Hurricane Essays

Hurricanes are the most destructive natural disasters in the world. They are very powerful and violent storms that have strong winds. Storms are known to be hurricanes when they reach 74 mile per hour. Hurricanes storms start over warm sea water near the equator and come with strong winds, flash …

‘Hurricane Hits England’ is a poem written by Grace Nichols. The poem describes the effect that a powerful hurricane has when it hits England. The poem shows the contrast in cultures between: the Caribbean and living in England; the hurricane reminds Nichols of the weather she used to witness as …

The ideas about culture in Search For My Tongue, is that the poet feels that she losing a big part of her culture, her language. We see this in line 2 she says ”I have lost my tongue” The words she uses to express her feelings are quite dramatic in …

The newspaper article written by John Young and the piece of poetry written by Grace Nichols both follow the same topic: when a hurricane hit England in 1987. Although both follow the same topic, they do not have the same style of writing. The newspaper article was written as a …

These two poems explore the difficulties of belonging to two different cultures. ‘Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan’ is told through a young schoolgirl’s voice, who was born in Pakistan and now lives in England. The poem uses the different clothes from each country to express her mixed emotions and …

A hurricane is a violent tropical revolving storm with heavy rainfall and strong winds. Causes? Step 1: Warm seas 26-27 degrees Step 2: Air above heats up Step 3: Convection Currents occur Step 4: Air rises, cool and condenses- clouds form. Step 5: Warm air encourages evaporation which means that …

After reading “Jesus’ Two Natures: God and Man” by Matt Slick, I now have a better and more clear understanding of the relationship of Jesus’ human and divine nature. The common misconception, outlined in the text, is that Jesus is half man and half God. This simply is not true; …

The levees and floodwalls protecting New Orleans from hurricane’s and floods were designed to withstand a category 3 hurricane. When making landfall on August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina was designated a category 4 hurricane; later it was downgraded to a severe category 3. Hurricane Katrina, the costliest natural disaster in …

1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Social disasters resulting from natural phenomenon as hurricanes have often recorded an aftermath trail of sorrow from lost of lives, properties and a traumatized mental capacity for especially the direct victims. In contemporary US, the occurrence of Hurricane Katrina in the 29th of …

Hurricanes and earthquakes are two of the most dangerous natural disasters in the United States. They can be very disastrous and deadly. In the United States, there have been 73 hurricanes since 1954. Earthquakes are harder to detect because they have to have at least a magnitude of 5 (“Earthquakes …