Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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1926 Hurricane by Anthea Carnes Before the Storm 1. The Hurricane of 1926 came at the worst possible time for the city of Miami and became known as “The Great Miami Hurricane”. It was the roaring twenties; A time of prohibition‚ speakeasies‚ flapper girls‚ and jazz. Miami had been experiencing a boom economically and in population growth. 2. In the period between 1920 and 1923‚ the population of Miami itself had doubled. People from all over the United States came to South Florida to enjoy
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HURRICANE SANDY Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as measured by diameter‚ with winds spanning 1‚100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business
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(President Bush‚ National Security Strategy‚ June 2002) In the turn of the 20th century‚ after the collapse of the Soviet Union‚ the United States was the most powerful nation; it prospered economically‚ militarily‚ and politically. With this increase in power came a great consideration over how the United States would deal with foreign affairs. After the attacks on the World Trade Center the idea of preemptive measures became the highlight of the Bush’s National Security
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The responsibilities for the IT department or also known as the Information Technology department in a business is to assure all systems are functional at all times. The IT department is in charge of the software‚ hardware‚ architecture and the networking of the computers in the company. Employees within the IT department are responsible for different parts of the department. There are the Programmers‚ groups in charge of the Company Website‚ the Technical Support and the Administration. The different
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Cyber Crime‚ Foreign Invasion and Terrorist Threat: Homeland Security Greatest Peril Faver A. Londono Jr.- this was donated by FAL to help other have an idea of their reseasch paper Glendale Community College Abstract In recent years our security‚ privacy‚ safety and our way of life has been invaded by individuals around the world. Today this great nation has rebuilt our national security and created the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Their main focus is in developing methods that
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Article Review 2 Memory Dilallo PHSC 210-A26 Liberty Online March 25‚ 2013 Introduction The East African Rift System is also referred to as the (EARS). This is a place where the earth’s tectonic forces are trying to create new plates by splitting old ones apart. A rift is defined as a fracture in the earth’s surface that widens over time. A more technical definition for a rift is an elongated basin bounded by opposed steeply dipping normal faults
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Super Safe Security Training Decision An Organization procedure for Success HRM 420‚ Training and development October 27‚ 2010 As the training manager for super safe security (SSS) regarding Carl Smiths concerns in response to the cost of conducting a second or refresher training‚ I would reassure him that this training benefits our organization goals and mission. I would also like to reassure Mr. Smith that proper training within the area of security affects us since many companies today
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Katrina the eye opener 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
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The Effects of Hurricanes on National Parks America’s coastal national parks are some of its most beautiful‚ but also some of its most vulnerable. Throughout the years‚ hurricanes have wreaked havoc on many of these prized regions. They can leave behind numerous kinds of destruction in their wake. Wildlife populations can be damaged‚ as well as important parts of the parks ecosystem. Hurricanes can also damage the man made utilities and recreational areas of the parks. These issues impact the national
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