Hurricane Charley

filed. This led the Florida Legislature to create new entities, such as the Joint Underwriting Association, the Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association, and the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, in effort to restore adequate insurance capacity.[95] Stricter building codes were created in Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew. A survey by Tim Marshall and Richard Herzog of the Haag Engineer Company in Carrollton, Texas, highlighted several construction issues. On the roof of some homes,

common occurrence in Port Charlotte. These storms can greatly increase the risk of an auto accident. It is estimated that 23 percent of the car accidents that occur each year are weather-related. Additionally, Port Charlotte has had a history of hurricanes.

Hurricanes, just one of many of mother natures designs. What can start off as a simple tropical storm can turn deadly within a matter of hours. High-winds, rain, and destruction seems to be the basic understand most have of hurricanes. Which for the most part seems to be correct. Over the recent years NASA and a team of meteorologist have been working diligently to help better improve the tracking and prediction of hurricanes. Aside from high winds, there are much more to hurricanes than what is

paper I will talk about what is a hurricane. How they are formed. What time of the year they happen. Inform the reader on the different categories that a hurricane have. Also I will inform about the major hurricanes that happened in the United States. A hurricane or a tropical cyclone is an intense, rotating oceanic weather system that possesses maximum sustained winds exceeding 119 km/hr (74 mph). It forms and intensifies over tropical oceanic regions. Hurricanes are generally smaller than storms

Natural Hazards are Rarely Completely Natural Throughout the world, natural hazards are a frequent occurrence. They come in the forms of hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods, to name but a few. On a range of scales they create disaster, destruction, loss of life and of livelihood. Natural processes have occurred in the natural environment for millions of years. They are events that happen naturally, e.g. blizzards and floods. A natural process only

In the late summer of 2004 I started kindergarten a total of four different times. My hometown, Orlando, Florida, was struck by category four hurricane Charley category two hurricane Frances, and category four hurricane Jean in a span of only six weeks¹. At five years old, I had no concept that this was an unusually large number of hurricanes to be hitting central Florida, let alone the fact that the intensity and number of these storms was likely exacerbated by climate change. I come from a family

trip people expect them to go and see amazing places and then come back. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson, Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck and On the Road by Jack Kerouac are about road trips but these trips are not about the adventure. Duke from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Sal from On the Road and Steinbeck from Travels with Charley all go on road trips because of the American drive. I am also on the road and even thought it is not road trips I am moving around and it

conflict. Born in Paris, France, Charley was trained and eventually brought into Steinbeck’s life. These companions later travel around America while trying to answer the question “What are Americans like today?” With only his necessities and Charley, Steinbeck began his long, overwhelming journey across America. In Travels with Charley, Steinbeck is greatly influenced by Charley and his actions. As Steinbeck traveled to Long Island, his relationship with Charley was slowly introduced as they headed

cyclone, also known as the hurricane. When concerning this

in the future will be presented. The reasons for the American Red Cross’s ethical dilemmas are due to the lack of systems and policies for dealing with the unique situations that require a response from the organization. This is apparent with Hurricane Katrina and the enormity of the response that was needed to address all of the needs of the victims, donations received, and the orchestration of the volunteer effort to include coordination of efforts with various organizations. First, the orchestration