Is Walmart good for America? As the largest retailer in history‚ it’s no surprise that Walmart is the target of both vicious attacks and effusive praise. According to its own website‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. operates more than 8‚000 stores‚ employs more than 2.1 million people‚ and sells more than $400 billion worth of goods in every year. Though this bulk intimidates those who fear for the viability of “mom and pop” retailers‚ Walmart’s great strength is that it devotes its considerable power to
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family with three kids‚ another on the way and their dog living with the clothes on their backs‚ nowhere to go‚ and no money for a new hotel‚ let alone a new house. This is similar to what happened to thousands of families in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina obliterated many neighborhoods‚ leaving families stranded on roofs and in the streets with no help from the government and their insurance companies. The article “Drop in the Bucket” was written by Karrie Jacobs for the public of America to
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This case summarizes events preceding the Hurricane Katrina‚ which was one of the worst natural catastrophes in the modern history of the USA. It raises questions about the lack of reasonable prevention and preparation actions due to flimsy structure and management of the responsible organizations and persons‚ invalidity and inconsistence of their actions and incapability of making the decisions in a timely manner. As a result of the unstructured and incoherent activities‚ we could observe several
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Carlin HCS/533October 20‚ 2014 Dr. Kevin Lett Gulf Coast HospitalThe Gulf Coast Hospital‚ a 350-bed facility‚ is located in New Orleans‚ Louisiana along the Gulf coast. The Gulf coast has been hit with numerous hurricanes and tropical storms and in 2005 Katrina hit land. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 season and made her way onto the shores of the Gulf coast on the morning of Monday‚ August 29‚ in southeast Louisiana. The storm surge
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hands so they assisted the public demands. Emergency Management has come from a long way since 9/11. After‚ the Hurricane Katrina debacle since then has improved in organization‚ planning‚ controlling and implementing of
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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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