Hot. Humid. In other words‚ the usual New Orleans summertime day. Now all the local media were buzzing with the new Katrina tracking information. Many people were going about their usual Saturday routines. Some were still oblivious to what was happening. Greg had the kids. I got up‚ cleaned the house‚ and washed all the clothes‚ so if we left (I hadn’t decided for sure yet)‚ I wouldn’t have to do it when we returned. I filled up at a nearby gas station and went shopping. There was an eerie feeling
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Doberge Cake after Katrina Amy Cryrex Sins‚ in Doberge Cake after Katrina‚ communicates apropos the recipes lost during the horrific Hurricane Katrina. Sins writes about her dreadful experience‚ as she watched “in horror” as the levee on the 17th Street Canal broke‚ “sending tons of water and debris down [her] street” (Sins 45). Although she had not lost any people to the flooding‚ she had lost much of her collection of recipes that she had been gathering since her move to New Orleans. Sins discusses
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536 Sardis Street Pearl‚ MS 39208 Katrina_lutz@yahoo.com In the last three months it has come to my attention that several changes have been occurring‚ since Jessica Hilo has been on medical leave. The last three months we have more increased cost due to overtime‚ poor quality of work‚ tardiness and variations of break time. Every two executives have one secretary to help support the current team. Jack Snyder supports Jessica Hilo and Ralph Alane‚ while Ruth Disselkoen supports Samuel and
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It is 2005. The wind is screaming‚ the water is racing down the windows‚ and I’m screaming my heart out‚ terrified. Mom and dad are crouched down on the floor covering me up and my grandmother begins racing to find a place for us all to go. “Damien‚ come help.” my grandmother calls. They try to get all of the food and water they can get‚ but suddenly everything turns black. The lights are out and the power is gone.The hurricane starts coming. “Here are some candles.” my mom screams as she searches
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NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
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The media portrayal of African Americans during hurricane Katrina was quite biased. While the people of Louisiana were fighting to survive‚ and trying to flee dangerous flood waters they were spoke of in a very negative connotation on certain media outlets. The disparaging remarks were so egregious that social civil
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with winds spanning 1‚100 miles (1‚800 km)).[4][5] Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.5 billion (2012 USD)‚ which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.[6] Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22‚ quickly strengthened and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Sandy six hours later. Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy The day was March 18th 1967 the location was Caraguatatuba Brazil. On this day Brazil suffered it’s worst natural disaster when continuing rains and rising ocean temperatures brought on flooding and mudslides that killed at least 500 people (J.Masters/wonderblog.com). Nine months later and two hundred miles away on December 4‚ 1967 I was born. Though I didn’t experience first hand the effects of that storm my parents did. I had never experienced anything like it until two
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Running head: REFLECTION PAPER Reflection Paper on FEMA Training Irene R. Diaz Lamar University By providing a means of prevention practices a school can actually eliminate or minimize the crisis all together (Cavaiola & Colford‚ 2011). This statement is very clear and true in my opinion. A crisis can be as small as a car wreck or as large as hurricane (FEMA‚ 2012). Being a counselor‚ you must be prepared to handle all crisis’s that may occur in your
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Charlene Harris NURS 421 Professor Sirmans December 3rd 2012 1) Identify your thought process‚ strategies and preparations for your Individual Personal Readiness Plan relating to Hurricane Sandy. Just over one month ago‚ the Northeast was not prepared for what would be the most treacherous storm; Hurricane Sandy. The Northeast was never face with a hurricane of this magnitude; Hurricane Sandy became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record and caused damages of at $20 billion. I remember
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