People who report on events use many different ways to report on that event. Authors who cover events use either an objective or subjective point of view to describe an event such as a natural disaster. Both “The Story of an Eyewitness‚” by Jack London‚ and “Letter From New Orleans: Leaving Desire‚” by Jon Lee Anderson‚ both describe the effects of a natural disaster from an objective or subjective point of view. “Story of an Eyewitness” focuses on the initial earthquake and fires following it‚
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chose to stay when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. During his canoe trip journey after Katrina‚ Zeitoun encountered many people who were trapped in their homes and in need of his help. Risking his life to save others‚ Zeitoun was falsely accused of stealing and dealing drugs because of his race. In Zeitoun‚ Dave Eggers portrays the view that America has towards Muslim people and how people are treated unjustly simply because of how they look. A few days after Katrina hit‚ the levees broke‚ leaving
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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 New Orleans the same way: building the levees up a little
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very hard for everything my children and I had. So the beginning of 2004 I had a miscarriage and then on Mother’s Day my best friend and mother died. It took me awhile to get my mind a life back on track. Then here comes August and I get to meet Katrina. When the news started notifying us on the hurricane it wasn’t that big. It was two days before landfall when it really started hitting the news. Then all you hear is she’s coming right our way. Living in New Orleans hurricanes are hit or miss‚ meaning
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Case – 1 - A perfect response to an Imperfect storm Twelve days. That’s how long it took for Mississippi power to restore electric power to the heavily damaged areas of southern Mississippi after hurricane Katrina slammed into the Mississippi gulf coast on august 29‚ 2005‚ with 145-mph winds and pounding rain. That’s remarkable‚ given the devastation that news photos and television newscasts so graphically displayed. It’s something that even the federal and state governments could not accomplish
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(2011). Retrieved from Department of Justice website: http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/spl/nopd_report.pdf Fox‚ J. (2011). In it up to their necks. New Statesman‚ 140(5048)‚ 44-48. JOHNSON‚ S. (2010‚ December 9). Ex-New Orleans cop sentenced for Katrina shooting cover-up. New York Amsterdam News. p. 4. Miller‚ J. (n.d.). New York city is safer 10 years after 9/11‚ thanks to the nypd read more on newsmax.com: New York city is safer 10 years after 9/11‚ thanks to the ny. Retrieved from http://www.newsmax
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Communication and Crisis Roland K Aidoo HCS/320 5/26/13 Patricia Bird Communication and Crisis Hurricane Katrina was considered as one natural disaster. But in reality it was two disasters. The initial disaster was a natural disaster which ripped the coastlands of Louisiana and Mississippi to shreds and left New Orleans a wasteland. The second disaster was the lack of communication and response that took place between federal‚ regional‚ state‚ and local relief agencies and efforts
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Tuesday‚ August... Summary and Analysis of Part II: Friday‚ September... Summary and Analysis of Part III: Wednesday‚ September... Summary and Analysis of Part IV: Tuesday‚ September... Summary and Analysis of Part V: Fall 2008 FEMA and Hurricane Katrina Related Links on Zeitoun Suggested Essay Questions Test Yourself! - Quiz 1 Test Yourself! - Quiz 2 Test Yourself! - Quiz 3 Test Yourself! - Quiz 4 Author of ClassicNote and Sources Buy PDFBuy Paperback Zeitoun Summary Abdulrahman Zeitoun‚ owner
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The most stunning indictment of the media’s portrayal of black America came when someone pointed out the bias in reporting during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Associated Press published two photos. One showed a group of white people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d taken from a store. The other photo showed a group of black people‚ wading through the water and pushing some items that they’d from a store. The white people were described as “finding food”. The
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Natural Disasters The government has come under fire quite a few times following natural disasters. Their main responsibility in response to these disasters is to provide the tools citizens in the affected area need to recover as quickly as possible. The first and most important response is to food and water needs of the displaced. The communication of the distribution location has proven to be difficult to find out immediately after the destruction takes place. Also‚ extended shelter seems
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