and sea level rise. My grandfather on my mother’s side lives in Louisiana and so does majority of my family. I used to go there every summer to visit my grandfather and almost every time it rained the street would flood as if there had just been a hurricane. August of 2005 is a period of time that I will never forget. It might have been one of the worst things I’ve ever experienced and it still kind of affects me to this day. Me and my mother went to Louisiana for a family reunion which rarely happened
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Hurricane Maria is one of the most devastating hurricanes humans have ever faced. Its damage is estimated to cost billions and the island is still not done repairing the damages. The destruction its caused has left most of the island without power, water, food, or proper medical care. The relief effort for Puerto Rico has been sturdy but very slow. At its current recovery rate, it will take years for the residents of Puerto Rico to function properly again. Puerto Rico was already a struggling island
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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
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Pagan Troy University Abstract Natural disasters come fast and leave fast but the communities are left with long and difficult injuries. They can be physical, monetary, family structure, and mental injuries and they do not leave along with the hurricane or ease up quickly like the earthquake, they stay around leaving many in need of multiple services. Communities are not ready most of the time and crisis intervention models have been created along the way in the aftermath of several disasters. These
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Hurricane Katrina According to (Brunner, 2007), Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, 2005, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing almost 1,800. When levees in New Orleans were breached, eighty percent of the city was submerged by the flooding. About twenty percent of its 500,000 citizens were trapped in the city without power, food, or drinking water. Rescue efforts were so delayed and haphazard
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My name is Keith . I am 5 Feet 11 inches tall. I weigh 250 pounds. I am 34 years old I have Red hair, Blue Eyes, and fair skin due to Irish ancestry. I was born, raised, and currently reside, Louisiana. My immediate family is middle class. Although I have many close relatives who are successful. "Epic Inspiration" I enjoy watching the latest movies and social networking such as Facebook and Myspace. I enjoy Heavy Metal and Hard Rock music. I am always going to the
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recovery plans preserve the accuracy, integrity, and validity of patient medical records when emergencies destroy original doctor notes, and hand-written patient charts. Many 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
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How Government Agencies Responded to Hurricane Katrina and Japan’s Tsunami Valerie F. Stokes Instructor Dr. Marion Lee PAD 525004016 201103 March 18, 2011 Introduction This research paper will explore the actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and whether they acted fairly and responsively in their reaction time to the flooding in New Orleans and the tsunami flooding disaster in Japan. This paper will also try and determine if the United States Army Corps of Engineers neglected
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The Case For, or Against, New Orleans Cost-Benefit Assessment Too asses and give recommendation on whether or not to rebuild the city of new Orleans I will be examining the cost to benefits of such a rebuild and the impact and benefits it will have towards the city. In the CBA, I will be examining the cost of rebuilding New Orleans to pre Katrina conditions without making any additional upgrades to the levees and infrastructure. This will give me a more accurate cost model to base my recommendation
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Communication During and After Hurricane Andrew The largest natural disaster ever recorded in the history of the United States was hurricane Andrew, which struck South Dade County, Florida, as midnight turned the clock into August 24, 1992. Contrary to what the American news media broadcast across the United States and throughout Europe, the first outer wall of the hurricane unexpectedly slammed into South Dade, packing 214+ mph winds which quickly escalated to 350+ mph. Most of the 414
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