Essays on Forecasters

Abstract

The Hurricane Katrina is considered the most devastating storm in the United States due to its magnitude of destruction and the casualties involved. Though the weather forecasters had predicted about the storm, the American government had not put any measures to deal with the catastrophe. As a result, the Gulf Coast States that was hit hardest by Katrina lost properties worth billions as well as thousands of lives. The parties involved in the rescue process included the Army Corps, Coast Guards, as well as FEMA. The Katrina hurricane recorded the government inefficiency in two levels. The first one is ...

Section I: Introduction and Statement of Purpose

Generally, terrorism is understood as the use of threats and violence that aims to achieve political objectives. According to The Global Terrorism Index, in 2014, the level of the terrorist attacks across the world increased by 80% (Bender, 2015). Despite the fact that regions that mostly suffer from the threats of terrorism include the ones in the Middle East, Africa, and Russia, the fight against terror is an international issue. The United States of America experiences the middle impact of terrorism and ranks 35 among 124 positions in the Global Terrorism Index 2015 Map (Bender, 2015). However, the middle ...

Introduction: The title of my chosen article is forecast failure: How flood warnings came too late for Southern Albertans. The article is authored by Trevor Howell and Matt Mcclure for the Calgary Herald. It was published in the Calgary Herald 2013. The article talks about a flood that occurred in the High River region of South Alberta. The forecasting agencies were late in issuing warnings to the residents of the High River region and, as a result, a lot of damages that could have been avoided occurred. This article is related to the larger topic of how delayed and inaccurate weather forecasts ...

In the early 20th century, this theory had become prominent in the historical and literary criticism of New Testament; however, the supporters of the "theory of the two sources hypothesis” in chronological primacy make hypotheses about the lost collection. According to this theory, Mark and Quelle were basic and the main sources for Matthew and Luke. Many scholars have concluded that the evangelists Matthew and Luke had to use a single source. The existence of so-called duplicates in Matthew and Luke are also considered as a confirmation of the hypothesis Q. Sometimes similarities in Matthew and Luke are expressed in unusual ...

Many decisions made in operation management are based on forecasts. This is the basic principle used in matching supply to demand. A company’s accurate forecast enables it to take advantage of future opportunities and decrease on any impending risk (Stevenson 109). Forecasting is basically an anticipation of an event in the future. In business, entrepreneurs need to forecast or make a valid anticipation of what a customer will want to buy. In operations management, forecasting is a way of getting information on what a customer will demand in future. This is a way of aligning the supply according to demand in the market. ...

Introduction

Fashion forecasting mainly focuses on upcoming trends and how they may impact the fashion industry. A fashion forecaster is charged with the responsibility of predicting the colors, styles and fabrics to be presented on the runway or in the stores for upcoming seasons. This concept is applicable to all levels in the fashion industry and covers quite a number of activities. Trend forecasting on the other hand is the overall process which may focus on other industries not related to the fashion industry. The main aim of a fashion forecaster is therefore to attract customers and help the retail business owners ...

Weather prediction has never been 100 percent accurate. However, this does not mean that people should not rely on it. The scientists usually give a probability on whether their predictions will happen or not. The probabilities in most of the cases are below 0.6. The question that is asked is whether the weather forecasters collect all the data to enable them predicting the weather. These scientists are able to collect over 10000 elements to enable them predict weather. They use sophisticated apparatus such as computers. They use satellites and balloons. They usually do this after every six hours. These ...

Products and Services

Apple Inc. was founded in 1976 and is headquartered in Cupertino, California. The company designs, manufactures and markets mobile and media devices, computers, and portable digital music players; and sells related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications worldwide. Its products and services include Mac OS X operating systems, iPad, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Apple TV, the iOS and iCloud, and various accessory and support offerings, as well as a range of consumer and professional software applications. The company sells its products and services to consumers, small and mid-sized business, education, enterprise, and government customers through its ...

Galveston Hurricane of 1900

This hurricane hit the city of Galveston, Texan on September 8, 1900 (Simpson, 2003). It was a category 4 storm, and it is widely considered to be the deadliest hurricane in U.S history. The storm claimed about 8,000 casualties and leveled the city of Texas. The main cause of the hurricane is unknown due to limited observation ability during the 19th Century. The storm was first sighted on august 27 east of the Windward Islands. By august 30, the storm had passed through the Leeward Islands. Antigua reported a severe storm three days later. By September 7, heavy damage was ...

This book is an amalgamation of three stories; in the beginning of the story, it familiarizes us to the people majorly from Swiss German, Norwegian and Ukrainian who were immigrants who settled the prairie for reasons: They were in search of religious freedom and prosperity for their children, farmers escaping poverty and many others. Subsequentstory was that of the weather forecasters who were concerned with the study of the weather patterns as they claimed that they will no longer be thrilled by the abrupt weather changes and it happened that the immigrants’ weather location was under their jurisdiction. Moreover, ...