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Top 17 deadliest Hurricanes who hit the U.S.

Let's start with a little quiz, what are the differences between typhoons, cyclones, and hurricanes?   The Answer:   No difference; the name change indicates where they are from.  Hurricanes are tropical storms forming over the North Atlantic and Northeast Pacific.  Cyclones are formed over the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean.  Typhoons are formed over the Northwest Pacific Ocean. 1 . The Great Hurricane 1780. Death Toll over 20,000, arias affected, the Caribbean’s, Barbados, not much is known about the great hurricane in 1780 it struck Barbados on October 10. British and French warships in the area were lost too. 2. Hurricane Mitch 1998. Death Toll of over 19,300 was a category 5; the areas affected were Honduras, Swan Islands, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua. 3. Hurricane Galveston 1900. Death toll 12,000, areas affected, golf of Mexico, Cuba, and United States Texas. Galveston was only nine feet ab...

Forget the Rabbit

. . " Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness. " George Bernard Shaw It has been 3 years already, and I have left my writing.  Where was I? What wonderful and exciting thing did I do?  What happened? Going on life like millions of others, I want to make a living, raise my children, help my husband, and pay my bills. I look back, and all I see is nothing? Running after the rabbit. Then I look up, and 3 years have gone by... I would love to say that I have been involved with some great causes, wrote my biography, took on ceramic, and am having my own shows... but no... nothing that grand. I have been helping my daughter, who suffers from severe anxiety and compulsive disorder. Working 12 to 15 hours a day trying to compensate for the income my husband lost, like many others. Caring for my mother-in-law, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's. So no, I did not create anything, write the next great novel or win ...

Maya's. Nostradamus, Casey's.

Prophets or loonies... Recently I came across a deranged preacher on TV who warned us that we have just a couple of days left to repent before the end of the world. The exact date of our doom is Mai 21, 2012. Besides the fact that he looks like the evil man from Poltergeist. I cannot understand how so many believe in his predictions. Humanity must feel very guilty to believe that God has such a punishment in store that good and evil, young and old, will die under his wrath.
Observe the following faces carefully, They are made up of words that suit their character very much..... Can you guess the words? 1 2 3   ANSWERS: DEAD - ALIVE THREAT - PRETEXT PEACE - WAR

I Believe...

Believe...

Turks are not Arabs or Mongols.

In my previous posts, I have written about Turkey and its history. The following is a 6 minutes video I would like to share with you. It will help to know the Turks better. Turks are often mistaken for Middle Eastern and Arab; these two groups have nothing in common but  Islam. Otherwise, they couldn't be more different. The Turks ethnically range from Caucasian to Asian to Black. Yes, there are black Turks. One thing you will not learn in your classroom is the 6 Turkic Empire spending over 2000 years. This video is just a quick answer to the question, "Who are the Turks" it is now up to you to find out more. Watch the Video Now

2010 In Review Top News Stories

January 12 - Haiti earthquake     On January 12, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake shook Port-au-Prince, Haiti, toppling buildings and destroying most of the country's infrastructure. The Haitian government estimated 230,000 people were killed, more than 300,000 injured, and more than one million people were left homeless. Humanitarian aid began flowing into the country within hours of the quake. However, it was insufficient to prevent rioting in the economically ravaged nation.     January 19 -Scott Brown elected to Senate On January 19, Republican Senate candidate Scott Brown shocked the political world, upsetting Democrat Martha Coakley in a special election for Sen. Ted Kennedy's seat. Brown's victory tipped the Senate away from a Democratic Super Majority.   February 18 - Plane flew into IRS building On February 18, Joseph Stack, a 53-year-old software engineer, committed suicide by flying a small plane into an IRS building in Austin, Texas. Thirteen others we...