In the excerpt “The Hurricane” from Their Eyes Were Watching God, the main character Jaine refused to leave her husband and town over a storm; assuming it would not be bad and would be easy to repair any damages. To her surprise, much devastation was created by the storm and many racial and class discrepancies in the social system were realized. Similarly, on the 25th of August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast; leaving behind tremendous damage to multiple cities, specifically New Orleans. Along side infrastructural damage throughout the city, damage within the New Orleans race and class hierarchies was disclosed. In the documentary, directed by Spike Lee, “When the Levees Broke” it reveals that those heavily impacted were low income,…
Lalor married Alicia Dunne on 10 July 1855 in Geelong. Their daughter, Anne, was born in Prahran in 1856; their son Joseph was born at Sandridge (now called Port Melbourne) on the 18 of may 1857. Anne Lalor married Thomas Lempriere in 1882, but died three years later of lung phthisis. Joseph Lalor became a medical doctor, marrying Agnes McCormick of Dublin, Ireland and leaving young.…
There are several different reasons African Americans decided not to evacuate during Katrina. There were income restraints, lack of knowledge in a timely fashion and race bias.…
It is nearly impossible to imagine that one day you can be safe in your home and with all of your belongings and the next day a hurricane leaves you with nothing. Unfortunately, the 484,000 people who lived in New Orleans had to experience those unimaginable thoughts first hand in 2005 due to Hurricane Katrina. “An entire city was nearly wiped off the face of the earth” (Kellogg) and at least 1,833 people were killed during and after the storm. There are many theories and conspiracies of what happened with the levees and what could have been done better in order to help the residents of New Orleans. Director Spike Lee felt very strongly about the issue and decided to make a documentary in order to give the people of New Orleans justice. By directing When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee gives the audience his personal view on the entire situation dealing with Hurricane Katrina and her aftermath. With his use of video editing and choice of certain interviews, Lee gave not only emotional credibility to his movie but also a logical point of view.…
When analyzing the horror of Katrina within Ward’s novel Salvage the Bones and the actual catastrophe that was broadcasted throughout the media, readers are able understand its true impact. It seems as though Ward brought to light the realness and severity of Katrina rather than just restate the obvious. Ward’s writing is a perfect storytelling of the event— filled with some of her very own personal experiences. For example, the scene in which the character Esch narrates her perspective of the town as she walks the streets with Big Henry and Junior vividly brews out the damage that Katrina had caused. Not only are readers able to comprehend the destruction Katrina caused, but we are able to focus on a particular family. I think that knowing the story of the Batiste family really grabs at the reader’s attention and allows them to understand something other than the political aspect. Ward’s novel Salvage the Bones captures the emotional impact caused by Katrina and highlights a family in need of union. Simultaneously, Esch’s perspective allowed me to really visualize the power of hurricane Katrina. Never experiencing the horror of such natural disaster, Esch’s colorful description of Katrina and the aftermath had me terrified.…
Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophe that devastated the New Orleans area in 2005. The mass damage that hit various suburbs, such as the ninth ward passed a tipping point in which seemed nearly irreparable and is still feeling the devastation today. It left New Orleans choking in conditions portraying that of a third world country, in which was responsible for the many death of New Orleans natives and the stranding of hundreds of thousands. One subject matter that contributed to this devastation was the role the government played in the recovery of New Orleans. The insufficiency and corruption amongst the government was strongly displayed in the aftermath, which Dave Eggers’ Zeitoun depicted in Zeitoun’s experience with Hurricane Katrina.…
Help! That word help was running from many lips when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. Help, was the very thing that many people in New Orleans needed, but didn’t receive. In the graphic novel “Dark Rain” Mat Johnson’s illustrate the events that happen to those individual in such a way that makes the reader understand the stories that many had endure. However, even though the graphic novel “Dark Rain” may pock fun at some of the situation that happened during Hurricane Katrina, the graphic novel is really compatible to stories told by individuals that live through Hurricane Katrina.…
The social disorganization theory can be used to explain looting in New Orleans because all of the details of the theory play a part in some communities in New Orleans. A lot of those communities are near the central business district. Just like in Chicago, this zone was not a desirable location for residents and homes, but was close to work so the less fortunate lived their because of lack of transportation and jobs where easier to get being so close. As Shaw and Mckay stated in chapter 4, this was a zone of transition. The community changed a lot because people moved in and out constantly. When they were fortunate to be able to move to better areas, more of the less fortunate moved in. This began to trigger social conflict between the residences. With social conflict came a lot of other behaviors and with this process happening over and over a pattern starts. Cultural transmission theory comes in to play here. Adolescents grow up in and environment