...Hurricane Andrew's Devastation on Florida & Louisiana No one knew that August 24th, 1992 would change the way hurricanes are viewed from here on out. Hurricane Andrew to this day, is still known as one of the costliest and most devastating hurricanes of all time. Hurricane Andrew devastated mainly Florida and Louisiana, and with its powerful winds it destroyed or severely damaged many homes and lives in these states. It took many years to recover after this hurricane, but without the help of emergency managers and organizations recovery efforts would have been at a complete standstill. To briefly understand what occurred during and after this disaster, one must view topics such as how emergency managers dealt with; the media, how they assessed...
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...Hurricane Irma did lots of damage to the Caribbean islands and Florida. Monster Hurricane Irma Makes Its Presence Felt In The Caribbean and Florida,this article is written by Kim Bussing. This article is from DOGO News. I know this is a relible source because I got it from my teacher Mrs.Van Valkgenburg. Florida was first hit in the Florida Keys with a catogory 4 hurricane. Hurricane Irma caused lots of property damage. For example, it caused flooding, damage to homes, and vehicle damage.This destruction went across the Caribbean and Florida. Some roads got damaged, which made it hard for people to drive to there homes to check on there vehicles and property. Lots of people, including my family and I, lost power. Electricians are still...
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...and suggest a daily, simple and environmentally friendly life style and routine.The paper discusses the inflation of hurricanes intensity resulting from high temperature, which based on climate change phenomena. Through the last years, our earth has experienced a rise in the number and in the intensity of hurricanes. The impacts that these hurricanes lefts behind is enormous to human, environment, and economy. Preventing hurricanes from appearing is impossible, but by reducing the earth's temperature we can reduce hurricane's intensity, which can be by using the education, technology,...
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...Christopher Roberts April 29, 2015 93174/Man 3583 Class Project The Disaster Relief Project of Post- Hurricane Katrina On August 29, 2005 the levees broke and started the flooding of the city with depths of more than 10 feet of water in some places. The category 4 storm had already taken its toll on the city. The head of DHS Michael Chertoff waited a total of 24 hours after receiving knowledge that the levees were breached to make the designation that hurricane Katrina was a "incident of national significance--requiring an extensive and well-coordinated response by federal, state, local tribal and nongovernmental authorities to save lives, minimize damage and provide the basis for long-term community and economic recovery." What followed this statement was a project management failure of catastrophic measures. I believe there are 4 major project management failures that could have been handled differently by local, state, and FEMA- communication, planning, leadership, and execution. FEMA, Local, and State officials failed to plan for events like this, they failed to communicate with each other during/after the event, they failed to show leadership, and they failed to execute any of the plans presented in a timely manner (one of which was to provide the trapped residents of the city basic needs of food and water). Given that New Orleans is essentially a bowl by being that about half of the city and surrounding areas are above sea level and the other half is up to 6 feet...
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...katrinaOn Monday August 29th, 2005 one of the most devastating natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina, hit near New Orleans, Louisiana and caused more than 9,000 confirmed casualties and $96 billion in damage. The lack of communication, cooperation, confusion, being able to share responsibilities and other factors made this chaotic event even more chaotic when the affected areas were trying to recover from the storm. A storm in which Louisiana just wasn't prepared for. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency made to reduce the loss of life and property, and protect the nation from hazards of all kinds through preparedness, protection, response and recovery. They were involved in helping with the recovery of Hurricane Katrina. However 13 months before the hurricane hit FEMA started a simulation plan called Hurricane Pam that if they would have finished would have been very helpful in the recovery process. FEMA still helped out at they could through. They were constantly working 24 hour shifts and having 25 search and rescue teams out helping. They only have 2,600 people involved in FEMA, so they had most of their workers out helping FEMA was also big on respecting those who died from the storm. They put in huge efforts in trying to recover dead bodies and respecting the dead by asking the media not taking pictures of those who passed. Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was put in charge for a while until Michael Chertoff removed him from being in...
