Case: South Carolina v. Christopher Frank Pittman (Findlaw, 2008) Facts: That Pittman, shot and morality wounded both his grandparents, Joe Frank and Joy Pittman, with a .410 shotgun. Appellant was 12 years old at time of alleged incident, he was abandoned by his mother, and his relationship with his father was abusive. Prior to moving in with grandparents, appellant had been committed to an inpatient facility, where he was on the antidepressant Paxil, soon he was released and permitted to live with grandparents (Findlaw, 2008). .
1 Running head: PERC MODEL AND ITS APPLICABILITY IN NOTHERN CAROLINA 2 PERC MODEL AND ITS APPLICABILITY IN NOTHERN CAROLINA PERC model and its applicability in Northern Carolina Name: Institution: When the government authorities in northern Carolina liaison with the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC), there will be proper management of parks in the region. The parks that are found are important since they contribute to the growth of the economy but thus can only happen when appropriate and sustainable budgets are prepared. There is need for formulation of a balanced budget. Thus, there should be a balance between the revenues as well as the expenditures to facilitate effective operations.
Along with damaging buildings hurricane Andrew also damaged people. The hurricane exposed people to life threatening situations in turn causing them to feel elevated levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Children exposed to Andrew’s wrath were worse off, experiencing symptoms of PTSD. Studies done a year after the hurricane display that 33% of children were depressed, divorces were up 15%, and domestic violence elevated 21%. When the hurricane hit it knocked out most of the electrical grid along with contaminating most of the water.
As the storm passed west of Cuba, its effects extended as far east as Havana, where winds reached 56 mph (90 km/h). Across the Florida Straits, Key West, Florida, recorded 36 mph (58 km/h) winds.[4] The strongest sustained winds measured in association with the storm were 107 mph (172 km/h) in Mobile, Alabama, corresponding to a one-minute average of 87 mph (140 km/h) adjusted for modern recording techniques. Although not directly recorded, sustained winds of Category 3 intensity probably affected coastal Mississippi and Alabama, with Category 2 winds affecting Florida.[5] Throughout the affected region, telephone and telegraph infrastructure was blown down, crippling communications.[12]
This work analyzes about thirty different hurricanes that had an impact on South Carolina from 1800 to Hurricane Hugo. Some of the books that will be used in this research specifically on Hurricane Hugo include Hurricane Hugo and the Grand Strand, by Cynthia Struby, which, as its title suggests documents the damage to the Grand Strand area of South Carolina. Additionally, work such as Jamie and Dorothy Moore’s Island in the Storm: Sullivan’s Island and Hurricane Hugo will be important in exploring the damage caused to Sullivan’s Island. There are several studies that have been published that detail the damage that Hurricane Hugo caused to both forests. This study on the damage it caused to the forest is important to study to understand the impact on the economy.
The first time Roanoke failed was due to a massive hurricane.
Rainfall also started to come down heavy including hail. It looked like lightning was in the tornado, which was not a good sign. Everyone lost power during the storm so a bunch of people really did not know what was actually going
The state of South Carolina has followed the nation’s trend of increasing police brutality against minority groups. African Americans are the most targeted minority for police brutality. The first official slave patrol was formed in South Carolina and was a prelude to the modern police department. The fact that modern police departments has its roots in what was a racist practice of monitoring and beating African American slaves into submission or preventing the escape of slaves from their white owners it is not a stretch for a modern South Carolinian police department to have retained a racist attitude.
Brevard is a sanctuary for people, animals and plants. It is likewise a venue for tourists to soak in the sun and take advantage of all the wonderful sites and businesses to visit. Trash is a nuisance and causes suffering to animals on the beach and the economy in Brevard. There a local government sanctioned bodies who overlook a certain part of Brevard’s economy. There are also profit and nonprofit organizations such as Keep Brevard Beautiful and the Sea Turtle Preservation Society who take part in cleaning beaches and other wildlife locations in Brevard.
The belief that South Carolina’s governor has weak gubernatorial powers has been a common perception since pre-revolutionary South Carolina. Although the powers of the governor were greatly limited in the beginning of South Carolina’s history, those powers have slowly, but drastically increased over time. Today, South Carolina’s governor is considered to have moderate formal powers as compared to other governors in the United States. The governor has the ability to be extremely powerful if they efficiently exercise both their formal and informal powers. Dating back to 1670, the first governors in pre-revolutionary South Carolina had little executive authority and were appointed by the Carolina Proprietors (Carter and Young 224).
During the Galveston hurricane the city of oleander was filled with people that were on vacation. Good weather forecast things didn’t exist at the time, but the U.S. Weather people gave out a warnings telling people to move to higher ground. Even though these were ignored by many vacationers and residents alike. A 15-foot
Hurricane Stan was actually a week hurricane but it was still very deadly. There were 1,513 fatalities and the damage was 988 million. The worst accident that happen was in Panabai, Guatemala. After the weeks of water rained down this created a mudslide.
Also, in Jasper, Alabama, firefighters escaped their station just seconds before the building and all the fire trucks were demolished. The storm caused destruction for two-thousand five hundred miles. More than three hundred fifteen people were dead and more than five-thousand were injured from those thirteen states and one-hundred forty-eight
Hurricanes are a significant weather threat, especially from June through October, and have caused significant damage in the
It was Nova Scotia a geologist who found out about this hurricane. This event took place in the year 1775 in the month September, it was a created by a huge storm, the effect of this storm was the rise of the sea which rose up to 20 to 30 feet tall, and approximately 4000 people died in this storm, most of them were from Ireland and England which got drowned on the Grand Banks. It destroyed more than 700 boats. The people died when the storm started (When all of a sudden it got really windy and then the hurricane came) there were more than 2000 fishing boats that got lost because of this storm. This storm came unexpectedly so all the people weren't prepared for this storm, and that was the reason so many people died in this storm.
