As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the Eastern seaboard — laden with predictions of drenching rains‚ fierce winds‚ snow and extensive damage — some scientists are pointing out ways that climate change might be influencing hurricanes. No single weather event‚ be it drought‚ snowfall or hurricane‚ is caused by climate change‚ climatologists say. Rather‚ climate change amplifies the intensity or duration of extreme weather‚ akin to “putting hurricanes on steroids‚” writes Amanda Staudt‚ a climate scientist
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washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-makes-request-for-hurricane-sandy-federal-aid/2012/12/07/8ef2902e-40be-11e2-bca3-aadc9b7e29c5_story.html By Amy Gardner and Ed O’Keefe‚ Friday‚ December 7‚ 2012. Washington Post website White House makes request for Hurricane Sandy federal aid Article Analysis #2 The article‚ written by Amy Gardner and Ed O’Keefe‚ discusses Obama’s request to Congress for federal aid due to Hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy occurred during the end of October and affected states such
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HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as measured by diameter‚ with winds spanning 1‚100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
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Bonds and Their Valuation After reading this chapter‚ students should be able to: • List the four main classifications of bonds and differentiate among them. • Identify the key characteristics common to all bonds. • Calculate the value of a bond with annual or semiannual interest payments. • Explain why the market value of an outstanding fixed-rate bond will fall when interest rates rise on new bonds of equal risk‚ or vice versa. • Calculate the current yield
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have? In 2012 Hurricane Sandy began as a low pressure system which developed sufficient organized convection to be classified as a tropical depression. In the immediate term‚ three factors have come together to make Hurricane Sandy what it is: A huge storm with winds gusting up to 90 mph (145 kph) set to make landfall somewhere on the East Coast Monday night. First‚ hurricane season is still on‚ meaning the tropics are still actively generating storms. Hurricane Sandy came ashore in northern New
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Alyssa Garcia Period 5‚ A & R Mr. Leighton 28 March‚ 2013 Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting On December 14‚ 2012 a horrible tragedy occurred in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Twenty year old Adam Lanza killed twenty innocent six years olds and six staff members at Sandy Hook Elementary. The shooting happened approximately around 9:30 a.m.‚ while announcements were being said on the loudspeaker to the students. This is a misfortune that will never be forgotten. We all have questions on how‚ when‚ what
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A Response to Sandy By: Marjorie Kirk Subway tunnels flooded; streets flowed with streams of trash; houses that stood for more than fifty years collapsed like top hats in the hands of turbulent children. Sandy left a great mark on this country. This country‚ in exchange‚ proved its ability to stand united in the face of adversity and exhibit the strength it gained since faced with similar scenes of devastation seven-years-ago in New Orleans. “Our investigation revealed that Katrina was a national
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Hurricane Sandy and It’s Effects Hurricane Sandy and It’s Effects Hurricane Sandy struck the east coast only a few weeks ago‚ yet it is already a part of the history. Millions of people had power and water outage all over the east coast; in small towns as well as in big cities. Many lost their houses while some lost their live‚ yet the disaster is not something that can be prevented‚ or avoided. It’s something to be careful of. Everything is predetermined
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Chris Henley Coach Hunter English 1 Pre AP/GT 9-12-14 Hurricane Sandy A hurricane renounced as “sandy” tore through the east coast on October twenty-ninth causing widespread damage to the east coast of the United States and Canada. In turn leaving 6.2 million people without power. A natural catastrophe that had the greatest impact on the lifestyle of the people affected by the hurricane. The physical damage done varies between states. In some cities flooding was the main issue and other cities
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Plot for Revenge: The Mass Murder at Sandy Hook Elementary Girard Pugsley Argosy University - Denver Just after school began on a Friday morning in Sandy Hook‚ Connecticut‚ Adam Lanza opened fire in the main office of Sandy Hook Elementary. What followed was the mass murder of 20 students and 6 staff members (Stroller‚ Strauss & Stanglin‚ 2012). A mass murder is defined as “single episodic act of violence‚ occurring at one
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