THE POLITCAL STORM How Hurricane Katrina Exposed Political Chaos On August 29‚ 2005‚ the United States witnessed a catastrophic natural disaster that demolished not only homes and roads‚ but lives. Hurricanes Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in Louisiana ranking at a category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale‚ maintaining winds of 100-140 miles per hour and stretching 400 miles across. What experts can agree on is that there was over an estimated $100 billion in damage‚ but what they cannot agree
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of 0.66 square miles. Bienville was the governor for John Law’s Company of the Indies. New Orleans has gone under many different periods of rule throughout its history. It first was with the French‚ then it was given to the Spanish‚ then the Louisiana Purchase occurred‚ and ever since it has been
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rental in operating condition. The main goal of a capital purchase is that the lifetime of that product will extend beyond the year of purchase. After purchased the product is called a capital asset. Capital assets are all tangible property which cannot easily be converted into cash and which is usually held for a long period‚ including real estate‚ equipment‚ etc. (Finkler‚ Kovner‚ Jones‚ 2007). Capital assets and money used to purchase such items are treated differently than that of the operating
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Source to an Organisation. Purchase department buys Raw Materials‚ Spare parts‚ services etc. as Required by the company or Organisation. Purchase management is One of the most Crucial Area of the Entire Organisation. Thus‚ Needs Intensive management. Purchase is the Main Activity in Area of Material management. Purchasing management is a department in an organization responsible for purchasing activities. Purchase is Most Important Function in any Organisation. Purchase is the first element which
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Civil–Military Relations in Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study on Crisis Management in Natural Disaster Response In late August 2006‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans region‚ affecting an area of over 90‚000 miles. It began with a hurricane which led to flooding‚ disrupting millions of lives across multiple jurisdictions‚ and damaging or destroying much of the local critical infrastruc- ture—21 refineries‚ miles of electricity transmission lines‚ and telecommunications equipment—within
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States is a leader in the Vietnamese catfish industry and‚ in 2001‚ produced 597 million pounds of catfish. Catfish is a particularly popular dish in the southern states of the United States and produced domestically in Mississippi‚ Arkansas‚ and Louisiana in man-made freshwater ponds. Although the U.S. is clearly one of the top producers in the market‚ Vietnamese catfish importers have been causing problems for the United States’ domestic catfish industry. Vietnamese catfish importers saw an opportunity
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Save New Orleans How would you feel if your town where you were born was flooded and never built back again? In the summer of 2005‚ in the city of New Orleans‚ a hurricane‚ which was named Katrina‚ destroyed the city‚ leaving people homeless and source less‚ and because of that‚ the government and the town’s council started thinking if they should really re built the city or not‚ because of possible future disasters. New Orleans is an important city because it was the home of many people‚ and without
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floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans‚ it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). As the winds reached speeds of 100 to 140 miles per hour‚ water crashed against the levees‚ breaking them‚ and flooding 80% of Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina’s peaked at a category five‚ but disintegrated into a category three. The third deadliest hurricane is what Hurricane Katrina achieved. In the wake of a dark time‚ Hurricane Katrina proved to America how crucial preparedness
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left France to found a colony on the Gulf of Mexico. Sieur d’Iberville set up a fur trading for originally on the north gulf coast‚ then moved the establishment to Dauphin Island. Once again‚ he moved the fort and created an inland colony near Louisiana. Sieur d’Iberville was in charge of all of France’s responsibilities in the southern portion of the territory. Wen Iberville died in 1706 the land under his jurisdiction was given to ho brother‚ Jean Baptiste de Moyen Sieur de Beinville. Beinville
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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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