Download or read book Hurricanes Ivan and Jeanne in Haiti Grenada and the Dominican Republic written by United Nations. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hurricane Ivan The Experience written by Chelsea M. Rivers and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, the Cayman Islands faced the most devastating hurricane in recent history. Hurricanes are not a phenomenon to this trio of islands located in the western Caribbean Sea; right in the middle of Hurricane Alley. Unfortunately, everything about Hurricane Ivan - from his enormous size to his slow speed - conspired to wreak near total ruin on everything and everyone in his path. For 36 long and harrowing hours Hurricane Ivan tormented the Islands, dumping rains, gusting winds in excess of 200mph and causing waves to wash over the sea-level land, flooding hundreds of homes and businesses. The only saving graces for the residents of this God-fearing nation were their earnest prayers, low-tides and daylight which allowed almost all of them to escape certain death. While everyone experienced the same hurricane, each person had their own individually horrific encounter with this category five monster of nature. Four of them are recounted here. Chelsea M. Rivers is an imperfectly devoted wife and mother to three beautiful children, Jordan, Branden & Amelia. Born in Texas, she moved to the Cayman Islands as a very young child and never left. Island living has influenced every facet of her life and she is in no hurry to leave - even with the threat of a category five hurricane! Chelsea lives with her family and many animals in the district of West Bay at the north-western tip of Grand Cayman, the largest of the three Cayman Islands.

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Download or read book The Shades of blue upgrading coastal resources for the sustainable development of the Caribbean SIDS written by UNESCO. Office of the Caribbean and published by UNESCO. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Up in Smoke written by and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2006 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third report from the Working Group on Climate Change and development considering the threat from climate change to the environment and human development in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Download or read book OFDA Annual Report written by United States. Agency for International Development. Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Voice of Representation written by Denis G. Antoine and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voice of Representation is a collection of actual interventions, presentations, speeches, letters and messages of the ambassador in the milieu as an active participant and witness.

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Download or read book Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some vols. include supplemental journals of "such proceedings of the sessions, as, during the time they were depending, were ordered to be kept secret, and respecting which the injunction of secrecy was afterwards taken off by the order of the House".

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