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    Hurricane Katrina Have you heard of a Hurricane? They are a type of three tropical storms. The word hurricane is from the Mayan storm god Hurakan was famous for helping create humanity and for being like wind and storms. Hurricanes like Katrina‚ Andrew‚ Sandy‚ and Inged and lots of others. Could be able to reach a diameter of 100 km-1500 km ‚and would be whirling around so I would stay a satisfactory distance away. Also it could have a chance to reach a rotation speed of 350km/hour isn’t that

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    Medicine‚ Department of Internal Medicine (Block‚ DeSalvo)‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ USA o Address correspondence to: Karen DeSalvo‚ MD‚ MPH‚ MSc‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Tulane University School of Medicine‚ 1430 Tulane Avenue‚ SL 16‚ New Orleans LA 70112 ‚ • Richard A. Scribner‚ MD‚ MPH Affiliations o Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center‚ Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine (Scribner)‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ USA ‚ • Karen B. DeSalvo‚ MD‚ MPH‚ MSc Affiliations

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    of jazz agree that it was probably started in New Orleans. It was started by African Americans living in New Orleans. The Creoles‚ a group of free black people that spoke Spanish and French‚ lived on one side of New Orleans. They had a extensive knowledge of European music and they had all the characteristics that made them the upper class. They had the best bands in New Orleans and were very proud of it. The other black people living in New Orleans were poor and uneducated. They were combined with

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    Clashing Views in Race & Ethnicity Edition (New York: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin‚ 2008) Did Hurricane Katrina Expose Racism in America? Adolph Reed is a professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and Stephen Steinberg is a professor of sociology at Queens College in New York City. Both Reed and Steinberg challenge the tendency of policy makers and other commentators to focus on African-Americans as the source of the problems faced by New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and emphasize

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    Hurricane Katrina

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    Housing market in New Orleans after hurricane Katrina Table of contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………………3 2. Pre-Katrina situation ………………………..…………………………………..4 3. After-Katrina situation…………………………………………………………..6 4. Current situation New Orleans….………………………………………………8 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………...…9 6. References…………………………………………………………………….….10 Introduction It is August 29th of 2005 when the United States of America is badly affected

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    When the Levees Broke

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    looking into the tragic event of hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. It shows camera footage and interviews from various people such as: residents ‚ politicians and police men who were all caught up in the disaster. Divided into four parts‚ the film goes on for four hours. During this‚ numerous people with different roles are interviewed regarding their experiences. Spike Lee has introduced the film but using archive footage and photos of New Orleans. It shows the damage‚ debris and severe flood scenes

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    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 as families and homes destroyed

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    City Council Paper

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    Meeting Paper I attended the meeting of the New Orleans City Council on Thursday‚ October 10. It was very easy to find a schedule of all meetings available by searching New Orleans City Council online and navigating to the webpage. The council webpage has a great variety of resources on their webpage including‚ but not limited to‚ introductory biographies on the council members as well as what committees they serve on for the council and related news for those members’ districts and projects.

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    Ruby Bridges Essay

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    In Spring 1960‚ Ruby Bridges was one of several African-Americans in New Orleans to take a test to determine which children would be the first to attend integrated schools. Six students were chosen‚ however‚ two students decided to stay at their old school‚ and three were transfered to Mcdonough. Ruby was the only one assigned to William Frantz. Her father initially was reluctant‚ but her mother felt strongly that the move was needed not only to give her own daughter a better education‚ but to "take

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    Hurricane Katrina

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    United States. After the Hurricane‚ water from the storm overwhelmed the levee system in New Orleans and flooded large parts of the city and it was an economic disaster. The handling of disaster relief by the government‚ especially FEMA‚ drew harsh criticism. From the people Hurricane Katrina impacted many families‚ leaving them homeless and with no access to food‚ water and other necessities. The people in New Orleans themselves went around the community trying to rescue people with the very little amount

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