On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida as a Category 5 storm. But before Andrew became that major storm‚ it started off as a tropical way off the west coast of Africa on August 14‚ 1992. Andrew also had wind gust up to 168 miles per hour. According to the Huffington Post “The nationwide total death toll from Hurricane Andrew was 26‚ with another 40 people dying as an indirect result of the storm. In Florida‚ 15 died directly from the hurricane and another 29 died indirectly
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Carter Brothers Pecans In the recent 6 years‚ from 2007‚ American pecans become more and more popular in China. “Over 20 % of U.S. production went to China”‚ said Daniel Zedan‚ the president of Nature’s Finest foods‚ and he also expects china to buy one third of production of pecans in the U.S.. To some extent‚ China has become another huge market for pecans. Also‚ pecans is also a main agricultural production in Alabama‚ Carter Brothers Pecans‚ one of the most comprehensive trading services for
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Hurricane Repair There have been many moments in my life that have made an impact on myself or others‚ but one that I will always remember is my People to People trip to Tulane University in New Orleans. This week allowed me to come out of my shell‚ grow as a person‚ and help hundreds of people who suffered after hurricane Katrina. Along with my growth as a person and help towards others‚ I had the opportunity to learn about the culture of New Orleans while touring the beautiful city. My trip to
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Beginning Again The Dr. Jerry Carter Jr. comes from Columbus Ohio. He is the fourteenth pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church in Morristown‚ New Jersey. On Tuesday‚ August 25th‚ Dr. Carter took his scripture from Jonah 3:1 (KJV)‚ that scripture read‚ “and the word of the Lord came unto Jonah the second time.” He entitled his sermon “Beginning Again”. He began by telling a story about a woman named Louise Fletcher Carpenter who was a nineteenth century poet. One of her most powerful
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failed assassination attempt only added to it. Hostages coming home The Iranian hostage situation happened on November 4‚ 1979; President Carter was still in office at the time. The day that Ronald Reagan was sworn into office on January 21‚ 1981 the American hostages were released. The terrorist or students released the hostages after President Carter was out of office they did not have any problem with releasing the hostages. They did it as a way to protest President
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Sandy Survivor Profile “Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.” ~Al Greene The purpose of my interview is to get to hear the untold stories of the victims of hurricane sandy. Media doesn’t tell the stories that need to be heard. These stories can affect everyone’s hearts and bring a different way of viewing others situations. I have interviewed my neighbor’s cousin; her name is Sophia and she lived in Keyport‚
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his first and only Jubati award. Though Drummond gained much success from A Morte de DJ em Paris‚ the romantic novel Hilda Hurricane became his biggest success‚ along with the easiest novel he had written for it only took in 64 days to finish it while it took him years to finish some other novels that he published‚ yet did not do as well. Despite popular belief‚ Hilda Hurricane was not a cliché romantic novel. There was much more to the novel than it appeared. There was history. The novel was written
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generated by Hurricane Sandy. Now‚ a recent study by researchers at the New York University Colleges of Nursing (NYUCN) and of Dentistry (NYUCD)‚ published in The Journal of Urban Health examines the impact on NYULMC nurses’ post-Sandy deployment to help address patient surge in eight local hospitals and health facilities that had not been as affected by the storm. The mixed method study‚ "Challenges of Nurses’ Deployment to Other New York City Hospitals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy‚" is
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entered the Gulf of Mexico and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Celia later on August 1.[1] Due to warm sea surface temperatures‚[8] Celia rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane on August 1.[1] Storm surge and swells lashed the west coast of Florida‚ especially the
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The time I helped someone through a Storm There are a plethora of storms that are common in the U.S but one in particular is a hurricane. Hurricanes are also called typhoons and tropical cyclones in other parts of the world but they are physically the same type off storm. In addition on strong winds that may injure people. Hurricanes can produce tornadoes‚ severe flooding and beach erosion. Not only is there a physically disastrous storm but mentally there can be a storm to. A mental storm is when
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