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...Devastated, confused, panicked, outraged, and frightened. Undoubtedly, these words describe just a handful of emotions experienced by the victims of Hurricane Katrina during and in the days following its horrific landfall on the cities of Louisiana, Mississippi, and their neighboring states. Although not often viewed as such, authorities in positions slated to respond to the disastrous effects Katrina were a second type of victim of the hurricane. They were victims in authoritative positions who experienced the same feelings of dread and fear only to have it compounded by the knowledge that they were responsible to react and respond to the dread and fear of the masses. Using principles of critical thinking to describe how I would imagine being an authority figure expected to respond to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina is a daunting task. For my opinions and thoughts to not be considered as “biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced” (Our Concept), thinking, especially when much of the reference material provided for the writing assignment could be interpreted as such, is challenging. It is understandable, however, how that type of thinking played out during the storm and its aftermath; how the actions of those in authority in the spur of the moment affected the overall outcome of the disaster because of the sheer enormity of it all. Clearly, had they had the luxury of time to think by “skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing”...
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...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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...Hurricane Wilma November 24, 2015 Geology 1401 Introducion: Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons, these cyclonic storms are known by many names but are all born from the same mechanism: low pressure systems. Also known as depressions. Thankfully, most hurricanes form only during hurricane season, which is from June 1st to November 30th. Within this season about 85 percent of the most intense hurricanes and 60 percent of minor Atlantic tropical storms and hurricanes originate from African easterly waves (NOAA Cyclone Report). These waves, which have a wavelength of 2000 to 2500 kilo-meters, originate close to or from the highlands of Ethiopia, Africa. Not all easterly waves become hurricanes, but the ones that do travel through Africa thousands of miles in the direction of the Atlantic Ocean. On the way to the Atlantic Ocean these waves transform into a cluster of thunder storms. Once these clusters reach the Atlantic Ocean, the warm humid air from the sea allows them to expand while also escalating their intensity. Due to wind direction and the Coriolis Effect the thunder storm begins to rotate along its centre, forming a tropical depression. As the circular rotations of a tropical depression become progressively more organized, they form a tropical storm. By this point, the heat of the ocean only serves to intensify the power of a tropical storm. The moment winds within reach 119 kilo-meters per hour or more, is the storm then defined as a hurricane....
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...The Start of Hurricane Season The start of hurricane season, from June 1st to the end of November, is approaching. Last season we, as a country, saw how hurricanes impacted Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico. Red Cross volunteers dispatched to four southern states to try and aid in the recovery by mobilizing resources and help residents impacted by the storms. For hurricane Irma victims, the Red Cross provided over 550,000 overnight shelter stays, 1.5 million meals and snacks, and provide 52,600 health and mental health services! Similarly, with Hurricane Harvey, the Red Cross provided immediate financial assistance to more than 575,000 households, 4.5 million meals in Texas and Louisiana, provided 435,000 overnight shelters, and offered 127,000 mental health services to those affected. However, even with...
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...morning, 29 August 2005, this is a day most New Orleans residents will never forget. This was the day a category 5 hurricane named Katrina made its catastrophic debut to the Gulf Coast region and killed over 1,300 people. (The White House, 2006, p. 1) After it was all said and done, the nation was shocked at the events that unfolded in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi and people were left wondering, “What went wrong?” National Geographic reported that the storm originated about a week earlier, 23 August, in the Caribbean and worked its up from the Bahamas making landfall Thursday, 25 August, in Miami. Winds at this time were 75-80 mph making it a category 1 hurricane causing some tree damage and killing two people. (Drye, 2005) The storm lost strength for a little while but once it hit the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, it rapidly gained momentum and before long reached wind speeds up to 175 mph making it a category 5 hurricane. On Sunday, 28 August, New Orleans mayor, Ray Nagin, issued a mandatory evacuation order. Roughly 24 hrs later, the full strength of Katrina slammed into New Orleans and Biloxi. (Drye, 2005) Local and state emergency managers are responsible for coming up with a plan of action for different hazardous situations. Once a situation gets overwhelming for those levels of management, federal assistance is then requested. Prior to Hurricane Katrina’s arrival, various local emergency management agencies (LEMAs), such as local fire, police, and emergency...
