Hands on Nashville (HNO) is a nonprofit organization that works to address critical affairs facing the Middle Tennessee community trough volunteer-centric programming. Every year, HON connects thousands of volunteers to services to help the community with programs of urban agriculture, home energy savings, youth leadership development and support of public education. If we enter in their official website we can see hundreds of opportunities to collaborate as volunteer of different kinds of things
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Hurricane Katrina was by far the costliest natural disaster in United States history. It was also the deadliest hurricane to hit the united states in almost eight decades and the third deadliest hurricane overall to hit the United States. Estimates of the total death toll following Hurricane Katrina vary by hundreds in or even thousands in some instances. According to the Louisiana Department of Health and Human services 1155 deaths occurred is Louisiana alone. Of those deaths, 386 deaths were attributed
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them on August 24, 1992 with great velocity due to its small size was a hurricane with wind speeds of approximately 160 miles per hour (Allen 1). In fact, the storm ended up breaking the gauges that was collecting the data from the hurricane (Allen 1). Destruction from the winds and ocean surge seem unimaginable for many but quickly became a reality for those living in Florida. Vulnerabilities/Vulnerable Populations: Hurricane Andrew made gave birth to vulnerable families all around the area. Homes
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Everyone that lives in Louisiana is familiar with hurricanes. They have destroyed houses, neighborhoods, cities, and families. These destructive stormsSo say have a season for when they pass but in reality they are very unpredictable. Believe it or not there several ways to prepare for these unpredictable storms bfore they become to close and to dangerous. With the technology we have these days we are alerted ahead of time when there’s a storm brewing in the golf. It is always a good idea use these
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Disaster hit when Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico on September 20, leaving Puerto Ricans struggling extensively to get back on their feet. Maria has inflicted massive destruction on the island of Puerto Rico and has caused an immense level of disorganization and ruin. Puerto Ricans are still attempting to clean up their homes so they have a decent place to live. However, it is hard to clean up anything when you have no access to electricity, clean water, money or food supplies. Obviously, in these
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Hurricane Katrina: What It Was and the Aftermath Hurricanes, also known as tropical cyclones, are some of the deadliest and costliest natural disasters that affect the United States. They are severe tropical storms that form along the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. After the hit, they trigger thunderstorms within an area. Within the Northern Hemisphere, they have winds that go counterclockwise near earth’s surface. Hurricanes occur most
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KatrinaThere’s no secret that Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of controversy between intergovernmental relations. In a time of tragedy and despair, residents of New Orleanspaid the price for poor planning and communication between government leaders, agencies andofficials. From watching the PBS Frontline program, The Storm; it seems to be a continuing series of the “blame game” with no one taking responsibility for the role they played in the planning for and after math of Hurricane Katrina. It’s impossible
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8,000 people lost their lives when the deadliest hurricane on record destroyed Galveston, Texas on September 8, 1900. 15-foot waves and 130 mile per hour winds decimated the island. Hurricanes, like this one, cause a lot of damage every year, especially along the southeastern coast of the United States. To understand these storms, scientists are studying how hurricanes form, move, and cause destruction. Every hurricane forms because of heat, moisture, and wind. When cool air lies above a warm ocean
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Hurricanes Hurricanes are one of the deadliest and most expensive natural disasters around. They are more common in areas of humid and moist weather so they are very foreign to certain places, Areas such as Louisiana has plenty. But to the places where hurricanes are normal,people take them extremely seriously because they kill people and ruin countless amounts of property. This is one of the reason the damage was so expensive in Texas. Many people didnt believe a hurricane could be that bad in
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I agree with the author Gracy Olmstead when she said that liberatian zoning does not have anything to do with the destruction of Houston due to Hurricane Harvey. Based on what I know a hurricane is an natural disaster. There is not really anything we can do to stop a hurricane from coming into the states. Only thing Houston can do is prepare to either evaluate or prepare a safety emergency plan. I was very shocked to hear that there were twenty-one trillion gallons of water which had fallen on Texas
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