cost of this hurricane was $ 108 billion dollars. On October 27‚ 2012 Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states‚ including the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. It made more damage in New Jersey and New York. Its storm surge hit New York City on October 29‚ flooding streets‚ tunnels and subway lines and cutting power in and around the city. Damage in the US is estimated at over $63 billion Both Katrina and Sandy were extremely destructive Atlantic hurricanes
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natural disaster that devastated the coasts of Louisiana‚ Cuba‚ New Orleans‚ Florida‚ and the Bahamas. The hurricane overwhelmed these locations on August twenty third through thirty first in 2005. The hurricane claimed many lives during and after the storm. Alabama had two fatalities‚ Florida fourteen‚
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Airfare Hotel Room Rate Conference Cost New Orleans 300-400 149 16000 Chicago 200-300 149 25000 New York 300-400 349 20000 Las Vegas 200-300 169 15000 The impact matrix of each element on the overall budget in respect to allocated cost is: Conference City Airfare Hotel Room Rate Conference Cost New Orleans 0.02 0.01 0.97 Chicago 0.01 0.01 0.98 New York 0.02 0.02 0.96 Las Vegas 0.02 0.01 0.97
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jazz was at its peak. Most of the jazz scene started in New Orleans. Other major cities throughout the Midwest‚ such as Memphis‚ St. Louis‚ and Chicago have their own unique style of jazz. While the city of New Orleans was founded in 1719 by the French‚ it was run by Spain for years. France took back control of the land in 1803‚ and immediately sold the land to the Americans as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The city of New Orleans brought a new perspective on life with the love of good food‚ wine
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High School. They always got together at a place named the Spoon and Straw to listen to their favorite jazz. One afternoon‚ they heard a new batch of music played by The New Orleans Rhythm Kings. They felt excited and played this kind of music five hours at the Spoon and Straw. They formed their band and named it “The Blue Friars” to salute the band of The New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Jimmy McPartland played the cornet‚ Dick McPartland played the banjo‚ Bud Freeman played C-Melody saxphone‚ Frank Teschemacher
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by Jim Wallis‚ he encompass all three of the appeals of arguments. The author really used the classical principles of arguments in this particular essay. Everyone remembers Hurricane Katrina‚ 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. This essay shed light to the ugliness that most Americans are not aware and if not‚ they are fully aware of it and only decides to turn the
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Mardi Gras is probably one of the largest celebrated mysteries in our country. There are two major cities that has debated the origin or history of Mardi Gras for years. Those two cities are New Orleans‚ LA and Mobile‚ AL where this celebration has been famous throughout history. There are things where they do agree but they both want there just due to Mardi Gras. This holiday is supposed to be confined to those three days only‚ in practice Mardi Gras is generally celebrated for a full week before
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In August 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated thousands of families in New Orleans and contributed to the social issue of class division and race within the communities of this city. When this storm hit many people didn’t think that it would be as dangerous or harmful like Hurricane Andrew‚ so just to be on the safe side‚ most did take precaution and prepared for the storm responsibly. Hurricane Katrina caused a lot more damage than expected. Homes and buildings were destroyed and flooded out‚ people
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its poor and displaced citizens‚ particularly in time of dire need. Given U. S impressive response to humanitarian crises‚ and use of the top of the line gadgets to combat enemies in war-torn zones‚ the disappointing non-governmental response in New Orleans begs to question the capability of the U.S to response to disaster within its own country. A closer look at the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina will reveal the unfortunate truth of negligence‚ overt racism and insensitivity. Though all encompassing
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possessions were lost. But the insurance denied the claim and did not give you any money to rebuild or buy a new house. The one car that survived is the new home of a family with three kids‚ another on the way and their dog living with the clothes on their backs‚ nowhere to go‚ and no money for a new hotel‚ let alone a new house. This is similar to what happened to thousands of families in New Orleans when hurricane Katrina obliterated many neighborhoods‚ leaving families stranded on roofs and in the streets
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