the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before moving rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico even stronger. The storm weakened before making its second landfall on the morning of Monday‚ August 29 in southeast
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So they began to head westward. The Queen of Spain commissioned Christopher Columbus to lead an expedition westward to reach Asia‚ and he instead stumbled upon the most successful failure in history‚ The Americas. He reached the islands of the Bahamas‚ and thinking that he was indeed in the Indies‚ he named the inhabitants Indians. Ironically‚ after making the greatest discovery of the past millennium‚ his tombstone marked him as a failure‚ due to the lack of the Northwest Passage. Once the queen
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a poor leader that only led for personal goals is Christopher Columbus. Although a perceived successful leader and a determined one‚ he lacked the ability to think for the welfare of his supporters. During the period of Columbus’ discovery of the Bahamas‚ he needed a way to show his sponsor‚ Queen Isabella‚ that his mission was not in vain. He discovered that the natives were not valuable as slaves because of their lack of immunities from common European diseases. Columbus set the island’s inhabitants
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Philippines‚ including northern Luzon‚ are part of the Philippine Mobile Belt‚ which is geologically and tectonically separate from the Philippine Sea Plate. The North American Plate is a tectonic plate covering most of North America‚ Greenland‚ Cuba‚ Bahamas‚ and parts ofIceland and the Azores. It extends eastward to the mid-atlantic ridge and westward to the Chersky Range in eastern Siberia. The plate includes both continental and oceanic crust. The interior of the main continental landmass includes
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the Western and Eastern Caribbean‚ as well as the Bahamas (Exhibit 1). Presently‚ the cruise line offers 5 different cruising options‚ including a 7 day land/sea package‚ a 3 and 4 night cruise only package to the Bahamas‚ and either a 7 night Eastern or Western Caribbean itinerary. It is important to note that the Disney Magic is responsible for the 7 night cruises; where as the Disney Wonder is responsible for the 3-4 night cruises to the Bahamas. The 7 night land/sea package is an extraordinary
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Title: Spring vacations for college students on a small budget. General purpose: to inform students of money saving tips. Intro: I. Attention getter: Montego Bay‚ Jamaica‚ Cancun‚ Mexico‚ Nassau‚ Bahamas‚ South Beach‚ Miami‚ Florida and South Padre Island‚ Texas‚ what do these places all have in common? They are the favorite destinations that make college students giddy with anticipation when spring vacation approaches. II. Thesis statement: When traveling on a small or limited budget
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Introduction The Nassau Grouper (scientific name: Epinephelus striatus) is a member of the grouper/seabass family (been overfished‚ and the range has been correspondingly narrowed from its historic distribution. Family Serranidae ) that lives on coral reef in the Western Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Page Physical Features Nassau groupers are large fishes that range in size from 0.25 to 1.22 meters in length and can reach a maximum weight of 25 kilograms. Their thick bodies
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Continental Drift‚ Plate Tectonics‚ The North American Plate The experts and scientists have theories on how the the world’s plates move and how earthquakes occur. These theories on how the world’s plate move is called continental drift and the theory on how earthquakes occur is called plate tectonics. They also have a lot of information on the North American Plate and in which direction it is moving and information like that. Now let me tell you more about each of these topics. Continental
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The storm had been like this for the past three days. I sat on my bed thinking if I had upset the Gods above in heaven. As I lay my head down soft and gently on my comfy pillow‚ I wondered if mom and dad were ok. They had gone for a vacation to the bahamas and I had to stay back because of my exams. I wasn’t worried about it as I’ve stayed alone many times. Suddenly‚ the lights went out. My heart raced in agony as the storm got worse. I could see lightning lashing onto my gate and the roaring sound
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it curved west-northwestward and degenerated into an open trough on August 12‚ while well east of the Lesser Antilles.[5] However‚ the remnants re-developed into a tropical depression about 95 mi (155 km) east-northeast of the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas at 12:00 UTC on August 15. Initially‚ the depression continued moving west-northwestward‚ before turning northward early the following day. Around 06:00 UTC on August 16‚ the system made landfall near Beaufort‚ North Carolina‚ with winds of 35 mph
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