• During the flood following Hurricane Katrina, I was ordered to patrol a section of the downtown area in order to prevent looting. The water is waist high in some places, and sections of blocks are, many places are inundated with floodwater. While passing by a shop I noticed the plate-glass window had been busted out and inside were dozens of people leaving the shop with handfuls of clothing in their arms. The stolen items that the individuals are carrying out will be written off and covered by
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HRM Incident 1: 1. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM 2. I believe it will be typical to a disaster because, like in the case of 9/11, the unanticipated event can change the way things have been until that point and there is a situation of uncertainty
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News, Hurricane Irma has destroyed buildings and caused major flooding on several French island territories in the Caribbean. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb had mentioned that there are four main solid buildings located in Saint Martin, shared by France and the Netherlands. The four “main solid” buildings were destroyed by hurricane Irma. Unbelievable! As of now there is still more damaged being reported in the Dutch section. Hurricane Irma is a category five hurricane. A hurricane at category
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Category 3 Atlantic hurricane will secondary impacts on the land. In fact, the impacts along the Louisiana path were lesser and even compared to the category two of the Atlantic hurricanes with a relatively lower damage on the property. Weather forecasting on Hurricane Andrew
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A Gender Comparison of Resiliency among Older African American Katrina Survivors Name Institution Date A Gender Comparison of Resiliency among Older African American Katrina Survivors The hurricane Katrina is rated the fifth most deadly hurricane in the history of the United States. The period of the hurricane witnessed massive destruction of property besides lost of lives. In addition to thee various forms of loss that became manifested in the period of the menace, a number of cases
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| 4 earthquakes | 2012 | 10kmwest of moe Victoria onshore | 5 cyclones | 2006 | Far north queensland | Part:B international natural disasters. The disaster I have chosen is the “hurricane Ivan” that happened in Windward Islands (especially occurred by and Ivan is one of these hurricanes. The way that hurricane Ivan affected the environment in the states was for example the destruction of the habitat of animals, oil spills and chemicals into the oceans , seas , rivers and even into the clean
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The second hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall along the coasts of Mississippi and Louisiana shortly before midnight on August 17th. Named Hurricane Camille, the tropical cyclone was one of the strongest to strike mainland in the United States during the twentieth century. Hurricane Camille was also the second most intense and the third deadliest hurricane recorded in the United States. The Category 5 weather event caused approximately 250 deaths and billions of dollars
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1. Which external environment factors did hurricane rita affect . Discuss. The Human resource function was affected by Hurricane Rita on the following maters: The external environment has been changed due to an unanticipated event that had direct influence on the Labor market, Competition & Custumer and there for it influence the 5 functional areas of the HRM. Perhaps the longest-lasting impact of Hurricane Katrina was its environmental damage that, in real terms, has mainly to do with public
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“Hello there I’m Mario Blanco and I’m here today in south florida because ‘Hurricane Andrew had humble beginnings, starting as a tropical wave off the west coast of Africa on Aug. 14, 1992,’ and today we have our scientist figuring out how hurricane Andrew happened.” said news reporter Mario Blanco “The hurricane made landfall near Homestead in the early morning hours of Aug. 24, 1992.’Warnings of Hurricane Andrew’s arrival led to massive evacuations across Florida, Louisiana and Texas. In South
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1) How were the human resource functions affected by Hurricane Rita? . All of the five functions were affected by Hurricane Rita greatly. HR made sure that they got on the aftermath right away. The first function is staffing, they had people on the job right away to pick up all of the trees that had been knocked on to people's houses, lots, and businesses. Also, repair crews were working on the recovery process, repairing roofs especially. Secondly, HRD, people of businesses had to get new workers
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