hunger-relief charity. In a humanitarian act‚ she also hosted a charity drive and pledged $100‚000 for the organization ONE: The Campaign to Make Poverty History.Moreover‚ Ellen has also participated in the relief campaigns for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and she has reconnected with survivor‚ Dianna Beasley on her show. Recently‚ Ellen learned about an organization called The Gentle Barn‚ a home and hospital for animals that have been abused. On her website‚ Ellen then urged her viewers to
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Trouble the Water is not solely about Hurricane Katrina and its calamitous aftermath‚ but it is an honest‚ raw footage that displayed how America treats its poor and displaced citizens‚ particularly in time of dire need. Given U. S impressive response to humanitarian crises‚ and use of the top of the line gadgets to combat enemies in war-torn zones‚ the disappointing non-governmental response in New Orleans begs to question the capability of the U.S to response to disaster within its own country
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hot | The chair was as squeaky as a mouse | The movie scared the crap out of me | Being at the beach is just as peaceful as a flowing meadow | He was a heck of a gambler | The gym smelled of worn socks and corn chips. | The documentary of hurricane Katrina victims being treated like a cold‚ dead fish. | That snow was as high as a mountain | Lived life on the edge | Your room looks like a tornado hit it. | The eyes sparkle like the moon. | He was driving like a bat out of hell. | Eating so
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In Dave Egger’s New York Times best seller‚ Zeitoun‚ he writes about a Muslim man named Abdulrahman Zeitoun who stays behind during Hurricane Katrina and canoes around to help people that are trapped in their house and helps them get to safety and he feeds helpless dogs that are starving. Zeitoun is portrayed as a heroic family figure in the book. He is a kind man and acted selflessly whenever he had to do things. For example‚ he gave the limited food that he had to save the starving dogs and each
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be made quickly in a crisis or disaster. Communication systems are often the first recovery area disabled during a crisis. For example‚ if a Category 5 hurricane hit Miami’s Mercy Hospital‚ it would experience major disruption because it sits directly on the ocean with no barriers to wind or flooding. This situation was seen during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with many nurses and doctors even abandoning their assigned posts. The landline phones and cell phone towers were inoperable when the power
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Early morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm reached land‚ it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale bringing winds of 100–140 miles per hour. The Hurricane ran some 400 miles across. Hundreds of thousands of families in Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Alabama lost their homes‚ and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage. By the time Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans‚ it had already
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This essay tells about how hurricanes are formed and the damages that they have on life and property. It tells how hurricanes are classified into five different categories depending on the speed of wind and their potential to cause damage. Also tells about the cause and effects of hurricanes. The essay gives examples of two powerful hurricanes that struck the US. Of the hurricanes were the most costliest which was Hurricane Katrina that hit New Orleans and Hurricane Andrew that was the most powerful
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Support of Civil Authorities Introduction The military’s role during Katrina supported the concepts of Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) while assisting local authorities to help speed the recovery efforts. The effort of recovery was slow at first because the laws and policies that were in place did not allow the President to assert control of the situation in Louisiana. The Federal Emergency Management Agency during Katrina was unable to conduct joint operations with the military. The fundamentals
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To what extent can preparedness mitigate the impacts of tropical revolving storms? (40 marks) Tropical revolving storms can be referred to as Hurricanes‚ cyclones and Typhoons these occur in the Atlantic‚ Indian and pacific oceans. Nobody is quite sure how they form but certain factors do need to be met for one to form. One of these is the temperature of the sea which has to be above 28degrees‚ the water also has to be deep beneath the storm‚ this is how the storm gathers its energy. These storms
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in this particular essay. Everyone remembers Hurricane Katrina‚ 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 rising and thus broke. This essay shed light to the ugliness that most Americans are not aware and if not‚ they are fully aware of it and only decides to turn the other cheek and pretend its non-existent chooses to ignore it. Hurricane Katrina did not only destroy homes‚ businesses
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