In an article I found in the French newspaper (24heures/24h), which addressed an issue suffered by a lot of people in Montreal; A woman by the name of Nadya Mirarchi who fell and badly broke her ankle, underwent an operation, and is now suing the city of Montreal who are responsible for the incident. This incident has caused serious problems to a lot of people a relevant example being Mirarchi's inflammation and formation of clogs in her ankle as well as having to wait until the inflammation wares off so she could restore her ankle`s natural state and carry-on with her daily life routine. According to the information that the article addresses, this was all caused by the city’s poor ice removal on the streets and most importantly on sidewalks. While on the contrary as stated on the municipal website, that their progress in the snow removal all over the boroughs of the city of Montreal is 12%, with the most progress being 100% in Pierrefonds-Roxboro. …show more content…
Mirarchi who stated in the article that last winter’s snow and ice removals were not as bad as this year’s. This year she stated that when it snows, they would attempt to clean up after a week, thus leaving the ice everywhere. She even mentioned that when the ambulance came for her help, they couldn’t enter and therefore had to sprinkle their salt on the sidewalk, which reflects the awful states of the streets. One point I find important is that all that was stated was indeed true. I myself have never fell during the past few winters. But this winter is the worst of all; the streets and sidewalks are obviously being neglected. I chose to write about this editorial since it addresses a common problem that in my opinion is causing people to suffer either physically by getting injured or simply their cars getting stuck, buses being late etc. that interrupts our daily lives in a larger
Learning from what Dr. Anna Pou had to face with the lawsuits she was dealing with makes me cringe. As Healthcare professionals, having to worry of possibly being sued for believing what is right for the patient or as a whole for the hospitals health is ridiculous. Healthcare professionals like Dr. Pou, have taken the Hippocratic oath, and one of the promises made within that oath is “first, do no harm”. Often time’s society look at courts cases as a battle versus two oppositions, but Dr. Pou’s case it is not. In her statements from national television she states saying her role was to ‘‘help’’ patients ‘‘through their pain,’’.
States on the lee, or down wind, sides of the great lakes receive lake-effect snow every year. For some cities this can push the average snowfall up to 400 inches. During the February storm of this year records were broken for the most snowfall in one storm. For a duration of the storm snow was falling at a rate of six inches or more per hour. Some of the images captured from the event leave some in disbelief that such a thing could even happen. Storms of this magnitude completely shut down all activity. Many areas do not have equipment capable of handling such mass amounts of snow, and even if they do the task is overwhelming. (weather.com 2006)
First, Collins uses hyperbole by repeating the word “snow” five times in one sentence: “Chicago’s snowfall was so huge that the news media ran out of things to attach to “snow” - thundersnow! snowpocalypse! snowmageddon!” (Collins). She consecutively uses three portmanteaus of the word "snow" with increasing stress level to create strong feelings. She wants to emphasize that Chicago is experiencing the most massive snowstorm in the United States, one of the consequences of global warming. This is a circumstance that causes people panic. She then reminds the readers about the blizzard of 1979 which made Mayor Michael Bilandic get “kicked out of office six weeks later in the Democratic primary.” It seems that she wants to make a connection between the congressman and a snow job.
I have chosen to compare a personal story to the story I Am Not a Patella in the book Privileged Presence. I found that these two stories illustrate two completely different approaches to an injury. In the situation in the story I Am Not a Patella, the writer found that she was ignored as a person and she was defined as her injury. In contrast, the doctor attending to my injury took the time to see me as a whole person. I feel personally that the way my injury was handled was much more effective. As a result, a large portion of this paper will discuss the importance of developing a therapeutic relationship with patients. There will also be a focus on treating a patient as a whole person with a life story and a family instead of a collection
stream under the bridge. With the fog and the mist of fresh snow falling over it all again. He also
Perhaps the vast array of seasons and weather patterns hold the town to a unique appeal. In the fall, the crisp and cool breeze wafts through the fallen leaves, blanketing the lawns and streets in a warm, orange hue. In the winter, icy gusts chill the terrain, followed by the gentle fall of snowflakes. With time, the town is coated in
The Tundra suffers a very harsh climate. Because of this fact most of the area
“At 12:42 p.m. the air was perfectly calm for about one minute; the next minute the sky was completely overcast by heavy black clouds which, for a few minutes previous, had hung along the western and northwestern horizon, and the wind veered to the west and blew with such violence as to render the position of the observer on the roof unsafe. The air was immediately filled with snow as fine as sifted flour” (Potter). No one expected the blizzard that would soon come rolling over to create some of the unfortunate deaths. Now, the questions are what exactly happened during the storm, how are snowstorms created, and what damages it caused.
I was the first person to ski off of the chairlift that day; arriving at the summit of the Blackcomb Mountain, nestled in the heart of Whistler, Canada. It was the type of day when the clouds seemed to blanket the sky, leaving no clue that the sun, with its powerful light, even existed anymore. It was not snowing, but judging by the moist, musty, stale scent in the air, I realized it would be only a short time before the white flakes overtook the mountain. As I prepared myself to make the first run, I took a moment to appreciate my surroundings. Somehow things seemed much different up here. The wind, nonexistent at the bottom, began to gust. Its cold bite found my nose and froze my toes. Its quick and sudden swirling movement kicked loose snow into my face, forcing me to zip my jacket over my chin. It is strange how the gray clouds, which seemed so far above me at the bottom, really did not appear that high anymore. As I gazed out over the landscape, the city below seemed unrecognizable. The enormous buildings which I had driven past earlier looked like dollhouses a child migh...
To begin with, the landing of the snow on the road caused many damages to them. This was because the levels on which the roads were raised were in different proportions. This, therefore, prevented lack of flow to be experienced on the roads. Moreover, the cracks that were observed on the roads came about because of the difference in the temperatures of the country.
Evidently, she was fine until she became homeless. Still, she was clean dressed; the streets have not taken their toll on her appearance. I felt sorry and helpless watching her agonize and yelling for help.
The snow that was predicted to be several inches by the end of the weekend quickly piled up to around eight inches by that evening. At times, the snow was falling so heavily you could hardly see the streetlights that glistened like beacons in a sea of snow. With the landscape draped in white, the trees hangi...
A mixture of ice and snow blanketed the semi-frozen, forest ground. The ice was like razors on my bare feet. The crisp, December air burned my lungs and stung my skin. My feet thudded rhythmically against the ground. Adrenaline pulsed through my veins. Every part of me wanted to give up—to stop, but I couldn’t.
It can represent ruthless, inconsiderate, uncaring iciness. So that can be a great comparison to a character in a story, especially if it is raining at that time. Rain gets to fall as snow and solidifies into ice in certain conditions and snow is seen as severe cold.