AMST 101 – Monday & Wednesday 1:00pm - 2:15pm Prof. M.A. Oral History Project & Short Paper By D.B. The following essay is about my interviewee’s personal history and what he had experienced‚ being a residential in the United States of America. R. L. W. is a 69 years old man who bears his age well and who spent most of his life in his home country state Louisiana. He moved with his wife Brie and his daughter J. to California in 1987 in order to run his own business‚ a plumbing company.
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study has revealed that global warming increases the magnitude and frequency of natural disasters‚ thus pushing the economy on the brink of collapse. Also experts believe that the global warming has increased the size and frequency of hurricanes. The Katrina hurricane in 2005 may be used as a justification to this statement; it caused $125 billion worth damage in the US. Consequently‚ the GDP dropped from 3.8 to 1.5‚ which is more than a 50% drop Ironically the disaster had a huge death toll but increased
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people does not require that they receive identical treatment. The Federal government treats the citizens of the states equally when it comes to natural disaster aid‚ but not all necessarily receive identical treatments. This past week‚ hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans hard. Thousands of people have died‚ lost their homes and all their belongings due to this tragic disaster. New Orleans is in a time of need. The Federal government is providing billions in aid to help the citizens of the affected
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to explain the storm and the effects of it. “Super Disaster Of the 21st century” by Adams and Kostel‚ uses data to explain the hurricanes‚ tsunamis and earthquakes. For example‚ “At least 1‚800 people died. Hundreds of missing people were never accounted for”(Adams and Kostel 144).The authors uses structure in this section by telling about the effects of Hurricane Katrina first to draw in the readers. This quote shows the estimate of people affected and killed by
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Cited: Freedman‚ A. (2012‚ 06 06). Retrieved 10 01‚ 2012‚ from www.climatecentral.org: http://www.climatecentral.org/news/top-5-most-vulnerable-us-cities-to-hurricanes/
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the World Trade Center‚ the Pentagon‚ and a field in Pennsylvania. The events of 9/11 killed about 3‚000 people including hundreds of first responders at the World Trade Center in New York. In 2005‚ an estimated 2‚000 people were killed when hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana‚ Florida‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama. Even though one event was a natural disaster and one was a terrorist attack‚ the results were overwhelming and devastating. First responders and government officials thought they were prepared
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In Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward‚ the audience is introduced to the struggles of an African American family in Mississippi trying to get everything together before the terrible storm‚ Hurricane Katrina crashes onto the coast and wipes everything out. This heartfelt novel introduces to the audience the theme of parenthood/motherhood‚ the role that the absence of a mother/father had on the children‚ the role of basketball and the affect it had on the family‚ the role of dog fighting and how it related
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Bird Communication and Crisis Hurricane Katrina was considered as one natural disaster. But in reality it was two disasters. The initial disaster was a natural disaster which ripped the coastlands of Louisiana and Mississippi to shreds and left New Orleans a wasteland. The second disaster was the lack of communication and response that took place between federal‚ regional‚ state‚ and local relief agencies and efforts after the hurricane. The two disasters combined have caused a lot
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(2011). Retrieved from Department of Justice website: http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/nopd_report.pdf Fox‚ J. (2011). In it up to their necks. New Statesman‚ 140(5048)‚ 44-48. JOHNSON‚ S. (2010‚ December 9). Ex-New Orleans cop sentenced for Katrina shooting cover-up. New York Amsterdam News. p. 4. Miller‚ J. (n.d.). New York city is safer 10 years after 9/11‚ thanks to the nypd read more on newsmax.com: New York city is safer 10 years after 9/11‚ thanks to the ny. Retrieved from http://www.newsmax
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Superman‚ Wonder Woman‚ Spiderman—what do all these characters have in common? They are all products of the human aspiration to be saved. The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. However‚ there are various cases today in which
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