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    According to (Windows2universe) an estimated 10,000 people die each year to hurricane damage. This gives me reason to believe that staying as far away from Hurricane rita as possible. Although many people think that staying in their homes and finding a high place would be a better course of action, I say otherwise. According to Expert 21(E21) Hurricane Katrina was only a category 1, and Hurricane Rita was a Category 5. I believe evacuating would the smartest option. For starters, people want…

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    these days. If you watch international news, it seems that there are always some poor country somewhere that is being devastated by some form of natural disaster or another. This is not just limited to third world countries either. Tornadoes and hurricanes hit the US on a regular basis. Now you can’t prevent a natural disaster more than you can prevent the world from spinning. What you can do is be prepared. And that is what insurance are for. They won’t protect your home if a tornado barrels…

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    masts, and mass destruction met his gaze; there was even a large vessel, inland several hundred feet- he knew that was not right; his thoughts immediately went to the storm that grazed them several days earlier. That must have been one, helluva hurricane to do that, thought Thomas. He saw people working to clean up the mess- some people were hauling debris, others, were gathering what appeared to be dead bodies… He started to turn his ship in the opposite direction, but his conscious would not…

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    A great hotel to make your vacation memorable, but since Grand Cayman is brushed or hit by a tropical storm or hurricane about once every 1.68 years and on average, a direct hit from a hurricane once every 5.3 years. However since a lot of people are paranoid, they will think that if they come that will be when the hurricane or tropical storm will hit, so what better than a hurricane safe hotel. Not only will more people come to our hotel because of the safety, but also your investment will be…

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    computer without seeing floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires or terrorist attacks happening all across the world. These threats can take devastating tolls on communities. In everyday life you don’t think something like that can happen to you or your community. Just look at what happened in 1998, a category five hurricane devastated Central America. Within hours, minutes, and even seconds, everything a person has and knows could be gone. It is estimated that hurricane Mitch killed…

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    Imagine a world with no one to help, everyone is only looking to better themselves. After a big hurricane off the coast of New Orleans in 2005, the town was a big mess, without any help it was a disaster and a trainwreck.. With nobody to come to the rescue it was everyone for themselves. The hurricanes name was Katrina and it was a category three hurricane. It devastated the state of Louisiana and was a vicious storm. Over 80% of the larger roads and major areas were flooded by this storm. This…

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    The beauty of the country is rendered by the mix-up of the high and lowland areas, rivers and lakes, including offshore islands. The Dominican Republic displays beautiful mountain ranges covered with forests, Pico Duarte being the highest mountain in the Caribbean and plains such as the Coastal Plain of Santo Domingo. Despite not having been blessed with natural lakes, The Yaque del Norte represents the longest river in here, crossing the most fertile area, The Cibao Valley. Turtles are the…

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    A 7.1 earthquake hit Alaska on Sunday Jan. 24, 2016. The earthquake caused a road closure when the natural gas line broke and burned four homes to the ground. The Kenai Fire department announced Monday that the Lilac Lane has been reopened. However, they are still continuing repairs. Residents have returned home after the tremor. More repairs have to be done to make sure there are no concentrations of natural gas in the area, as explained by Natural Gas Utility Enstar Spokesperson Lindsay…

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    When most people swish water around in a bucket, they might see a tornado-like shape formed by water. This happens more than only in a bucket of water, we actually have tornadoes that form over beaches or any wet area that will support them. These tornadoes are most likely non-super cell. So, is it true? Can tornadoes really form over water? Yes they can, and these tornadoes are referred to as water-spouts; a waterspout is just a weak tornado that forms over water. In some cases these…

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    path. The storm struck the US as a 600-mile wide putting Hurricane Ike in category 2, causing floods, damage to cities and hitting areas still damaged by Hurricane Gustav and 2005’s Rita. Before moving to Hispaniola, Cayman Islands, Mississippi, Florida Keys, Cuba, Louisiana, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Dominican Republic, Eastern Canada, Haiti and Great Lakes region, but not before reaching its highest peak a category 4 hurricane. “I am a storm chaser from Leicestershire, I travel the…

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