Houston Hurricane Harvey Case Study

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Economics: When Hurricane Harvey hit Houston, they had to stop oil production, this resulted in a chain reaction throughtout the whole event. The distribution of gas was much slower, and prices sky-rocketed. Grocery stores, Supermarkets and Convenience Stores were cleared out because of Harvey. Eventually because of this, water and foods ran out of stock, leaving a lot of people with no resources to get through the Hurricane. Supply and Demand, prices went up, and the need for it went up even higher.

Social: Of course, at times like this, it's natural that close friends and family would get together at one place to keep safe. Others went out of their homes to help the rest in need; distributing water, food etc., The people from neighboring

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