...Dwayne Ryder Jr. Environmental Science Mr. Washington Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. The storm is currently ranked as the third most intense United States land falling tropical cyclone, behind only the 1935 Labor Day hurricane and Hurricane Camille in 1969 (Shah, 2005). In this paper I will tell you about some majors things hurricane Katrina effected such as communication failures and levee failures. It also caused major border lost to certain states all the way up to Mississippi (Tihansky, 2005) . Last but not least hurricane Katrina also caused...
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...of a tragedy, a number that represents the preventable innocent deaths caused by the Hurricane Katrina disaster. The key word is preventable. In natural disasters, death tends to be inevitable, however the death toll of hurricane Katrina was not supposed to be as drastic as it was. Between the major levees falling after being neglected and not updated after continuous warning, to the lack of action to prepare even with knowledge a year prior to the hurricane, the event that took place after hurricane katrina were clearly...
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...Being a child, you have so many thoughts rushing through your head. I was heartbroken, and for the first time in my life, I experienced what it meant to lose everything you ever known and had. I knew what absolute despair felt like, and what many people don’t realize Hurricane Katrina was one of the more unexpected Hurricanes. Unlike Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Katrina didn’t allow people time to evacuate. Due to no agencies helping, evacuation of New Orleans failed, and they had already predicted the city would be totaled by...
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...Yesterday, on August 29,2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana. This hurricane mostly hit the Gulf of Mexico and the southern part of the United States. Hurricane Katrina started in the Bahamas as a tropical storm on August 23, 2005. There were many strong winds that got up to 140 miles per hour in Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina costed up to over 80,000 dollars in total. There was about 1,500 deaths from this hurricane. After the hurricane hit, the population of Louisiana went down by a quarter of a million. This hurricane mostly hit the Gulf of Mexico and the southern part of the United States. The states that were most affected by Hurricane Katrina were Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, and Alabama. The worst state that was hit was Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina also hit Florida, but it wasn't as bad as the rest, when it went over Florida, it was more like a storm....
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...Overview of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest disasters in the United States, affecting over 90,000 square miles (230,000 km2) this size is almost same as the UK, and damaged many cities. About 1850 people died, and many survivors lost their houses. Katrina revealed many problems, especially an insufficient preparation and bad management. These factors might make the damage more serious. Many factors characterised Katrina as an example of a new type of complex disaster. Such a complex disaster was estimated before Katrina, and it had been named as “the New Orleans scenario”. Before Katrina, FEMA evaluated the New Orleans scenario as one of the most serious potential natural disasters. The first observation of Katrina...
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...Hurricane Katrina was a devastating storm, but not a lot of people know how it was born, how it turned into a hurricane, and how its life ended. Hurricane Katrina was first born over the waters of the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 (“Hurricane Katrina”¬¬¬¬). On the next day, it was officially declared a tropical storm and was given the name Tropical Storm Katrina (Caravantes 5). Soon after it was named, it went towards Florida and turned into a Category 1 hurricane on August 26 (Caravantes 7). By August 28, Katrina had become a Category 5 hurricane with 175mph winds (Zimmerman). Hurricane Katrina continued to move North, and as it reached the areas around the great lakes on August 31, it slowly turned back into a Category 1 hurricane; in less...
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...Trey Grimes English 1010 Professor Magrans Date Post-Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans During that calm, quiet time before any storm hits, the people of New Orleans and it’s surrouding areas prepared for a beating. Most citizens left the city in heed of the warnings sent out. As landfall came closer and closer, researchers began changing their predictions on how much rain they would get as well as the cripplng flood levels. Getting everyone evacuated from danger zones wasn’t as simple as it sounded. Many people wouldn’t leave due to sentimental reasons or they just simply didn’t want to let their home go. Following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans as a whole had to recover from; loss of property, death, record flood levels, and their stunned economy. The flooding that occured in New Orleans wasn’t anything meteorologists predicted. First, the levees that stood against the banks of swollen rivers, were built back in the 1960s. These decade old...
