African Americans Decision not to Evacuate during Katrina There are several different reasons African Americans decided not to evacuate during Katrina. There were income restraints‚ lack of knowledge in a timely fashion and race bias. The mayor made it confusing for some and they were unaware that it was a mandatory evacuation until two days before the hurricane hit‚ and they were unaware of the severity of the storm. The mayor had stated on television if they didn’t want to go they didn’t have to
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explain the hurricanes‚ tsunamis and earthquakes. For example‚ “At least 1‚800 people died. Hundreds of missing people were never accounted for”(Adams and Kostel 144).The authors uses structure in this section by telling about the effects of Hurricane Katrina first to draw in the readers. This quote shows the estimate of people affected and killed by
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COURSE: BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY DESCRIPTION CODE: MAS 262 PROJECT: IDENTIFICATION OF PHILANTHROPIC COMPANIES AND THE EFFECT PHILANTHROPIC ACTS HAVE ON THE COMPANIES Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities‚ stakeholders and all other members of the public sphere who may also be considered
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Not only the frequency is increasing but the magnitude of hazards as well. Mostly in hydro-meteorological hazards (the graph no.2)‚ probably due to climate change. In recent years we had the biggest disasters (both hydro-meteorological) Hurricane Katrina (2005) and Asian tsunami (2004) whose caused many deaths and a lot of damage. However the first graph also is very similar to the graph of people population growing‚ as we know at the moment there is about 6.5 billion people on the Earth and this
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New Orleans is one of the worst-organized cities in the United States and known for poverty‚ yet there are still people such as Billy Grace and John Guidos that found their life fulfillment in the midst of their storm‚ the devastating Hurricane Katrina. Billy Grace and John Guidos are characters from the book Nine Lives by Dan Baum. John Guidos born a man‚ at an early age begin to recognize that he was somewhat different‚ but never knew how to comfortably come into his own until 20 years later
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SWOT Analysis Strength 1. Wide customer base in diverse markets like merchant gases‚ tonnage gases‚ equipment & energy and electronics & performance materials. 2. Diversified geographic presence in more than 40 countries with an employee base of more than 40‚000. 3. Steady growth in revenue & operating profit 4. Increasing liquidity through growing demands and sustained expansion in diverse territories. 5. Strengthening operational performance by driving increased productivity to the bottom
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for the common defense" technically with this mandatory service they will be backing up the constitution. • If we had this and bigger army‚ maybe we could have had more people in national guard to help with natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. • Also‚ for those who prefer state service instead of just military. • If people don’t want to be in the
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basically make life better for the people; regardless of whether it’s during times of tragedy or day to day operations. Government should help‚ maintain and restore not ignore‚ discriminate and make excuses. For example‚ during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina‚ George Bush caught a bunch of backlash because of how long it took him to check on the city of New
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Canadians died then the economy would be dead‚ as well as businesses. But on the plus side‚ there would be plenty of job openings. In crime‚ with more people dying‚ less people to stop. Think of it like the natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. Tons of people died‚ not even half but still crime went up. Everyone stole so they would have a chance to live. Another question comes up in my mind; would the food be more expensive? Well that would be a harder situation considering
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According to scientists‚ hurricanes that are in a higher category of 3 can cause serious damage to the city. If we don’t evacuate more people will get injured or die because of the hurricane. As long as we outrun the hurricane and evacuate we will save more lives than if we stayed in our homes. You’ll see why‚ hurricanes are large‚ spiraling tropical storms that can pick up speeds over 160 miles per hour(MPH)and unleashes more than 2.4 trillion gallons a day. However‚ on September 8‚1900 when a
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