Save New Orleans How would you feel if your town where you were born was flooded and never built back again? In the summer of 2005‚ in the city of New Orleans‚ a hurricane‚ which was named Katrina‚ destroyed the city‚ leaving people homeless and source less‚ and because of that‚ the government and the town’s council started thinking if they should really re built the city or not‚ because of possible future disasters. New Orleans is an important city because it was the home of many people‚ and without
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core idea of REBT is that people adapt irrational beliefs consciously or unconsciously toward specific events or people in their lives in which those beliefs cause them one or several emotional or behavioral disturbance (Abrams & Ellis‚ 1994). In crisis situations‚ people can take control if they change those irrational beliefs that they have and their way of thinking (James‚ 2008). REBT was created by Albert Ellis who believed that people are the reason behind their own problems in the way they
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Hurricanes can have the same speed or more but can have different effects. That is what happened in hurricane Katrina and Nargis. Hurricane Katrina happened in New Orleans in August 29‚ 2005. Hurricane Nargis happened in Myanmar in April 27‚ 2008. Both hurricanes left a lot of damage but hurricane Nargis had more damage. This is so because America was more prepared unlike Myanmar. Before Katrina‚ the tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. New Orleans was informed but didn’t
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Paul Krugman’s call to arms against austerity | Business | The Guardian 08/05/13 11:18 Printing sponsored by: Paul Krugman’s call to arms against austerity An interview with the Nobel prize-winning economist‚ whose book roundly attacks the ’delusional’ deficit-reduction strategy Phillip Inman‚ economics correspondent The Guardian‚ Monday 6 May 2013 14.16 BST US Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman. Photograph: Then Chih Wey/Xinhua Press/Corbis Paul Krugman has just passed the
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Business Ethics‚ Individual assignment (Crisis Management) Student ID: SCM-006035 Lecturer: Puan Zuraida Introduction As I had been attended the Business Ethics class‚ I learn something about crisis. On my own knowledge‚ crisis is some kind of unexpected event happens that we couldn’t predict at all. Crisis could bring us a lot of effects. For example we would experience depression or stress when we met a serious crisis. There are few types of crisis. Natural disaster‚ industrial accident‚
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African Americans Decision not to Evacuate during Katrina 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. The mayor made it confusing for some and they were unaware that it was a mandatory evacuation until two days before the hurricane hit‚ and they were unaware of the severity of the storm. The mayor had stated on television if they didn’t want to go they didn’t have to
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Lets face it: hurricanes and tornadoes are crazy. They kill hundreds of people‚ form in different places and cause billions of dollars in damage. Some things that people don’t know about tornadoes and hurricanes are that they can be very alike and different and many ways. They both kill many people. In 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina passed over the United States killing about 1‚833 people but in 1925‚ the Tri-State tornado which passed through Missouri‚ Indiana and Illinois killed 695 people. What a tragedy
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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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Preparing for a Hurricane/Storm Seven hurricanes and four tropical storms are predicted during this year’s hurricane season‚ which runs from June 1 through November 30. You should know how to prepare your family and home‚ procedures to be taken during the storm and the aftermath. You can ward off some of the dangers if you are prepared which allows to you to stay ahead of the storm. If you do not have a family disaster plan‚ one should be prepared right away. Portable radio‚ torch lights
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The purpose of this report is to exemplify the role of government with the focus on the developing countries by answering the proposed question of Why do we need government intervention? and Why government intervention is necessary for the new economy? The first part of this report illustrates the essential roles of government in social‚ business‚ and the future of country aspects. Then‚ Thailand was chosen as an example of a country entering into the new economy‚ while using the other countries
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