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...I face a lot of challenges when it comes to creating an acceptable paper. I have a negative outlook on my writing, I write a lot of cliche things, fragment sentences are my weakness, my vocabulary is poor, and I over think what is wanted from what I write. Struggling with this introduction, for instance, is one of my major weaknesses. A lot more work goes into it than there seems. I have to think “Did I capture the attention? Does my audience know where I’m going with this paper? Is it enough to make them curious to read more?” In the beginning of the semester, my introduction basically went straight into the paper like it was the first body paragraph. It was a confusing surprise. I’ve since worked on my introductions so they give more explanation toward the overall reason for the paper. Even if it’s not the best you’ve ever read, I’m more aware of why it’s not and that there are ways to strengthen it. I’d like to believe because of how self-aware I...
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...AAAAH! You look at the Tv which shows the news man. He begins to talk and you hear everyone outside screaming. Your frightened as you hear what the news man has to say. “Hurricane Katrina is here!” If your confused let me explain. Hurricane Katrina is a natural disaster that affects a lot of people. One of the most devastating attacks was in 2005. Though what I here to talk about is Hurricane KAtrina related to global warming. To firat answer this question we need to understand what global warming is. When certain gases are released they travel into our ozone. This causes heat to become trapped creating hotter weathers. It doesn’t stop there though. Global warming doesn’t just cause hotter weather, but causes extreme weather changes. An example...
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...Communication And Crisis Paper Samantha Kendrick HCS/320 October 8, 2012 Henny Breen Communication And Crisis Paper As the director contingency plans would be in place according to the emergency Management office. My job would be to make the decisions to make sure the right staff was on hand. Once the staff is countable with the contingency plan as a director, we would start contacting local agencies such as, Law Enforcement and Public works to establish how severe the contamination and how widespread is. Most of all determine the agent used and was prepared to have the necessary medications to combat the agent. I would be contacting poison control to assist I would hope to have a list of Military Doctors to assist with any advice with the agents who could have been used. Delegation would be key for the me as the director to have a sound staff to assist with the workload, tensions will be high during this time and very stressful and as a director. Potential advantages within the agency would be he or she would have already been surrounded by good members and are highly trained for any circumstance. The public would be a key factor in providing feedback and how severe the reaction is. Private sectors could be a resource such as news media, and public works. The water department would be key in testing the water ways and determine who is infected, as well I would notify the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of...
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...Order Title Name Institution Course Date Crisis plan Hurricane Katrina was considered as one of the most destructive disaster in the history of the U.S. The extent of damage and level of response during the occurrence of the crisis was a clear indication, that the government lacked management plans and procedures needed to mitigate the outcome. One of the plans that were put into action in the state of Mississippi was the use of the National Guard to enhance relief operations. This was part of the overall plan, the “National Response plan” (Dudley, 2006). This paper aims at evaluating strategies and situations during the occurrence of the Hurricane Katrina Natural Disaster. By so doing, workable strategies are highlighted and the reasons behind their use supported with due consideration to resource availability. The paper further presents an analysis of the Mississippi crisis plan whileexplaining the efficacy of elements selected for the “National Response Plan” consequently stating how the plan could be relevant in either Louisiana or Alabama.The paper summarizes by presenting missing elements. From the journal ‘After Katrina: Building back better than ever’ which is a report by James Barksdale who is the Chairman of the Governor’s Commission on Recovery, Building and Renewal, it is made rife that the ‘National Response Plan’ (NRP) was a workable strategy that provided a big boost to the disaster management efforts made by the American government (Governor's Commission on Recovery...
