the city of New Orleans. Betsy drove strong storm surge waters into the city of New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain causing the in the industrial canal fail on both side. It took more than ten days for the water level in New Orleans to go down‚ and people could return to their homes. After hurricane Betsy the 89th congress enacted the flood control act of on October 27‚ 1965. Why New Orleans is Vulnerable to Hurricanes? Since its founding in 1718‚ the city of New Orleans and its surrounding
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As Hurricane Katrina ravaged the South and drowned large parts of New Orleans this past September‚ the ugly reality of our nation’s continuing problem with class‚ poverty‚ and race became apparent. Many Americans began to question the possibility of racism being a deciding factor in the fate of many New Orleans citizens who were black and who lived in the poorest‚ most low-lying portion of the city‚ the Ninth Ward. Many‚ including First Lady Laura Bush‚ denounce critics who say race played a role
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studying is New Orleans and Florida where hurricane Katrina was most destructive. Katrina struck the state of Louisianna at 10am on the 29th of August 2005. What I have learned in Class In class I have learned how the National Hurricane centre detects earthquakes using many different methods from aeroplanes to balloons that fly into the atmosphere and record the weather. This diagram shows where hurricanes form and what they are called in different areas of the
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in New Orleans in August 29‚ 2005. Hurricane Nargis happened in Myanmar in April 27‚ 2008. Both hurricanes left a lot of damage but hurricane Nargis had more damage. This is so because America was more prepared unlike Myanmar. Before Katrina‚ the tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. New Orleans was informed but didn’t take it seriously. In Myanmar‚ Cyclone Nargis warning was given but failed to inform in time to those in the path of the storm. The people in New Orleans were
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Ruby Bridges Shelbi- Ruby Bridges played an important part in the Civil Rights Movement. Ruby was born September 8‚ 1954 in Tylertown‚ Mississippi. A year later‚ her family moved to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. At that time‚ people wanted to keep blacks and whites separate because whites didn’t think that blacks were as good as them. For example‚ blacks and whites had separate drinking fountains‚ blacks had to sit in the back of buses‚ and blacks and whites each had their own separate schools. Ruby was
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Bergreen has written for a plethora of publications. Such as New York TImes‚ The Los Angeles Times‚ The Wall Street Journal and others. Mr. Bergreen graduated
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$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 of concerted efforts by several public safety agencies and law enforcement agencies to help mitigate the impact of the disaster. New Orleans Police Department is one of the law enforcement agencies that was significantly affected by the disaster
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was a category five hurricane that had made its way to New Orleans by August 29th. This storm was so destructive that not only did it leave a mark in the gulf coast‚ but it put the whole country into complete turmoil. Spike Lee was one of the first people to try to start a movement and show the country what really happened during this brutal storm. In the film When the Levees Broke‚ Spike Lee does a fantastic job at using the people of New Orleans to back up his argument that the United States government
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three appeals in his argument. Hurricane Katrina was a devastating natural disaster that everyone around the world remembers. Hurricane Katrina produced so much water that the levees around New Orleans could not withstand the pressure and the levees broke. Was it really Katrina that caused all the damage in New Orleans or was it the fact that the levees could not sustain the level of the water that was rising and thus broke. Wallis shed light to the ugliness that most Americans were not aware‚ and the
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days did it take for the government‚ under President George W. Bush‚ to acknowledge they were late and inadequate in its response? It took 6 days. “The Storm: What Went Wrong in New Orleans”: 10. After reading the interview excerpts from the federal‚ state‚ and local officials‚ what do you feel went wrong in New Orleans? Everyone was
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