The Scope article "Joplin Tornado: The Evil Swirling Darkness" is about the effects of the tornado and how the people of Joplin rebuild. The beginning was about how the fateful day started. In the middle was about the tornado’s rampage through the town and the destruction it caused in it’s wake. At the end of the article was about how the people of the town survived except for 158 and how they rebuilt. The effects after a disaster can last a long time on a person. If you witness a disaster and
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Editorial of Interpretation The ‘Need for Speed’ Declared as a catastrophic super typhoon‚ the whole central Visayas region was flustered by heavy rains and strong winds Yolanda has brought‚ and nearby areas also felt the typhoon’s wrath. After making 5 land falls‚ the areas were impossible to recognize as they were before. Many people were killed during the typhoon; their crops and livelihood were destroyed as well as their shelters. Relief goods and cash donations for the victims of the typhoon
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Comparing the effect of flooding in MEDCs and LEDCs: Boscastle and Bangladesh: The main difference between floods in MEDCs and LEDCs are the impacts of floods in each place. Very similar floods produce severely worse effects in Ledcs than they do in Medcs. The Boscastle and Bangladesh floods were essentially very similar in terms of amount of rain and water that flooded the land‚ never the less in Boscastle‚ despite there being severe damage to property and the whole of the town being flooded
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The oak one day address the reed: "To you ungenerous indeed Has nature been‚ my humble friend‚ With weakness aye obliged to bend. The smallest bird that flits in air Is quite too much for you to bear; The slightest wind that wreathes the lake Your ever-trembling head does shake. The while‚ my towering form Dares with the mountain top The solar blaze to stop‚ And wrestle with the storm. What seems to you the blast of death‚ To me is but a zephyr’s breath. Beneath my branches
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BOOKS 07/20/14 http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=pwsczTbbY9sC&printsec=frontcover&dq=flood+control+book&hl=en&sa=X&ei=guTLU82gF46k8AXIiYHYBg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBzhQ#v=onepage&q=flood%20control%20book&f=false http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=IbRmnGiIFdMC&pg=PA76&dq=negative+effect+of+flooding&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MuLLU9-XIM358QXjuIGoBw&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=negative%20effect%20of%20flooding&f=false http://lasalle.summon.serialssolutions.com/search?s.cmd=addFacetValueFilters(ContentType‚Book+%2F+eBook)&s
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"The Wind" I am the Wind I creep and crawl through every swamp and valley Touching every leaf and holding every branch Surrounding every rock and cooling every stream Playing with the leaves that dance on my shoulders I am the Wind. I cradle nature’s breath in my arms Rocking it back and forth Singing to it my sweet lullaby Kissing its tender face with my gentle breeze I am the Wind. I instruct the tall grass to bow before me Ruling over the leaves and governing the
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A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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Dramatic Hurricanes and Dangerous Tornadoes BOOM! A hurricane just hit in Florida! While a tornado already hit the ground in Houston Texas. Tornadoes are very destructive but hurricanes can be more destructive and kill many more people. Hurricanes are started by three seventy four mile per hour winds (Eve Perry 48). While these winds are happening they are in the center of the storm. Also the strongest winds are in the very middle of the hurricane called the “eye”(Eve Perry 48). Then tornadoes
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El Salvador‚ a small country in Central America‚ has had a huge historical housing deficit that started to improve in the late 1990s. However‚ the earthquakes in early 2001 shook not only the country‚ but also the country’s economic and social foundations thus rendering the need for new housing policies. This is the backdrop of the housing shortage in El Salvador today. Due to many factors‚ the country that was once stable in adequate housing now is facing an issue with lack of shelter for millions
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Cohorts Paper I was born in 2000. A year after I was born‚ 9/11 happened‚ and it was such a major event in our history that it changed the way we live today. Other major events that impacted my classmates and I as we grew up included: school shootings‚ terrorism‚ the Joplin Tornado‚ and other natural disasters‚ like Hurricane Harvey. School shootings have changed the way schools do lock downs. Schools are more prepared for them due to the fact that they have happened in the past. Terrorism has also
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