An Epic Disaster : A Story Of An Epic Disaster

The air was full of dust and it made my throat irritated. Amanda pointed up frantically with fear in her eyes. I looked up to see a huge cloud of black smoke. The streets filled with the sounds of sirens and horrifying screams. We had no idea what was going on but it felt like WW3 had begun. Other witnesses told us that a plane flew into one of the towers. I lived about 30 blocks away so my first reaction was to get to safety. We started sprinting down the sidewalk. We heard the engine of another plane because this

Even after days, months, and years our six survivors struggle to get back to the life they once had before the terrible disaster. Through all the forty years after the explosion, they had to deal and cope with the terrible flashbacks of the bloodied bodies and corpses. They will had to deal with the empty space that was left in their hearts made by deaths and of many close family members; and although many family members didn't die immediately, many died in the months and years following. Also, the bombs did not spare much or any money, shelter, and provisions; meaning our survivors had to endure poverty and homelessness. The novel comes to a

The book A Magnificent Catastrophe, by Edward J. Larson, narrates a story about how dirty and devious America’s first presidential campaign of 1800, how it became the most powerful election and how it molded America’s future in today’s society. Adams and Jefferson two great friends that shared one common goal. It is to obtain America’s freedom against the motherland Great Britain. They have remained close coworkers and friends throughout the American Revolution, but then in the 1800 each went thru their separate ways and had their own political parties and different ideologies. One believed that solitary “effective central government led by a powerful president could forge a stable, secure nation from a multiple of weak, wrangling states” (Larson, 2007, 17) and called themselves Federalist led by John Adams. Adams believed that America should have only one strong influential president that is in control of the nation. He does not want to give people too much power because he does not want them to have a lot of freedom. On the other hand, one wants America to be the “land of free, prosperous farmers and workers” (Larson, 2007, 17) called themselves Republicans led by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson saw America as a country that is for the people. The people of the U.S is the President and that all people are born with individual rights. An individual rights that the government couldn’t restrict just because they wanted to control the people and create a central government. The

In this book, Kolbert travels to many places to find out what is happening with global warming. Quite often she ran into the same fear at the places she went, the fear for loss before the next generation. When she went to Alaska, many people were fleeing from their homes because the sea ice surrounding them, creating a buffer zone for storms, was melting and that was causing houses to just be swept away.

In the book “A Magnificent Catastrophe” author, Edward J. Larson examines all aspects of the events that occurred during the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800s. Larson discusses the Presidential Election rivalry battle between Thomas Jefferson of the Republicans and John Adams of the Federalists. In 1776 both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were sent to Philadelphia as delegates to the second continental congress, they joined a five-member committee, which drafted a Declaration of Independence for the United States. They later then voted to adopt and sign the document their committee drafted which was the Declaration of Independence. Adams was more active when promoting independence and argued the longest and the most effective, but

But, it is only logical for a city to place such a incinerator only a block away from the grade school. Like most of the children in this society, Cliffie is forced to understand and deal with things that most adults can not cope with. Through the eyes of the children these problems are described with such innocence, but with such understanding and clarity it is alarming. It is as if by hanging on to their youthful imagination's, they have the ammunition they need to face reality.

The book A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. Larson tells the story about the presidential campaigns and election of 1800, the first peaceful exchange of powers between two parties that occurred without violence or civil war. Larson referred the election of 1800 as the ‘Second American Revolution’ because it solved many unsolved issues about the government. One of which is the electoral votes between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, that resulted in a tie and led to a change in the Constitution in which the Twelfth Amendment stated to clearly vote between the president and the vice president. Larson illustrated how both science and religion, confrontation between John Adams, the Federalist and Thomas Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican,

A Magnificent Catastrophe is written by author Edward J. Larson. This book was paying attention to the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800s. The United States had not presidential election in prior to 1800. However, electoral politics are re-oriented United States in it are definite direction and solidified the two party system since 1800, so that is a reason why this book is meaning detect. During the critical 1800 election, the author has written regarding Founding Fathers of America who are Jefferson, John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr. They have contributed in the country’s principal documents. Primarily the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were influenced by philosophers Hobbes and Locke. Even though election could be pursued in harsh adherence to law and principle with not turn into a battle of political ideology, in spite of the scheming between Adams and Jefferson, they remain as representations to be respected in the history of America. This book is pointing out extremely well about their unbridgeable breaks and the differences of their political devices.

The following report reviews the book, “Courting Disaster: How the Supreme Court is Usurping the Power of Congress and the People” By Pat Robertson. The writing takes a hard look at the recent history and current climate within the United States Supreme Court. A great deal of the author’s work centers on the decisions that have taken place during Chief William Rehnquist’s time leading the highest court in the nation. Rehnquist was chief Justice during the infamous Bush v. Gore decision that sided with President George W. Bush resulting in Al Gore losing the election. The book also examines the political machine that determines whether a justice nominee will be appointed and in light of this process, how political control of the legislature

I walked on the road covered with pieces of glass towards my sisters. I looked back only to see what the lights of the passing cars allowed me to see; when I turned around I got a hole in my stomach and gasped for air. I saw our car flipped over on top of the only hill within eyes reach. I will never be as frightened nor as cold as I was that

I did not read the whole book my review is only based on the parts I read.

Natural disasters have never been an issue for me in the twenty years I have been living in Florida. There have always been the threats of dangerous hurricanes living near the coast, but I never took them seriously. I always thought " they're just little storms, what's the worst that could happen?". I was so naive to think that way.

While natural disasters such as floods, drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather, climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large, if not equal, contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues, there is both a physical and human dimension to ‘natural disasters’. The extent to which the natural occurrence of a physical process, such as a flood or earthquake, impacts on society is constructed by that society, creating a ‘disaster’ as measured by a

In a new form of protection and communication, social media is the main thing that everything is using in today’s times. Marketing employees have positions as titled as social media directors. Companies have people watching and monitoring everything that happens with their social media reputation all hours of the day everyday. Young people are seeing the power of social media everyday with teachers demonstrating how fast a picture can be shared across the world. Social media is relatively new and could possibly open many gates for communication. This depends heavily on who is publishing information and news on social media. If news spreads fast on social media, then the use of it can be used for emergencies. If many people are

Do you know what to do if a natural disaster were to happen suddenly? Nathaniel Rich discusses in his novel, Odds Against Tomorrow, the different methods people use to get prepared before, during, and after a disaster occurs. Whether it means leaving the premises, fighting for resources or being ready for a lawsuit. Rich also suggests that fear is an emotion that can be considered to be embedded in human kind, however it is also the source of income to companies like FutureWorld. FutureWorld is a company that exploits the fear of loss and death based on natural disasters. Alec Charnoble is the head of FutureWorld, which aids companies when facing legal suits that are based on natural disasters like that of earthquakes, hurricanes, massive floodings and more. However, natural disasters are unpredictable and no one can control it, therefore what do they employees of a company like FutureWorld base their assumptions on? Rich introduces Mitchell Zukor, a mathematical prodigy that creates equations that support the companies “probability” of a natural disaster affecting an area. Mitchell is an individual who relieves his fear of a future “worst-case scenario” by calculating the possibility of it occurring and the cost it will have as a consequence. In FutureWorld, Mitchell and Jane, another individual who like Mitchell, works for FutureWorld, are one of many pawns used “in this line of work, to frighten clients” (31). Rich gives us reason to believe that companies like