6 September 2013 Beyond Katrina Analysis Perhaps Tretheway focused a portion of her novel on the idea that the economy was demolished after Hurricane Katrina due to the building of Casinos and Resorts. In “Beyond Katrina: A Mediation on the Mississippi Gulf Coast‚” Natasha Tretheway infuses parallelism between the destruction of the city/ people and the destruction of the casinos‚ “some memorabilia washed away in the storm. They are like us in their appreciation of loss” (Tretheway 58). She explains
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color of their skin and how day to day life felt like. It’s a very touching novel about how we really aren’t all that different and how some may come to extreme measures to pursue that equality. Aibileen is a black maid living in Jackson Mississippi. She has a calm‚ wise feel to her‚ always wanting to make others happy no matter what it comes down to for her. Her son Treelore died at age 24‚ about the same time she started waiting on her seventeenth family: the Leefolts. Ever since her son
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On August 23‚ 2005‚ Katrina was formed merely as a tropical storm that the people of the United States thought wouldn’t do any damage. On August 28‚ 2005‚ cities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi started to demand a mandatory evacuation‚ but numerous people were stranded with no form of transportation or anywhere to go. Thousands were left waiting to see if Katrina would really strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day‚ the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm
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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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A Natural Disaster: Hurricane Katrina In August of 2005‚ the lives of the people living in New Orleans changed drastically due to a massive hurricane. Hurricane Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. There were several lives taken‚ many families and homes destroyed. The financial damage caused by the hurricane was shocking. Several countries and people made donations to help rebuild homes and the city of New Orleans. There were several lives taken as well
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Communication Challenges Hurricane Katrina is considered as one of the most devastating natural disasters that have occurred in America in the past few years. The disaster not only contributed to loss of lives but also damaged property estimated to be approximately $60 billion based on reports by risk management experts. One of the most affected areas by the natural disaster is New Orleans whose people and infrastructure was significantly affected. The natural disaster contributed to the establishment
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thousands of jobs were lost due to severely damaged or destroyed businesses and supporting infrastructure. Major highways in and around New Orleans were damaged or destroyed‚ disrupting commerce. Katrina had a profound impact on the southeast Louisiana/Mississippi oil and gas industry‚ which accounts for nearly 30 percent of total domestic crude and 20 percent of domestic natural gas production. More than 30 oil platforms were damaged or destroyed and nine refineries were damaged and/or shut down for weeks
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In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”‚ the story is about a woman living in a fictional town of Mississippi. This story begins with the narrator discussing a woman who died in her old age‚ and how her life impacted a community. Emily Grierson has a hard time acknowledging and adjusting to the changes in her life. For example‚ “Miss Emily met them at the door‚ dressed as usual and with no trace of grief on her face. She told them that her father was not dead.”(Faulkner‚ page. 81) This quote clearly
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skin all men can vote or ride the bus or drink from the same water fountain. Today the “sons of former slave and sons of former slave owners” can and do sit together at a table and enjoy each other’s company. His dreams that “even the state of Mississippi‚ a desert state‚ sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression‚ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice” is also another dream come true for King. His dream that his four children could live in a nation where they would not
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Hence‚ there is doubt that the economy of the United States suffered its dramatic damages. The figures provided by The White House indicates that the unemployment rate doubled from 6 to 12 percent in the most influenced areas of Louisiana and Mississippi during the time of crisis which was between August and September. The salaries and wages went down sharply by about 1.2 billon dollars in the third quarter of 2005 (Chapter One: Katrina in perspective). The storm also demolished 113 offshore oil
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