HOW EVACUEES RESPOND WHILE EXPERIENCING TRAUMA (Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1854990/) Trauma and Stress Response Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees Mary Alice Mills‚ BA‚ Donald Edmondson‚ MA‚ and Crystal L. Park‚ PhD Additional article information Abstract Objectives. Hurricane Katrina’s impact on public health has been significant and multifaceted‚ with trauma-related psychological sequelae likely to result in a sizable burden of disease. Data were collected that assessed
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Geog task 51 – exam question Discuss the impacts of storm events in the British Isles and evaluate the responses to them (40 marks) ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- The British Isles has a cool temperate western maritime climate including four seasons and various weather conditions. Storms come and go some so weak they are unnoticed and some bring in heavy winds and torrential
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Everett‚ 2007) In the essay written “The Water Revealed” written by Jim Wallis‚ Willis uses all three appeals in his argument. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating natural disaster that everyone around the world remembers. Hurricane Katrina produced so much water that the levees around New Orleans could not withstand the pressure and the levees broke. Was it really Katrina that caused all the damage in New Orleans or was it the fact that the levees could not sustain the level of the water that was
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possible disasters. For example‚ On August 29 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused over 50 failure of the levees and flood walls which were protecting New Orleans. The failures of the levee and flood wall makes 80% of New Orleans full of flood. Over a million homes and businesses were flooded by tens of billions of gallons of water in New Orleans. In this case‚ levees and flood walls are responsible to protect people living in New Orleans from hurricane and flood but they did not because of human negligence
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References: A Third Of Louisiana Republicans Blame Obama For Hurricane Katrina Response Under Bush. (2013). Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/obama-hurricane-katrina_n_3790612.html Definitions of Public Policy and the Law. (2012). Welcome to the Medical University of South Carolina. Retrieved from http://www.musc.edu/vawprevention/policy
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Last month Super Storm Sandy hit the north east USA which caused some serious damage. All Americans had donated tons of money to big agencies so it could be helpful for the victims. Red Cross raised billions of dollars whether it was during Sandy‚ Katrina‚ Haiti and 9/11. However‚ Red Cross did spend some amount of money in helping and provided the food service. The question that revolves around the brain is after raising huge amount then where has all the money gone? Red Cross is world known agency
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Boin‚ A.‚ P.‘t Hart.‚ A. McConell and T. Preston. (2010). Leadership style‚ crisis response and blame management: The case of hurricane Katrina. The Journal of Public Administration‚ 88(3)‚ 706-725 In this paper I have summarized the article and offer comments on where additional research would assist in further understanding of the issue. The authors of this article used retrospective review which uses existing data and researches. Leadership style and crisis management have always been
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states in his novel Zeitoun. Zeitoun is a nonfiction book written by Dave Eggers about the main character named Abdulrahman Zeitoun and his Muslim family that lives in New Orleans. During this time‚ Hurricane Katrina is about to run its course through New Orleans. Zeitoun decides to ride the hurricane out and tell his family to leave without him. Throughout the rest of the book‚ the Zeitouns will face many struggles that they may or may not be able to overcome. Although he has good intentions‚ Zeitoun
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2.) One of the events prior to 9/11 that I believe also significantly contributed to shaping homeland security in the present was the Cold War. The differences between the Cold War and the War on Terror were of course the time‚ the place‚ and the people who were involved but the main difference were the cause of each war. The U.S. got involved with Korea and Vietnam because the US wanted to stop the spread of communism coming from countries like the U.S.S.R. The US declared war against Afghanistan
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response to Hurricane Katrina” is what the back of the book reads (Eggers). While the book does mention the struggle of living with racism against Muslims in America and the devastation of Hurricane Katrina‚ it is hardly about family. The main character of this novel is Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ a Muslim man who resides in New Orleans. Though his work ethic is second-to-none‚ he is also stubborn and bullheaded which sometimes causes him to cloud his better judgment. When Hurricane Katrina was at its peak
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