Hurricane Rita Research Paper

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According to the National Weather Service (NWS) Hurricane Rita has built up to a category five hurricane, and is heading straight through Galveston. Although the easier, and probably most cheap choice would be to stay inside your homes, and wait out the storm, we instead have decided to evacuate the city, and wait out the hurricane in a safer location. We have chosen to do so for various reasons.
To start off, Hurricane Rita is incredibly endangering to our lives, if we still reside here when it hits. One reason of this is that Hurricane Rita is a category five hurricane at this moment. This major endangering storm will lead to maximum damage, and life loss. Another example of this is that the hurricane is going to cover all of Galveston in its predicted path. This will
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With the winds and waves of the category five hurricane, it will charge through the town, and cause maximum destruction, and take the lives of many. Hurricane Rita will not only just cause maximum damage, but also a complete clearing of Galveston, with the great waves of the storm. Another effect would be the cause of the speed of Rita, it would quickly wipe out our attempts to prepare for the hurricane, and then leave us defenseless for the rest of the storm. Because of the events our data has predicted, we have made our choice for the specific following reasons. Hurricane Rita is an incredibly powerful category five hurricanes with extraordinary high winds, Rita is going to cover all of Galveston, and finally Hurricane Rita is going to hit the city in a few hours.
In conclusion, according to the National Weather Service, and their data, we have learned Hurricane Rita is too dangerous to insure our safety. Through our data, we have come to believe the hurricane will wipe out the entire city, and have come to the decision of evacuating. Please begin packing,

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