Hurricane Katrina is the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Katrina destroyed imports of crude oil and caused a number of refineries in its path to shut down temporarily. It prompted denunciation by politicians of greedy refiners and gasoline dealers‚ and proposals for federal legislation prohibiting "unconscionably excessive" gasoline price increases. Many states have an anti-gouging law set in place during disasters. But yet just a year
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References: Morris‚ J. C. (2009). From Disaster to Lessons Learned: What Went Wrong in the Response to Hurricane Katrina?. Old Dominion University. Retrieved June 27‚ 2012‚ from http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/quest/DisasterLessons.html Hess‚ D.‚ & McKnight‚ T. (2010). Introduction to Earth. In Physical Geography: A Landscape Appreciation. (10th ed.). (p. 173). Upper
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Communication And Crisis Paper October 8‚ 2012 Henny Breen Communication And Crisis Paper As the director contingency plans would be in place according to the emergency Management office. My job would be to make the decisions to make sure the right staff was on hand. Once the staff is countable with the contingency plan as a director‚ we would start contacting local agencies such as‚ Law Enforcement and Public works to establish how severe the contamination
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Cast Study Review After reading this case study I literally sat with my mouth wide open for hours‚ wondering how something like this could occur and why? Article- The Deadly Choices at Memorial‚ a well written full account of the days and hours leading up to hurricane’s Katrina’s rescue mission. The passage give detail on the deadly dilemma and the lack there of from government official and organizations responsible for New Orleans’s. Decisions that were made were done out of fear‚ frustration
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Zeitoun‚ a fantastic novel by author Dave Eggers is a heroic tale of faith and courage set during Hurricane Katrina of August 2005‚ in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The hardy protagonist of the chronicle is Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ a Syrian man‚ living in Louisiana with his wife‚ Kathy‚ and his three daughters and stepson. Zeitoun‚ a former sailor‚ used to storms and seas‚ at the time of the hurricane owned a contracting business‚ building‚ repairing‚ and painting. Zeitoun’s heroism and bravery have made
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of the historical events. As such the Silverado is a product of experience and is meant to serve the American people. It has used clips from the Martin Luther King Jnr ‘I have a dream‚ speech‚ The landing of Neil Armstrong on the moon and the Hurricane Katrina. Showing martin Luther king Jnr in the commercial as the theme song progresses with the words “I believe there is a dream for everyone” is aimed at provoking the mind of the potential customer that the Silverado is their dream car. It is
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(“Quotable Quote” 1). This too can be said about natural disasters in today’s time. A natural disaster is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as‚ “any form of nature that has catastrophic consequence‚ such as an avalanche‚ earthquake‚ flood‚ forest fire‚ hurricane‚ lighting‚ tornado‚ tsunami or volcanic eruption.” Many times the people affected by such an event take a backseat to the actually disaster itself. Why is that? Why is it that certain parts of the world‚ when hit by a natural disaster‚ seem to be
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Individual: Atmospheric Issues Climate change; the gradual shift in weather patterns throughout the planet attributed to the use of fossil fuels used by humanity to make life more convenient and comfortable. People have been the stewards of the planet for roughly 200‚000 years of which‚ the past 150 years would be classified as America’s peak industrialization‚ but this is a global issue and many nations have only recently begun their
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the coming years. One problem of coastal erosion is an increased vulnerability to hurricane surges which affects New Orleans. For example August 23‚2005 Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana this was the costliest natural disaster as well as one of the 5 deadliest hurricanes articles say “Over fifty breaches in New Orleans hurricane surge protection are the cause of the majority of the death and destruction during Katrina on August 29‚ 2005. Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of
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Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy was considered a super storm that wreaked havoc on the east coast‚ in the US. Hurricane Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record‚ as well as the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane in history‚ only surpassed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Hurricane Sandy formed on Oct. 22 and started to dissipate Oct. 31‚ 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season‚ Hurricane Sandy devastated portions of the Caribbean‚ Mid-Atlantic
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