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...On August 29th, 2005 an extremely destructive and deadly cyclone by the name of Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States, causing a great deal of damage in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi where many homes were destroyed and many families had to evacuate from their homes and look for shelter. About more than 1,836 people died from this tragedy and about millions were left homeless and 800,000 housing units were tarnished. Hurricane Katrina has become known as one of the worst Hurricanes in American history and has surpassed other Hurricanes in recent years such as Hurricane Sandy and Hurricane Harvey. Hurricane Katrina had a lasting effect on the states that were damaged psychologically and ecologically that it took them a very long to fully recover. Also, it made such a huge impact that it led people to become more alert and cautious on how to protect themselves....
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...When there is a hurricane, people may see it on the TV, or hear about it from someone they know. How does that make people feel? Does it make people feel like they should go out there, and help the people who are in need? Hurricanes have the capability to occur at any point in time. Hurricanes are a rotating tropical storm that happen when a lot of sea water evaporates, and the air temperature is around twenty-seven degrees. As individuals come together, they work as a team to help the hurricane victims, and bring supplies from all over to help those in need. They also try to do whatever they can to find the people that might be trapped or injured. Being in a situation like a hurricane is something no one would want to go through, so it is important to have hurricane responders to help the affected victims. By becoming a hurricane responder, these volunteers can help hurricane victims by helping rebuild their homes, providing medical services, and helping...
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...seven years ago, one of the deadliest hurricanes struck the United States on the early morning of August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina was an extraordinary powerful hurricane that took the lives of several people, and it is considered the third deadliest hurricane to ever strike the country on top of being the costliest. Devastation spread throughout the central Gulf Coast as people from the affected areas evacuated their cities in hopes that they would have a home and a place to work when they returned. Katrina made landfall at three different locations, but its impact was seen all throughout the world as people came together to restore the destruction created by the storm. For the past 30 years, inland flooding has been the primary cause of hurricane-related fatalities with fatalities due to strong winds not far behind. Most hurricanes can produce a rainfall of least 6-12 inches, or 15-30 centimeters. Inland residents have to be cautious of slow-moving storms (NG). From its center, Katrina spread over 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, and is the largest hurricane of its strength to have ever struck the United States. It is recorded as the third strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States and named sixth as the strongest hurricane ever recorded. Out of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina was the 11th named storm as well as the 5th hurricane and second Category 5 hurricane (DISCOVERY). The Saffir-Simpson scale measures hurricane intensity by placing them in categories...
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...documentary about the disastrous flooding of New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina in a different viewpoint. While mass media describes the flood as well as the hurricane as a natural disaster, Shearer claims that the flooding was actually a man-made disaster, not a natural one; and the film contains comprehensive investigations with scientific data to support the claim. “The Big Uneasy” emphasize on the ineffective design and maintenance of the flood-protection system as well as the engineering structure of Mississippi River’s waterway in the city. Severe environmental damages due to poor infrastructural planning also ruin the natural flood barrier of the region. Furthermore, these problems are supported...
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...Short Essay on Hurricanes Terry Sims Physical Science 210-B12 LUO Professor Megan Taylor February 24, 2014 Short Essay on Hurricanes Introduction: A devastating event that forms over water where the heat from the water fuels the intensity of the storm is called a hurricane, a tropical storm, a cyclone, or low pressure storm. These storms form over the oceans of the world and are fed off the heat that rises from the warmer waters of the world. They all have a very distinct shape, and it appears like a cloudy white donut. The tighter the circle, the more clearly the eye is defined and easily shows the power and intensity of the storm. General Overview: A hurricane is a storm system that is defined as, “a tropical storm with winds that have reached a constant speed of 74 miles per hour or more.” (Louisiana Homeland Security) These storms are dangerous in several ways. Hurricanes have torrential rains, dangerous winds, raging storm surges, and many tornadoes directly associated with the power of the hurricanes. A hurricane is also directed by the steering currents from the jet stream. They can last for weeks to a month depending on the speed and how fast they make landfall. The mountainous terrain is a hurricane killer and will prevent a storm from strengthening. A hurricane starts as a tropical storm or tropical depression. These systems are almost exclusively in tropical parts of the world, and the formation predominantly travels over oceans and...
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