Hurricane Harvey Research Paper

Improved Essays
Friday, August 25th, 2017, almost everyone who lived in the Texas and Louisiana area lives would be affected dramastically. Some families were left unable to leave their houses, and some families being forced to leave their houses with almost all their belongings still inside.

Hurricane Harvey made landfall on Friday night between Port Aransas and Port O’Connor, Texas, it first hit as a Category 4 storm with winds reaching up to 130 mph, the National Hurricane Center said: “Hurricane Harvey is the first Category 4 hurricane to make landfall in the United States since Hurricane Charley in 2004.”

“1 month after Hurricane Harvey hit, over 60,000 Texans are still displaced, living in shelters or hotel rooms paid for by FEMA,”

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Harvey wasn’t thought to be as dangerous as it was due to the category 4 rating and the low wind speed, it was not expected to flood and cause massive damage in that regard due to the fact that Texas is actually above sea level unlike New Orleans in Louisiana. The flooding had somewhere to go despite there being almost no flood resistance in Houston. In New Orleans, the city is below sea level so the area that it is in really should be underwater. The systems that are designed to keep water out of the city were not built to code and were not taken seriously, the improper construction of the levees made it very easy for the city to flood and cause massive damage to property. The boats in the canals broke loose and would ride on top of the waves acting like battering rams against buildings causing even more damage to structures.…

    • 912 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Irma's Damage

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages

    My Summary of “Florida’s Farmers Look At Irma’s Damage: ‘Probably The Worst We’ve Seen’” In “Florida’s Farmers Look At Irma’s Damage: ‘ Probably The Worst We’ve Seen’”, Dan Charles explains the effects of Irma on Florida’s agriculture. To emphasise his points, Charles provides readers with a great deal of statistics and details. For example, he notes how over half of the citrus crop, a quarter of the sugar crop, and a tenth of vegetables were lost along with supplies necessary to grow these crops. In addition, he notes how such losses will also affect those immigrant workers during harvest season by reducing job opportunities and housing.…

    • 636 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    March 26, 2018 To: Ellen Cohen, Mayor Pro-Tem of Houston City Council From: Janet Asante, Chief Environmental Science officer for the Houston Health Department Re: Urban Houston Communities Suffering from Pollution after Hurricane Harvey Background and History: Hurricane Harvey is the first hurricane to hit the Texas coast since Ike in 2008 and the first major hurricane to hit Texas since Brett in 1999. Houston, which was founded on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou in 1836 and rises barely above sea level, has long been susceptible to flooding. 4All of this rainfall caused catastrophic drainage issues and made rivers rise greatly.2 Houston is essentially two cities right now: the part that was open for business two weeks after the storm and…

    • 1334 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hurricanes of Texas Did you know sixty-four hurricanes have hit Texas? Hurricanes are categorized from one to five, five being the worst. Centers of hurricanes known as the eye, are considered calmer than the rest of the storm. Many hurricanes are considered dangerous.…

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A hurricane can be deadly, even if it's a category one, but what if it's a category five? A lot of people will not take a chance to not be prepared for a hurricane. How can a person be best prepared for a category five hurricane? A person might be best able to be prepared for a category five hurricane by having food, supplies,and strong shutters or plywood put up on your house. Those three things are very important because you need food to eat, supplies to use, and shutters/ plywood to protect your house from anything outside.…

    • 604 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    It was a Thursday afternoon, everyone in the Houston area and the surrounding city´s were getting prepared for Hurricane Harvey. I watched the news as the Hurricane approached us. I was concerned if we were going to go to school, the upcoming day I wanted school to be canceled so bad, later on during the day I was ready to lay down in my bed after a long day at school. I received a message as i swiped down my phone and viewed the text as a message from Conroe ISD stating “No School Tomorrow, Friday” I was so hyped up knowing that I didn't have to attend school the following day. Friday morning, nothing really happened I didn't really know why they canceled school as absolutely nothing happened that whole day.…

    • 301 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The Hurricane of 1938 The hurricane of 1938 was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever impact the north east coast. The storm had many amazing features like how powerful it was, the damage it caused and how it impacted the land and people lives. The Hurricane of 1938 was very powerful in many different ways.…

    • 373 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    During the course of life, every person will experience many events, but there are a select few of those events that transcend the others. Those events can fall into one of two categories, either traumatic or joyous occasions, but none the less memorable. Of those extraordinary events, there are only one or two that every small and seemingly useless detail can be remembered for. In the course of my short life, I have been able to experience two such events, but, unfortunately, both have been negative situations. While I have never visited New York City, I, like many American’s remember where they were on September 11th, 2001, but unlike most outside of the Gulf Coast area, I remember where I was when Hurricane Ivan made landfall.…

    • 916 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hurricane Response Paper

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages

    During this week’s readings, you will learn about human response to hazards, disasters, emergencies, or catastrophes. For this assignment, discuss how you think you would respond to a hurricane, a terrorist incident, and a home fire. How are your natural responses similar or different from the guidelines provided in the text? Why do you think these similarities and differences occur?…

    • 534 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A hurricane with a category 5 consist of high level wind, Damages to properties. In order to be prepared for a category 5 always plan to evacuate, have supplies, protect your home. Main reason people evacuate is because of flooding, high wind speed. Always find out if you live in an evacuation zone.…

    • 288 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The storm had caused a lot of damage. Harvey had affected 13 million people from Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. September 6, 2017, 60 people have died from the storm. The Hurricane had landfall three separate times in six days. Harvey was the third- costliest Atlantic hurricane and it lasted 8 days.…

    • 454 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    A Town Waiting for Mass Destruction "The water's rising pretty fast. I got a hammer and an ax and a crowbar, but I'm holding off on breaking through the roof until the last minute. Tell someone to come get me please. I want to live," said Chris Robinson during the duration of Hurricane Katrina.…

    • 1977 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Natural Disaster Plan for a Hurricane Hurricanes can be very dangerous and deadly. A hurricane can destroy cities with its violent winds. Some hurricanes are not that deadly, but Hurricane Katrina was a hurricane that destroyed many homes and caused many injuries as well as deaths. Hurricane Katrina was a very deadly hurricane.…

    • 655 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Danny Glover once stated, “When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf and the floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans, it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). In the wake of this darkness, Hurricane Katrina proved to America that as a nation, there was no way to prepare for a disaster of this size. As the winds raged on and the waters crashed against the coast, ultimately drowning out around 80% of the state, Hurricane Katrina proved to be more than just a category five hurricane, proving to be historical, holding a position of the third deadliest hurricane that has affected the United States of America. Three reasons Hurricane Katrina proved unpreparedness were; The New Orleans levee system was…

    • 697 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The end of August 2005 is a period of time that many along the entire Gulf Coast area will never forget. Hurricane Katrina, even ten years later, is one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in United States history. Despite the awareness and preparation that is afforded when anticipating a hurricane, the Gulf Coast was severely devastated when the storm made landfall on August 29, 2005. Although there was widespread destruction, the region most decimated by the hurricane was New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina not only left the entire city underwater, it left thousands of people homeless, displaced, or dead.…

    • 1042 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays