my AP English class, we read a book called Zeitoun, written by best-selling author, Dave Eggers. Eggers tells the true story of a Muslim American, Zeitoun, and how he and his family endure cruel treatment from racial prejudices post 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina. Eggers paints Zeitoun as a heroic and admirable man. However, after the book was released, it was revealed that Zeitoun was not really the man Eggers made him out to be. In an article written by Victoria Patterson, we learn that Zeitoun was
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that will be covered are Orleans and Jefferson Parish. The cities involved will be New Orleans, Metairie and Kenner. In 2006, New Orleans had an estimate of 223,388 citizens. The figure for New Orleans is low based on the year before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and devastated the city. A great number of citizens left the city and the state. In 2010, Jefferson Parish had 432,552 citizens. The state of Louisiana in 2010 had 4,533,372 citizens. Of the citizens that live in Jefferson
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psychological, community and personal impacts could be worse, as people thinks about the disaster which has happen. People are becoming more and more hopeless and feeling helpless, people are feeling frantic and overwhelmed. This is worse than Hurricane Katrina. There is already more post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more problem with domestic violence, threats of suicide and alcohol and drugs. The Impact to the
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shows at times are very unrealistic, I think medical-drama television shows such as “SCRUBS” and “ER” can actually promote nursing in some ways. Episodes about doctors and nurses’ heroic efforts to save or help out victims in natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, etc.) and accidents (car, fire, etc.) can promote a positive image for the profession. When I was a young kid, I was inspired to become like one of those television nurses and doctors so I can help people! Watching TV was probably
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clouds which are associated with thunderstorms. Condensation reactions release latent heat, consequently increasing the energy resulting in more powerful wind speeds, thus resulting in pushing the storm up to 10km above sea level. At the top of the hurricane, the cooling air spreads outwards, creating a thick canopy of clouds. Furthermore, due to the low pressure at sea level created by the position of the sun, it draws in denser colder air from above the storm and surrounding areas. Finally, high pressure
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countries. No matter what our thoughts about her claims might be, we cannot ignore the fact that calamities like the attack to NYC in 2011, the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the AH1N1 pandemic and let us not forget the devastation of New Orleans by hurricane Katrina, were used as mere business opportunities by American companies. These companies try to profit even if it means taking advantage of pitiful situations. The terrible events occurred during the September 11 attacks in NYC, no matter if they
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the nurses interacting with the patients, they show about HIPPA laws, when you see them talking about patient confidentiality they do it in privacy. The news shows the media how hard working the nurses are in emergency situations such as hurricane Katrina, hurricane Sandy. In an article that I read people were interviewed about how they viewed RN’s. And 77% of the people interviewed stated that nurses had a positive impact in their lives, gave them a great respect for the profession, that nurses work
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Effects of Trauma on Clients and Counselors 1 The Effects of Trauma on Clients and Counselors :Week Eight Application Tonya James Walden University Manmade disasters and trauma causing events, such as hurricanes and suicide are events that have challenged the counseling community to learn more about how these events affect everyone involved (Digman and Ginter, 1995). None is exempt from experiencing either of these traumatic events. These events affect
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disaster of Hurricane Sandy that devastated north east portion of the United States, specifically New York and New Jersey; has called for the services of emergency response units for response. Even to this day, thousands of people are without electricity and heat in their homes; others are homeless because their homes were destroyed by the wind, fire, and the Atlantic Ocean. Mitigation and having a Contingency Plan is important to help prevent high numbers of loss of life. When Hurricane Sandy came
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of what was left to make of their lives. What were once their homes was nothing more now than a swamp of Death, a gravesite of family, friends, and the death of their pride. The Danger was no longer imminent the time on the clock expired; Katrina had hit the shore with a vengeance, and left with no intention on covering her tracks. She unleashed her fury on the morning of august 29, 2005 with no mercy insight. The time for evacuation had come and gone. For the thousands that heeded the warnings
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