...Hurricane Katrina changed the way United States viewed floodplain management and flood risk management. The Great Mississippi River Flood of 1993 produced the highest economic damages of the century, killing over 130 people, costing over $20 billion dollars in flood damages. Hurricane Katrina caused over a million people to lose homes, jobs, and took over 1300 lives. It has been estimated the restoration of the communities and some level of flood protections will exceed over $100 billion dollars when it’s all done. Before the twin towers were hit on September 11, 2001, it seem like the United States was headed in the right directions with floodplain and risked management. Due to the terrorist attacks on that day, change the way America took their approach on homeland security. All the focus and money shifted to US Department of Defense, and the natural hazard management was kind of put on the back burner and basically forgot about until Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina changed the game for how America planned for flooding and risk management. When Hurricane Katrina hit, it was a slap in the face on the response to flooding that took place in New Orleans. Up to this point there was not a single inventory of levees and flood damage structures in United States. America became a reactive force instead of an active force. The Secretary of Defense got involved and requested the US National Academics to establish...
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...Introduction You know you need to cut back on the amount of sugar in your diet. But despite your best efforts, you just can't stay away. That is because your brain reacts to sugar the same way that it does to powerful narcotics like cocaine and heroin. So if you are having a hard time trimming sugar out of your daily routine, give yourself a break. This does not mean that you are a weak-willed person with no self-control. It just means it is going to be difficult. If you practice the following 10 tips to cut sugar out of your diet on a consistent basis, you will begin to crave sugar less (and those extra pounds will start to come off). Get to know the aliases that sugar goes by Not all sugar is called sugar. Even if you are diligently...
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...Some of these concepts forced me to rethink myself and my place here on Earth, am I a Taker, or a Leaver? Are entire species going extinct because of us directly? And if so, is that the natural order of the way life is supposed to be? Or are we supposed to take our knowledge and “play God” so to speak and save all of the living creatures we are able to? Furthermore, what techniques are we actually going to use? Putting animals in cages changes them, so much that they are not “wild,” rather, they are confused. When you see the Tiger pacing in his cage at the zoo, with the murals of jungle life on the walls, fiberglass rocks, and the smells of other animals from different parts of the world; these are changing the animal’s psyche and the way it feels about his place in this world. We think we’re helping, but we’re only hurting. This reminds me of Disney’s Finding Nemo, the scene in which the dentist is showing off Nemo, saying he “found this little fella swimming off the reef and he saved him…” Saved him, from what? His natural habitat so he could live, no, exist in an artificial environment? I propose these questions when discussing the natural world, focusing on the fact that we don’t actually know best just because we possess a self-aware, free-thinking and reasoning mind. We don’t possess the knowledge of this way of life...
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...The Case For New Orleans Cameron Michael Argosy University Dr. Matthew Kuofie Introduction If one could go back in time, it would be fairly easy to avoid any mistakes. The decisions could be made in hindsight which would then make them simple decisions. This could be the case for the city of New Orleans. The city probably should have probably never been built there in the first place. A large portion of the city is at, or below sea level and is very high risk for flooding. There are far too many people that live their now, and it is impossible to just pick the city up and move it. With science backing a future of rising sea levels, the risk of flooding in the area is only going to continue to rise. If New Orleans is not rebuilt, it would be a huge hit to the local economy and job market. The population would largely decline due to the risk of living there and the poor job market. This would cause a similar situation as the one currently happening in Detroit. The city would face bankruptcy and would be a liability for the entire nation. On the other hand, trying to rebuild New Orleans has many issues as well. Does it make sense to spend billions of dollars rebuilding a city that will probably face another hurricane sometime in the future? Science points to rising water levels which is very worrisome considering half of the city is already at or below sea level. Part A New Orleans Economics It is no secret that Hurricane Katrina had devastating effects...
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...Natural Hair versus Weave Comica Terrell COM170 July 26, 2012 Adrienne Slaughter PhD Natural Hair versus Weave When analyzing or collecting information to verify that the audience understands the writer’s point of view researching, comparing, and contrasting can be a challenging. In addition, it can become a never-ending discussion. However, intriguing the audience to open his or her mind can be rewarding for the writer. In this writing piece the conflict topic is women possessing natural hair and weave. Even though natural hair is free whereas weave is costly, there are advantages and disadvantages of natural hair and consuming weave material hair because real human hair and weave both cost numerous amount of money for hair products and going to salons and human hair and human hair like weave have the ability to style, curl, and be in direct heat without burning. This paper will be providing the audience neutral information on both subjects. Similarities The similarities that both of the comparison have in common is that real human hair and human hair like weave have the ability to style, curl, and be in direct heat without burning. When using a heated substance to curl and straighten natural and human hair weave. In addition with natural hair applies to braiding into cornrows, microbraids, and box braids that is also known as individuals, however; if engaging with human like hair materials those varieties of braiding also can be applied. That process is a different...
