Hurricane Katrina is known for one of the worst natural disaster to hit the United States. The storm itself caused a lot of damage‚ but it was the aftermath that was the worst. The Federal Government seemed unprepared of the storm. I believe our government should always be ready for any natural disaster and how to keep people safe. One way the government did little help in the aftermath of the storm was after the breaking of the levees. The Army Corps of Engineers concluded that‚ the reason why
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Abe Louise Young‚ a social justice activist and poet writes the article “The Voices of Hurricane Katrina‚ Part 1” to detail her experiences dealing with other poets being unethical when telling the stories of survivors of Hurricane Katrina. Young launched Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History and Memory Project shortly after the hurricane hit. Her goal was to help victims of the hurricane whose image in the media was tarnished and were portrayed as criminals. Abe Young uses another
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Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster that had never been experience in the history of the United States. Therefore‚ we as Americans could only hope that we had efficiently plan for the worst‚ and expect the best outcome. As it turns out‚ August 29th‚ 2009 the worst did in fact happen‚ and America as a whole was less than prepared. A Category 5‚ Hurricane Katrina ultimately devastated the lives of millions of Americans‚ costing billions of dollars in damage and changing the way we viewed our reliability
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I survived Hurricane Katrina‚ 2005 By‚ Lauren Tarshis In New Orleans‚ Louisiana lived a boy named Barry Tucker. He was 11 eleven years old and lived with him mom‚ dad and baby sister. Hurricane Katrina was getting ready to land in New Orleans. All families had to evacuate. Barry’s family had boarded up there house and packed up there car. They started heading for Texas. They were stuck in major traffic backed up for two hours. Barry’s little sister became very sick. They decided that all
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9/11 and Hurricane Katrina Disaster Evaluation While with help‚ the victims can overcome some of the psychological symptoms‚ however disasters can affect children different than adults. September 11th and hurricane Katrina caused psychological symptoms for the victims along with issues and elements because victims can experience PTSD symptomatology‚ acute stress disorders‚ generalized anxiety disorders and DESNOS‚ Many different types of disaster can cause chronic disturbance and illness. The media
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Katrina Van Tassel is considered as pretty and rich women in the town. She is the object for both protagonist and antagonist. The only thing she does in this story is that she dumps Ichabod Crane. In the story‚ it is said that she is a flirt and wore a “pink skirt” (Irving‚4). In the early 1800’s people were so much fashionable. In fact‚ there was nothing like a mini skirt that time. Women started wearing mini skirt in 1960’s. In the town‚ she is known as a tough lady to be impressed. According to
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‘Stalin’s position in the party bureaucracy made him Lenin’s likely successor’ Do you agree? I agree to this only to a small extent‚ as there were a large number of other factors that affected the successor of Lenin. Josef Stalin was born into a peasant background in Georgia. Stalin was ‘safe’ in the eyes of the public and the Bolsheviks due to his perception of him. He was considered a pedestrian to them due to his background. Stalin wanted the idea of socialism in one country. After Lenin’s
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The Han dynasty mitigated the harshest aspects of Qin governance but kept Qin’s system of imperial bureaucracy. As mentioned above‚ early Han emperors reduced taxes‚ provided financial relief for the poor‚ and relaxed legal penalties; the dynasty had nothing to gain from revoking the ghastly memories of Qin. Qin remained an anathema to Han scholars as well. The scholar-bureaucrat‚ Jia Yi‚ despite his praise towards Shihuangdi for unifying China‚ denounced his dynasty for imposing terror upon people
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Case Study: Hurricane Katrina 2005 What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are storm with violent wind‚ they are also known as typhoons or cyclones that form in specific conditions. Some hurricanes are more violent than others‚ the Katrina Hurricane in the year of 2005 was the one of the most strongest‚ deadliest and most destructive hurricane recorded in the U.S. Where‚ When‚ Why‚ Causes? * Hurricane Katrina affected more than just one area. It was formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 and
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weeks after hurricane Katrina. The Shell Company suffered intangible losses of employee moral and high turnover. Its tangible losses are not limited to losses in refining capacity‚ downed transporting pipelines‚ and downstream revenue from retail stores sales. However despite these immediate losses Shell occurred‚ it remains the Worlds second most profitable oil and chemical manufacturing business‚ behind ExxonMobil. Its long term out look remains very strong. In fact‚ the Katrina disaster may turn
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