...Climate change is very challenging topic. Predicting the weather and possible outcomes in the weather can most times be a little tricky. It is often frustrating to see the weather not turn out like they said it could be. I think climate change is a challenging subject that deserves to be expressed about. Horrifying climate changes can destroy multiple things whether it relate to your own life or not. Louisiana is a major state going through many rough patches. Its state is not only struggling with climate change, but with the number of people who support them from different states. Louisiana went through a terrible flood. Many lost homes and couldn’t afford to fix the pay. This particular event took place even out of the predicted flood zones...
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...Elliott, Director of Policy and Planning Programs, ALIVE From: Jessica Fisch Date: September 25, 2014 Re: Topic Proposal Coastal Louisiana is losing ground. Since the 1930s, the state has lost 1,880 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of the state of Delaware and equating to the loss of 25 to 35 square miles per year. Up to an additional 1,750 square miles stand to be lost if no action is taken, and Louisiana’s wetlands will disappear in 200 years at the current rate of loss. Both human and natural causes are responsible, including the altering of natural hydrology through construction of canals, the dredging and filling of land for agriculture and development, sea level rise, and tropical storms and hurricanes....
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...intellectual growth and maturity. What Tidwell says about time in Louisiana, however, conflicts with the previously quoted description because “In Louisiana, the opposite is true: since that day a year ago… the state has lost 17,845 more acres of land” (291). This chilling statistic prevents us from accepting time as a natural healer and leads us to believe that it is, in fact, the most influential factor in the loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, fishing industry, and Cajun heritage. In Tidwell’s Bayou Farewell, evidence suggests the state’s failure to anticipate the problems from leveeing of the Mississippi River, the unintended consequences of the levees and mechanical drudging, and an overall attitude of denial are the main contributing factors in the destruction of Louisiana’s wetlands. The most pressing problem overlooked by the engineers responsible for building the Mississippi River levees is the lack of nutrients deposited into the land surrounding the river during floods. The Mississippi River carries sediments and soil from all over the country downstream where it eventually empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Along its route, the river deposited sediment that reinforced the surrounding land as well as creating new land. One estimate suggests that before leveeing, the Mississippi deposited an average of 85 million tons of sediments across coastal Louisiana and the wetlands each year. Parts of Louisiana, especially New Orleans, already lie below sea level. Increased erosion...
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...August 25, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana, killing 1,836 people third deadliest hurricane in the United States history. A town that sits below sea level never stands a chance of levee embankment not able to withstand the overflow of a flood from a river. When New Orleans Louisiana was founded in construction of the levee along the river began, and more extensive levee was built as the city grew. The barriers were erected to prevent seasonal flooding. Katrina was formed in the Atlantic and had reach a Category 5 status, it was described as the worst disaster of all times, hurricanes are formed in the tropics and required consistent heat to exist. Many scientists believe that global warming was partially responsible for the massive force hurricane Katrina threw out. Although there is considerable argument over how climate change will affect certain ecosystem, it is still believed that climate change causes major shifts in the distribution and ecosystem species. After reviewing the Katrina hurricane situation scientists and engineers research its alignment with national needs, the National Hurricane Research Initiative (NHRI) concluded that the United States must be engaged in a research initiative to expand the understanding of hurricane and determine some more effective’s strategies for dealing with the issue. Presently hurricanes are not obsolete researchers need to understand the complexities between hurricanes and climate. Modern shields...
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...The land of Louisiana has been created over thousands of years. Through the Mississippi River, sediment has made its way down to the gulf to build up and create the land we stand upon today. However, when more people settled, they had to find a way to stop the spring floods of the river. For over 280 years, the New Orleanians struggled with this issue. When the river was swollen, the fear of the town being submerged was ubiquitous. The Mississippi river changes course because of a distributary that has a shorter route to the gulf. Sometimes, the meanders in the river become very looped turns due to the land getting eroded between the turn. Soon enough, the turn is cut off and becomes what is called an oxbow lake. In 10,000 years, the Mississippi...
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...All efforts to corral the Mississippi River have been successful at protecting the highly populated regions of southern Louisiana since the 1930s, but now the state is feeling the repercussions of confining a mighty river to a narrow, rigid path. Mike Tidwell’s Bayou Farewell deals with the effects of the Mississippi River’s confinement most directly through Tidwell seeing the land loss from the levees and lack of floodplains, then detailing further the history of the river and how this ecosystem has come to react to human intervention. Sadly, it seems that we have created our own problems. The combination of “10,000 miles” of canals cut through the marsh by big oil companies, like Chevron and BP, and the erosion from the wakes of the boating and fishery industries has laid a beating to the marshes and bayous along the Louisiana coastline (Budreau). Without any replenishment from the Mississippi River, it has sadly eroded to a mere “25% of the total wetlands that made up [coastal Louisiana back] in 1932” (Couvillion). The Mississippi River had always been a free-flowing force of...
