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Hurricane Essays and Term Papers
The Effects Of Hurricane GilbertDuring the year of 1988, several events changed the lives of hundreds of people. The summer Olympics, a presidential election, and Hurricane Gilbert which tore through Jamaica, part of Mexico and the United States. Hurricane Gilbert occurred between September 10th and the 17th. Hurricane Gilbert ...
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Hurricane Flloyd1. A tropical cyclone usually involving heavy rains
And winds exceeding 74 mph. (119 kph.)
From carib [huracan]
What is a hurricane? Encarta defines it as a tropical cyclone with winds up to 74 mph (119 kph.) To many people it means destruction. Hurricane Floyd caused tremendous destruction to ...
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Hurricane GeorgesA very massive group of levees may be all that
is in the way of lower lying New
Orleans and destruction with a visit from Hurricane
Georges. Without the levee system
and concrete flood walls Georges could have catastrophic
effects in New Orleans. But
with this man-made hurricane protection ...
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Hurricane KatrinaIn terms of natural disaster, New Orleans was actually on the weaker western side of the storm. It took a glancing hit rather than a direct blow from Hurricane Katrina. If New Orleans "dodged the bullet" in terms of natural disaster, however, it was not so fortunate in terms of man-made disaster. ...
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Hurricane FloydA hurricane is easily the most powerful storm that mother-nature can throw at us. Every year people who live on the coasts fight hurricanes with no dismay. A hurricane is simply too strong. Their winds reach speeds of 75 mph. The winds around the eye wall can reach 130 to 150 mph. They are 200 to ...
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Hurricane Public AnnouncementFernando Camarena
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Hurricane Public Announcement
This is a very important announcement for those people who live in the Ventura County area it is very important to hear this information due to the fact that we are going to have to encounter with a very big destructive Hurricane in our ...
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Hurricane AndrewHurricanes are notoriously capricious. Andrew was a compact system. A little larger
system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have
been catastrophic for heavily populated, highly commercialized and no less vulnerable
areas to the north. That area includes ...
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The HurricaneOn July 17, 1966, in Paterson, NJ, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter was contending for the heavyweight boxing title, when, one night, he was pulled over and suspected of a murder. There was no evidence or witnesses to prove guilty, but the cops needed somebody to blame; so they fixed the trial, and ...
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Here Comes The Story Of The HurricaneBob Dylan writes about a true story in “Hurricane.” This is the story of Rubin ‘Hurricane’ Carter. He was a middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of three murders. He spent 19 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Three people were shot in a barroom. Carter and a young ...
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The Aftermath Of Hurricane MitchAmericans eager to help. Just days after Hurricane Mitch devastated
Honduras and its Central American neighbors, U.S. citizens began calling
the Honduran Consulate in Washington, D.C., asking how to adopt children
orphaned by the storm.
Beyond the confines of the airport, life becomes ...
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Natural DisastersThis being my senior project I wanted to look at a topic that I found
interesting. Even though I find most topics in the fields interesting, none
catch my attention better than . I have always found disasters
intriguing and have wanted to know more about them. The disaster that I found
most ...
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Dangers And Destructions Of Floods And HurricanesFloods and hurricanes have been effecting the lives of people
around the world for years. This research paper is going to state some of
the worst floods and hurricanes, and how future ones can be controlled.
A flood is an overflow of water on dry land. The two types of
floods are coastal and ...
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Dangers And Destructions Of Floods And HurricanesFloods and hurricanes have been effecting the lives of people around
the world for years. This research paper is going to state some of the worst
floods and hurricanes, and how future ones can be controlled.
A flood is an overflow of water on dry land. The two types of floods
are coastal and ...
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HurricanesA hurricane is one of the most severe storms areas in our country have to endure. They can easily damage millions of dollars of property and even kill anyone in their paths. A hurricane is a tropical low pressure area and has winds over 74 miles per hour (120 kilometers per hour). are formed ...
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Hurricanesget their start over the warm tropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most appear in late summer or early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise. Day after day the fluffy ...
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Hurricanesget their start over the warm tropical waters of the North
Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most appear in late summer or
early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters
heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise.
Day after day the fluffy ...
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Hurricanes 2Hurricanes get their start over the warm tropical waters of the North Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise. Day ...
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Hurricanesget their start over the warm tropical waters of the North
Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most appear in late summer or
early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters
heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise.
Day after day the fluffy ...
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Hurricanesget their start over the warm tropical waters of the North
Atlantic Ocean near the equator. Most appear in late summer or early
fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters heats the air
above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise. Day after day the
fluffy ...
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