Firstly we identify the need for recruitment. The need will arise for a number of reasons, one reason could be that a member of staff has left the company leaving a vacant position, another reason is that the company is expanding creating a new position.…
In short, in “Cheer up, it’s just the end of the world,” Ira Chernus discusses that an apocalypse is a genuine ongoing threat today. Since biblical times, apocalyptic stories always begin with the fact that the end is near; then, after the world ends, a new one will arise. Some apocalyptic ideas suggest that the world will end abruptly, while other ideas suggest a slow approach. Chernus adds that some ideas of apocalypses have shifted from “’the end of everything,’" to “’the end of anything’” (Chernus 19-21). Overall, Chernus identifies the issues caused by unrealistic ideas of apocalypses, such as “’psychic numbing’” (Chernus 19-21), and he stresses the importance of identifying real apocalyptic threats, such as climate change. Chernus then…
As stated by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist, “Once upon a time, people identified the god Neptune as the source of storms at sea. Today we call these storms hurricanes… The only people who still call hurricanes acts of God are the people who write insurance forms.” This quote by Neil DeGrasse Tyson not only applies to storms, but also applies to many things we previously did not understand. It basically displays the idea that just because we do not understand a concept, does not mean we will not be able to explain it in the future. Our society must get to the point of being comfortable with not knowing, instead of using myth to explain concepts we do not understand. In…
Hurricane Harvey has affected the lives of thousands of people in southern Texas. Eight deaths have been recorded to this date, but there is a countless amount of people in need of medical attention and care. While the community itself is struggling to survive, a large percent of the population are ranchers and farmers trying to keep their livestock alive through this tragedy.…
Everyone has been aware of the damage that Hurricane Harvey has done to the state of Texas, yet the devastation is not only hitting the average American’s heart, but their wallets as well. Texas is a major supplier of oil to the country and Hurricane Harvey has put an abrupt halt to its oil production and refining. It is even quoted by Tom Kloza, the global head of energy analysis for Oil Price Information Service that “Satan could not have drawn up a more horrible geographic scenario for knocking out Texas refining”. And although some may have not noticed a substantial price change yet, it is predicted in September that there could be up to another 30 cent jump at the pump. It is said that every extra penny spent at the pump cost American…
Americans are often fascinated by the word apocalypse. When we hear the word apocalypse, we tend to normally think of the various media portrayals that we see on a daily basis. Whether it’s on your television, in a video game or in a movie theatre on the big screen. The individuals who are feeding us these falsehood portrayals of the apocalypse may be looking for a quick profit.…
The intended audience for my informative paper will be teens and young adults, these seem to be the people who were involved and knew the most about Hurricane…
As one of the most destructive natural disasters in United States ' history, Hurricane Katrina took hundreds of lives and amounted to billions of dollars in damage. As victims see their fallen homes and shattered lives, they wonder how this catastrophe could have happened. Some argue that hurricanes are unpredictable phenomena that cannot be controlled, and that our government responded to the best of its ability. Others, however, realize that controlling a storm is completely different than preparing for one. While President Bush may not have control over the weather, he had experts predicting a catastrophe like Katrina years before it developed. The Gulf Coast region was completely exposed and unprepared for major hurricanes, but President…
"There are no natural disasters, but a Mismanagement of natural phenomena." Extreme natural phenomena has always existed and it is precisely when human beings should protect goods and services that may be affected by these natural phenomena when we have a disaster. The tragedy of Katrina was not, in a fundamental sense, the product of the forces of nature, but of the Bush administration and the capitalist system in general. The Bush administration was unfit to govern. Although a big cyclone was expected long ago, sufficient preventive measures were not taken to minimize damage. This catastrophic event also demonstrated that the institutions of white supremacy and racism ideas are deeply intertwined with the system of capitalism in America.…
On August 21st of the year 2017, a massive storm named “Hurricane Harvey” struck Dallas, Texas. Because the South western communities of Texas were heavily affected, it has left them in a stance of desperation and lose of hope.…
On August 29, 2005, the United States witnessed a catastrophic natural disaster that demolished not only homes and roads, but lives. Hurricanes Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in Louisiana ranking at a category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, maintaining winds of 100-140 miles per hour and stretching 400 miles across. What experts can agree on is that there was over an estimated $100 billion in damage, but what they cannot agree on is if some of the damage and lives lost were avoidable (History.com Staff, 2009).…
The advancement of technology and the progress of man makes humans feel as though we are invincible, but when a natural disaster strikes we are reminded that Mother Nature still cannot be tamed and can strike at any time without warning. We have seen this in the past weeks with hurricane Harvey flooding Houston and displacing people who never in their life thought that their houses and neighborhoods might be underwater one day and left with nothing. Similar to current events, this image shows New Orleans, one of the largest cities in the world being put to its knees at the mercy of Mother Nature. As buildings are shrouded in the heavy rain and trees sagging in torrential winds. Being faced with such astounding force it’s easy to remember…
Hurricane Harvey is the worst natural disaster Houston has ever face since Tropical Storm Allison and because of this many families' properties were damaged, leaving some without homes for the time being. As a result, to lessen the pressure on parents to get presents for their children on Christmas, we will be doing a Toy Drive for families affected by Harvey.…
“In the fourth century, Gregory of Nazianzus argued that cattle plague, drought, hailstorms, and crop loss in Nazianzus were caused by the unrighteous activity of the city’s residents. In 2005, evangelical leader Pat Robertson raised the possibility that the disaster of Hurricane Katrina was a direct result of the fact that ‘we have killed over 40 million unborn babies in America’. One year later, African American humanist Anthony Pin wrote that the aftermath of Katrina was a moral indictment of the oppressive structures inherent in U.S. society. Though separated by time and ideology, these three claims share the assumption that religious and moral lessons can be learned from natural disasters.” (academia). As generations have seen over and…
Officials sustain that the atmospheric warming supposedly has escalated to such high levels because of the high levels of carbon dioxide emitted by our consumption of fossil fuels. Production of electricity by power plants, oil used to heat homes and their by products have produced pollution that has become trapped in our atmosphere. This in turn causes ocean temperatures get warmer, and this it causes stronger storms. Global warming is said to have something to do with these devastating storms that hit New Orleans. Many have questioned whether global warming contributes to developing these horrifying hurricanes. Based on the online article “Two recent articles, one in the August issue of Nature, and one in the most recent (September, 2005) Science Magazine, have introduced dramatic new evidence that global warming has significantly affected hurricane destructiveness. These findings are further supported by an earlier article in Science Magazine (8 July 2005) reporting clear evidence of human-caused global warming in the Earth's oceans. The article in Nature shows a strong correlation between sea temperature and annual hurricane power in three different hurricane basins, the North Atlantic and two in the…