where drugs, violence, poverty, and broken homes are all they see. They are more likely to fall victim to the environment they live in because that is all they know. After this happens for decades and decades, perception sets in and we don’t view them as individuals but as a certain type of person. During hurricane Katrina all the people that lived in those areas of poverty had no means of transportation to leave. They stayed hoping and praying they could survive the storm. When it came they were flooded, trapped on the roofs of houses and buildings for days with no water or shelter and no signs that help was coming soon. They soon started to do what was already happening in their community. It was almost like instinct set in. For years and years they saw their peers commit crimes to survive. So they started to loot, taking the things they need to survive. They were also taking things they didn’t need like weapons. These weapons were used to protect themselves from each other and corrupt police officers. It…
However, due to FEMA and the government’s neglect, the people of New Orleans are left without enough supplies. Especially in critical shelters such as the New Orleans Superdome, limited supplies causes chaos among all of the people. Regarding previous hurricanes, Zeitoun remembers that the Superdome has been ill-supplied and caused nothing but disaster. Even though a destructive hurricane is approaching and there were past failures, the government did not provide a better shelter. For the people in need of medical care, the one place that is deemed to be safe throughout the storm is becoming a death trap, “because they had lost power…many of the machines being used to keep the medical patients safe and alive were failing” (Scott 1). This causes many deaths and many people to panic because they realized that not much is being done to help them. The most dreadful detail of the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina is that they cut off private relief efforts, where “FEMA repeatedly blocked the delivery of emergency supplies ordered by the Methodist Hospital in New Orleans from its out-of-state headquarters” (Edwards 1). FEMA turns away volunteer doctors at emergency facilities, as well as basic medical supplies (Edwards 1). Hurricane Katrina did not have to be one of the deadliest natural disasters the United States has faced. Hundreds of lives could have been saved. Due to the government’s neglect and incompetence, many of those who could have been saved were…
Danny Glover once stated, “When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf and the floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans, it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). As the winds reached speeds of 100 to 140 miles per hour, water crashed against the levees, breaking them, and flooding 80% of Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina’s peaked at a category five, but disintegrated into a category three. The third deadliest hurricane is what Hurricane Katrina achieved. In the wake of a dark time, Hurricane Katrina proved to America how crucial preparedness is and three reasons Hurricane Katrina proved unpreparedness include; The New Orleans poorly built levee system, the prolonged displacement of hundreds of thousands…
Setting aside the philosophical and legal issues this case raises, what are the management or efficiency arguments for and against a more centralized response to large national disasters like Hurricane Katrina?…
The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina may be remarked as a very important aspect to understand the relationship between federal, state, and local governments when it comes to major catastrophe. In Katrina’s case, federalism is seen as central to what was largely a government-created disaster. Numerous scientific articles are trying to offer various interpretations of what went wrong and why; however, out of all perspectives, I find Stephen Griffin’s argument most persuasive.…
I was about four years old when everything went to chaos and destruction. But what three year old would feel frightened or afraid of ever breath, not knowing if it was their last. As a child, I was ignorant and naive to what was happening around me in the world. I didn’t know that the city surrounding me, would soon be drowned and submerged in the legendary Hurricane Katrina.Though I was only four and couldn't recall many details of the catastrophic event, my mother remembered everything. We had heard two weeks prior ahead of time what was to come, however my mother having always been a strong-willed woman was determined not to leave despite the attempts my grandparents and father made for her to evacuate New Orleans with me and leave.Yet,…
Tom Junod investigates the only people who have been officially blamed for the repercussions of Hurricane Katrina. Using the treatment of nursing-home proprietors Sal and Mabel Mangano as focal point, Junod shows the consequences of the disaster through lack of action and action while showing the reader the many issues that affect all of us. Through this article and real-life situations, legally and socially, the reader learns that people should be held equally accountable for what they do not do as for what they do.…
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms to ever hit the United States and left behind much devastation to the south coast, particularly New Orleans, Louisiana. However, there were many ways that some of this physical and emotional damage could have been prevented, particularly by the government systems and engineers. When the Levees Broke, a movie directed by Spike Lee, clearly showed this and the interviews of those who lived through the storm were truly heart wrenching. However, there were some strengths that came out of this event, such as the close bond the communities developed and/or sustained, as well as the heroic efforts of some politicians and military officers.…