Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans in 2005 Most of the population in the United States is known for living in coastal cities such as: Houston, New York, and Miami. Although these cities have significant landscaping, behind the landscaping is a hidden body of water. That body of water is mostly an ocean rather than a river. Since coastal cities are closer to a body of water – known as an ocean – the chances of floods increase through seasons. While living in the coastal planes, there is a higher
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President Trump has failed to focus consistently on rebuilding the devastated island of Puerto Rico, home to 3.4 million US Citizens, after the tropical storm Hurricane Maria took place. Two months after the disaster the lights still remain off in even the most bustling cities of Puerto Rico, more than 50% of the population still live without electricity, and 100% of those with power experience constant blackouts. The innocent citizens of Puerto Rico have essentially been left for dead by their own
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In the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, NY Hypnosis Institute is giving 50 percent of all revenue generated from hypnosis downloads and mp3 sales through the end of September. The NY Hypnosis Institute donates the help the Houston flood victims through the Red Cross. Since Sunday, sections of Brazoria County have been under mandatory evacuation. The havoc caused by the hurricane has transformed city streets into rivers and caused massive flooding. Thousands of Houston residents
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Hurricane Katrina? The communication systems broke down hours after hurricane Katrina because nobody had been prepared to handle disaster 0f such magnitude. Everyone went into shock and those responsible did not have a clear-cut plan or well-defined procedure to initiate proper rescue and recovery procedures. Due to the rapid winds and the flooding, millions of phone lines and cellular towers had been brought down. Most of the cities switchboards including the police’s later broke down too. What
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Hurricanes are very dangerous, they are more powerful than tornados. Especially if it’s a category 5 hurricane, then you need to be ready and prepare. You should always be ready you may never know when a hurricane warning might be issued to your area. Learn all the evacuation zones near you, and pack a little bag for your primary essentials bc you might be at risk and be in a evacuation area so it will be best to be ready. Like most people say you can always rebuild a house but you can’t rebuild
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economic impact Hurricane Katrina had on the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23, 2005 over the Gulf of Mexico and strengthened to a category five hurricane. The places that were affected by this hurricane ranged from the Bahamas, Louisiana, Alabama, and other parts of the southeastern region of North America. The estimated count of fatalities was about 1,800 and more than seventy percent of the fatalities occurred in Louisiana. Prior to landfall, the hurricane had decreased to
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Do you ever wonder if the news articles that you are reading is stating the truth or if it’s full of stories? In the article, ‘The Onion’ Has Finally Confirmed There Were No Survivors In The Challenger Disaster (2018), the Newton stated that on 1986, The Onion brought attentions from the media in America and so about it’s honest finding of their publication about the shuttle blowing apart in just after seventy-two seconds after it took off. Because of the run-ons and complicated writings in this
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Economic Impact of Hurricane Irma http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/06/news/companies/jetblue-hurricane-flights/index.html As hurricane Irma is about to hit Florida’s mainland expected this weekend most Florida citizens are wanting to evacuate. Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Texas was massive and has effected the lives of thousands of people and Florida citizens are living in fear that the same could happen to them. Just as anyone would in their situation, they want to leave and driving is not a very
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As the response to Hurricane Katrina and relevant recovery operations required ethical decision-making, due attention should be paid to assessment of the validity and effectiveness of ethical decisions. There are many resources, both videos and articles, that provide detailed description of the tragic situations created by the impact of the natural disaster and some ethical dilemmas faced by responders. In all cases, the concepts of ethics, justice, equity, equality, and professional competence
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“The Big Uneasy” by Harry Shearer is a documentary about the disastrous flooding of New Orleans during the Hurricane Katrina in a different viewpoint. While mass media describes the flood as well as the hurricane as a natural disaster, Shearer claims that the flooding was actually a man-made disaster, not a natural one; and the film contains comprehensive investigations with scientific data to support the claim. “The Big Uneasy” emphasize on the ineffective design and maintenance of the flood-protection
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