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Natural Disasters is a young rap group made up of five young teens from the Chicago suburbs. Formed in early 2006, have already written over 10 songs and are looking for more help. Part of Suds R' Us Records. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap or rap music, is a style of popular music which came into existence in the United States during the mid-1970s, and became a large part of modern pop culture during the 1980s. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, The City of Big Shoulders Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ...


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Natural Calamity, Human Tradegy (827 words)
Even a cursory analysis of the scale of natural disasters, whether floods, earthquakes or hurricanes, would show that economically developed countries have a much greater resilience to withstand calamities and suffer far lower loss of life.
It is not enough to blame the politicians, who now swarm the disaster area like vultures in the grab of Santa Claus, with the sole objective of scoring political points.
The fact is that a private and widespread network of communication channels would have ensured not only better flow of information before the storm, but also greatly increased the chances of some of these channels surviving the storm to readily assess the damage and direct relief measures immediately.
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