Essays on Tornado

Description A natural disaster is defined as a natural event such as a flood, earthquake, or hurricane that causes great damage or loss of life. On the day of April 27, 2011, this was the word that was used to describe the horrific event that happened in Tuscaloosa, Al. The tornado formed at 4:43 pm local time just west-southwest of Tuscaloosa and it dissipated at 6:14 pm local time northeast of Birmingham, Alabama. This tornado was on the ground for…...

Every living creature that lives on earth must deal with the endlessly changing forces called weather. There very few people that have any understanding of it. All living creatures have carefully watched this shifting display of climate and weather since well before the beginning of history, for the weather, then as now influenced every human activity. According to the national Weather service web site “Weather can be defined as the condition of the air at any particular place and time-…...

Imagine being outside on a dark cloudy afternoon in Murphysboro, Illinois and the winds are roaring by you. Then you turn around and you see this monstrous funnel racing toward you. This is what happened to a group of people when the F5 tri-state tornadoes hit them on March 18, 1925. It drove through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana killing a staggering number of 695 people and injuring 2,027. It was one of the most devastating storms to the United States…...

The well sparkled in the moonlight. The bucket was heavy, but that compensated for the hard and tiring work I had done in the factory. The water was cool on my lips which was contradicted the heat in the shack. I closed my eyes, and heaved a sigh. Sheila once told me how she dreamed of one day going to Mumbai to go to study and making her parents proud. She always wondered if her parents were alive, they would…...

History 1302 “Wizard of OZ” Final Project Over the years The Wizard of Oz has become one the most classic movies among children and adults. The film tells a story about a young girl named Dorothy, she lives on a farm in Kansas where a large tornado picks her house up. Dorothy and her dog named toto end up in the land of Oz. In the land of OZ things are beautiful but also strange, but Dorothy wants to return…...

The sixth evaluation issue is in defining a situation as a disaster or a catastrophe. This is a problem for researchers, as whether an incident can be defined seems to depend on its effects. The degree of destruction caused by an incident is one measure, so if a tornado occurs in an unpopulated desert this is unlikely to be defined as a disaster, whereas if it occurs in a large populated city then it probably will be. Degree of disruption…...

Classroom management is probably the most important factor to a classroom and can be the most challenging and difficult thing. Expectations need to be known from the beginning. Teacher expectations affect classroom management in many ways. Students will feel secure knowing their teacher has certain expectations about how the day will flow, how procedures will be followed, and how instruction is given. We all like to be prepared for what is coming, and students are no exception. I have found…...

Hurricanes and tornadoes are two of the most deadly storms which hit the United States every year. Often confused with each other, hurricanes and tornadoes contribute to over 80 deaths and 1500 injuries a year. Hurricanes and tornadoes are similar and different in unexpected ways. The experiences of living through a hurricane or tornado can be life changing. Both tornadoes and hurricanes destroy homes, businesses, and take people lives. Each type of storm has an eye. The eye of a…...

Single cell and supercell thunderstorms. Single cell thunderstorm takes place in the late afternoon, when temperature level is the most popular and usually happens in the summer season, whereas supercell thunderstorm usually happens after midnight. Air mass thunderstorm is triggered by convective lifting (it means that because of high temperature level and heating throughout the day some quantity of warm air raises, although they can be of different temperature and different humidity. So, when this cloud reaches the point where…...

One year I learned the hard way about shopping the week of christmas. That one year it completely escaped my mind a few gifts that i forgot to purchase for some of my family. On a saturday morning i decided that i would venture out and try to find the last straggling few presents. I thought that if i left this early in the morning since lots of people wouldn't be up this early on a saturday but boy was…...

Since ancient times, human beings have been persistent in modifying their environment through changes in various natural resources. However, the commencement of Industrial Revolution paved way for much of human activity that has had a strong impact on the global landscape. It is without question that the activities of human affect the composition of the environmental balance. Nevertheless, the unprecedented move of humanity toward industrialization over the past several thousands of years has resulted in serious concerns on the energy…...

The qualitative risk analysis performed in a previous report identified eight notable risks associated with setting up a call-center presence in Québec, Canada. As those risks are successfully managed, the call center will commence operation and start handling telephonic insurance requests from mostly French-speaking customers. (Only one-quarter of employees at this center will handle English-speaking calls from Canadian customers.) Because there will be a sole call center in Canada handling 100 percent of the French-speaking calls and one-quarter of English-speaking…...

A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods, tsunami, volcanic, earthquakes, tornadoes and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage, and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake, the severity of which depends on the affected population's resilience, or ability to recover. The causes of natural disasters are many. Human activities play a role in the frequency and severity of disasters. A…...

"Altruism describes a motive that makes people help because of genuine concern for others, to increase the welfare of others" (Fiske, 2010, p. 321). Altruism is when individuals are motivated to help others around them without expecting anything back in return; altruism comes from someone doing a good deed without having to be recognized for doing it. So the big question is "Does true altruism exist? I think altruism does still exist, we can clearly see that it does especially…...

Cities create their own microclimates and their sites are almost always warmer, compared to a nearby rural location, than if the city were not there. The differences in urban climates are due to a number of different factors. Urban Heat Island and Temperature Differences The Urban Heat Island effect is known as the zone of hot air that develops over the urban areas and consequently higher temperatures than the surrounding rural area. Temperatures progressively decline as you move further from…...

In my family day care my goal is to make sure all children from 0-5 years old who attend KDM Day Care have a safe environment to learn and play, keeping my Day care safe is prevent or reduce injuries while children are in my care. It is an important goal for me to make sure that I check the child care environment every day inside and outside checked the room completely. outside, I check to be sure that there…...

Two very dangerous Natural Disasters are hurricanes and tornadoes. Tornadoes and hurricanes are not to be played around with, you can get hurt very badly. You should stay in a safe place when one is occurring or evacuate the premises. Try to alert other people when you hear one coming. Also, watch the news to see where it is at and how bad it is there. A tornado is a rapidly spinning tube of air that touches both the ground…...

During the last couple of decades Dhaka city is one of the fastest growing metropolises in the world. The urban development seems to lack in planning and the problem of urbanization are intensified by high population growth and rural urban migration. Again, Bangladesh suffers from natural calamities every now and then and the urbanization of metropolitan Dhaka is also affected by it. The existing utility services are not capable of coping with the increased demand of the urbanization process. Faulty…...