Biloxi, Mississippi

businesses, flooded the whole city of New Orleans, caused wild production to go down dramatically, and threw around lots of debris that would take a lot of time and money to clean up. This storm affected 93,000 square miles all across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama (FOX Facts). This category five storm cause $108 billion dollars.…

The storm dropped two categories up to a category 3 before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on August 29 with continuous winds at speed 120 mph. A wind that blew that speed had a lot of destructive power that caused flipping over everything that stays on its way and flooding. According to Whitten 2015, on 08/29/2005, hurricane…

EREPORT # 18552 stated the following: The abuse occurred in Desoto County. The incident happened in the Summer of 2014. On 12/15/15, Kyle shared with me (Mother, Brenda Berry) that over the summer of 2014, Uncle Johnny touched him in ways that made him feel uncomfortable. He said it happened about 8 times over the summer 2014. He said he rubbed his arm and bottom while staring at him. Kyle also said on 2 occasions Uncle Johnny rubbed Kyle's penis and groin area. Kyle shared this with me 12/15/15…

It was beautiful day. The skies were clear and the weather was perfect. Despite this, the neighborhood seemed empty. Planes were flying in and out of Houston. Why were people leaving? Perhaps it had to do with the threat that lingered just at the coast of Texas. Hurricane Harvey was coming. Hurricane Harvey impacted all of Texas even if the Hurricane never even reached west Texas. Every last person felt a spark of dread and compassion in our hearts for those directly affected. Hurricane Harvey…

In September 1938, one America’s most deadly hurricanes raced through New England. There were a couple of conditions that made the Hurricane of ‘38 so severe.Like the weather of the New England, and the 20ft storm surge. These conditions made the hurricane much more damaging. Some of the damage sustained from the hurricane would include “entire communities wiped off the face of the Earth.”( Video). The weather that the North East was having, made a big difference on the hurricane. The…

As Cordato states North Carolina's Anti-Gouging Law in 1996: (General Statutes 75-36) (a) It shall be a violation of G.S. 75-1.1 for any person to sell or rent or offer to sell or rent at retail during a state of disaster, in the area for which the state of disaster has been declared, any merchandise or services which are consumed or used as a direct result of an emergency or which are consumed or used to preserve, protect, or sustain life, health, safety, or comfort of persons or their property…

This describes the journey of an elderly black woman named Phoenix Jackson who walks from her home to the city of Natchez to get medicine for her sick grandson. The landscape as Phoenix perceives it becomes a primary focus of the vividly evoked narrative, nature is depicted as alternately beautiful and as an impediment to Phoenix's progress. As she walks, she struggles against intense fatigue and poor eyesight, as well as such obstacles as thorn bushes and barbed wire. The combined effects of…

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: Mississippi,Louisiana,Georgia, alabama, and Florida.Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 with 127 mph winds. The experts who studied it said it was like four storms, but in one big storm. It storm surge produced a 29 ft. wall of water and was the…

2005, one year after the new President of the United States (POTUS), George W. Bush, was elected into office. The country was still recovering from the trauma of the dreadful attacks on the World Trade Center and Operation Iraqi Freedom was just beginning. While everyone was focused on National Security and fighting Al Qaida, Tropical Depression Ten was moving over the Bahamas and moving towards a tropical wave resting in the Gulf of Mexico. Catching everyone off guard, these two collided and…

surface”(science daily). Levees protected millions and their homes. They were built to sustain against a category four hurricane. However they were not prepared for Katrina and failed to outlast the monster of a storm.“We have built levees up and down the Mississippi. We feel like we now are completely protected” (Governor John McKiethen-1965). People depended on these levees. They were the one thing that made people feel secure when a storm blew into town threatening to destroy everything…