From the reading I gathered the climate change could melt ice caps from global warming‚ which could make sea levels rise‚ which would make them more power for dangerous hurricanes. Hurricanes draw power from warm water. Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans was a great example of the power of the ocean. There are so many things that affect the atmosphere. If the ozone layer were to be gone‚ of course the planet would heat up. It is really our only protection‚ in my opinion‚ from the dangerous
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all San Francisco’s history‚ were her people as kind and courteous as on this night of terror.” In the magazine article‚ “Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire” Jon Lee Anderson really tries to express how one victim of Hurricane Katrina was affected by the shocking. Focuses on one victim named Lionel Petrie who had been awaiting the arrival of his family who had left the day before. Until Shawn Alladio had told him that the authorities were not allowing people back
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story gain by reflecting only the Zeitoun family’s view of the events? What might be lost in such an approach? The story gains by reflecting only the Zeitoun family’s view of the events mainly because of the discrimination that Zeitoun had to go through during the Hurricane Katrinna‚ by the simple reason that Zeitoun is a muslim man‚ they accused him and his two friends‚ of being part of the AlQaeda. The American police – military or a higher power – imprisoned them by their religion
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coastal populations also face events brought on by nature such as hurricanes and storm surges. Although hurricanes and surges occur naturally‚ the intensity and frequency of them have dramatically increased over the years due to global warming. The signs have been evident. Take the year 2005‚ for example. In the Atlantic region‚ there were 28 recorded hurricanes and tropical storms‚ one of them being the infamous Katrina (National Hurricane Center). It hit
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Case – 1 - A perfect response to an Imperfect storm Twelve days. That’s how long it took for Mississippi power to restore electric power to the heavily damaged areas of southern Mississippi after hurricane Katrina slammed into the Mississippi gulf coast on august 29‚ 2005‚ with 145-mph winds and pounding rain. That’s remarkable‚ given the devastation that news photos and television newscasts so graphically displayed. It’s something that even the federal and state governments could not accomplish
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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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regarding why we pay what we pay for gasoline. The formula is: crude oil + refining process + retail sales/distribution + taxes = gasoline price. A good example of a sudden price change can be found in Hurricane Katrina. Many oil refineries and drilling operations were wiped out because of the hurricane‚ causing a spike in the gasoline prices because of the sudden decrease in supply. (Roy‚ 2010) We at the delivery company have put together a data set to help report on the effects of this situation
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Defining the Humanities Paul Talley HUM100 March 25‚ 2013 Marilyn Olander Defining the Humanities After reading this week’s lecture and my understanding of what humanities are is the study of what people have experienced and how they express this experience. Humanities are how people have interacted throughout their existence and how people interact today. Humanities are the study of the philosophical beliefs of a culture. The philosophical approach to understanding a culture is what separates
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Influence of Media on Society Media‚ the name alone to everyone seems all too familiar‚ however the meaning and purpose of the word is understood differently amongst people. For ages media has been a key source for knowing what is happening throughout the world. As time evolved the speed in which media information becomes available has increased dramatically‚ but the quality of media is one to question. Today our media behavior changes all the time because the gratifications we seek from the media
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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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