Gulf Coast of the United States

cheaper blends. Although cheaper in production the sudden change can transfer into a bump on prices. Other weather phenomenon such as the hurricane season may also have an impact in the fuel industry especially those that have operations in the Gulf Coast. Despite of the low cost fuel for the winter fuel blends, retailers continue to sell this cheaper blend so they can keep up with the competitive market prices. By fall, gas prices generally have decrease as much of the complications from this…

many residents of the Mississippi River basin. I’m not even going to mention how terrified everyone is of the possibility of a Great Lakes invasion. Other than that, they have devastated any ecosystem they’ve come across since their arrival in the states. In an article by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission Michael Hansen said, “In some parts of the Mississippi, the Asian carp make up nearly 97% of the area’s biomass”. Now,…

with the environment they were given. While taking this virtual tour, I wondered why Dubai 's cultural landscape was the way it was. I know it is not uncommon to have cities built close to water, but a whole city of huge industrial building on the coast, are uncommon. I wondered why they decided to place rows of houses onto the archipelagos, as well. Why would you want to build on these small islands, that have a high potential of being damaged from the water they are surrounded by? I was…

agreement with King Ferdinand & Isabella, Spanish Monarchs, he was sent on countless voyages in the search to prove the Earth was circular rather than flat. His voyages lead to the exploration of the Americas giving us the opportunity to live in the United States today. Although, his voyages influenced the world we live in he wasn’t the first to travel across seas. Cheng Ho, Chinese sailor conducted several voyages across Asia under the rule of Yongle, also known as Yung-Lo. Sailing on seven…

Hurricane Katrina was a category three hurricane off the Gulf Coast. Many countries and states lost their homes and families to this horror: Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. There were high wind speeds up to 174 miles per hour. I could not imagine being a young child in this disaster. At the time,…

A strong national government was not an ideal outcome for most Americans in the early ninetieth century. In fact, a lot of people were scared that they would have a strong national government because they just fought for freedom from that type of government. Many guidelines were put into place to limit the power of the national government by the constitution, but that did not stop the national government from expanding its power very rapidly almost immediately after being formed. The national…

for the oil industry. These new market include the mid-west, east coast, and the gulf (Gross). While these points are valid, pipelines have proven themselves to generate more widespread destruction when malfunction occurs. Pipeline spills and ruptures occur regularly. For example, in 2010 Enbridge Energy pipeline spilled 843,000 gallons of oil into the Kalamazoo River, resulting in one of the largest inland oil spills in United States history (Healy). The clean up lasted for years and cost over…

most frequently traversed passages taken by commercial vessels and tankers (Burgess 160). As of 1998, four of the world’s five busiest seaports, which include Rotterdam, Singapore, Shanghai, Nagoya, and Hong Kong, exist in Asia (Marley 26). As Chalk states, piracy is driven by the large amount of trade moving through the sea on vessels and tankers, as well as the need for these ships to pass through dangerous waters which are not secured and are filled with lurking pirates (2). With the few…

METHODOLOGY The research methodology describes the pathway used to approach the study question. While weak methods may lead to sterile speculation and a lack of scientific base, excessive attachment to rules and models could generate stereotypical responses and insufficient contextualization. A proper methodology may combine coherent techniques and the researcher’s flexibility, knowledge and ethics. A reasonable method to approach Houston’s mental health network should consider its complexity.…

Clinton’s emails were leaked publicly. Emails that were written during Clinton’s time as Secretary of State. Regularly you HAVE to use a government issued email for handling governmental issues. However, Mrs. Clinton exclusively used her personal email from her home server. According to Congress Clinton was violating protocol, yet she argued the she stayed obedient and that former secretaries of state had previously maintained their private email accounts as well. During the leakage of emails,…