The recent hurricanes‚ Katrina and Rita‚ along with global warming amplify Jared Diamond’s thesis in "The Last Americans" that humans are responsible for the downfall of civilizations. Throughout history‚ many civilizations have collapsed due to numerous reasons such as incompetent leaders and environmental negligence. Many people view the United States’ current environmental crisis with apathy. These people feel that the environmental collapse of ancient societies such as the Mayans is only pertinent
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Communication device were useless. 3/4 of the police force came in to work. What were the Mayor’s responsibilities prior to the hurricane? Stock the shelters with food and water. mobilize cities and school buses for evacuation. Where were state and local officials during the aftermath of Katrina? 80 miles away at the state capital during the aftermath of Katrina. This was a problem because they did not know about the extent of the damage and were unable to help. What were the critics
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Aug 29th 2005‚ that day will forever go down in infamy in the history books of New Orleans. It was on this day that Hurricane Katrina touched down in New Orleans and absolutely destroyed the city in the catastrophe that left at least 1‚800 dead. I heard all about the hurricane‚ on the news‚ the internet‚ the radio‚ school‚ everywhere. I thought I knew all about Hurricane Katrina‚ I thought I was well aware of all the horrible things that happened during this time. The thing is however‚ I wasn’t
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very compelling overview of the tragedy that took place at Memorial Hospital during the five days after Hurricane Katrina ravished New Orleans in September 2005. The book approached the ethical dilemmas faced by those physicians and staff involved in the key roles of the rescue effort at Memorial Medical Center‚ one of the many medical facilities that were devastated by this category 5 hurricane. The physicians who remained to care for the patients were put in the difficult position of deciding who
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the progress of man makes humans feel as though we are invincible‚ but when a natural disaster strikes we are reminded that Mother Nature still cannot be tamed and can strike at any time without warning. We have seen this in the past weeks with hurricane Harvey flooding Houston and displacing people who never in their life thought that their houses and neighborhoods might be underwater one day and left with nothing. Similar to current events‚ this image shows New Orleans‚ one of the largest cities
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WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE Ron Young Bryant and Stratton College Phil 250 Ms. Obradovich February 8‚ 2013 In August 2005 there was a massive storm brewing and growing into a storm like no other storm‚ Hurricane Katrina. In the days before the storm hit‚ there were many agencies gathering information and trying to give a good guess on when‚ where‚ and how bad this storm was going to be. Some people listened and prepared and some did not. Why? Why didn’t some people even
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The two essays I chose for my final portfolio were Maira Kalman’s “Back to the Land” interpretive essay and Josh Neufled “A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge” interpretive essay. I found it quite easy when it came to deciding which two interpretive essays I would have to choose for evaluation because I was able to analyze both the purpose and audience clearly in the two essays. Also‚ with both Kalman and Neufeld’s essays I received positive responses‚ and felt that I could confidently write about both
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Delivery Outline Topic: Mandatory Military Service After High school 1-2 YEARS • Thesis –Mandatory military service in the United States should be considered because it will provide economic and social benefits to those people who are serving as well as create a benefit for the general public as well as nation as a whole. • First if you take people out of the economy cause they’re serving there will be more jobs open for those who have already passed the their required year or two of required
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there are natural hazards that can occur on the earth. While some hazards are more predictable than others‚ all have the potential to have disastrous outcomes. Like the catastrophic tsunami of the Indian Ocean in December of 2004 or the more recent‚ Hurricane Sandy in New York. There is no comparison between nature and ma- made systems to stop the cycle of earth’s climate‚ there is nothing we can do to prevent or reduce natural hazards*. Hazards are a part of the natural make-up of every region’s climate
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Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster that caused major damage to New Orleans. The Hurricane destroyed the city. “The storm also exposed historic tensions of race and class‚ and it produced deep mistrust of public officials and institutions” (Lukensmeyer‚ 2007). The whole city was flooded. The policy makers already had their minds made up on how they were going to rebuild Katrina. One of the first things was education. “New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin recognized that rebuilding the city
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