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    On November 19, 1996 the Spokane area experienced the worst ice storm to ever happen in 60 years. So many residents went without power that it was also the worst power outage in 108 years. Four people lost their lives in and around Spokane and Kootenai counties. The storm costed $22 million in 1996 and $33 million in 2013. Before the freezing rain fell, there were 2-4 inches of snow. An inch and a half of freezing rain fell; coating trees, roads, vehicles, and power lines making roads…

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    The op-ed piece from the New York Times, “Tear Down Deadbeat Dams” by Yvon Chouinard, and the Outsiders magazine article “Blow Up” by Bruce Barcott both argue that the construction of dams has been extremely harmful to the natural world. Even though they are similar in idea and argument, the ways they communicate their message differ. I will analyze: FINISH “Blow Up” is structured very much like a story in that Barcott gives the reader a sequence of events; we dammed and we dammed and we dammed…

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    Traveston Dam Case Study

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    • Research the past proposal for the Traveston Dam and answer the following questions 1. Outline the development / Proposal 2. Examine the positives and negatives for this development 3. Make a decision on whether you would have allowed this development to proceed 1. The development was to make a dam to store more water to help Queensland in the drought. The proposal was formed in 2006 and was stopped in November of 2009. The dam would have affected major transport including the Bruce Highway.…

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    Everyday people drown in bathtubs and oceans. The main difference between your average bathtub water and ocean water is that bathtubs are filled with freshwater and the ocean is filled with salt water. Many people question the difference between saltwater and freshwater concerning drowning. To understand the difference between drowning in freshwater versus drowning in salt water it is important to understand how red blood cells react with both hypertonic and hypotonic solution concerning the…

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    Montgomery Civic Center

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    n 1970, engineers from Fraoli-Blum-Yesselman Associates began a project to design the proposed Hartford Civic Center Arena. The engineers came up with a unique roof frame design they called a space roof. The 300 by 360 ft. roof frame consisted of top and bottom square grids with joints 30 feet on center, connected by diagonal bars that caused staggered nodes on the top and bottom grid bars, resembling pyramid trusses when they were finished. This non-standard design was intended to save on costs…

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    Well this past week was a difficult and challenging week for the Gulf Coast District and our team members. Seven days ago historic rains began in Southern Louisiana. The slow moving system sat over the Baton Rouge region for days dumping more than 31 inches of rain in some areas before proceeding west and continuing to drench parts of Texas. Southern Louisiana is accustom to rain, but this system resulted in record flooding within the region and areas that had never experienced flooding were…

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    Amazon Basin Dam

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    #1- How will the dam affect the environment in a positive way? The dam on the in the Amazon Basin will cause a positive impact on the environment. Conversely, the dam will reduce the consumption of fossil fuel for electricity reproduction. Opposing to many environmentalists that believe that the dam will make a negative impact on the environment by causing waste and pollution. But the structure will reduce air pollution by using hydroelectric power to help control and stop flooding. Instead…

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    The Genesis Flood

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    This flood story is told through a bible in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. It is also a story about a cataclysmic flood sent by a God to annihilate human life. In this storyline there is only one God and he created everything from heaven and earth to the seeds in the ground. In the beginning when he created…

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    Since April, California has had a harsh season for wildfires. The largest of which have only started in the past month or two. Together, the Thomas fire in Ventura county and the Creek fire in Los Angeles county damaged or destroyed at least 1,547 homes and injured at least 4 firefighters. Richard Halsey uses the Los Angeles Times’ platform to get his opinion of the fires’ source across to California residents. He first points out some of the causes people are pointing to. Next, he looks into…

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    The dam we are planning to build will not only help the environment it will slow down global warming and grow more crops for human consumption. This dam can also be used for irrigation purposes like growing crops for humans and animals alike. You can also use this water as clean drinking water. The salmon population will maintain similar to what was before because ninety-seven percent still survive. It will slow down global warming by not having us burn coal for energy creating greenhouse gases…

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