Gulf Coast of the United States

of 2012, the east coast of the United States suffered one of the worst hurricanes killing over 200 people: the 18th storm of the Atlantic season, leaving thousands homeless. Although, preparations had been arranged, no one was ready for the damage that would be coming. Tropical storms are common in the Caribbean and only half of the ones that formulize, turn into hurricanes. The original predictions seemed harmless because only 1 in 29 hurricanes will actually hit the east coast. Due to the…

spread over thousands of square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Like the Exxon Valdez spill, dispersants were also pumped and spread over the leak to help break up the oil in the area. In May, oil began to contaminate beaches in Louisiana. Here it was manually removed, which proved to be very difficult in the marshes and estuaries. In June, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida beaches became affected by the oil. Total, around 1,100 miles of the coast was polluted, and three years later, around 340…

known to bite fairly aggressively. The two-toed amphiuma lays its eggs near the waters edge, or even underground (Conant and Collins 1998). 2c. Habitat: The two-toed amphiuma is found throughout the southeastern United States, however mainly closer to the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. These animals can be found in swamps, streams, ponds, ditches, and many other aquatic habitats. I these habitats they either create a “lair” out of mud to hide in, or they find debris underwater (Conant and Collins…

experience. When you see homes under water and stray animals that were left behind to die and suffer. Don’t you want to help? There are many organizations that have helped in hurricane relief. Three major hurricanes have hit multiple locations across the Gulf of Mexico and Florida in the past months. Organizations and people are donating supplies to citizens that have been affected by hurricanes. They continue to help months after the hurricanes hit in many different ways. Some people want to…

Have they ever considered what happens to their paper medical records if they are missing or lost? As of 2014, the federal government has required that all health care providers implement electronic medical records within their systems. Electronic health records provide a better way to treat patients; they are more accurate, easier to read and to be understood, as well as having the ability to share patient information with the healthcare community. Although some doctors believe that paper…

In the early hours of August 29th 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and surrounding areas of the United States. Whilst moving towards land in the form of Florida on the 25th of August 2005, Katrina started of as a tropical storm then slowly turned into a category one hurricane. After passing Florida, the hurricane gradually increased to category two and then three and then, when around 300 or so miles out from New Orleans(8), it reached a category five level when winds amounted to…

Hurricanes are usually caused engineering communications` destructions, houses destructions flooding and a lot of deaths. The most deadly hurricane for the entire history of the United States was the hurricane Katrina that destroyed everything that was on its way. The importance of this hurricane, the way of how it was created, and what government did to help people before and after the hurricane is written below. Last few classes we watched 4 parts of film about Katrina hurricane. According…

LENGTH -WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP AND CONDITION FACTOR 6.1. INTRODUCTION Length-weight relationship studies of fishes are considered as an important tool for understanding of fish. Length is a linear measure (in centimeter) and the weight of a fish (in gram) is approximately equal to its volume (cubic centimeter). Hence, weight of a fish is a function of length. The relationship can be expressed by the hypothetical…

Cameron is a country on the west coast of Africa. It has a lot of different land such as mountains in the west, grasslands in the north, and tropical low lands in the south. Yaoundé Douala is the country's capital and it’s the largest city. Mountains and hills lie alone Cameroon’s western border, from Lake Chad in the north to mount Cameroon in the south near the coast. Mount Cameroon is 13,353it is the it is the country’s highest point. A forested plateau in central Cameroon separates a savanna…

shore of Balochistan, and measures have been taken for the development of this port and unified activities. Gwadar is situated at the substance of the Iranian Plateau and is an entryway to the oil rich Persian Gulf. Gwadar likewise gives simple access to the common assets of Central Asian States. Pakistan is arranged at a geostrategic area from where the nation can possibly be the provincial center point of exchanging and financial exercises. Gwadar Port Project is the initial…