exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented flooding event” and declared a state of emergency. Oh the wonderful‚ beautiful‚ loving‚ extremely
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When describing a hurricane there are parts that cannot be left out‚ it’s important to know how these storms start. For a hurricane to start you have to have some type of warm water source and winds that are blowing in the same direction that the hurricane is going‚ after the main ingredients comes the transformation of the rain clouds and wind. The transformation‚ is the change into a tropical disturbance‚ after more wind and more clouds building comes the transformation into a depression‚ the depression
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On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew made landfall in Florida as a Category 5 storm. But before Andrew became that major storm‚ it started off as a tropical way off the west coast of Africa on August 14‚ 1992. Andrew also had wind gust up to 168 miles per hour. According to the Huffington Post “The nationwide total death toll from Hurricane Andrew was 26‚ with another 40 people dying as an indirect result of the storm. In Florida‚ 15 died directly from the hurricane and another 29 died indirectly
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The impact of Hurricane Katrina on residents was profound. It exposed existing inequalities‚ highlighting how race‚ class‚ and gender intersected with vulnerability. Many residents faced displacement‚ loss of homes‚ and trauma. The storm disproportionately affected marginalized communities‚ revealing systemic disparities in access to resources‚ evacuation plans‚ and emergency response. In terms of New Orleans and how the area was impacted geographically‚ it faced many challenges. Especially because
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Hurricane Repair There have been many moments in my life that have made an impact on myself or others‚ but one that I will always remember is my People to People trip to Tulane University in New Orleans. This week allowed me to come out of my shell‚ grow as a person‚ and help hundreds of people who suffered after hurricane Katrina. Along with my growth as a person and help towards others‚ I had the opportunity to learn about the culture of New Orleans while touring the beautiful city. My trip to
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his first and only Jubati award. Though Drummond gained much success from A Morte de DJ em Paris‚ the romantic novel Hilda Hurricane became his biggest success‚ along with the easiest novel he had written for it only took in 64 days to finish it while it took him years to finish some other novels that he published‚ yet did not do as well. Despite popular belief‚ Hilda Hurricane was not a cliché romantic novel. There was much more to the novel than it appeared. There was history. The novel was written
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Sandy Survivor Profile “Never be afraid to fall apart because it is an opportunity to rebuild yourself the way you wish you had been all along.” ~Al Greene The purpose of my interview is to get to hear the untold stories of the victims of hurricane sandy. Media doesn’t tell the stories that need to be heard. These stories can affect everyone’s hearts and bring a different way of viewing others situations. I have interviewed my neighbor’s cousin; her name is Sophia and she lived in Keyport‚
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generated by Hurricane Sandy. Now‚ a recent study by researchers at the New York University Colleges of Nursing (NYUCN) and of Dentistry (NYUCD)‚ published in The Journal of Urban Health examines the impact on NYULMC nurses’ post-Sandy deployment to help address patient surge in eight local hospitals and health facilities that had not been as affected by the storm. The mixed method study‚ "Challenges of Nurses’ Deployment to Other New York City Hospitals in the Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy‚" is
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entered the Gulf of Mexico and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Celia later on August 1.[1] Due to warm sea surface temperatures‚[8] Celia rapidly intensified into a Category 3 hurricane on August 1.[1] Storm surge and swells lashed the west coast of Florida‚ especially the
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his autobiography‚ The 16th Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472‚ to widespread acclaim. The story of his plight attracted the attention and support of many luminaries‚ including Bob Dylan‚ who visited Carter in prison‚ wrote the song "Hurricane" (included on his 1976 album‚ Desire)‚ and played it at every stop of his Rolling Thunder Revue tour. Prizefighter Muhammad Ali also joined the fight to free Carter‚ along with leading figures in liberal politics‚ civil rights‚ and entertainment
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