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    The Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico exploded on April 20th, 2010, pouring nearly 5 million barrels into the sea over a three months’ span. Endangering marine wildlife, as well as workers that were injured during the explosion. There were a 126 people on the rig, twenty-eight workers in total were hurt, leaving eleven that were fatally injured, while the other 17 were severely injured. Four weeks before the explosion, there was a discovery that a worker had bumped the control switch where

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    One of the worse natural disasters to ever impact the Earth was undoubtedly Hurricane Katrina. It impacted New Orleans causing many casualties. This lead to psychological pain as the city tried to regain its prior image. Also, leading to environmental racism, which is a form of discrimination against minority groups and individuals from less unfortunate countries who are exposed to environmental hazards (Ravelli & Webber, 2013). Individuals in New Orleans had been endangered to discrimination due

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    leader of the mission which was Flight 19 got lost. Weeks went by long searches failed to show any evidence. While a reason is that the bombers flew into the ocean the Reason why there was no evidence was because of the Gulf Stream. “The Gulf stream a warm ocean current flowing from the Gulf of Mexico around Florida straits northeastward toward Europe, is extremely swift and turbulent. It can quickly erase evidence.” (www.History.com/topics/bermuda-triangle ) There are a lot of explanations on how

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    Challenges Of Hurricanes

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    One of the most deadly natural disasters to takes place in the United States occurred in 2005. Throughout the Southern states of Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and in the Gulf of Mexico killing thousands of people and destroying multiple business and land structures. Hurricane Katerina had been nationally televised showing clips of the water raising, people standing on roofs calling out for help, people loading the stadium and other forms of chaos that had taken place. There are multiple challenges

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    Film History 2000-2009 The highest grossing film of this decade was avatar. Avatar was released December 18, 2009 bring in 2.788 billion US dollars. Avatar was made by 20 century fox and directed by James Cameron. The movie is about a disabled ex-Marine named Jake Sully that goes to an alien planet filled with foreign creatures. As an Avatar Jake sully becomes sympathetic of the Na’vi creatures and is torn between two worlds. The Hysterics of this decade include the 911 terrorist attack which was

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    are many renewable and nonrenewable resources that are being harmed in this world. One resource is oil. In 2010, there happened to be an explosion of oil in the Gulf Of Mexico which killed 11 people. 87 days after that happened, there was an estimate of 3.19 million barrels of oil leaked into the gulf. There were many problems about the Gulf Of Mexico oil spill but solutions are being made to help. One problem that occurred was that there were concerns about public health on people coming into

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    When the gale force winds and extreme storm surges brought by Hurricane Katrina slammed headlong into the Gulf Coast on August 29th, 2005, the damage caused by the catastrophic weather event was not limited to the swamped buildings of New Orleans and the sunken dreams of its residents. In just over a week's worth of time, Hurricane Katrina swept away the shared sense of trust that the American public placed in its government, and exposed the institutional mismanagement inherent to federal agencies

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    Essay On Hurricane Ja

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    eptember 6, 2017: Irma hit the Leeward Islands with winds over 180 mph. The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda described Barbuda as "barely habitable." September 7: Irma left hundreds in Puerto Rico without power. It hit the northern part of Haiti and the Dominican Republic with 15 inches of rain. September 8: Irma remained a Category 5 hurricane with wind of 175 mph. It affected the Turks and Caicos Islands and eastern Bahamas. The storm passed over waters warmer than 30 degrees Celsius (86

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    The interest of mine research topic is Gulf Country that is UAE (United Arab Emirates. In this essay I discussed about languages, religions, life style, economy and political factors as well which make my essay very useful and popular in term of my attempt. Its population is 9.27 million in 2016, with the GDP of 3.847 billion USD, these statistics shows this United Arab Emirates have an important country in middle east. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a country on the Arabian Peninsula

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    Hurricane Hugo affected South Carolina and also perturbed the Atlantic Ocean, devastating the Caribbean Islands of St. Croix and Puerto Rico in September 1989. This phenomenon was responsible for 86 fatalities around the impacted lands where people were not educated or prepared enough for this natural disaster. Hugo quickly strengthened into a category five hurricane with sustained winds of 160 mph. Eventually it lost it strengthen when passing through the high terrain of Puerto Rico. Then the

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