Save New Orleans How would you feel if your town where you were born was flooded and never built back again? In the summer of 2005‚ in the city of New Orleans‚ a hurricane‚ which was named Katrina‚ destroyed the city‚ leaving people homeless and source less‚ and because of that‚ the government and the town’s council started thinking if they should really re built the city or not‚ because of possible future disasters. New Orleans is an important city because it was the home of many people‚ and without
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Hurricane Katrina Early Morning on August 29th 2005 the United States was hit by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. Hundreds to thousands of people in Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama were affected. Making Hurricane Katrina one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina was rated a category 5‚ the highest rated category. Killing an estimate of 1‚833 people. After the hurricane Millions of people were left homeless along the Gulf Coast. The storm hit the New Orleans
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Dennis Viera Environmental Science Frey Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina On August 23rd the United States National Hurricane Center broadcasted a report saying that Tropical Depression 12’ had formed over the south eastern Bahamas. The next day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina’‚ and unfortunately following that‚ upgraded to the fourth hurricane for the year 2005. Hurricane Katrina was overall classified as a Category 5 with wind speeds up to 175mph; devastating effects followed
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foraging baboons is a troupe. A half dozen crows on a telephone wire is a murder. A gam is a group of whales. But what is a collection of human beings called? A group’. (Forsyth‚ 2006 P.2) A group can consist of two or more people interacting. Bruce Tuckman and Meredith Belbin both devised theories relating to the interactions and dynamics of groups‚ whilst Tuckman concentrated on the group as a whole‚ Belbin focused on the roles individuals played within a group. ‘For centuries‚ sages and scholars
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes start off as tropical depressions (centres of low atmospheric pressure) over tropical oceans. Three things must happen for a hurricane to form. A continuous evaporation and condensation cycle must take place; there must also be patterns of winds that are characterized by the converging winds‚ and a difference in air pressure between the surface and high altitude. In the warm waters of the eastern Atlantic‚ water vapour rises from the ocean and then cools forming clouds
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Since Hurricane Katrina‚ the recovery work faced many challenges. After the storm with few days and because of the flooding which prevents the access to many parts of New Orleans it was very difficult to start the rescue missions. Financial‚ emotional and health elements made each Katrina survivor’s recuperation story diverse and every component made remarkable issues for those people and their families. Protection tricks and temporary worker extortion made numerous individuals watchful and wary
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with a false sense of confidence‚ eventually leaving 70% of the population behind after evacuation orders. This sense of false confidence contributes to lack of preparation. These are lessons we as a community should have learned from Hurricane Katrina to the Gulf Oil Spill. We must take all of this information and use it to better ourselves‚ our community‚ and our future. As Albert Einstein once said‚ “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again‚ expecting a different
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During the Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ it is believed that leaders decided to blow up the levees to save the cities and places that brought in the most money and instead try to direct the water towards the wetlands and marshlands. There are different ideas regarding this topic. It is said that leaders promised restitution to the people who would lose their homes. Many people heard explosions and reported it. Officials said they were transformers blowing up. There is more evidence that the levees were
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Fear has always been a part of Bruce Banner’s life. His earliest memories were of anger‚ rage and screams. A victim of abuse and tragedy‚ young Bruce was caught in a war between safety and murder. The arms of his mother the only defense from his father’s wrath. Her battered body only a shell that served one purpose. To protect her son at all cost. Even at the cost of her own life. A price that was paid full. Innocent blood of his mother’s dead body tainted his soul that day. One last lullaby which
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Federalism in Action Part One: The Storm 1. According to Frontline‚ what problems were caused by the following groups: The Local and state officials? was unprepared‚ uncoordinated and overwhelmed in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina disaster The U.S. military? The U.S Military was not used to working with civilians on a daily close bases and lacked proper guidance from Washington. FEMA? FEME was not prepared to handle such a large number of people-lacked assets and lacked
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