floods used to settle and make more land over time. The sediment also used to formed a buffer between the city and the water whenever storms or hurricanes came towards the city. Due to lack of sediment deposit and formation of new land‚ Louisiana has lost almost 2‚000 square miles of land since the 1930’s (217 of those miles were because of hurricanes Katrina and Rita). Despite the negative results to the land from the insertion of levees‚ the american government has continued to handle flooding in
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mid-August on a hot summer day hurricane Katrina damaged a city‚ New Orleans‚ possibly for a lifetime. The novel: City of Refuge by Tom Piazza gives readers an omniscient point of view of two families lives during this tragic event. The Williams family from the Lower 9th Ward and the Donaldsons originally from the upper Midwest who had made their way to New Orleans share the same traumatic experience; in different ways of the levees breaking from hurricane Katrina changed both of their lives forever
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Living in the sunshine state of Florida can be a beautiful and warm adventure‚ but it also can be a storm filled season of tropical storms‚ and hurricane madness. One thing that has happened because of the destruction that “Hurricane Katrina” caused in New Orleans is that it brought attention to the importance of preparedness. States ramped up their informational flyers‚ websites‚ and other ways of getting information out more quickly to their areas during these powerful storms. One important
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INTRODUCTION One professional firm‚ identified in this research only as the CPA Firm‚ [CPAF] has undertaken strategic disaster recovery planning efforts that they believe will allow them to recover quickly from a natural disaster. On August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. and the planning for a disaster by the CPAF was put to a test. REVIEW OF LITERATURE A review of the literature related to disaster planning by professional firms in the U. S. resulted in minimal literature that was specific to
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Also‚ answered the two questions about the case. Headlines: * Introductory video with brief background * An act * Case Analysis. * Two questions ( activity ) * Conclusion. * References. A brief introduction: Hurricane Katrina is a story that disaster a whole country and it was a popular story that all the world know about it and tried to help them from each side. Background: Mississippi power is an electrical company in the southeastern mississippi this company
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Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Katrina destroyed imports of crude oil and caused a number of refineries in its path to shut down temporarily. It prompted denunciation by politicians of greedy refiners and gasoline dealers‚ and proposals for federal legislation prohibiting "unconscionably excessive" gasoline price increases. Many states have an anti-gouging law set in place during disasters. But yet just a year
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References: Morris‚ J. C. (2009). From Disaster to Lessons Learned: What Went Wrong in the Response to Hurricane Katrina?. Old Dominion University. Retrieved June 27‚ 2012‚ from http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/quest/DisasterLessons.html Hess‚ D.‚ & McKnight‚ T. (2010). Introduction to Earth. In Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. (10th ed.). (p. 173). Upper
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Communication And Crisis Paper October 8‚ 2012 Henny Breen Communication And Crisis Paper As the director contingency plans would be in place according to the emergency Management office. My job would be to make the decisions to make sure the right staff was on hand. Once the staff is countable with the contingency plan as a director‚ we would start contacting local agencies such as‚ Law Enforcement and Public works to establish how severe the contamination
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Cast Study Review After reading this case study I literally sat with my mouth wide open for hours‚ wondering how something like this could occur and why? Article- The Deadly Choices at Memorial‚ a well written full account of the days and hours leading up to hurricane’s Katrina’s rescue mission. The passage give detail on the deadly dilemma and the lack there of from government official and organizations responsible for New Orleans’s. Decisions that were made were done out of fear‚ frustration
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Zeitoun‚ a fantastic novel by author Dave Eggers is a heroic tale of faith and courage set during Hurricane Katrina of August 2005‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The hardy protagonist of the chronicle is Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ a Syrian man‚ living in Louisiana with his wife‚ Kathy‚ and his three daughters and stepson. Zeitoun‚ a former sailor‚ used to storms and seas‚ at the time of the hurricane owned a contracting business‚ building‚ repairing‚ and painting. Zeitoun’s heroism and bravery have made
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