First Reaction Paper: Hurricane Katrina It was the storm that everyone saw coming but no one did a thing to stop it‚ Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes to strike the United States. The category 5 storm struck a wide swath of destruction in Florida‚ Mississippi and Louisiana. Katrina is estimated to have caused close 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
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Americans mistakenly believe that all injuries in football are easily taken care of or petty which is not true. In Fact plenty of injuries are concussions and brain damage is much harder to recover from when your kid vs an adult. Football is too dangerous for high school due to the fact of the kids are not fully developed‚ the equipment is not protective enough‚ and there have been plenty injuries in the past. Nowadays football is very entertaining and very fun sport. The only problem is are our
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If I were to have thirty minutes before a destructive hurricane were to hit. I would be ready for it because I would take the necessary stuff to survive it. It was a warm September weekend when I had heard from the news that a destructive hurricane was gonna will hit in thirty minutes. I was taking a morning run when I came home from receiving an alert from my phone saying that a hurricane was gonna hit. I was running at my fullest I had adrenaline running through my bloodstream which had me running
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In the morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ a Category 3 hurricane‚ named Hurricane Katrina‚ hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods
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Hurricane Hugo‚ one of the strongest hurricanes in South Carolina’s history‚ originated from a wave that moved west off of Africa’s coastline on September 9‚ 1989. Throughout the night and into the morning of September 10‚ Hugo had been classified as a tropical depression. As Hugo moved across the warm waters of the Atlantic it gained more and more strength. It wasn’t until September 14th that Hugo gained enough strength to be classified as a hurricane. On September 15th‚ Hugo turned west-north
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Galveston originated as a tropical storm in the central Atlantic Ocean. The storm made a path south of Hispaniola. 6 days later the storm continued a path over Cuba‚ during this time the storm remained in it’s tropical storm phase. The storm reached hurricane state near Key West‚ Florida. Galveston continued from Florida up the Gulf of Mexico through Texas and Louisiana.It finally made landfall in Galevstone‚Texas on September 8‚1900.Gavelstone was also named on September 8‚1900‚ it was obviously named
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the novel‚ A Lesson Before Dying‚ The movie The Hurricane tells a story of an African American man who is accused of a triple murder and is convicted and sent to jail for three natural life terms. On the other hand‚ the symbolic value of the word “manhood” is also discussed and analyzed by linking the word to human values and morals. Set up in a place and time where strong segregation was the social issue‚ Rubin and Les from the movie “The Hurricane” and also Jefferson and Grant from Ernest Gaines’s
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As the 2 year anniversary of the devastation resulting from hurricane Katrina approaches and a new hurricane season gets underway. What can Americans living in coastal areas do to prepare? Careful consideration should be given not only to preparation for physical survival in the hurricane but also to how to survive in the aftermath of the storm. Hurricane Katrina caused 81.2 billion dollars in damages and an estimated 1‚836 people lost their lives. The lives of thousands of Americans were forever
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“Man is the cruelest animal” Friedrich Nietzsche. In this story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell there is a character named Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt he lives on an island. He seems very civilized. Zaroff is a devoted‚ wicked‚ and confident man. The moral of this story is that appearances can be deceiving. General Zaroff is very devoted to hunting he loves the sport. “My whole life I have been a prolonged hunter”. His father gave him his first gun when he was only five and
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Dangerous Driving Habits Colin Pemberton ENGL 1301 August 12‚ 2012 Pauline Rodock Dangerous Driving Habits Outline Thesis: Many of today’s drivers have dangerous driving habits including texting and talking on their cellphone‚ driving impaired‚ and interacting with passengers. I. Introduction II. Texting and Talking on Cell Phone III. Driving Impaired a. Alcohol b. Drugs IV. Interacting with Passengers c. Spouse d. Friends e. Kids
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