall caused flash floods in the north and north-western regions of the country. The subsequent run-off created a southward moving mass of water approximately the size of the United Kingdom. The flood waters travelled downstream through Punjab and Sindh until they reached the Arabian Sea. Many of the main tributaries feeding into the Indus River were also flooded‚ further inundating
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