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Hurricanne Season - All what you need to know
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Rescue Train Swept off the Tracks by the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
2do Parcial de lenguas Extranjeras Source;
- U.S national Hurricanne Center
NOAA Naional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration www.nhc.noaa.gov
- The weather chanel https://weather.com
- South Florida WPLG Loca10 news https://www.local10.com
lunes, 16 de octubre de 2017
Rescue Train Swept off the Tracks by the 1935
Labor Day Hurricane
On September 2, 1935, a powerful hurricane slammed into the middle
Florida Keys. Known as the Labor Day Hurricane, it was the first
Category 5 storm to strike the United States in recorded history. The
hurricane claimed at least 485 lives, including about 260 World War I
veterans working on a section of the Overseas Highway in a federal
relief project. The veterans came from the ranks of the Bonus Army, a
group of soldiers who camped at the steps of the U.S. Capitol in the
early 1930s to demand compensation promised by the federal
government, and who on July 28, 1932 were dispersed by U.S. Army
troops under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. Some of the
veterans later were given relief jobs by the administration of
President Franklin D. Roosevelt through the Works Progress
Administration.
On the day of the storm, officials sent a train to
evacuate the men, but it failed to reach the camps located on Lower
Matecumbe Key. This image is an aerial view of the ill-fated rescue
train taken three days after the storm. High winds and an estimated
18 feet (5.49 meters) of storm surge swept the train off the tracks.
Author Ernest Hemingway, then a resident of Key West, captured public
outrage about the episode in an essay entitled “Who Murdered the
Vets?” published just days after the hurricane.
A government
inquiry investigated both the mishandling of the evacuation and the
shortcomings of forecasting work done by the Weather Bureau in the
days leading up to the storm’s landfall. The official judgment
ultimately assigned blame in both instances to nature, rather than to
human error. Following the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935, the Weather
Bureau established additional monitoring stations in southern Florida
and took steps to improve disaster preparedness in vulnerable coastal
areas.
The Labor Day Hurricane still ranks as one of the most
powerful storms ever to make landfall in the United States, but it
likely will be remembered mainly as the tragic conclusion to the
story of the Bonus Army.
By
Ken Kaye – Contact Reporter - Sun Sentinel Newspaper.
HISTORY, MISSION, AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE PLAYING FOR CHANGE FOUNDATION
Playing For Change arose from a common belief that music has the power to connect people regardless of their differences. In 2005, a small group of filmmakers set out with a dream to create a film rooted in the music of the streets. Not only has that dream been realized, it has grown into a global sensation that has touched the lives of millions of people around the world...
When the crew set out, they created a mobile recording studio and went around the world filming musicians in the places where they lived. The sound was then mixed, and although the musicians were never in the same room—or even the same country or continent—they were unified through music with each contributing her or his distinct gifts to the whole. While traveling the world to film and record, the crew got to know the music and people of each community they visited. Those involved wanted to give something back to the musicians who had shared so much with them.
In 2007, the Playing for Change Foundation was established as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to inspire, connect, and bring peace to the world through music. Our mission is to create positive change through music and arts education. As one of our students in Nepal stated, “Music is an indispensable part of life -‐ you cannot live without music.” We couldn’t agree more. At the Playing For Change Foundation, we live our lives by this principle and apply it to everything we do.
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15 music programs have been created in Bangladesh, Brazil, Ghana, Mali, Nepal, Rwanda, South Africa, Morocco, Mexico, Argentina and Thailand. More than 2,000 young people attend free classes in dance, instruments, languages and musical theory, all taught by qualified local teachers.
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