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    Natural disasters have destroyed many great cities and moments, like the Lighthouse of Alexandria which was destroyed by a tsunami. Even a winter snowstorm can completely throw everything out of control, it can mess up your work, and also can do damage to properties. In The Giver, they have learned how to control nature and natural disasters so that there cant be these inconveniences and damages. Having the technology to control nature and the environment is good because it could get rid of…

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    Introduction In times when natural disasters arise, the quality medical treatment can falter. Specific medical treatments may become unavailable when disaster strikes. The question posed is why does healthcare falter natural disasters and what are the consequences for different social groups? Countries examined are the Philippines, Bangladesh, England, Malaysia, Nepal, and the United States. There are many variables in what treatments are affected after a natural disaster, such as infant…

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    years since the dust bowl roared across the southern great plains. This massive dust storm blew from 1934 – 1937 forcing millions to flee their homes with most heading west to California This massive, destructive storm was both manmade and a natural disaster. It was caused by the lack of dryland farming to prevent erosion and severe drought. The dust bowl affected these states; Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. The worst storm occurred on, April 14, 1935. This occurred on…

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    Hurricane Katrina This day of August 23, 2005 was one of the biggest disasters our country could have ever faced in out time. I will never forget that day. That day one simple tropical storm swept through the southern states of our country and killed hundreds of people. Even the day when many U.S. Citizens had to relocate and start life elsewhere. When families were separated and never seen again. The tropical storm that built enough strength to become a hurricane. This Hurricane was named…

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    Since the beginning of the 21st century, Louisiana has had reoccurrence natural disasters. The most predominant and frequent one is hurricane. This is a life threatening disaster that has caused plethora of harm to the inhabitants of Louisiana, in particular New Orleans. George L. Sills, article “Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures” speaks about the protective system that was put in place to stop Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Sills, 2009, para. 4). On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had…

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    Levensailor’s first period class made sandals with Amazon’s delivery cardboard boxes inside and outside of room 803, on Oct. 19 for children in Haiti, victims of natural disasters. Haiti is still recovering from a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 earthquake that occurred in 2011 and Hurricane Matthew that claimed the lives of more than 877 people. These disasters left many children without shoes, causing them to have injuries such as cuts, sores, and infections on their feet. The sandals made…

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    steeply declined as the decade came to an end. Multiple natural disasters hit south Florida and caused tourism and population to go downhill. A hurricane near Miami and Fort Lauderdale damaged the community and wrecked the Overseas Railroad that connected Miami to Key West. A second hurricane flooded the Palm Beach area, which caused Lake Okeechobee to flood. Two thousand people living or staying in nearby communities were drowned. Disaster struck again as there was an outbreak of the…

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    C110 Unit 1 Essay

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    1. Situation: The recent catastrophic (Hurricane Maria Aftermath) rains and sustained winds have caused havoc, resulting in the most damaging floods within Fort Allen premises to include all facilities assigned to the 201st Regiment (MF) RTI. Consequently, not only is it having devastating effect on livelihoods all infrastructure has been severely impacted in the affected areas including telecommunications. 2. Request the use of the classrooms C110, C120 (A&B), C140 (A&B), and C150 B located…

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    Tsunami Vs Peshtigo Fire

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    Disasters are catastrophes that have impacted many places and people. Two examples of disasters are the Japanese Tsunami and the Peshtigo Fire. The tsunami that struck Japan was a tragic event that destroyed many homes, buildings, and vehicles. After an earthquake hit, a tsunami, or a very long and high wave, formed along the coast. The wave came and destroyed many cities and towns. The Peshtigo fire was a fire that occurred in 1871. Many fires happened for the previous days and then one night,…

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    StoryMapJS The Natural Disasters of the Cold War map I have constructed exemplifies the several hurricanes and earthquakes that took place during the Cold War. The interpretation of my map explains that the decision of the Kyoto Protocol was based around natural disasters that only occurred near oceans. The question that I have is based on what influenced the treaty when natural disasters only occurred near the ocean? However, the concept of the people causes climate change as well as gasses…

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