with record-breaking force on October of 2012‚ claiming many lives and causing billions of dollars in damage. According to National Geographic (2012)‚ the super storm killed over one hundred people in Haiti and the Caribbean and another one hundred people in the United States‚ 43 of those being New York City residents. The large storm surge flipped trees‚ swept away cars‚ and even destroyed many buildings and homes. The large amount of water in the city caused 8 million homes to lose power as well
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Kate Chopin’s "The Storm" and John Steinbeck’s "The Chrysanthemums" are both stories portraying feminine sexuality and passion. Calixta and Elisa experience lust for men to whom they are not married to. Elisa seems to have a functional relationship with her husband Henry. She seems content with tending to the prized Chrysanthemums in her garden‚ while her husband tends to all the financial affairs. The observation that they have no children hints to the conclusion that obviously something is lacking
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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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New Orleans and Hurricane Andrew that was the most powerful to hit South Florida in over 30 years. Hurricanes are one of the most destructive natural disasters. They are very powerful and dangerous storms. Hurricanes usually start over warm sea near the equator. Even though these tropical storms also known as hurricanes start off weak‚ they can strengthen causing lots of damages and the lives of others. There are two factors that are responsible for causing hurricanes .Warm water and moist‚ warm
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Hurricanes A hurricane is a type of cyclone. A hurricane is an organized collection of thunderstorms that pumps in the air near the earth’s surface and exhaust it out to the top. Hurricanes are tropical storms that are formed in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes gather heat and energy through the contact with the warm ocean waters. The power of the hurricane can increase by the evaporation from the seawater. Hurricanes rotate
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cyclone is a rapidly-rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center‚ strong winds‚ and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain. Tropical cyclones typically form over large bodies of relatively warm water. They derive their energy from the evaporation of water from the ocean surface‚ which ultimately recondenses into clouds and rain when moist air rises and cools to saturation. This energy source differs from that of mid-latitude cyclonic storms‚ such as nor’easters and
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events are affected by climate change because the environment in which they occur is warmer and moister than it used to be.” * Hurricane Sandy‚ rare ’super storm‚’ prompts East Coast preparation * Hurricane Sandy expected to make landfall early Tuesday * Hurricane Sandy churning in Atlantic; outer bands roil Florida * Three storms‚ dark forecast: ’Frankenstorm’ a three-headed monster Ads by Google Hurricane Sandy poses several threats. Vast and slow-moving‚ it is expected to pour
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civilizations. The Mayan storm god was named Hunraken. A god considered evil by the Taino people of the Caribbean was called Huracan” (noaa.gov 2005). Ready.gov describes a hurricane as “a type of tropical cyclone or severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.” It further states that they are accompanied by thunderstorms and spin counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere. These storms can cause damage on very
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What is a tropical cyclone? A tropical cyclone is a storm system in the Southern Hemisphere‚ with a closed circulation around a center of low pressure‚ driven by heat energy released as moist air drawn in over warm ocean waters rises and condenses. The circular eye or centre of a tropical cyclone is an area characterised by light winds and often by clear skies. They derive their energy from the warm tropical oceans and do not form unless the sea-surface temperature is above 26.5°C‚ although‚ once
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Northeastern United States‚ with lesser impacts in the Southeastern and Midwestern states and Eastern Canada‚ in late October 2012. Sandy‚ the eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ was a Category 2 storm at its peak intensity. While it was a Category 1 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States‚ the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter with winds spanning 1‚100 miles (1‚800 km)).[4][5] Preliminary estimates of losses
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