Introduction A hurricane is a tropical revolving storm. It is a very large circular area of low pressure‚ driven by evaporation from warm seas. In areas away from the Equator‚ air is drawn into the hurricane to replace the rising air. Owing to the Earth rotation‚ wind in a hurricane spiral inwards in an anti-clock wise direction. Wind speeds can reach 300km/ hour‚ although there is an area at the centre of the hurricane ‚the Eye where conditions are calm. After a hurricane goes through its stages
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Katie Weller I. Alzheimer’s Disease A. Pass out popsicle sticks; now‚ those of you with stars on your sticks raise your hand‚ that is how many of you in this room will get some form of Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. B. Analysis: How many of you have grandparents? C. Credibility: My grandma has Alzheimer’s. D. Thesis Statement: Today‚ I am here to inform you about Alzheimer’s disease; the history of Alzheimer’s‚ the symptoms and effects of Alzheimer’s on the brain and treatment
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Steve Jobs: Modern Genius Topic: Steve Jobs Organization: Chronological Specific Purpose: To get the audience to understand Steve Jobs as a person and as the influential man he was. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: Alright everyone‚ I know it is against the rules but pull out your phones from your pocket… chances are it is an iPhone if not maybe an android‚ or as I like to call them‚ iPhone-wannabes‚ today I am going to be talking about the man behind the iPhone and all of the Apple
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Introduction Hello‚ I will be discussing Leukaemia Cancer. I will be covering what leukaemia is‚ who is being affected by leukaemia and how is it affecting them‚ what health professionals are involved and what is currently being done about Leukaemia. What is Leukaemia? Leukaemia is a blood cell cancer‚ abnormal blood cells are made in the bone-marrow. Leukaemia involves the manufacture of abnormal white blood cells. The leukaemia cells continue to grow and multiply swarming the normal blood cells
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Impact of Hurricane Katrina Sid van der Woude Natural Disasters EES:1400:A08 2/19/2015 Once the storm finally passed‚ the flood waters finally receded‚ and the levees were put into some sort of repair‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ through its path of destruction left New Orleans and the surrounding areas in one of the costliest states of disrepair ever seen from a natural disaster in U.S. history. From the damage to infrastructure‚ to the lost jobs‚ to the loss of life‚ Hurricane Katrina
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Hurricane Web Site Analysis Rate the sites from 1-5 based on the criteria below with: 5=superior; 4=good; 3=acceptable; 2=fair; 1=poor Site Ease of Use Information Educational Value Average Rating Hurricanes: Online Meteorology Guide 4 4 5 4.3 How Stuff Works 5 5 5 5 BBC News: Animated Guide: Hurricanes 3 4 4 3.6 National Geographic: Forces of Nature 5 3 2 3.3 Discover Channel: Hurricane Videos 0 0 0 0 Which site do you rate as the number one site?
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speed. As I pick up my pencil I am a hurricane when I write‚ the words spewing forth onto the paper‚ accelerating with unexpected intensity. But such intensity is impossible to maintain and like an eye wall undergoing replacement‚ the number and speed of ideas grows weaker‚ sometimes wandering off course altogether. But then‚ like a strong gust of wind‚ a new inspiration generates a fresh torrent of ideas that beg to become a part of the story to be told. Hurricanes get their energy from warm moist
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hurricane assessment intro a hurricane is an intense‚ rotating oceanic weather system that has to have a minimum sustained windspeed of 74 mph. Hurricanes only form over tropical oceanic regions because it needs warm moist air to feed and drive the destructive winds that define a hurricane. The majority of hurricanes are seasonal. During certain months in the year a hurricane will develop. The months were they occur vary from place to place.The 3 most common hurricane locations are the atlantic
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This F5 tornado destroyed everything in its path in the city of Joplin‚ the Joplin tornado.This was one of the worst tornadoes ever recorded in human history. In 2011‚ it was a normal day and what the people didn’t realize was that a huge‚ reckless tornado was going to hit. The effects on the people that survived the tornado was scarring. Their homes were completely destroyed and family members died. People that weren’t home had to go inside places like fast food places and those didn’t go so well
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HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as measured by diameter‚ with winds spanning 1‚100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
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