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...The film Walkabout, by director Nicolas Roeg illustrates humankinds disconnect from the natural world. Throughout the film there are various scenes that colorfully portray this disconnect. The children give us the biggest images due to the story being based around them and their struggle to survive in the Australian Outback. There was one scene that truly demonstrated this theme. In this scene the children find an oasis. They see animals eating the fruit from the tree as well as drinking the water in the small pond. They begin to relax and get comfortable. They stay the night there and by morning all the food and water is gone. Shortly after, they meet the aborigine boy and ask him for water. He then simply sticks a branch in the ground of were the pond was and gets water. This scene showed the children’s disconnect from nature because they had no idea what to do. As soon as the easy way of getting necessities was gone, they panicked. The children did not see the plethora of ways to obtain food and water. Because of the comforts of modern society, they did not have the skills or the mindset like the aborigine boy has. In modern society, we do not have to hunt for our own food, causing us to not be able to see food that nature has provided for us. In the beginning of the film the two children are shown swimming in a pool with ocean right behind...
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...Gas Storage With the ever growing reserves of natural gas being discovered, production of this fossil fuel is at an all-time high. Production of natural gas in the US has increased year over year for the past 11 years up to about 29 million cubic feet in 2015. With this surplus in supply, produced gas must be stored until it’s needed. There are 3 main areas where gas can be stored for longer durations once brought to surface. These 3 areas are depleted gas reservoirs, which make up about 85-90% of storage, aquifers and salt caverns. “Typically, the turn-over rate for natural gas in these facilities is a year; natural gas is generally injected during the summer (non-heating season), which usually runs from April through October, and withdrawn during the winter (heating season), usually from November to March.” (naturalgas.org). Unfortunately, this year that wasn’t the case. Due to the relative warm winter in the US, gas wasn’t needed as much as in years past and gas withdrawal from storage was at one of the lowest points in Pennsylvania history. If you pair that with record production, you can understand why the natural gas industry has been hit so hard recently. Depleted Gas Storage Fields In general these are the most common and cheapest ways to store gas. They can date back in the US all the way to 1930. These storage wells are just wells that had already been drilled and had the gas brought to the surface. This helps with the storage for a few reasons...
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...earth could be going through natural cycles which is causing climate change. There is evidence to support all of these arguments. Even scientists are having arguments about whether it is occuring or not. It’s weird to think that so many people, like scientists, disagree on one thing. Some people think that climate change is caused by humans. Some ways humans can cause climate change is by deforestation, burning fossil fuel, driving cars, even breathing. Of course breathing isn’t the biggest contributors to climate change but it contributes some. And then some people think that climate change is happening naturally. Things that would cause this would be volcanoes, and some of the natural cycles that the earth goes through could cause climate change. Then, there are people who think that climate change is not happening. I am going to tell you everything that you should know about climate change. There is a lot of evidence that shows climate change is happening yet some people still believe that it is not happening....
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...Remembered teaches us lessons of overall sustainability. The Land Remembered is a novel by Patrick Smith. It tells a story of a pioneer family detailing their progression through three generations the way that each generation interacts with the land and depicts the changes over time. The process of change emphasizes the importance of adaptation. Our generation’s lesson from this story is to focus on future sustainability and how we can adapt to more eco-friendly practices. Tobias McIvey, the first generation character, was a simple man with integrity who had used the land and it environment to sustain his family. Taking his family from Georgia to Florida he encountered many hardships to survive and keep his family safe. With the help of the Indians he learned how to use the land and its inhabitants to make a better life. This is the reflection not only of a change in the land but also a change in the man. Corralling wild cows and fattening them up to sell was the real beginning of development. It is the author’s way of depicting how the environment truly defines who we are. Zech McIvey, Tobias’s son, having grown up through all the experiences of learning to sustain his family, developed a love of the land. Living and exploring the wilderness, his only exposure was to the natural environment, which created his special bond with the animals and the land. As he grew older and went with his father on the cattle drives, he started to acquire tracts of undeveloped land. It almost...
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...Global Warming Global warming is an environmental issue that is concerning masses of people. Global warming has been an issue for many years. One area of this issue that is taking over right now is whether global warming is due to human actions or if global warming is due to natural cause. Some people believe global warming is due to human actions of pollutants such as burning fossil fuel, coal, and oil, human finger prints, and deforestation; while other people believe it is a natural cause and global warming is just a theory. People who believe global warming is due to human actions say that humans are releasing large numbers of heat trapping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. A few examples of greenhouse gases are “carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, chlorofluorocarbons, and ozone in the lower atmosphere.” (U.S. Global Change Research Information 2006, para. 1). These types of gases get trap heat in the atmosphere and cause the climate to rise. Since the Industrial Revolution, there has been more and more fossil fuels being burned, which is causing more pollutants. The pollutants are trapping heat in the atmosphere causing the average temperature of the Earth to rise. (Turk and Bensel, 2011) The most common heat trapping gas is carbon dioxide (CO2) which is caused by burning fossil fuel, coal, and oil. (Turk & Bensel, 2011) Carbon dioxide (CO2) is produced by so much equipment that humans use and do. Carbon dioxide is produced from burning...
