Golden Gate Park Conservatory of Flowers The Conservatory of Flowers is the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco‚ California’s Golden Gate Park‚ and the oldest municipal wood and glass Victorian greenhouse in the U.S. William Hammond Hall‚ planner of Golden Gate Park‚ included the idea of a conservatory in his original concept for the design of the park. The elaborate building is 73 meters (240 feet) long and has a central dome that rises nearly 18 meters (60 feet) high. It was partially destroyed
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clouds. Most hurricanes that occur in the Atlantic develops off the west coast of Africa. Hurricanes begins as thunderstorms which moves out over the warm tropical ocean water. There are three stages in forming a hurricane‚ tropical depression stage‚ the tropical storm stage and finally the hurricane. The first stage is called the tropical depression. In this stage an organized yet sustained thunderstorm with swirling clouds‚ rain‚ and wind speed of less than 38 miles per hour (mph). Sustained
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In Galveston Island‚ Texas‚ on September 8‚ 1900‚ The Great Galveston hurricane took place. It is considered to be the deadliest hurricane in united states history. As of September 3‚ 1990 the hurricane began as a tropical storm over Cuba‚ the storm was first organized in the Mid-Atlantic Ocean near the Cape Verde Islands. Once the storm reached the Florida Keys it became stronger and formed the hurricane. As the hurricane reached the Gulf of Mexico‚ the hurricane gained its great intensity that
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two uses formal language so that it can fulfil its purpose to inform the audience. Therefore it uses facts and figures throughout the article to give the reader as much information as possible whilst still containing the sense of disaster e.g. “The tropical storm saw winds of up to 170mph” this is followed by‚ “that sent waves crashing…” This gives the fact more power and influence than if it was just in its own because it gives in more meaning and shows the consequences of the terrific winds. Source
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Retrieved March 14 2012. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/PS.htm Mcgahee‚ Alvin. (August 20 2008). The Perfect Storm October 1991. In NOAA Satellite and Information Service. Retrieved March 28 2012. http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/satellite/ satelliteseye/cyclones/pfctstorm91/pfctstorm.html McGuinness‚ Tim. (June 1 2005). 1991 Unnamed Hurricane “The Perfect Storm”. In Deadly Storms. http://www.deadlystorms.com/storms/1991/1991%20Perfect%20Storm/index.htm McLeod‚ Jamie. (October 20 2009). Remembering the
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INTRODUCTION If you don’t already know what a hurricane is‚ well just keep reading because this is going to provide you the information you need about hurricanes. What Is A Hurricane? A hurricane is a spinning storm that starts to form in the ocean. Hurricanes are most common on the east side of the United States‚ well if you DON’T know where east is it’s the State of Florida is at‚ let me guess you don’t where is Florida is… if you don’t well just check the map of the U.S. Anywho hurricanes can
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The United States Of America’s second most deadliest storm. Galveston originated as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic Ocean. The storm made a path south of Hispaniola. 6 days later the storm continued a path over Cuba‚ during this time the storm remained in it’s tropical storm phase. The storm reached hurricane state near Key West‚ Florida. Galveston continued from Florida up the Gulf of Mexico through Texas and Louisiana.It finally made landfall in Galevstone‚Texas on September 8‚1900.Gavelstone
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Brownsville Emergency Operations Plan Brownsville Texas is located in approximately 30 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and it is vulnerable to a major hurricane like Hurricane Katrina that devastated much of Louisiana in 2005. During Hurricane Katrina many of the things when wrong because emergency leaders were because‚ emergency managers were not prepared for the after mass of the hurricane. It is important for a city to have a structured Emergency Operations Plan in place in the event of a major
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Case Study: Hurricane Katrina Ashford University April 29th‚ 2013 Case Study: Hurricane Katrina On day 23 of August tropical storm Katrina formed of the coast of the Bahamas. During which time residences throughout the east coast of Florida were already preparing. During the next six days Katrina made a turn to the south west and when it crossed under the Florida Keys it quickly veered north as it gained strength and turning from a category one hurricane to a category 5 in a matter of
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Dakota‚ and eastern Colorado. According to Spencer Adkins‚ Kansas is the state that has been hit by the most tornadoes. Tornadoes happen in this part of the U.S. because of the plains. Hurricanes always form near the equator because the need warm tropical water to form. Then‚ whenever they move towards the United States a hurricane will hit many states on the eastern coast. These states go from down in Florida up to Maine. Hurricanes also affect states that are in the Gulf Of Mexico. Then there are
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