The Traumas Associated with Hurricane Katrina Michael A. Porch Saint Leo University Abstract Trauma is defined as; an extremely distressing experience that causes severe emotional shock and may have long-lasting psychological effects (Encarta Dictionary‚ 2013). Hurricane Katrina was one of‚ if not‚ the most devastating natural disaster to hit the United States (US); while being the costliest and the third deadliest (The Weather Channel‚ 2009). The physical‚ social‚
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November 17‚ 2015 was one of the most memorable days in my life. After eleven long years I was finally going to see my family in New Orleans. My cousin‚ Mykeasha‚ and I had to fly all the way from California to Louisiana. Since we had to board the plane in LA(Los Angeles) my mother-in-law decided that she would take us. When we arrived to the airport to leave California‚ I started to feel a little home sick. ’’Maybe it’s my nerves‚"I thought.’’ I know once I board that plane and we take off there
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the history of the United States of America. There were 27 thousand square miles overwhelmed by at least 30 feet of water and affected 63 hundred thousand people affected. Ninety-four percent of the affected people lived in Arkansas‚ Mississippi‚ Louisiana‚ and almost all of the Mississippi Delta. Over 2 hundred-thousand African Americans along the Mississippi River had been forced to move to relief camps. This was a cause that hardly impacted the Great Migration from the South to the North. Many
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“BP” Oil Spill On April 20th 2010‚ British Petroleum better known as BP had an extremely destructive impact on the environment and the livelihood of those in Gulf Coast area of Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Florida. BP’s Deep-water Horizon oil rig was located offshore‚ 52 miles off the southeast coast of Venice‚ Louisiana. An explosion on the Deep-water Horizon oil rig caused a massive fire that claimed the lives of eleven BP workers. After 36 hours of burning‚ the Deep-water Horizon oil rig sunk to
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William Ivy Hair.‚ Carnival of Fury: Robert Charles and the New Orleans Race Riot of 1900 (Louisiana State University Press‚ 1976). William Ivy Hair’s Carnival of Fury elaborates on the life of Robert Charles and the events leading New Orleans to the race riot of 1900. Hair quoted newspaper articles printed during Charles’ life to include society’s reaction and provide a white-Southern perspective of African Americans. Hair’s original objective was to uncover what Charles experienced
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Louisiana was claimed for France in 1682. Unlike other New World establishers the French were apart of the Catholic denomination. The French Catholics did not have strict specific rules about certain things you could not eat or certain cultural activities
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and deeply examine changes and progress from the day of the disaster to present day. IMPACT Hurricane Katrina reached land from the gulf of Mexico on August 29th‚ 2005‚ just 10 miles east from New Orleans‚ Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina drastically impacted the population and demographics of New Orleans‚ Louisiana. New Orleans was the 31st largest city in the country with a population of 454‚863 in 2005. The 2004 American Census reported that 69% of
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms to ever hit the United States and left behind much devastation to the south coast‚ particularly New Orleans‚ Louisiana. However‚ there were many ways that some of this physical and emotional damage could have been prevented‚ particularly by the government systems and engineers. When the Levees Broke‚ a movie directed by Spike Lee‚ clearly showed this and the interviews of those who lived through the storm were truly heart wrenching. However
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Running Head: The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina Gregory Forbes Our Lady of the Lake College Abstract: A Hurricane is a storm with a violent wind where it forms from ranges of categories 1-5 through large areas of rainfall. Hurricanes can also turn into tornadoes depending on the category it is in. Hurricane Katrina (2005) is one in particular that has left the Nation in devastation where many will never forget. The Levee in New Orleans led to massive flooding
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started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods were below sea level there was a system of levees and seawalls to help prevent flooding. The mayor of New Orleans‚ Ray Nagin
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