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    Norman Jewison's Movie "The Hurricane" The problem of racial discrimination has been portrayed in many films in the last 15 years. However, The Hurricane does a masterful job at addressing this issue, and will leave audience members clenching their fists in anger at the injustice that happened to a man named Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. The movie demonstrates the racial inequity that can be found in our judicial system through the impressive acting by Denzel Washington and the direction of Norman

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    survival, overcoming great odds, sometimes luck and occasionally stories of great injustice. The story of Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter could defiantly be perceived as one of great injustice. It could also be perceived as a immensely manipulated story made popular due to the views of famous and important people. The most popular belief is the story showcased in the 1999 movie 'The Hurricane'. The film tells the story of an innocent carter, framed for the murder of three innocent white people and sentenced

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    OVERVIEW This project describes Drake Carter aged about 25 years of age. He is a sex offender who has been convicted and put on rehabilitation program as means of integrating him back into the society. He is a subject a case study of the sex offenders and what drives these people to engage in such crimes. Carter lives in the white neighborhood where the population is not dense, and people are friendly to the neighbors. This community also has many single mothers. Carter was very friendly and ready

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    dual-status commanders appeared after inadequate path and direction between state and federal forces throughout Hurricane Katrina restrict response efforts (Bucci 1). In Katrina incident, active duty and National Guard tasks, even those that were obviously same in practice, were supervised by two different series of command. The dual-status arrangement of the National Guard during Hurricane Sandy, despite, allow state and federal military responders to have the directives from the workforces and function

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    communication networks not working, this could be hard. During Hurricane Katrina, communication networks had stopped working due to high winds and power outages. This made it hard for individuals who were lost to be located, and hard for the government to coordinate the response needed (Comfort and Haase, 2). As stated by a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study, “over 1.7 million” individuals living on the Gulf had lost power during Hurricane Katrina (Waple, 6). Different systems of communication

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    How To Start A Hurricane

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    Hurricanes are one of the deadliest storms there is around (Sharp 1). Hurricane sandy started october 22,2012 and ended october 31,2012. It went through the caribbean , jamaica, Bahamas. The storm affected a lot of people, like the people of the caribbean,jamaica, bahamas. (Sharp 1) .The reason it started is because hurricanes starts with warm moist air over the atlantic and pacific ocean. when they start to mix together it starts to turn into a storm then it turns into a hurricane. why it happened

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    Would a Massive Hurricane Mean To NYC In my community of New York City it is unlikely for a major hurricane to hit. It's only happened a handful of times in history. If a major superstorm hit our city it would be considered a Nor'easter. Nor'easters are intense storms that can cause heavy snow, rain and oversized waves that can cause beach erosion and a low level storm surge and structural damage. The intensity of the wind gusts associated with these storms can exceed hurricane force in intensity

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    through the Caribbean. The name of this cyclone is better known as Sandy. It began its journey to the East Coast as that of a tropical wave in the Caribbean, and in a matter of 6 hours turned into a tropical storm and then eventually a hurricane. The winds increased to up to 74 miles per hour. Sandy was a 5.8 out of 6 on NOAA’S s scale causing nearly 285 deaths, and costing nearly $367 billion. Although, this was a devastating hurricane, it could have been more destructive if the proper precautions

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    What is a hurricane? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a hurricane is a type of storm called a tropical cyclone, which forms over tropical or subtropical waters. A tropical cyclone is a low-pressure rotating weather system that is indeed organized by different thunderstorms. Every year many catastrophes happen around the world causing major deaths and tons of destruction. According to Tropical cyclones with maximum sustained surface winds of less than 39 miles per

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    Political influence has been steadily increasing and this can be attributed in part to the rise in social media and the increased involvement by local leaders during disaster recovery and response. To support this theory we will also analyze Hurricane Sandy and looking at three politically charged components of the disaster. Finally, we will discuss disaster policy and the future of emergency management. History of Political Influence in Emergency Management The Emergency management field is intrinsically

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