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    The Bermuda Triangle is a place of many disasters and mysteries and has captured the imagination of many people, but is it really as dangerous as people think? This area has an extensive history of disappearances and disasters. With virtually every event, a clear explanation for the disappearances is never found. This has led to the formation of many theories, such as paranormal phenomena, Atlantis, magnetic fields, alien abduction, and more (Gale Student Resources in Context). On the other hand

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    Hurricane Katrina caused a great deal of destruction, death, and human suffering. Research from this event brings to light the limitations of both the National Guard and active-duty forces response capabilities, and whether changes in the roles and responsibilities of the National Guard and active-duty forces during emergencies would enable them to respond better. It is likely that the primary responsibility for national disasters will continue to be handled by local and state officials. They have

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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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    Safe Place Risk Analysis

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    volcanic, and hurricane risk should be minimal. Fargo has an elevation of 899 feet thus mass wasting should not be a huge problem. The main risks should be weather related (such as blizzards), flooding, and possibly subsidence because of the oil boom. I can handle these risks, which appear to be fairly low. My date chose Phoenix, Arizona because it is hot and dry thus the risk of floods should be minimal. Phoenix is also far enough away from the coast thus earthquake, volcanic, and hurricane risk should

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    My piece was titled Hold My Hand while the topic I focused on was the issue of Hurricane Matthew, specifically in Haiti. Haiti has always been known to be a total punching bag for natural disasters. In 2010, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated the small country - scarring the land and its people. Moreover, just this October, another force, Hurricane Matthew, tore through the Caribbean - meaning that Haiti was destroyed, yet again. Although we are members of the United Nations, I do not believe

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    Challenges Of Hurricanes

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    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 that I believe the authorities had to face when processing this scene for evidence. The first being the collection of bodies, many people due to hurricane drowned and were trembled over by buildings or houses which

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    Avatar History

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    terrorist attack which was a series of four coordinated attacks on the twin towers. The twin towers were the tallest buildings in the world and the attack resulted in the deaths of 2,996 people and the injuries of more than 6,000 others. In 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the

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    response that the parties and/or federal entities give in relativity to the problem at hand. More specifically, natural disasters amplify the public awareness and in turn put a larger importance on the responses to the destruction left behind. Hurricane Katrina was a major natural disaster in which the immediate efforts were highly criticized for the lack thereof. Particularly, the federal government was looked upon heavily to provide assistance and aid immediately after the disaster, but waited

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    In the essay I am going to be talking about Hurricanes and Tornadoes. We have been learning about them in class. We had a weather man come to are school and tell us all about Hurricanes and Tornadoes. The weather man's name was spencer Adkins he made a big power point on them and told us everything that he knew about them. What do you do when a hurricane or tornadoes happens. Tornadoes are a spinning cone. They don’t kill more people than hurricanes. Safest place when one happens is down low. On

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    Tri-State Tornado

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    Natural Disasters Tri-State Tornado; March 18th, 1925 a major fatality happened. A tornado happens when moist and dry air create a funnel,which turns into a tornado. The Tri-State Tornado happened three miles Northeast of Ellington, Missouri and made its way through Illinois and Indiana. More than 13,000 people were injured and 585-695 people died. This devastation was hard to recover from. In this project we are going to see which out of History Channel and US Tornadoes tells me more about the

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