Global Warming and Hurricane Katrina INT 1- Task 1 What is Global Warming? — Global Warming is the rise in temperatures we are currently experiencing on this planet. It is projected to continue with devastating effects on the environment. — Since 1880 the average temperature around the world has risen 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit. (NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies) — The 1980’s and 1990’s were the hottest decades in the last 400 according to a number of climate studies — The beginning
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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
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These Hurricanes were categorized as the largest national emergencies in the history of the American Red Cross. First, there was Hurricane Katrina which hit New Orleans on August 23, this storm was known to be the most costly hurricane in history. Then Hurricane Rita hit Louisiana and Texas one month later and was said to be larger than Hurricane Katrina. The American Red Cross brought in donations of more than $2 billion in private
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Hop artists utilized Hurricane Katrina to point out social injustices that remain in our country. What is Trauma? My definition of trauma is that it is a painful event that creates a lasting effect on someone. It can be physical, mental or emotional. The painful event can be either man-made or natural. An example of a man-made traumatic event would be the attack on 9/11 which killed thousands of people. An example of a natural, traumatic event would be Hurricane Katrina, which also killed many
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John Finken February 29, 2012 Informative Essay – Draft 1 Humans Contribution to Climate Change Over the past 50 years scientific research has shown the ways in which human activity has caused or contributed to climate change. Research all over the world points to the ways humans have caused climate change: the emission of excessive greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide from human industrial, residential and transportation sources into the earth’s atmosphere, exploding population causing
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at all for really any major hurricane. They had done a practice hurricane the season before hurricane Katrina and it was only a category 3 hurricane. That hurricane did massive amounts of damage and had over 60,000 people dead. The city officials all got together and viewed the information and even discussed it, but never did anything about it. One guy from the video said something on how New Orleans had dodged bullets in previous years on other big hurricanes. If the city knew that, then
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Covering Katrina “Let people know the facts and the country will be safe” - Abraham Lincoln. Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural and subsequently man-made disasters of the year 2005 Katrina and its aftermath has gone down in history as one of the governments worst response to a domestic emergency. As a way of giving understanding to the search and rescue aspect of Katrina, The Times- Picayune printed a guide to the spray painted markings on people’s homes. Each aspect of the X marking
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adjective, verb, etc.) and other notes | On the way to school, Kathy and her daughters listen to radio news about Katrina, which has now been upgraded to a Category 1 Hurricane | Page | Raise to a higher standard, in particular improve by adding or replacing components.EX. And an expensive hardware upgrade may not help either | (Verb) | Kathy also calls with her worries about Katrina, but Zeitoun remains unperturbed. His father Mahmoud, a sailor in his youth, always survived. | | Not perturbed
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prepared in the event of a disaster Predicting dangerous tornadoes, hurricanes, winter storms, and floods are now unerring and facile. We can tell in advance if a giant wave will hit our seashores. Nevertheless, in spite of the forewarning, Americans still suffer great losses during these disasters, most of which are due to inadequate preparations. Hurricane Harvey, the largest storm to hit the United States since Hurricane Katrina, blew into the Texas coast. Over 200 000 households and approximately
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The nonfiction novel, Zeitoun, written by Dave Eggers, involves a Syrian American, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, who was determined to stay and aid survivors in New Orleans after the catastrophe of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun faced discrimination and was imprisoned after being accused of being a terrorist. Aside from the novel, the present day Zeitoun had been cleared of charges with the, “solicitation of first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder of his ex-wife” (Martin). Even though the nonfiction
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