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...has experienced some of the most devastating natural and artificial catastrophes such as The Dust Bowl of the 1930’s and the September 11 terror attack by the Al-Qaida terror network among others. In the case of Hurricane Katrina, the human factor contributed to both the deadliest and costliest hurricane to impact the city of New Orleans. A city that is known to be the birth place of Jazz and the yearly celebration of Mardi Gras has unfortunately inherited a new chain of thought as the city that went underwater. Hurricane Katrina was the third strongest land hurricane and the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. The hurricane is approximated to have affected more than 1.5 million individuals in the states of Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama, which contributed to the loss of billions of dollars in damages and job losses caused by the hurricane. The city of New Orleans was the most affected because it stood directly in Katrina’s path and although it is impossible to stop a naturally occurring event from occurring, it is not impossible to limit the damage that it inflicts. The failures of the United States government to respond in time to avert further loss contributed to making Hurricane Katrina a manmade catastrophe which resulted in the collapse of the New Orleans Levee systems, delayed an inadequate response by the state and federal government and allowed anarchy to engulf the city New Orleans and then rippling onto the communication breakdown at all...
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...forecasted persistent rain and flash flood warnings for Orleans Parish for Sunday" as the reason for the cancellation. After a rainy Saturday night with performances by artists such as Ozzy Ozborne, day three was expected to be the pinnacle of the weekend featuring Deadmau5, Post Malone and many more. Festival participant Cynthea Corfah described the cancellation as devastating news when she saw the announcement on Twitter. “It was supposed to be a rain or shine event,” Corfah said. “People had mentally prepared themselves that it was going to be wet, muddy and rainy, but it still wouldn’t matter. We just wanted to go.” Corfah said she felt the rain added to experience and explained that seeing everyone in a Halloween costume made it more exciting. She also recalled there was only mud and no lightning that Saturday. While refunds will be issued for the day, fans and performers took to twitter to find venues for artists to perform. Corfah said, day three performer Chance the Rapper was in the French Quarter watching a magic show. “It looked like he didn’t know what he was going to do with himself,” Corfah said. The festival cancellation isn’t the first problem with Louisiana weather this year. On Sept. 5 lightning strikes canceled the first LSU home football game since World War I. Baton Rouge streets also flooded from excess rainfall on Oct. 25, leaving students stranded from their homes and parked cars sitting in in the flood water. LSU student Austin Hebert...
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...Before 1835, the inmates were housed in a vermin infested jail in New Orleans (Angola Museum, n.d.). In that same year, the first Louisiana State Penitentiary was built. The penitentiary was built on the corner of sixth and Laurel Streets in Baton Rouge using a plan similar to a prison in Wethersfield, Connecticut (Angola Museum, n.d.). In 1844, the penitentiary and the inmates were leased to the private firm of McHatton Pratt (Angola Museum, n.d.). During the Civil War union Troops occupied the penitentiary. Then in1869 the lease was given to a Confederate Major by the name of Samuel James. The James Family was in charge of the Louisiana Corrections for the next 31 years (Angola Museum, n.d.). In 1880, Major James bought an eight thousand...
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...Over 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...
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...Jason Coleman 06-11-12 New Orleans Recommendation Paper The Case For, or Against, New Orleans Management Decision Models B6025 Dr. Usha Dasari We will look at many factors in our case for rebuilding or not rebuilding New Orleans. This recommendation will be reviewed by state and local governments for their decision. We will perform a Cost-Benefit Analysis which will represent the residents of New Orleans, the residents of the surrounding floods plains, the Mayor of New Orleans, and the federal government represented by FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and the taxpayers. We will look at scenario models, risk management, and decision trees to support our decisions and analysis. This natural disaster took an enormous toll on the residents of New Orleans. Over 1200 lives were lost and countless injuries were suffered. The loss of revenue from the shutdown of businesses, loss of homes and possessions of residents caused much pain and human suffering. We will conclude with an executive summary which will summarize our decision for or against rebuilding of New Orleans. Prior to the hurricane New Orleans was a tourism magnet. The city offered many restaurants, festivals, and great weather. These positives made tourism a thriving market. Other boons for the economy of New Orleans were the mining, transportation, and warehousing along its waterways. More products came through this port than any other port in the world. There are many colleges in the area than add...
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...[Type the company name] | Louisiana Wetlands | HORT Professionalism Spring 2012 | | Travis Gabourel | 5/7/2012 | | The Louisiana's wetlands are a vital habitat for many types of plants and animals. They provide stopover grounds for millions of migratory birds and homes for many endangered species. The wetlands are an intergral part of our ecosystem, and the world’s ecosystem. There are 2 main types of wetlands in louisna these are swamped wetlands (forested) , and marsh wetlands. Although these areas make up a very small percentage of the land found in the USA, Southern Louisiana contains 40-45% of the wetlands found in the lower states. This is because Louisiana is the drainage gateway for the Gulf Of Mexico called the Lower Mississippi Regional Watershed . The Lower Mississippi Regional Watershed drains more than 24 million in seven states from southern Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. This is why the wetlands of this area are important at a national scale. Wetlands are extremely valuable to society. Wetlands can decrease flooding , remove pollutants from water , recharge groundwater, protect shorelines, provide habitat for wildlife , and serve important recreational and cultural functions. Taken as a whole, it is estimated that the aggregate value of services generated by wetlands throughout the world is $4.9 trillion per year. The swamps and marshes of coastal Louisiana help support the State’s more than $1 billion per year seafood industry. Economists...
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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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...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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...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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