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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critical natural disaster? The disruption in Brisbane includes effects on major industries such as agriculture‚ tourism‚ retail trade and manufacturing. The research posed in this paper was evaluated from the economic impact after the floods and the statistics highlight the significance of the effects from the natural disaster. The impacts from flooding depend greatly on the location and the extent of the flood. It also differs significantly on the vulnerability and value of the natural and constructed
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Natural disasters have always devastated human lives miserably. Be it an earthquake‚ hurricane‚ flood‚ tsunami or any other kind. The human life in the worse affected area reaches to a zero. Almost everything from food‚ clothing and shelter to the luxuries are to be restored from scratch. Series of scams and frauds that follow any natural disaster compel me to think ‘if natural disasters are really an act of God or man?’ Though economists keep studying the affects of natural disasters from an
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Natural disasters happen all over the world‚ and they can be utterly devastating for people’s lives and the environments in which they live. Although natural disasters are caused by nature and there is nothing that we can do to prevent them happening‚ there are many different natural causes that lead to natural disasters‚ and being aware of these causes enables us to be better prepared when such disasters do arrive. One common natural disaster is flooding‚ which occurs when a river bursts its banks
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Environmental Destruction In the past century we have made many great innovations such as automobiles and aircrafts and even pesticides. With these great innovations come consequences. Such as global warming as Bill Mckibben states in his essay “The Environmental Issue from Hell”. In this essay Mckibben talks about how humanity in the past century has contributed to global warming by using fuel burning vehicles and aircraft. Before Pesticides‚ farmers had a tough time keeping crops alive due to
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT’S PROJECT Handling Natural Disasters – Tsunami Made By – {name} What to do BEFORE a Tsunami * Find out if your home‚ school‚ workplace‚ or other frequently visited locations are in tsunami hazard prone areas. * Know the height of your street above sea level and the distance of your street from the coast or other high-risk waters. * Plan evacuation routes from your home‚ school‚ workplace or any other place you could be where tsunamis present a risk. *
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Man Made Disaster The affects of over population on natural environment are vivid. As of November‚ 2008‚ the world’s population is estimated to be about 6.7 billion. It is expected to reach nearly nine billion by the year 2042. This issue of increasing population should be at the forefront of our attention. The rising population has resulted in high fuel consumption and reduction of natural resources. Due to such major growth in population‚ human needs also grow‚ in time; there will not be enough
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propensity for natural disasters in Canada‚ this plan will address continuity of business in the event of a natural disaster‚ such as a tornado. The specific areas of business continuity to be treated are 1. Pre-incident adjustments‚ 2. Ethical use and protection of sensitive data‚ 3. Ethical use and protection of customer data‚ 4. Communication plan‚ and 5. Post-incident continuity. The goal of this plan is to reduce pandemonium associated with natural disasters’ effects on
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Mathematical Models for Estimating Damages Due to Natural Disasters in the Philippines A thesis proposal submitted to Dr. EFREN S. CONSEMINO in partial fulfillment of the requirement in Fundamental of Research ( Edu 51) Submitted by: Perla V. Cruzada Joe Rico B. Ducay Ralph Laurence S. Manubay Maribeth B. Maraya March‚ 2014 CHAPTER 1 The Problem and Its Background Introduction Philippines is situated in the world’s hazard belts and are subject to floods‚ droughts
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plans when they are going to be hit by a natural catastrophe‚ it just happens. When the state of Florida was blindsided by a category 5 hurricane no one was prepared for the damage it was going to do. With hurricane Andrew’s 165 mph winds‚ 17 foot high floods and destruction of 25-26.5 billion dollars worth of property the state could not handle the cleanup and relief that was needed. Florida’s local government officials were not prepared for this disaster‚ nor could they fix the damages themselves
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