Using valid peer-reviewed sources on the Internet‚ update any dated facts in this case with more current information. How do these new facts reflect the current ethical culture of the Red Cross? According to the case study‚ the American Red Cross had seven different acting or permanent heads in the first decade of the 21st century. This "run-through" of CEOs at the America Red Cross ended when Gail McGovern joined the American Red Cross in April of 2008‚ and she has been in office since‚ making
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maximum sustained winds of 155 mph (250 km/h) and a minimum barometric pressure of 921 mbar (27.2 inHg). October featured five tropical cyclones‚ the most in any month of the season. There was two tropical depressions‚ followed by Irene‚ Jose‚ and Katrina. The only tropical cyclone in November and the final in the season‚ Hurricane Lenny‚ existed from November 13 to November
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The next song on my EP will be the song “Tie my hands”. Made by Lil Wayne and Robin Thicke. The issue in the song is the fact that during the hurricane katrina the people was pretty much abandoned by the country and they was not helped in the manner that you would expect by the great country that we live in. My opinion on Lil Wayne is that he is a very strong lyrist and can say deep things that others wouldn’t
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natural human instinct. Back when societies were more primitive‚ they preyed on other societies for their wants and needs. On the last fateful week of August‚ 2005‚ New Orleans was struck by one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes‚ Hurricane Katrina. This storm created a state of chaos as it took friends‚ family‚ and loved ones and turned them against each other. Lives were lost as so as people minds. As food and money became a scarcity‚ civilians became salvages. People stole from stores and
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things are deployed when a natural disaster or catastrophe happens. In her presentation she pointed out that since the economy has dropped there has been lots of funding that has been count down which concerns her because if something like hurricane Katrina happens again we will not have the resources to help people in need or maybe even ourselves. Her presentation was also about how you can help yourself out even without anybody help and she gave some suggested websites to visit to help people learn
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hurricane forecasting and warning systems. Hurricane resistant building design has the potential to reduce losses in many areas‚ and indeed richer families have built purpose built structure in the New Orleans area that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Unfortunately it is very expensive as educating people of the need for such structures must be added to the cost of building unfamiliar buildings. However in principle it is a successful strategy
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The Unconventional Hero What defines a hero? Does it mean having the ability to fly‚ super human strength‚ or be able to leap a sky scraper in a single bound? Maybe it’s the courage to run into a burning building and save someone’s life‚ or even answering the call to go fight for your country. However‚ according the Joseph Campbell‚ author of The Hero with a Thousand Faces‚ it doesn’t require super human strength or the courage of a thousand lions; it requires one’s ability to embark and endure
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Fallon Nelson Pd.5 Macbeth Are humans inherently good? It is a question many people are puzzled about‚ and many do not know the answer too. The fact that humans may be born good and slowly turn evil because how corrupt society is‚ or that they have been born bad and been put in order from lessons and rules in life is completely unknown. It is such a complicated question that there has been no solid proof to whether humans are good or evil. Many studies support that we are all inherently good to
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In early September 1999‚ the name‚ Floyd would soon be remembered for years and years. Hurricane Floyd struck the eastern coast of the United States in during the mid-month of September of 1999. This storm originated over the Atlantic off of the western region of Africa. Although Floyd only began as a tropical wave‚ it became a storm the United States thought could be the biggest and strongest they had ever seen. In preparation for this storm from Weather Forecast Offices and different Prediction
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contradistinction to this Adams can be found using lots of description in her article “hurricane katrina’s mighty winds tore up some towns to shreds‚ and drowned others in floodwaters.” This shows lots of description by creating imagery of what damage hurricane katrina did .Comparatively they both use cause and effect to describe the natural disasters. Like how Adams writes “The aftershock not only interfered with rescue efforts‚ they also triggered landslides that blocked rivers”. Cause and effect is shown‚ because
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