TITLE? Introduction? Every year, significant reports of death tolls and destruction caused by disasters, mostly brought by typhoons, are inscribed in the Philippine fact book. One of the reasons why reports on disasters are on the rise is due to the country’s geographical location in the Pacific seismic belt that makes it prone to severe tropical storms and earthquakes. Other contributing factors are the vulnerability of citizens including lack of technical materials and extensive trainings of
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According to the UN-Habitat, state of the world’s cities, 2008/09, page 129, a major flood in Surat, India, in 1994 resulted in an outbreak of a plague-like disease, and the official inquiry cited uncollected solid waste of which plastics are of greater percentage blocking drains. The disease caused panic country-wide and while the citizens blame the municipality, the public authorities in turn blamed the citizens for their lack of civic sense. Such a phenomenon of blame games when it comes to waste
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The speed of Hurricane Katrina spread was unbelievable, it hit everywhere so fast and let tons of people didn’t even have time to escape from the danger zone. Thousands of people were trapped and didn’t get away from the city before it flooded. The heaviest damaged neighbors were the African Americans. The FEMA storm damage data showed that the storm’s impact was nearly borne by the region’s African American community, most of the people from the community were unemployed, homeless or poor. After
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In the summer of 2005, Hurricane Katrina stormed into the colorful city of New Orleans devastating and washing away its entire beauty and history. This terrifying tropical storm had affected the people in this famous city both physically and mentally. There are many catastrophic disasters happening each and everyday that may cause someone’s life. We all need to be thankful for the people who risk their lives to save our own. Until this day, we feel for those who have suffered greatly losing loved
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Abstract On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall, causing an unprecedented amount of destruction from one end of the Gulf Coast to the other. During the storm the Twin Span bridge, which crosses Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans East to Slidell, was heavily damaged and would need to be replaced. After the completion of a new bridge, the old Twin Span was dismantled, broken down, and recycled into 9 miles of shoreline protection over the stretch of bank line in Lake Borgne known as
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If you were told a hurricane was headed your way would you evacuate your city? 'Life-threatening' rainfall expected in Texas,” hurricane center says. Texas had warning of a hurricane on August 25. People are frantically looking for shelter and food, but they are also looting many items other than food from the stores in texas. Many people assume looting is okay because of a natural disaster but it is not because it is the law, they have recrosses and rescues, and they were told to evacuate their
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What seemed to be just another morning for the people of Louisiana, suddenly changed as a surprise flood hit the state. Leaving thousands of people homeless or shelters, it continued its destruction throughout the day. By Monday afternoon, at least 11,000 people were in shelters and more than 20,000 people had evacuated from the flooded area. It has been confirmed that at least six residents have died in the flood. Two of the victims were in vehicles that have been swept off the road; one man was
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The Inside Scoop- TORNADOES Peyton Chaloupka © I Dedicate this book to Julie Donner Table of Contents Introduction Defining Tornadoes What kind of weather does a tornado bring? How is a tornado formed Tornado Dangers Safety Conclusion Introduction Tornados are a type of extreme weather that are very dangerous. What is a tornado? How are they formed? Are they dangerous? Are there any safety precautions
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As I got close to the end, I tried to quicken my pace despite my aching legs and racing heart. I was almost done and the clock was running down; I had to finish the three miles with my forty-five pound pack if I wanted to get my wildland firefighting Red Card, make the fire team, and face my lifelong fear of fire. I had a chance to be on one of the most prestigious AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) teams, as well as the opportunity to overcome my biggest fear. Mastering up all the
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The first article was about the Butte fire which my whole project was originally based off. It tells you about how long and drastic the fire was. The fire was insanely fast and took out a lot of land. Also talks about how the Butte fire was one of the most severe fires of the dozen wildfires they had roaring throughout the state of California at the time. Talked about all the destruction that it did, “destroyed more than 750 homes and hundreds of other buildings.” This all had happened in less than
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