the Panhandle of Florida. I chose to use the Walton County plan because my facility‚ the Alaqua Animal Refuge‚ is located in Freeport‚ Fl. Some natural hazards listed in the LMS (Local Mitigation Strategy) to be aware of are hurricanes and tropical storm rain events‚ flooding‚ high winds‚ tornados‚ wild fire‚ and earthquakes. Some technological and political hazards include power failures‚ nuclear accidents/radiation‚ disease or pandemic outbreaks‚ hazardous materials and terrorism. These hazards have
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Hurricane Katrina is in category five of the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale. This is the most catastrophic category because of its heavy damage to an area. In 2005‚ the city of New Orleans experienced this tropical storm and collapsed to its mercy. Although the destruction of New Orleans was horrific to the culture and history‚ rebuilding this city to its former ways should be put off until this devastation is sure to not occur again. Investing millions‚ maybe even billions‚ to a city
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The three main points are how Golding makes the mood to link with the theme‚ the use of the ritual and what it’s true significance is‚ and finally the literary devices he uses in his text. The mood of the passage is the thunder storm‚ from the thunder storm the theme indicates the importance of Simon’s death. As mentioned before‚ Simon’s death can be seen as the climax of the novel‚ thunder and rain links with it perfectly. The ritual is shown as a symbol of loss of reason and blind emotion;
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of all the strength he has. Kate is 37 years old and is still afraid of a huge storms and very scared of the fact of death. In the summer of 2008‚ the storms really hit hard in the
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gloomy. “Again I looked at the snowfall and thought of the leaden sky” (25-26). Lowell is comparing the falling of snow to the mourning process of his daughter. Whittier is more depressed by the storm. He describes the snow as‚ “A hard‚ dull bitterness of cold” (11). Later‚ Whittier learns to accept the storm and writes about sitting and laughing by the fireplace with his family. Both poets use a variety of figurative language in their poems. Lowell uses a simile to describe the birds he sees outside
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or die. Some people are scared to live in the places that has tornadoes. But most places have tornadoes. Also tornadoes go really fast. What do you think about Hurricanes? Hurricanes have a lot of power to them. Some home have things that the storm
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Chapter 6 Forecasting Case Problem 2: Forecasting Lost Sales 1. The data used for the forecast is the Carlson sales data for the 48 months preceding the storm. Using the trend and seasonal method‚ the seasonal indexes and forecasts of sales assuming the hurricane had not occurred are as follows: Month Seasonal Index Month Forecast ($ million) January 0.957 September 2.16 February 0.819 October 2.54 March 0.907 November 3.06 April 0.929 December 4.60 May 1.011 June 0.937 July 0.936
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continue moving by‚ more ominous clouds replace their predecessors‚ making the world around me darker and darker. The temperature is cool and the breeze is stronger than it was earlier. I hear thunder rumbling in the distance‚ a normal precursor to a storm. The thunder seems like a would be stalker approaching from the darkness‚ only his footsteps are so loud it shakes the earth and rattles the windows‚ demanding its
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or more strikes per minute at its peak.[2] Lightning is usually produced by cumulonimbus clouds based 5–6 km (3-4 mi) above the ground and that are themselves up to 15 km (9 mi) in height. Lightning also occurs during snow storms (thundersnow)‚ volcanic eruptions‚ dust storms‚ forest fires or tornadoes.[3][4] Hurricanes typically generate some lightning‚ mainly in the rainbands as much as 160 km (100 mi) from the center.[5][6][7] When the local electric field exceeds the dielectric strength of damp
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TORNADO SYNOPSIS OF THE EL RENO TORNADO Introduction Tornadoes are violent storms that look like black‚ funnel shaped clouds. The wind of these storms can reach a speed of 500 kilometers per hour (310 miles per hour). Tornadoes are capable of destroying everything on their path. Tornadoes are usually the extreme result of a very large thunderstorm called a supercell. During the storm cold air and warm air combine. The cold air goes drops as the warm air rises. The warm air eventually twists
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