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    Hurricane Sandy

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    created it. What improvements were made to weather prediction due to this event? What economic impact did this event have? In 2012 Hurricane Sandy began as a low pressure system which developed sufficient organized convection to be classified as a tropical depression. In the immediate term‚ three factors have come together to make Hurricane Sandy what it is: A huge storm with winds gusting up to 90 mph (145 kph) set to make landfall somewhere on the East Coast Monday night. First‚ hurricane season is

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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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    Katrina Part 1 Analysis

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    Young‚ a social justice activist and poet writes the article “The Voices of Hurricane Katrina‚ Part 1” to detail her experiences dealing with other poets being unethical when telling the stories of survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Young launched Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History and Memory Project shortly after the hurricane hit. Her goal was to help victims of the hurricane whose image in the media was tarnished and were portrayed as criminals. Abe Young uses another poet‚ Raymond

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    Monologue Of Hurricanes

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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 Katrina is known for one of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States. The storm itself caused a lot of damage‚ but it was the aftermath that was the worst. The Federal Government seemed unprepared of the storm. I believe our government should always be ready for any natural disaster and how to keep people safe. One way the government did little help in the aftermath of the storm was after the breaking of the levees. The Army Corps of Engineers concluded that‚ the reason why

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    Case Study: Hurricane Katrina 2005 What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are storm with violent wind‚ they are also known as typhoons or cyclones that form in specific conditions. Some hurricanes are more violent than others‚ the Katrina Hurricane in the year of 2005 was the one of the most strongest‚ deadliest and most destructive hurricane recorded in the U.S. Where‚ When‚ Why‚ Causes? * Hurricane Katrina affected more than just one area. It was formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 and

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    What are the 6 sensitive periods? Write 7 to 8 lines on each of them? The Sensitive Periods in a child’s life was Dr. Maria Montessori’s greatest discovery. Though it was first discovered by a Dutch Scientist‚ Hugo de Vries‚ it was on animals‚ but Dr. Maria Montessori found the existence of this period in children too. The term “Sensitive Period” is used for a specific period of a child’s mental growth‚ during which the different sensibilities enable him to choose from a complex environment what

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    Physics Investigation: What factors affect the period of a pendulum? By Tanya Waqanika In this investigation‚ I will be looking at which factors affect the period (The time for one complete cycle‚ a left swing and a right swing) of a pendulum (a weight that dangles from a pivot so that it can swing freely). I will do this by tying a metal bob to a length of spring and dropping it from a certain height and measuring the time it takes to complete an oscillation‚ changing a variable for each of

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    “Athenian Government Prior to Democracy”; ancient Athens is credited with having developed one of the first democracies on this earth (1). Blackwell states that the name democracy comes from “demos-people and kratos-power”‚ meaning “power of the people” (2). Mills states that Athenian democracy did not come about easy‚ yet it was through the efforts of continuous reorganizations that democracy came to the Greeks and history says that the intent of these reorganizations was to allow for all citizens

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    Hurricane Monologue

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    אהוב שלי (my love)‚ I didn’t know what to expect. I had so many worries about this trip. About us. I was worried we might not be right for each other. I worried that as sometimes we tend to be like a hurricane and a tornado‚ we might leave wreckage behind us in the shape of broken hearts. I was worried this might explode‚ prepping myself up for it even‚ as a coping mechanism. I was worried we’ve gotten carried away with an idea. I’ve been hurt before‚ I’ve been scared before‚ I’ve fallen apart

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