morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm reached land‚ it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale bringing winds of 100–140 miles per hour. The Hurricane ran some 400 miles across. Hundreds of thousands of families in Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Alabama lost their homes‚ and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage. By the time Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans‚ it had already been
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History. The effects of Hurricane Katrina have been shattering and long-lasting. However‚ could the question been plausibly raised whether or not to rebuild New Orleans? Evidently it was. Lance Winslow‚ freelance writer‚ from California did just that in an article titled: Why did God Destroy New Orleans with Hurricane Katrina? Winslow states “Many people believe that God was real angry at mankind and got a wild hair up his butt and sent Hurricane Katrina into the Gulf Shore and New Orleans
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8.25 * Fired for cause: * Usually for personal matters- issues with boss‚ showing up late‚ etc over technical issues * Theory- helps to explain or simplify complicated phenomenon- it explains what might happen * Model- a theoretical structure of how something works – the PMR process- simplifying the complicating phenomenon * Explanation of what has happened and what might happen * Good theory characteristics: * Predictability – it should give us the
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strategy contributed to Russell’s early departure from the top job. Brigadier General Matthew Broderick‚ chief of the Homeland Security Operations Center‚ who was responsible for alerting President Bush and other senior government officials if Hurricane Katrina breached the levees in New Orleans‚ went home on Monday‚ August 29‚ 2005‚ after reporting that they seemed to be holding‚ despite multiple reports of
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developed countries; however it is often the case that poorer countries are affected most adversely by tropical revolving storms in both humanitarian and economic terms. For example‚ whilst tropical storms in highly developed countries such as Hurricane Katrina is the USA caused substantial damage‚ the effect of Cyclone Nargis on the less economically developed Myanmar was arguably far greater. Warning systems and communication often play an important role in mitigating the effects of tropical storms as
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18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel‚ the daughter and the student of Ichabod who sole child of a wealthy farmer‚ Baltus Van Tassel. As Ichabod leaves a party he had got invited to at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night‚ he is stop by the Headless Horseman‚ who is the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War‚ and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head". Ichabod disappears from town‚ Katrina marry Brom
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On accounts both of her beauty and her father’s wealth‚ which he is eager to inherit‚ Ichabod begins to court Katrina‚ who responds in kind. This attracts the attention of the town rowdy‚ Abraham "Brom Bones" van Brunt‚ who also wants to marry Katrina and is challenged in this only by Ichabod. Despite Brom’s efforts to humiliate or punish the schoolmaster‚ Ichabod remains steadfast‚ and neither contestant seems able to gain any
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Zeitoun was a hero. In Zeitoun‚ author Dave Eggers narrates the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun the Syrian-American owner of a painting and contracting company in New Orleans‚ Louisiana who chose to ride out Hurricane Katrina in his Uptown home. However‚ in 2005 Katrina was a hurricane no one was prepared for and‚ for those who lived in Louisiana‚ New Orleans‚ it was nothing short of a disaster. Many residents left their homes in search of shelter from the approaching hurricane. While some residents
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Nobody really understood. They didn’t understand what they were talking about when they told me my mom was "perfect". Sure she was beautiful‚ intelligent‚ successful‚ and rich as well. But‚ everyone always seems to forget about the past. The scars. It didn’t show on her surface‚ but my mom had at least one hidden scar that she now covered up. And‚ because she covered it up‚ nobody knew about it‚ and she became the "role model" person in my life. She had always told me she left him out of love.
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Tuesday‚ 11 September 2001; a week after Labor Day‚ traditionally‚ the end of the summer and time to dismiss the barbecues‚ family get together and late evening boardwalk strolls with friends and loved ones. The day was routine as usual in New York‚ and Washington. Unfortunately‚ the peace on this beautiful day was soon to be discharged‚ At 8:42 a.m. AAL Flight 11 hits World Trade Center #1‚ significantly known as the North Tower. Shortly after at 9:02 a.m. UAL Flight 175 strikes World Trade Center
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