Hurricane Katrina was considered as one natural disaster. But in reality it was two disasters. The initial disaster was a natural disaster which ripped the coastlands of Louisiana and Mississippi to shreds and left New Orleans a wasteland. The second disaster was the lack of communication and response that took place between federal, regional, state, and local relief agencies and efforts after the hurricane. The two disasters combined have caused a lot of damages to a vast human population. The consequence of Katrina includes a record number of death tolls, injuries, refugees and expenses as well as the rebuilding of approximately 1,300,000 million people.…
Devastation. Loss. Starvation. Desperation. The victims of natural disasters all over the world know what it is like to feel completely and utterly hopeless. The rest of us are lucky, we have never experienced the pain of losing next to everything from a real-life nightmare. Most of us cannot imagine something like that ever happening. But it did. And when it happened, there was panic, and no time for messing around with politics. But when relief was a day too slow, people grew angry and frustrated.…
You can't solve a natural disaster,but you could prepare for a storm by making storm walls around a city ,state ,or an island so there will be no floods crushing part of a state or a city . The officials could call an early evacuation, so everyone can escape the area early . I think that we could build a storm wall to protect the area from getting damaged by floods for storms,tsunamis,or a hurricane. We can also donate to the people,environment,or the state or city. This is a world problem so people can help the world and all the people and environment by donating their clothes,money , food ,water , or even a shelter or a…
A person from the Philippines earthquake only source of income is a small, bread business that only earns her family $2 U.S. Dollars on a good day (Document A). Other people have started to rebuild, or repair their house using salvaged materials (Document A). Some people wrote “help us” signs on the highway in big bold letters, so that helicopters could spot them from above and direct aid (Document C). People respond to a natural disaster by gathering supplies because, their basic needs are destroyed, and their homes are unsafe.…
The American Academy of Pediatrics says the best way to discipline your child is to temporarily remove privileges. Ray Bradbury would agree with this strategy as he addresses parent-child dynamics in his short story, “The Veldt.” In his story, the parents, George and Lydia, of two rambunctious children, Wendy and Peter, try to find a happy-medium between showing their children affection and punishing them. With the use of symbolism, irony, and imagery, Bradbury proves that restricting your children at times will eventually allow your family to avoid grim consequences. Bradbury uses the irony of the HappyLife Home and its machines to exhibit how spoiled Wendy and Peter are.…
As you can see, natural disasters can be very dangerous, and they cost lots of money. They can also get very depressing. Natural disasters can can also cause a lot of damage, like fallen trees, road damage, power outage, death, injuries, and etc. Natural disasters are unpreventable which makes them even more treacherous than they already…
Disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and flash floods are getting more and more common. With different areas vulnerable to different natural disasters, these disasters are hated and undesirable everywhere. In spite of the economic crisis and impact they might cause, they can bring out the best in the people, including victims and helpers, be it individual or in groups.…
Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others, but no matter the severity, there is usually a loss, and a cry for help.…
Have you ever noticed how many deaths have occurred due to natural disasters? Well if you don’t know what a natural disaster is, it is a natural hazard to the environment (floods, tornados, hurricanes, volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis). All of these natural disasters can cause severe damage to the environment and many deaths. In this essay I am only going to talk about earthquakes and hurricanes.…
Natural hazards such as floods, wildfires, winter storms, tornadoes, landslides, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural events, as well as accidental and deliberate man-made hazard will continue to impact our earth for thousands of years to come. These hazards have killed millions of people in the United States, and millions more have suffered the loss of home, health, family members, friends, and even have endured economic hardship.…
Natural disasters are often not natural disasters, but are in fact human disasters. Discuss this statement in relation to seismic events.…
Catastrophes like this can be devastating to families and friends. Not only do they have the power and potential to severely injure and kill people, they can also isolate and separate groups of people from each other. Families can be separated and…
Earthquakes, typhoons, and tornadoes continue to devastate the United States and the entire plant through the activities of planet Earths natural movement and global warming elements. Earthquakes can happen at any time using the plate tectonics theory as individual faults where Earth ruptures and the two sides move past each other. (Abbott, 2012) They are defined as: the divergent or pull-apart motion at spreading centers cause rock to fail in tension; the slide-past motion occurs as the rigid plates fracture and move around the curved Earth; and the convergent motion that occur at subduction zones and in continent-continent collisions store immense amounts of energy that are released in Earth’s largest tectonic earthquakes. (Abbott, 2012) Typhoons (Hurricane) are huge tropical cyclones in which heat is built up over long periods of summer heat over seawater at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit, 200ft of ocean; the air is warm, humid, and unstable enough to sustain convection. (Abbott, 2012) The tropical disturbance is the development of low-pressure with the organization of thunderstorms with very weak surface winds. Tornadoes are normally descending from large thunderstorms and create the strongest winds of any weather phenomena. Tornadoes are extremely dangerous with most violent US tornadoes moving from southwest to northeast with winds speeds to register at 310 mph. (Abbott, 2012) In 2012; natural disasters cost the United States over $160 billion with 9500 people losing life. Hurricane Sandy is responsible for the majority of economic loss in 2012. (Munich Re, 2013) This essay will discuss…
Whether it's a hurricane, tsunami, Togo had flooding. After the flooding it left many people displaced and had no homes, jobs, or even food. There was only one person killed but there were several injured.…
Many people are affected by natural disasters every day. Some are worse than others, but no matter the severity, there is usually a loss, and a cry for help.…