Federal Emergency Management Agency

surprised that for being a city under sea level, and for being a place that has a high risk of hurricanes that there was no plan for a catastrophic event like Hurricane Katrina. Another thing that surprised me was the amount of time it took the Federal Government to come and send help to those affected by the storm. All of the dead bodies, all of the people that were struggling to find a way to survive, and the destruction of Katrina to the city all horrified me. The National…

It was the morning of October 29 th, 2013 and we had been hearing about Hurricane Sandy coming to plaster the east coast with crazy sized rain and ridiculous storm clouds. Everyone was preparing to bunker down for the storm. People were evacuating their homes in hoping to return to them unharmed and safe to live in. But what most found when they returned, shocked everyone. People expected everything to be fine like the last hurricane but Sandy was the complete opposite. When the people who were…

Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel's "The Super Disasters of the 21st century" and Sebastian Junger's "The Perfect Storm" describe the causes and effects of natural disasters. Both authors use similar and different strategies and techniques to describe the causes and effects of super disasters. Each author used text structure, choice of vocabulary, and the use of data and details to help the readers better understand the causes and effects of natural disasters. Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel…

In light of recent events down in South Carolina it has been brought to my attention that we have a serious problem and that problem is, flooding. Now there is absolutely no excuse for flooding, it can and should be prevented. It’s not like an earthquake, where you have no warning and it’s not like a tornado where it swoops down and suddenly destroys everything. A flood has a warning, sometimes weeks in advance. It starts out slow and builds but don’t let that fool you. Water is patient and it…

This poster will show Hurricane Andrew’s track, NOAA’s satellite image, and the National Hurricane Center’s last radar image of the strongest hurricane in 30 years to hit the state of Florida. Hurricane Andrew made landfall during the early morning hours along the southeastern tip of Florida at the city of Homestead on August 24, 1992. Classified as a Category 5 Hurricane, Andrew changed the face of South Florida forever; the area looked like it had been hit with a nuclear weapon. Hurricane…

disaster response process along with other general disaster logistics supplies, including food and water. FEMA uses the DRF to provide needed funding to work with federal partners who support disaster response and recovery activities under the Stafford Act. They work with their federal partners to support a disaster in few ways. Federal support to FEMA, technological assistance to the…

Video Discussion Questions Behind the Scenes: “Our World Turned to Water” 1. Author Lauren Tarshis calls the flood in Louisiana “devastating.” What details in the first section of the video (0:10 to 0:48) help you understand how the flood was devastating? It was the first major disaster after hurricane sandy. 2. According to Tarshis, why is it important to share stories of people who have gone through difficult experiences? So that we an connect to thdm even though we are not living in…

Red Cross. The Red Cross was formed in 1881 and was primarily a battlefield relief organization. Thus, the Johnstown flood was the first peacetime relief effort for the Red Cross. The news coverage of the flood helped establish the Red Cross as the agency we know today. The Red Cross, led by founder Clara Barton, arrived to Johnstown only five days after the flood. Through their efforts they distributed $211,000 worth of supplies, they built “Red Cross hotels” to provide shelter to homeless…

Hurricane sandy was one of a natural disaster. It was the most destructive other than Katrina. Many meteorologist say that this was an unpredicted storm, which caused more damage. Sandy killed 285 people in total and 125 in the united states. But that is not as much as how many people katrina killed/injured. Some people were out of power for days and couldn’t get any resources like food and water because of Sandy. What happened first was a wave in the caribbean turned into a tropical storm…

In New Orleans Hurricane Katrina hits, from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. This starts near the gulf coast of the United States and went to New Orleans. Information states that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told everyone to evacuate to the Super Bowl Dome for safety. Many people survived but their homes did not. But, this is just New Orleans there were other places that Hurricane Katrina hit. Sadly we won’t be focused on those places. Hurricane Katrina started as all the other hurricane but…