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    cased by flooding where an easement existed. In 1923-1947 Arkansas Power and Light (AP&L) constructed several dams on two Arkansas lakes, Hamilton and Catherine. AP & L obtained “flood easements” on property adjoining the lakes. AP&L sold lake side property and kept the easement in force. These flood easements permitted AP&L to “clear of trees, brush, and other obstruction and to submerge by

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    triggered several other things in the earth’s climate to be altered. It then goes further into depth specifically naming the factors that have been changing due to the altering of the climate. These factors include: heat waves, droughts, heavy downpours, floods, and lastly, hurricanes (Extreme Weather, 2014). Heat Waves In this section, a heat wave is referred to as “abnormally hot weather lasting days to weeks”. It further goes on to say that the recent number of heat waves have been steadily increasing

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    Haddon, Heather. "Thanks to Sandy, Surging Interest In Climate Study." Wall Street Journal, 28 Oct. 2015, eastern ed. ProQuest. Accessed 4 Aug. 2017. This article discusses what changes are happening now with Government spending on trying to improve flood protection from climate change. Haddon says, “States such as New York, California, Oregon and Washington have commissioned research on how sea-level rise can affect their communities, while North Carolina banned the studies from informing coastal policies

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    everything from being foolproof, which makes large scale disasters sometimes make those preventive measures not enough to completely stop them but only helps reduce cleanup time. In certain cases like large quantities of rain that cause flooding the flood waters are directed towards dams that can hold a certain amount of water before the dam breaks, at max capacity the dam must be opened in some cases causing more flooding downstream causing for a longer cleanup time. In Nick Stockton's article “How

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    My Passion In Music

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    My passion is music, and there isn’t anything that beats it. I’ve always done it as a kid. I started off with guitar lessons at the age of 5 and just fell in love with the idea of putting your emotion through chords and melodies. Although I may not have been a pro, I still enjoyed it no matter what. Later on in my musical career, I realized a lot of music you create is all about owning what you do. And trials after trials made me the musician I am today. Our band named Saluda formerly named Rescue

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    Flood Gates There are many different reason things occur. Comparing the Biblical flood to the Ancient Mesopotamian flood is one of those strange things that occurred. The Biblical flood was to destroy humankind because of their sinful ways. Mesopotamian flood was used to punish mankind for their actions. The two floods came from two different historic timing. The two floods have several similarities and differences. The Biblical and Gilgamesh flood have several things they have in common. The hero’s

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    Flood Gates There are many different reasons things occur. Comparing the Biblical flood to the Ancient Mesopotamian flood is one of those strange things that occurred. The Biblical flood was to destroy humankind because of their sinful ways. Mesopotamian flood was used to punish mankind for their actions. The two floods came from two different historic timing. The two floods have several similarities and differences. The Biblical and Gilgamesh flood have several things they have in common. The

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    Hurricane Katrinia Video As a category 4 storm, Katrina decimated anything in its path, with winds blowing up to 150 miles per hour and a serge of water reaching 15 feet. Nearly seventy-percent of New Orleans was under water for weeks, as it flooded the streets due to old and left thousands stranded. Approximately 25,000 residents remaind in their homes, despite the very serious warnings, causing them to have no choice but be airlifted to safety from their roof tops. Many of the levys failed to

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    In May of 2015, a slow moving storm producing record amounts of rainfall and tornados caused flash floods across Texas and Oklahoma causing mass destruction and many causalities. Flooding in Texas and Oklahoma does not happen often in most areas. Some areas have not seen rainfall totals like what was seen in May for more than 50 years. The flooding in May of 2015 was the most widespread and record breaking. In some areas houses were ripped from their foundations. In Wimberley, Texas, a family

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    The Flood is a parasitic life form that believes it can stop all disputes by bringing all life together. I chose this image because it depicts the part in the fictional story where the flood reveals its plans and what it believes. I believe that a monster is anything that impedes or causes any form of pain to others, be it physical, or mental. The worst monsters are not simply evil. They believe in what they are doing, which makes them even more ruthless to achieve their goal. In the works of fiction

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