World Trade Center‚ the Pentagon‚ and a field in Pennsylvania. The events of 9/11 killed about 3‚000 people including hundreds of first responders at the World Trade Center in New York. In 2005‚ an estimated 2‚000 people were killed when hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana‚ Florida‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama. Even though one event was a natural disaster and one was a terrorist attack‚ the results were overwhelming and devastating. First responders and government officials thought they were prepared for
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San Francisco’s history‚ were her people as kind and courteous as on this night of terror.” In the magazine article‚ “Letter from New Orleans: Leaving Desire” Jon Lee Anderson really tries to express how one victim of Hurricane Katrina was affected by the shocking. Focuses on one victim named Lionel Petrie who had been awaiting the arrival of his family who had left the day before. Until Shawn Alladio had told him that the authorities were not allowing people back
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Chapter 15: Decisions Under Risk and Uncertainty Answers to Applied Problems 1. a. At the maximax rule the firm should operate plants in US‚ Mexico‚ Canada b. At the maximin rule the firm should operate plants in US only c. The potential regret matrix is: OINC Passes OINC Fails OINC Stalls US only 10 million 0 2 million US and Mexico 5 million 3 million 2.5 million US‚ Mexico‚ Canada 0 5 million 0 And the maximum potential regrets are: US only 10 million US and Mexico
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Communication between the people of New Orleans and the city government was a reason why there was so many casualties. During any natural disaster‚ winds can harm any communication systems‚ especially a storm like Hurricane Katrina. Most of modern day communication tools rely on obstacles that are built on land‚ such as radio antennas and cellphone towers. Katrina’s fast winds knocked down a 400 foot antenna that was built to last through winds that would blow up to 150 mile-per-hour. Weakening communication
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Superman‚ Wonder Woman‚ Spiderman—what do all these characters have in common? They are all products of the human aspiration to be saved. The word hero is passed around too much these days. A hero is not a football player that scores the game-winning touchdown or the goaltender who saves his team from a loss. A hero is usually an ordinary person that did extraordinary things. A true hero is really never a hero at all; at least not in their own mind. However‚ there are various cases today in which
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In the book‚ the way Zeitoun’s relationship with Kathy and his family seemed like such a loving and compassionate relationship. It almost seems false that a relationship that loving could end up in a murder plot. In the book when Hurricane Katrina was hitting New Orleans there were many strong undertones on how much Zeitoun missed his family and it almost seemed like Zeitoun wasn’t as concerned with the storm as much as he wanted to be in contact with his family. Kathy seemed just as concerned
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INTRODUCTION A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth; examples include floods‚ severe weather‚volcanic eruptions‚ earthquakes‚ and other geologic processes. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover.[1] An adverse event will not rise to the level of a disaster if it occurs in
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that humans are born evil when their natural instinct is to help others? This instance is shown when natural disasters‚ such as Hurricane Katrina‚ strike and devastate the lives of many. Instead of angry hordes looting the abandoned areas‚ civilization banded together in these times to help each other. According to the MH School‚ “Natural disasters like Katrina unite us all in our desire to help those in need. Good citizens do what they can to offer assistance. Some go directly to the hardest hit
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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 systems went down. The hospital would also experience added stress due to injured residents
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disasters‚ American Red Cross makes it possible for families to access a database and post their name and a message which then pushes out to Facebook and twitter letting other family members know they are ok. As a matter of face‚ after Hurricane Katrina‚ the American Red Cross partnered with Microsoft Corp. to create Safe and Well‚ a website used during disasters and other emergency situations. Survivors list themselves as unharmed and write a brief message‚ which can be automatically posted to their
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