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...Orleans. I spent many years dodging hurricanes and massive Tropical storms but unfortunately one year my luck ran out. HURRICANE KATRINA: Satellite Images Confirm Aerosol Geoengineering and EM Modification of CAT-3 Storm Chemtrails The tropical depression that became Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and meteorologists were soon able to warn people in the Gulf Coast states that a major storm was on its way. By August 28, evacuations were underway across the region. That day, the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit, most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer. By the time Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans early in the morning on Monday, August 29, it had already been raining heavily for hours. When the storm surge (as high as 15 to 20 feet in some places) arrived, it overwhelmed many of the city’s unstable levees and drainage canals. Water seeped through the soil underneath some levees and swept others away altogether. By 9 a.m., low-lying places like St. Charles Parish (my home parish) and the Ninth Ward were under so much water that people had to scramble to attics and rooftops for safety. Eventually, nearly 80 percent of the city was under some quantity of water. Death, destruction, and terror all wrapped up in a beautiful satellite picture. Katrina hit my home state and caused the horrific scene that was plastered on everyone’s televisions. The memory of this event made me appreciate...
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...Housing market in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina Table of contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 2. Pre-Katrina situation ………………………..…………………………………..4 3. After-Katrina situation…………………………………………………………..6 4. Current situation New Orleans….………………………………………………8 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...…9 6. References…………………………………………………………………….….10 Introduction It is August 29th of 2005 when the United States of America is badly affected by one of history’s most catastrophic nature disasters. Hurricane Katrina hits the south of New Orleans and causes severe damage to this city. This second biggest hurricane in the entire history of America left 80 percent of New Orleans flooded, approximately 80 billion dollars of damage and more than 1800 killed civilians. Due to this disaster, New Orleans was almost completely destroyed including the residences of thousands of families. Not only were there economic enormous problems but also political questions rose by that time. The president by then, president Bush, came in discredit because of cutting in the federal funding which was protecting New Orleans. Since then a lot of things have actually changed but unfortunately, too late. Complete neighborhoods were removed from the map, people became homeless and moved to different places. The effects on the housing market in New Orleans were immense. Because of the effect hurricane Katrina had on the housing market in New Orleans...
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...University of Phoenix Sanaz Peykari Hcs/320 Dr. Baker Communication and Crisis Paper September 10, 2012 Communication and Crisis Paper 2 On August 28, 2005 a nuclear reactor that malfunctioned, in the Three Mile Island created a release of radiation into the environment which caused a crisis. However, it drew a lot of media and created concerns in the local area. There were traditional form of technology by which was used to notify the public, television networks and local radio stations were also used. Compared to the crisis that took place in 2005, Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the New Orleans area, immersing many parts of the city under water causing trauma to families, the strategy for communication that was used are the internet, which reached a greater number of the public. As a director of a regional Emergency Management office if I started receiving official reports that the public water supplies of several towns in the area have become exposed with a life-threatening biological agent, the strategy I would use to start a contingency plan that would address my organization and the public without creating panic would be to send an immediate email to all staff to attend an emergency, mandatory meeting. Employees who are unable to attend because of emergency...
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...businesses lost important records during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, however; “Until the overwhelming destruction of Hurricane Katrina occurred, most businesspeople never even thought about their records management needs” (Cadence Group, 2005, p. 1). However, record management must occur if businesses expect to maintain accurate records of transactions that occurred with customers, clients, or patients. Many organizations currently encourage electronic record storage because “Recent events have put a spotlight on the problems and heartache caused by not protecting your vital records from damage and loss” (Cadence Group, 2005, p. 1). Organizations face challenges when converting records to electronic format, however; credible information technology specialists oversee the process to ensure accuracy, integrity, and the ability to access, update, and retrieve records efficiently. During Hurricane Katrina Golf Coast Hospital in New Orleans, Louisiana, lost most of the patient records stored in the basement because of water damage on August 29, 2005. The 350-bed facility managed to implement measures allowing patients to obtain medical records to seek treatment at other medical facilities and to aid in the loss of life identifying process of patients who had medical records on file with the hospital. Golf Coast Hospital lacked the proper resources to fully ensure EMR record safety before the hurricane. However, Hurricane Katrina sparked a revelation throughout the country to implement...
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