fields and had to subsist o... ... middle of paper ... ...and loss from emigration in The Bahamas, during 1901-1921.” Based on factors mentioned above there were better opportunities afforded to my family and I in Florida, where we saw better ways of life. I am glad that I migrated to Florida to find work; it had truly allowed me to achieve things I would have never been able to if I had stayed in the Bahamas. I was able to support my family financially and give them things that they deserved. Even
Katrina was part of the hurricane season in the Atlantic in 2005. It was the third most powerful storm of the season; it was a great tropical cyclone that hit southern and central United States in August 2005. Producing serious damage in Florida, Bahamas, Louisiana and Mississippi, including material damage and severe flooding. It made landfall on the Louisiana coast on August 29 becoming a Category 3 hurricane, and although at the last moment deviated slightly from its route directly through the
Hurricanes are notoriously capricious. Andrew was a compact system. A little larger system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have been catastrophic for heavily populated, highly commercialized and no less vulnerable areas to the north. That area includes downtown Miami, Miami Beach, Key Biscayne and Fort Lauderdale. Andrew also left the highly vulnerable New Orleans region relatively unscathed. Andrew moved nearly due westward when over land and crossed
transportation. The carrier offers flights to some of the world’s most popular destinations. They also operate the largest fleet of Boeing aircraft in the world to serve 93 destinations in 40 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and five near international countries which are Aruba, Bahamas, Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Mexico (Swamedia, 2015). Another key point to Southwest’s successful operation is that they only employ one type of aircraft, the Boeing 737. By resisting the
deadliest hurricanes and the costliest natural disaster in the United States. At least 1,245 people died during the storm and from subsequent flooding, making it the deadliest hurricane since the Okeechobee hurricane in 1928. It was originated from the Bahamas on August 23 from the interactions of a tropical wave and Tropical Depression Ten. Early that following day, the new depression escalated into Tropical Storm Katrina and was heading to Florida on August 25. It went into Hallandale Beach and Aventura
The crack and cocaine epidemic of the United States has shaped America’s basis on the war against drugs. In the early 1980s, the majority of cocaine began to be shipped to the United States, landing in Miami originally coming through the Bahamas and Dominican Republic (UDOJ)”. The foreign origin from the drug made it easier for dealer to quietly return to the United States with the drug and also its receipt. “Soon there was a huge amount of cocaine powder in these islands, which caused the price
I will be talking about Carmine’s Southern Italian Restaurant, Specifically the Theater District location where I work. Carmine’s located in the Theater District is a very successful establishment; I have met some of the hardest working individuals in my time of employment and have learned how the company works. They are a family style restaurant where all food is meant to be shared. Carmine’s implements a real good concept and I will be talking about all of things that help this business thrive
As the first son of James Johnson and the former Helen Louise Dillet, James Weldon inherited his forebears' combination of industrious energy and public-mindedness, as demonstrated by his maternal grandfathers long life in public service in the Bahamas, where he served in the House of Assembly for thirty years.
nearly 10 million people were homeless. • 1992- Hurricane Andrew in 1992 proved to be one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States. The storm caused roughly $27 billion in damages to Southern Florida and $250 million in the Bahamas. • 2000- The 2000 Mozambique flood was a natural disaster that occurred in February and March 2000. The catastrophic flooding was caused by heavy rainfall that lasted for five weeks and made many homeless. Approximately 800 people were killed. 1
Washington had an impact on America during the late 1700’s, and Columbus had an impact on what he hoped was the West Indies in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. George Washington and Christopher Columbus are viewed in two complete different ways. Columbus found America and brought the early English settlements over. Washington helped found our country. However even though both men affected our country both are viewed differently than today. George Washington set a legacy that we are still following
A giant hole is so dark more than one hundred feet deep. Just think if you woke up in the middle of the night the ground shaking you think its a earthquake but you fall hundreds of feet in a dark hole. What makes this strange phenomena happen is it something that triggers it or is it something underground.Is it unstopable or can we prevent it? What a sinkhole is in a dictionary a cavity in the ground in limestone bedrock caused by water erosion and providing a place for surface water to disappear
idioms, reflecting the community's long history and its importance as a transportation and commercial center (Owen 133). The 28-acre Bristol Industrial Historic District includes the original town of Bristol and the residential area that extends northeast along the bank of the Delaware River (Owen 132). The Bristol Industrial Historic District is a significant collection of the factory and mill complexes containing elements dating from 1875-1937 (Owen 133). Among the mills is the Grundy Mill Complex
of the largest airlines in the United States (Eroglu, O, 2015). Southwest together with AirTran and forty-one plus years of profitability covers more than ninety destinations throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico, Jamaica, The Bahamas, Aruba, and Dominican Republic (Southwest Airlines Co, 2015). Combined with AirTran the company operates approximately
country of extremely high biodiversity. With habitats from the Andes Mountain to the Amazonas rainforest in the South and all the way to the Llanos and Caribbean coasts. Venezuela is a federal presidential republic consisting of 23 states, the Capital District and the Federal Dependencies that are the offshore island. Venezuela is among the most urbanized countries in Latin America. The majority of the population lives in the north of the country. The largest city in the country is Caracas, which is also
services I have discovered at my own cost and expense, the Island La Florida, and others in its district, that have not been mentioned as they are small and inconsequential.” Though often considered as the explorer who discovered Florida, Ponce de Leon merely landed on an area that was already inhabited. In addition, he was not the first European to explore this area. Spanish slave expeditions to the Bahamas were frequent, and for years had wreaked havoc. There is also evidence that some of those expeditions
elsewhere officially celebrate as a holiday the anniversary of Christopher Columbus ' accidental arrival in the Americas, which happened on October 12, 1492. The landing is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Raza in many countries in Latin America, as Día de las Américas in Belize and Uruguay, as Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural in Argentina, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain, and as Giornata Nazionale di Cristopher
Olaudah Equiano published his narrative, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, in 1789. Equiano was born in 1745 in the district of Eboe, Africa. His autobiography informs readers of his life during the slave trade. By the way, the slave trade was a harsh business during the 15th to the 19th centuries. Anyway, this eighteenth century narrative is about a boy who was kidnapped at the age of eleven and sold into slavery. Moreover, Equiano was one
This week’s class discussed disproportionality. By giving sample statistics of Lower Merion School District that shows disproportionality, I also found statistical data to reflect the same concept. According to the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, Black children constitute 18 percent of students, but they account 46 percent of those suspended more than once. Dr. Slesaransky-Poe also summarized the four points from Bryan Stevenson’s guest presentation at Arcadia University.
Music education is more than just a subject in a school, its a science class, a math class, an english class, of course it can be a history class, and even a physical education class. Music takes all of the core school subjects and combines them all into one subject that can be understood anywhere in the world at any given moment. Music is a science because there are special elements that it takes to create a symphony that could quite possibly taken three long years to compose and produce. Music
The Watergate Scandal The mistrust most Americans feel toward the government officials and political parities of today can be traced back to the Watergate scandal of 1972, which led to the resignation of an American president. The crimes of the Watergate scandal included political burglary, bribery, extortion, wiretapping (phone tapping), conspiracy, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence, tax fraud, illegal use of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigations