Introduction Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. With the tropical climate and unstable land forms‚ coupled with deforestation‚ unplanned growth proliferation
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Attitude Measurement: Likert Scale The Dogmatism Scale Please do not skip any of the statements‚ and answer each statement to the best of your ability. Strongly Agree‚ Agree‚ Sometimes‚ Disagree‚ Strongly Disagree 1.) Once an idea is in my head‚ I stick with it. 2.) My own personal beliefs seem to be more right than others. 3.) I am open to hear others opinions and let them at least try to change my mind. 4.) I would rather agree with someone‚ even though I know they are wrong‚ just because we
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Unit 3 Cause and Effect Essay By: Latoya Brown ENG106-137 Abstract Page This essay tells about how hurricanes are formed and the damages that they have on life and property. It tells how hurricanes are classified into five different categories depending on the speed of wind and their potential to cause damage. Also tells about the cause and effects of hurricanes. The essay gives examples of two powerful hurricanes that struck the US. Of the hurricanes were the most costliest which was Hurricane
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Wait where did my house go? I wonder how it happened‚ it was probably a hurricane or a tornado. Let’s see. Starting out‚ tornadoes and hurricanes can cause so much damage and are extremely huge. Man‚ tornadoes and hurricanes are so huge ‚ form in really cool ways‚ and come to a lot of different places. Tornadoes and hurricanes are also classified for tornados it’s efs for a tornado and a hurricanes it’s a category. To start‚ tornadoes and hurricanes form in magnificent ways. It also takes
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being more destructive‚ the reason is because of the wind speed. Tornadoes wind speed is much higher than the hurricanes wind speed. The Fujita scale is for the different names and wind speeds for tornadoes. The F0- 40-72 mph‚ F1- 73-112‚F2- 113-157 mph‚ F3-158-206 mph‚ F4-207-260 mph‚ F5- 261-318 mph‚ that is the scales for tornadoes. The Saffir Simpson scale is for the different names and wind speeds for hurricanes. Category 1- 74-95 mph‚ Category 2- 96- 110 mph‚
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ABSTRACT This document describes the experimental process of developing a non-mechanical hot plate wind and rain sensor. It aims to discuss practical aspects of the necessary hardware to fulfil such a function and different software approaches to controlling such a system. Specifically‚ it discusses an experiment based on 30W hot plates controlled by Labview in an attempt to measure changing wind and rain conditions. It also looks at the data gathered in this instance and calibration
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Ekon confidently replied‚ “Thank you‚ Zeus. I hope I can bring honor to your name as a face my next task. I will travel to Anvindr and to my best to defeat the horrible creature.” This time‚ Hermes presented Ekon with his winged shoes and said‚ “I cannot travel with you this time because Anvindr is able to sense a god’s presence‚ but take my shoes so that you may travel there safely and swiftly and plan your course of action. I also want to give you this magical soccer ball that will kill anyone
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THE EVACUATION CENTER An evacuation center is a place designed and constructed to protect people living in vicinity during an emergency‚ especially during natural disasters such as typhoons‚ flooding‚ and earthquake. The level of occupant protection provided by a space specifically designed as a shelter is intended to be much greater than the protection provided by buildings that comply with the minimum requirements of building codes. The model building codes do not provide design and construction
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On the outside you would think that a blizzard would be very different than a hurricane. They are quite similar in their makeup and destructive powers. They are just two of the natural disasters that our planet has to offer and seem to becoming more common. Hurricanes and blizzards are two of the worst natural disasters that are like twisted sisters in Mother Natures destructive family. I will show how they are so closely related from their startup to finish. Blizzards are heavy snowstorms
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The NOAA ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) in Miami has and uses different tools for forecasting hurricanes. NOAA has a scale to estimate how much damage they think might happen from the hurricane‚ and on a scale of 1 to 5 is how they decide the damage. the Atlantic hurricane season goes from June 1st to November 30th. In order for people to prepare for a hurricane they should gather important supplies. It is important
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