Managing Partner Salvo From: JS6557 Date: September 24‚ 2012 Re: McAnzen Case QUESTION PRESENTED DUI Under Mississippi law‚ can McAnzen establish a defense of necessity for his DUI charge‚ when after realizing the severity of Hurricane Katrina and fleeing his home‚ he was arrested while driving under the influence even though that action was only done to prevent a significant evil and was his only adequate option to avoid the impending dangers of the storm? ESCAPE Under Mississippi
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Reflection The Legend of the Sleepy Hollow is a story of a headless horseman searching for his missing head. In the story‚ the headless horseman used to cut heads by whoever his controller wants or asks him to be beheaded. It is a story that has a mixture of different witchcrafts produced by some of the major characters.If we say witchcraft‚ these pertains to a sorcery as practiced by a witch or witches usually with the aid or through the medium of an evil spirit. The start of the story easily
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As the 2 year anniversary of the devastation resulting from hurricane Katrina approaches and a new hurricane season gets underway. What can Americans living in coastal areas do to prepare? Careful consideration should be given not only to preparation for physical survival in the hurricane but also to how to survive in the aftermath of the storm. Hurricane Katrina caused 81.2 billion dollars in damages and an estimated 1‚836 people lost their lives. The lives of thousands of Americans were forever
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of argumentation. He uses ethos‚ which is the character of the speaker; he uses logos‚ which is an appeal based on logic or reason; and he uses pathos‚ which is an appeal based on emotions. His piece is over poverty and what came from Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath for the people. He also discusses what other events in history have contributed to poverty‚ and how nothing is being done about it by the government. He begins in part 1 using pathos‚ “ There they were on our television screens
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police force came to work. 4. What were the Mayor’s responsibilities prior to the hurricane? Stock the shelters with food and water‚ mobilize cities and school buses for evacuation. 5. Where were state and local officials during the aftermath of Katrina? Why was this a problem? This was a problem because they did not know the extent of the damage and were unable to help. 6. What were the critics pointing out as trouble with the governor of Louisiana? They said the governor of Louisiana was unprepared
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References: • United States Government Accountability Office testimony report (Wednesday‚ November 9‚ 2005) • (www. Levees.org/ New Orleans) • Schwatz‚ John “ An Autopsy of Katrina” 2006 • Army Corps of Engineers: Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Survey Report (1992 • Davis‚ Matt “ The Evolution of the flood Control Act of 1936 • (Bruno&Bruno law Review) • (www.katrinacaseblog.org) • (www.pierceodonell
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these coastal zones. Coastal cities in these zones would be highly vulnerable to flooding during storms and rising sea levels in the future. Weeks article argues that super storms like Hurricane Katrina can cause massive devastation along the coastline which proves her point that hurricanes like Katrina and super storm Sandy can do to these coastal cities
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systems and levees to alleviate and protect New Orleans from the worst of the flooding. The USACE (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) were charged with design and construction of the levee system. August of 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and surrounding areas. Hurricane Katrina caused water levels to rise and overtop levees. Over 50 levees were breached causing catastrophic failure of the flood protection system. This was noted as the first total failure of USACE system. This catastrophic
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country and how we operate outside of our country. As societies evolve so do the laws within those societies. Every event that occurs within that society will indeed have an affect on its local laws and rules established. For instance‚ after hurricane Katrina; the local citizens of New Orleans were trapped in the dome with no assistance from FEMA or any other agency. A nation was watching as those who had nothing had to pillage and plunder in order to survive. However‚ laws did in fact change. This event
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Brom Bones‚ He is seen as the headless horseman. In the short story of Sleepy Hollow‚ the protagonist Ichabod Crane‚ and the antagonist Brom Bones‚ are both in a competition on seeing who can capture Katrina Van Tassels love at the end. Little did the readers expect‚ Ichabod crane does not win over Katrina Van Tassles love in the end of the short story. Ichabod crane has one exciting imagination throughout the short story‚ but the readers did not
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