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...research I found, since I never really pondered deeply about how shoes have changed the lives of so many people. After all shoes were originally created to solely protect our feet from harsh terrain, and now they are advertised for many more benefits. The important question to ask now is do all of the benefits shoes provide outweigh the benefits of just going barefoot? One of the first websites I looked...
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...Business Economics GM545 FALL TERM Chapter 15: Q14 There is a lot to be said about being a part of a national estimation or basic "guesstimation "in my mind. Any time there is a standard that is based on a calculation of how much the average versus the absolute, and then you are always going to have a situation where the guess may not be as all inclusive as needed be. When Richard Stone came up with the system to gauge how much is being spent in each household and funneling back into the market this was a "just-about" ingenious way to make sure we know what is going on in our economic basic structure. Coming up with a way to measure the expenditures of the Americans in comparison to other nations can be very useful when trying to figure out the needs that society may have and what it takes to fill the gaps however, this can take an unforeseen turn of events just as it did in the days of the great depression. The problem with accurate representation from a society that income fluctuates based on shortcomings in the ability to employ the employable is that income is never the same. There are businesses in this country that go unaccounted for and there are businesses that are being accounted for that is no longer in existence and this affects the estimation. If this information is not taken into account the numbers or end result will definitely be an inaccurate one. Just like in the days of the days of the Great Depression the information that was used to devise the...
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...provides news coverage to the public. People all around the world look at the news or even hear about the news in order to find out what exactly is going on in the world today. I believe that the media is socially responsible for lots of things that may go on around the world due to the fact that once it is put out there for others to see then it at times can affect how another person may react. I feel that once the information is out there even if the information may be false others may perceive it as being true without doing the proper research to know if the information is true. I think it’s up to everyone to research the information to make sure they know exactly what they are talking about before passing on the information. Also, if the information is bias I feel that it should be noted ahead of time so that others know this information up front. One example is when we heard that taxes maybe increased for small businesses and those who had small business wanted to protest without gathering further information. They chose to get lawyers and have representation when they didn’t even need to do that, but they wouldn’t even know that since they had not done the research for themselves and just listening to information they had heard somewhere. Another example was when the 911 attack happen. This particular incident changed America in a big way which lead to more security around the world and making people more aware of their surroundings. It has now been placed in our children social...
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...Decisions in Paradise Part 1 There is a list of problems that come with Kava. The natural disasters, health concerns, and the possible terrorism are just some of the problems that Kava experiences. The forces that influence the problems are mostly of nature, these cannot be controlled and many of times these disasters come without warning. Kava does see tourists and would like to have more to offer to the tourists when they come, but because this is an island in the south pacific tourists understand the potential risk of a natural disaster striking. When the natural disaster does strike families and even tourists are without a place to stay. With there being health problems in Kava many times families have to be away from home to be close to a sick child or loved one and there are no places for these families to stay while waiting for the sick person. Kava does not have much to offer but with help of a business that can give back and help bring the community together, Kava may have more to offer everyone. I work for McDonald's. We are a worldwide franchise fast-food restaurant providing people all over the world with quality food and customer service. McDonald's has been working alongside with local charities to help communities regroup after a natural disaster by providing food and support to the members of the community. Crew members of McDonald's offer to help clean up houses or entertain children so the families do not feel so impacted by the disaster. McDonald's...
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...or sexual preference. But somehow it is ok to categorize responsible, law abiding citizens who hunt and own firearms as violent criminals. " (Lapierre) Though for me hunting goes much deeper than that, growing up on a ranch, waking up before the crack of dawn, devouring a plate of hot grits, wrapping a biscuit in foil and shoving it in my pocket and making my way through the trees and undergrowth to my favorite deer blind was just like for most people going to the supermarket. The only difference being I knew what I was eating, "in this day and age, we are detached from the realities of where our food comes from" (Lapierre). So for me it is difficult to understand how "it is acceptable to pay someone to kill the cows, pigs and chickens we purchase at the supermarket" (Lapierre) but then for me to do it myself is wrong. While many animals spend their lives in cramped cages these animals roamed free and were left in their natural habitat. Without hunter there to regulate the wild game populations we would be losing one of our most valuable resources to starvation. Hunting not only provides a source of food, but for me a way to bond with my father. We would wake up extra early the opening day of deer season, pile on clothes until we looked like camouflaged Michellan men and would then waddle, bows in tow, to seek out our first target. I have never seen my father so proud as the...
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