The drought’s direct effect is most often remembered as agricultural. Many crops were damaged by deficient rainfall, high temperatures, and high winds, as well as insect infestations and dust storms that accompanied these conditions. The resulting agricultural depression contributed to the Great Depression’s bank closures, business losses, increased unemployment, and other physical and emotional hardships. Although records focus on other problems…
more storm-resistant. From 2008 through 2017, the U.S. government and utilities aresupposed to spend more than $32 billion on things like smart-grid and storm-hardening technology. Thatalso includes systems that are made to resist wind, flying debris and flooding. It also allows powerproviders to identify damage and restore electric power faster.Hurricane Matthew did not really provided the kind of weather forecasters feared at first, but it is stillproving to be a deadly and disruptive storm.…
Generally Hurricane Katrina were one of the most costly storms in U.S. history. It was a powerful storm that left thousands without homes, caused thousands to evacuate and took many lives with. However Katrina initially formed about 200 miles southeast of the Bahamas on august 23rd, 2005, as a tropical depression. (Complex) as Katrina progressed it struck the gulf coast with devastating force at daybreak on august 29,It 2005. (Complex) It hit five southern states:…
hurricanes that are headed towards land. These storms are violent winds that pick up lots of water and cause lot of damage to anything in its path. Not only is this natural disaster damaging to people and physical objects right in its path, but it hurts the economy a lot which cause for the rest of the United States or even the world to feel and suffer from the after math of the hurricane. In August of 2007 New Orleans was hit by hurricane Katrina. This storm was the deadliest hurricane to have…
joining the workforce. Women throughout history have used many different forms of protesting traditional gender roles in their communities. Writing is has been one of the most popular and accessible forms of protest for women all over the world. The Storm by Kate Chopin is a short story that definitely challenged gender roles at the time it was published in 1893. Calixta, a housewife seems to be the one that plays the dominant role in the relationship with her husband, Bobint. She has an…
third and most powerful tropical cyclone of the twentieth century. On August 5, 1969, the forecast recognized a typical tropical storm off the coast of Africa. The storm started on August 14, 1969 and continued through August 22, 1969. This storm took many by surprise when the winds began to kick in and destroy everything in sight. This storm started off as a tropical storm; yet, when the winds reached 97 km, they declared it a hurricane. In all, Hurricane Camille caused more than 200 deaths and…
of climate change, the extent to which storm surge can damage coastal communities will likely become much broader. A region’s vulnerability to storm surge increasingly depends on factors including economy, geography, and, perhaps most important, overall community perspective. Similar to many hurricane-prone areas, communities along the coast of Sarasota, Florida are highly vulnerable to impacts of climate change, including rising sea levels and expanding storm surge hazard zones. In evaluating…
Many people were affected by the storm, and many people were left homeless. 70 or more people lost their lives during the storm. Houston had flooded within days after the storm hit the Texas coast. We interviewed Mrs. Jett, and we found out that her brother had been affected during the storm. Her brother lives in Taft, north of Rockport. The storm took a so called “bite” out of the side of his house, and some of the rooms have taken severe damage from the storm . He also lost electricity.…
Everything was in disorder- toppled structures, windblown sails ripped from their masts, and mass destruction met his gaze; there was even a large vessel, inland several hundred feet- he knew that was not right; his thoughts immediately went to the storm that grazed them several days earlier. That must have been one, helluva hurricane to do that, thought Thomas. He saw people working to clean up the mess- some people were hauling debris, others, were gathering what appeared to be dead bodies… He…
According to Kim Ann Zimmermann, Live Science Contributor 2015, the dimensions of Katrina hurricane were about sixth overall Atlantic hurricanes. Katrina originally formed about 200 miles SE of the Bahamas on 08/23/2005, as a tropical storm. In the early morning…