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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that are lost in disasters‚ and what it is to lose everything mentally and physically. To be looked down upon for something you had no control over. I lived in Metairie‚ Louisiana in an area called Fat City. It was a very well-known place in New Orleans. I had my two oldest children at the time and lived in a two bedroom apartment. It was well spaced‚ very nice and the rent was only $590.00 a month. I was working and doing what I had to do to take care of my household. I would say I had a decent
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leaders and residents who remained in New Orleans without water‚ food or shelter‚ and the deaths of several citizens by thirst‚ exhaustion‚ and violence days after the storm itself had passed. The criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina primarily consisted of accusations of mismanagement and lack of leadership in the relief effort in response to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath‚ specifically in the delayed response to the flooding of New Orleans. Although
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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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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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Category 3 hurricane on the morning of Monday‚ August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas‚ much of it due to the storm surge. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed; in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. This caused 80% of the city and large neighboring parishes became flooded‚ and the floodwaters lingered for weeks.
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to $81 billion in damages (NHC‚ 2005). A category 5 storm has wind-speeds greater than 155 mph and typical storm water surges are greater than 18 feet (ASCE‚ 2007). This paper will look at the events during and immediately after the storm hit New Orleans‚ LA. By the time the storm hit Louisiana on August 29‚ 2005‚ the storm had lost some intensity and been downgraded to a category 3 storm‚ a storm with winds of 127 mph. The storm hit during high tide which intensifies the water surge swell. Though
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van der Woude Natural Disasters EES:1400:A08 2/19/2015 Once the storm finally passed‚ the flood waters finally receded‚ and the levees were put into some sort of repair‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ through its path of destruction left New Orleans and the surrounding areas in one of the costliest states of disrepair ever seen from a natural disaster in U.S. history. From the damage to infrastructure‚ to the lost jobs‚ to the loss of life‚ Hurricane Katrina left a devastating impact causing
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Minh Vu University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans‚ LA 70148 April 15‚ 2012 Jack Baggenstoss 5296 Midway Road Metairie‚ LA 70001 Dear Mr. Baggenstoss: Here at the University of New Orleans‚ we try to maintain a strict‚ yet fair academic curriculum for all our respective students. With that said‚ all of our semester objectives are clearly stated in the course syllabus and my policy regarding extra credit work will not change‚ so your request for extra credit work will
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peers understanding and clarify that the origin of the shotgun house lies in African culture. He wants to prove that the shotgun house does not originate from New Orleans‚ but traces back further‚ dating back to the sixteenth century. By using the evidence of immigration patterns into the United States‚ rise of free black communities in New Orleans‚ understanding of the Atlantic Slave Trade route‚ development of Architectural traditions‚ and adoption of vernacular architecture‚ Vlach will prove his objective
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