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    Hurricane Katrina Impact

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    Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster waiting to happen to the state of Louisiana. Katrina formed from the interaction of tropical waves and tropical depression. What was the most severe impact about Hurricane Katrina? It had one of the worst oil spills in history from Louisiana to Alabama. Katrina caused a long-term environmental and health impact. What effects were caused in state of Louisiana? In John Levine research about Hurricane Katrina (2005) he stated‚ “in the city of New Orleans‚ pollution

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    Van Heerden‚ who is a hurricane expert at Louisiana State University‚ predicted that a great storm would occur. “A slow moving storm category 3 Hurricane will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water‚ and New Orleans as we know it will no longer exist” (www.pbs.org). In order to find out how the hurricane could affect New Orleans‚ Heerden generated different types of computer models that depicted how hard the state of Louisiana would be hit. The impact of the storm was

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    Chase Caldwell Professor Gwaltney English 1102 14 March 2013 When The Levees Broke Rhetorical Analysis Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on the morning of August 29‚ 2005. The storm produced sustained winds of up 125 mph when it hit that morning. On that same day Katrina caused 53 different levee breaches in greater New Orleans‚ spilling the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into the city and flooding an overwhelming majority of New Orleans. The floodwaters destroyed countless homes

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    Faith in a Higher Power

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    If I am not as close to my higher power (God) as I used to be‚ who moved? Life has its ways of being so unbearable at times; that it can cause a person to feel like the entire world is against them. One tragic situation after another can definitely bring someone to his or her breaking point. Numerous times‚ I have felt like my back was against the wall and all my problems were caving in on me‚ but at this one specific point in my life‚ I felt I had reached my breaking point. Devastating situations

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    And every season I undergo the crustacean eater’s equivalent of a fashion crisis..." Sara Roahen feels that she has become part of Louisiana‚ and that somehow she has fit the culture. However‚ it can be notice from the beginning of her story that even though she has experienced different crawfish seasons‚ every time she has to relearn the technique. Meaning that she has not truly become

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    Over the millions of years that humans have been on this earth‚ many communities have come to existence. The great Egyptians‚ and the Roman empire‚ are just to name a few but none are more diverse and complex than the city of New Orleans. A city founded on the worlds’ second largest river‚ New Orleans is a place that has thrived for many years. Though it is always at risk of natural disasters‚ the people stay true to its’ traditions and diversity. The “Who Dat Nation” will always be strong and supportive

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    I have lived in Mandeville‚ Louisiana – a waterfront city north of New Orleans – my whole life. Mandeville and New Orleans rest on opposing sides of Lake Pontchartrain‚ a brackish body of water known for its brown-grey hues and occasional corpse. Bisecting the lake is a 24 mile long bridge that once held the Guinness World Record for the longest bridge over water‚ dubbed the Causeway‚ which provides a 40-minute drive from one city to the other. Mandevillians will tell you they are from New Orleans

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    University After reviewing information on the British Petroleum Gulf of Mexico oil spill of spring 2010‚ I decided to use the Triangle of Satisfaction model to analyze the disaster from the three different positions. BP‚ the state of Louisiana‚ and the United States federal government all had very different philosophies when it came to the resolution of the enormous matter. The Triangle of Satisfaction refers to the conflicts of interest (Bounding‚ K (1962). It reveals three types of

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    Hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on August 29 in southeast Louisiana. The majority of lives lost and property damage happened in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The storm was estimated to be responsible for $ 81.2 billion in damage due to its destructive

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    The Big Easy The city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana is incredibly strong in multiple humanities. A town that has been seasoned‚ fried‚ and served in original culture for hundreds of years. Everywhere you step in this floozy city‚ you are guaranteed a taste of what elegance it has to offer. Whether it be a metaphorical taste‚ or a spoonful of gumbo‚ you are in for an exciting ride. New Orleans is brimming with rich culture from everywhere‚ like how it contains a plethora of Haitian background‚ French

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