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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Keith E 4/2013 SOC 310 Environmental Disasters Professor Cantiello Analysis of 5 disaster movies addressing the realistic and exaggerated properties of the catastrophic event as well as the portrayal of peoples’ behavior before‚ during‚ and after the event. There is nothing more enjoyable than watching an entertaining movie‚ especially one with a disaster at the climax of the film. Movies are known for their exaggerated properties used to keep the viewer
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2014 Dr. Kevin Lett Gulf Coast HospitalThe Gulf Coast Hospital‚ a 350-bed facility‚ is located in New Orleans‚ Louisiana along the Gulf coast. The Gulf coast has been hit with numerous hurricanes and tropical storms and in 2005 Katrina hit land. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 season and made her way onto the shores of the Gulf coast on the morning of Monday‚ August 29‚ in southeast Louisiana. The storm surge was the cause of much
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automatically from being the safest place to live. One is New Orleans‚ Louisiana for its infamous history of hurricanes. On August 29‚ 2005 the world witness the damage a category 5 hurricane could do to a major city in the United States. Hurricane Katrina tore through the city with a vengeance leaving thousands destitute and stranded for days. Areas such as California have high risk of earthquakes at any given moment. For years the western coast of the United States has had its fair share of experiences
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Hurricane Katrina. The World Trade Center Attacks on 9/11/01. Daily responses to critical incidents across the nation. Each of these things is a unique incident‚ in itself‚ but they all have something in common: those responding to incidents like these need to have a plan in order to be successful. Benjamin Franklin has been credited with saying‚ "by failing to prepare‚ you are preparing to fail. ” A good‚ organized plan can often mean the difference between failure and success‚ or even life
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NATURAL DISASTERS A natural disaster is a major adverse event‚ which can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage. There are many types of natural disasters: avalanches‚ earthquakes‚ volcanic eruptions‚ floods‚ tsunamis‚ blizzards‚ droughts‚ hailstorms‚ tornadoes‚ wildfires. If an adverse event occurs in an area without vulnerable population‚ it will not have such disastrous consequences‚ as if it occurs in area of vulnerable population as in San Francisco
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Heclo’s policy of issue networks is a new way of dealing with the connection between politics and its administration. Previously‚ the Iron Triangle was the way that the connection was dealt with. The Iron Triangle concept described the major players as congress‚ career bureaucrats and large interest groups. It was said that the groups had a give and take kind of relationship and eventually led to a reasonably easy way to create policy while somewhat satisfying each of the groups. Basically
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a few hours to several months.” Ideally‚ the disaster plans will give concrete guidelines on what a person should do if faced with any encounter‚ but there can be failures in communications at any given moment. For example‚ during the Hurricane Katrina Disaster in 2005‚ hospitals in the Louisiana area were affected. Initially‚ there must have been confusion and uncertainty. The power in hospitals went out meaning there were no phones‚ no computers‚ and no direct lines of communication for staff
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opportunity for the city to rise as a tourism city. However‚ due to the climate of the city itself‚ the city is vulnerable to one of the deadliest natural disaster‚ the hurricanes. One of the well known disasters that hits New Orleans is the Hurricane Katrina incident in 2005. This case study aims to analyse New Orleans as a major tourism city of America and its future potential to stay as one of the top tourism industry in America. This case study will research into the effort and impacts made by the
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Barrier Islands Barrier Islands‚ which are also known as barrier spits‚ are elongate‚ narrow islands of sand or sediment that lied parallel to the coastline and are separated from the mainland by a shallow sound‚ bay or Lagoon. Most barrier islands are along trailing edge and marginal sea coast where continental shelves are wide and gently sloping. The majority of the barrier islands in North America are along the Atlantic and Gulf Coast. The formation of the barrier islands is not fully understood
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