Biloxi, Mississippi

of Mississippi. There was some opposition to whether seceding was the right choice to make within the state of Mississippi because it would eventually result in a war. The state of Mississippi was unsure if they should wait on other Southern states to secede from the Union or start the movement themselves. With Mississippi being aware that they would not be able to stop Abraham Lincoln from hindering slavery resulted in the delegates pushing for immediate secession of the state of Mississippi.…

I went through high school and currently in two-year collage for diploma without knowledge of many of civil right activists that put in so much time, energy and even last drop of their blood in fight against racism and bring desegregation to the level it is today in United States. Meanwhile I am familiar with many notorious dictators and wicked terrorists like Idiamin Dada of Uganda, Gen. Sani Abacha of Nigeria, and Osama Bin Laden to mention only these few. I believe that including the study of…

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. Source 2 states that the hurricane started by the coast of Africa and by the time it reached the U.S it had winds of over 155 miles per hour and was over 500 miles wide. Source 1 mentions…

Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, approached Mexico's Pacific coast with such ferocity that one official predicted it would become the most dangerous storm in history. Thousands were evacuated from luxury beach resorts long before the powerful Category 5 storm touched down Friday evening near Cuixmala in southwestern Mexico. Its 165-mph winds uprooted trees and dropped power lines. The hurricane center's final advisory on what had been described as a possible…

On August 29, New Orleans was hit by Hurricane Katrina, one of the “largest and 3rd strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US” according to (Holden, 2006) until recent natural disasters. Thousands of civilians were affected personally and financially. Hurricane Katrina started in the Gulf of Mexico and moved west to New Orleans. Around August 26-27, 2005. The Mayor at the time Clarence Ray Nagin, Jr. ordered an emergency evacuation after getting a call from Max Mayfair…

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst hurricanes in the history of the United States. The hurricane is stilled ranked the third of all hurricanes. Katrina killed at least 1,245 people. Katrina has been the deadliest hurricane since 1928, Okeechobee hurricane. Katrina done about 108 billion damage, 4* more damage than hurricane Andrew, in 1992 in the United States. Katrina originated over the Bahamas on August 23 from the interaction between a tropical wave and the Tropical Depression Ten. The…

The article, “What Every American Needs to Know about Puerto Rico’s Hurricane Disaster” by Brian Resnick and Eliza Barclay, is very informative of the natural disaster that is hurting our nation and everything we are and are not doing to help it. The hurricane caused a tremendous amount of chaos in Puerto Rico and we, as Americans, should find a way to help in this situation. Especially since Puerto Rico is considered a part of the United Staes and under our government. The President has already…

The Dystopian Culture In Baton Rouge, Louisiana, there has been a verified F-5 hurricane that is wreaking havoc on the people of Louisiana. There is one major problem about the hurricane though, it is moving farther North and breaking apart, going through every state and destroying everything in its path. A man named Collin Jones though, has everyone calmed, because he is getting everyone out of harm’s way as he puts his life on the line to safe those he can. “Is everyone okay so far” Collin…

Dead men Floating Summary When a bad storm entered the small town of Hardin, Missouri the river of Missouri overflowed its banks and flooded the town. The flood water covered more than twenty million acres of land. Fifty five thousand homes were ether destroyed or damaged. Exactly fifty people died.The damages would cost up to fifteen billion dollars. The bad thing about it was Hardin was only six miles north of the Missouri river so the town people knew it was only a matter of time before…

Haiti in Crisis In Upfront magazine, “Haiti in Crisis is about Haiti’s devastations. On October 16, Hurricane Mathew hit Haiti and other Caribbean countries with torrential rain and 145 mile-per-hour winds destroyed everything in its path. The hurricane killed more than 1,000 people, 175,000 homeless, and left 13% of the population required assistance with food, shelter, and medical care. Haiti is more vulnerable than the other countries because it’s the poorest country in the Western…