These tornadoes can appear to be transparent until they begin to pickup debris and it is not uncommon for two or more tornadoes to occur at the same time with close proximity of each other during these storms. ... River flooding tends to be the most common and also the most inevitable since anything from spring rains to ice jams to land fallen tropical storms can cause this type of flooding. The second type, coastal flooding, is caused by tropical storms and hurricanes, which produce a large storm surge. ...

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In the frozen heart of the last ice age, 18,000 years ago, the temperature was only about nine degrees Fahrenheit colder then today. ... In the United States, billions of dollars have been spent to replace send eroded from beaches, and to help owners of beach front homes rebuild after storm damage. ...

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The first movie that I chose is "Three Kings" which stars George Kluny and Ice Cube. ... As they are about to cross the citizens into Iran, a storm of American airplanes stop them and put them under arrest because they left the base without permission and they had no right to cross them over to Iran. ...

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He formed the first circulating library in America, helped organize their fire department, and suggested ways to light streets, deepen the rivers, dispose of garbage, and keep people from slipping on ice. ... Just to name a few of his more famous inventions, he made a stepladder stool with a seat that turned up, his "Y-stick" that allowed him to reach books on high shelves, the Franklin stove, a clock with three wheels for hours, minutes, and seconds, bifocal glasses, made "magic squares", and made very helpful contributions to science by risking his life to find out more about electric...

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When most people think of wetlands the first thing that will pop into their mind will be visions of swamps and flooded plains. These marshy lands would seem to have no purpose, while in reality they are the most precious forms of ecosystem that we have in America. Wetlands contribute to biodiversity, clean water, flood control, and provide a habitat for millions of species of plants and animals. Even with all this wetlands still face mass destruction, much like the rain forests they are just as productive and face similar rates of devastation (Mitchell, J. (1992, October). "Our Disappearing We...

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