disaster I chose is Hurricane Ike. September 13th near Galveston‚ Texas. Ike was a category 2 hurricane at landfall with maximum sustained winds of 110 mph. Hurricane Ike produced a damaging‚ destructive and deadly storm surge across the upper Texas and southwest Louisiana coasts‚ and ended up being the third costliest natural disaster in the United States behind Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Andrew. They had structured telephone interviews assessing immediate effects of Hurricane Ike (damage‚ loss
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Effects of Hurricane Igor The people of Newfoundland and Labrador are used to watching natural disasters on television‚ not usually do they get to expierence them up front. But on September 22‚ 2010 Newfoundland and Labrador was hit by Hurricane Igor‚a storm that effected everyone in different ways. Some of the effects of Hurricane Igor were flooding and power outages that lasted up to 12 days. The Hurricane ripped through Newfoundland as a category 1 Hurricane‚ and left
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Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the Gulf Coast on August 29‚ but first touched down in Florida a few days earlier. In Florida the storm was only a Category 1 and caused minimal damage to people and the environment. However‚ the well documented damage caused in Alabama‚ Mississippi‚ and Louisiana was one of the greatest natural disasters to ever strike the United States. While much of the Gulf Coast was adversely affected by the hurricane‚ the majority of damage to human life and the environment
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Joshua Darnell Hillard Composition I 17 April 2008 Dr. MacVaugh A Much Needed Change: FEMA & Hurricane Katrina It has been almost three years since the catastrophic hurricane winds and water of Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Gulf Coast. New Orleans was the most damaged city and media coverage showed the outcries of the neglected people. Many feel that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is to blame and‚ rightfully so. FEMA is a very disorganized and dysfunctional agency;
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Texas residents waited anxiously for days‚ and then it finally came: Hurricane Harvey. On Friday‚ August 25‚ Hurricane Harvey struck the shore Texas waging a war with the state in which 15-20 trillion estimated gallons of water were dumped and at least 60 lives were claimed. It seems high magnitude hurricanes are becoming more and more common‚ and it may be our fault. A large factor in the strength and commonality of hurricanes is the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) which entails the temperature
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Case 4: Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ a New Round Steve Kotarski MGT380 – Dr. Tang Case Synopsis Two major competitors in the global consumer electronics industry‚ Philips of the Netherlands and Matsushita of Japan‚ both have extensive histories that can be traced back more than a century. They have each followed different strategies and have had significant capabilities and downfalls along the way. In general‚ Philips built its tenured success on a portfolio of responsive
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4 Ways To Protect Windows from Hurricanes Windows are often a weak point of a home when a hurricane approaches‚ which is why they need additional protection. For climates that are hurricane prone‚ you will need to do something more to ensure that you do not have broken glass coming into your home. Here are 4 ways to protect your window during a hurricane. Plywood One of the most well-know‚ simplest‚ and cheapest solutions for protecting windows is using plywood. You can purchase the wood at a local
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The great Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is known to be the worst hurricane to ever hit the United States of America . The Galveston Hurricane was a category 4‚ with the storm surge of 8 - 15 feet. I am researching natural disasters‚ because I want to know how to help the people that are involved in a natural disaster.I was trying to find out how to help the environment and to donate money to fix up destroyed homes‚ building‚ and to help find placement for animals . We Can not stop the natural disasters
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Tobacco Industry2 In 1990s‚ tobacco was a business which generated one of the biggest profits‚ however‚ it was a business which aroused a great deal of contraventions. Five companies dominated American tobacco market. The leader of the market was Philip Morris Companies‚ Inc.‚ which was also the largest cigarettes maker in the world‚ controlled almost the half of U.S tobacco market. It was also the owner of Marlboro‚ which was the world’s
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Historical Hurricane Ivan 2004 The one characteristic that made Hurricane Ivan different from any other regular hurricane was that it became a category 5 three times during its life. Ivan first started as a tropical wave just off of Africa’s West Coast. On September 2nd‚ 1800 UTC Ivan became a tropical depression. Just 12 hours later on September 3‚ Ivan went from a tropical depression to a tropical storm. It was beginning to gain strength at a steady rate. It continue to move to the west through
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