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
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Superstorm Sandy was a tropical hurricane in the 2012 hurricane season. Sandy began to form in the Caribbean on October 22nd and continued to enlarge into a hurricane once it passed Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas. Sandy moved towards the Atlantic on the 28th. On the 29th, Sandy turned towards New Jersey. Then, turned into a post-tropical cyclone on the 30-31st, hitting New York. “There was an estimate of $50 billion is damages, making Sandy the second-costliest cyclone to hit the United States
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You must protect your roof because your roof protects your home and everything in it. Without a properly installed roof, you may lose your home and everything in it. The roof is also a big expense when it comes to repairs and roof leaks can happen quickly and grow over time. When a roof leaks, it could be due to the shingles not repaired properly or have aged too much and become brittle and break off during wind storms and harsh downpours allowing the water to go directly onto the structure of the
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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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deadly cyclone by the name of Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States, causing a great deal of damage in the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi where many homes were destroyed and many families had to evacuate from their homes and look for shelter. About more than 1,836 people died from this tragedy and about millions were left homeless and 800,000 housing units were tarnished. Hurricane Katrina has become known as one of the worst Hurricanes in American history and has
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Hurricane Irma could have been the first hurricane I would have experienced, It wasn't. On Wednesday September 6, schools where closed on Thursday and Friday due to hurricane Irma. This wasn't the first time a hurricane was approaching Florida but it certainly was the first time since I had come to live here that there was a high chance of risk of it actually reaching and hitting Miami. My family was in chaos, plans for reservations at hotels, booking tickets to go back to my country, worrying if
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Overview of Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was one of the largest disasters in the United States, affecting over 90,000 square miles (230,000 km2) this size is almost same as the UK, and damaged many cities. About 1850 people died, and many survivors lost their houses. Katrina revealed many problems, especially an insufficient preparation and bad management. These factors might make the damage more serious. Many factors characterised Katrina as an example of a new type of complex disaster. Such
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In disasters there are different newspapers and articles. Some are online while others are found in stores. Different articles for certain subjects can have the same quotes, pictures, or even graphs. Some articles you find online that a user made can be untrue or with false facts. It's a higher chance to find plagiarism and opinions in articles that you search for online from a random person. In the newspaper you may find very little opinions and false claims because it's a company made by reliable
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As I remember eleven years ago on August 29, 2005, Katrina hurricane brought great traumatic stress to my home. I fostered three boys throughout, two being preschoolers and one a teenage girl. Although the storm did not last for long, we survived and pushed through the hardship. There were violent sounds, strong winds as well as heavy rain that damage where I lived. This storm brought ruin to my area and many of the surrounding areas along the coast, therefore, many people were affected by it.
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July 29, 2013 Trouble the Water Watching this documentary helped me to really open my eyes to see what kind of government protects us. Our president at that time back in 2005, George W. Bush, was so oblivious to the destruction Hurricane Katrina caused. Many families lost their loved ones as well as their homes. My expectation was that the government would fly in within a day or two providing all the necessities to survive. In this situation, that was not the case. It took around five days
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