Biloxi, Mississippi

The author shows that Phoenix Jackson is both a Martyr and Warrior for what she does and goes through. Phoenix Jackson’s grandson was in need of a medicine after swallowing lye, the medicine could only be found in a Medical Clinic in Natchez,Mississippi. They lived in…

The Great New England hurricane of 1938 September 21,1938: The Great New England Hurricane occurred. The storm formed on September 13 northwest of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of africa and reached hurricane strength 3 days later. As the storm turned to the north on the 19th and 20th and strengthened into a powerful category 5 hurricane. “Weather bureau had warned a gale along the atlantic coast, when it was realized that this storm was continuing north, it was too late to get…

The process of flooding occurs as heavy rain pours onto the river and already saturated ground and river ice melting onto saturated ground. Deaths by drowning and health risks from evacuation have occurred since the beginning of time. Most areas of the world have been affected by flooding at one point in time. For example, Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic results, with 1,245 deaths because of flooding and 120,000 acres under water (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA],…

People are Good As a whole, I believe that people, at their core, are naturally moral and unselfish. Agreeing with Locke’s argument, humans are “social animals”, putting the health of the greater good over personal, selfish wants and desires. When humans see other humans in times of need and struggle, majority of us do something to help. It may be as simple as donating a dollar or the change from their wallet, but it is an effort to make someone's life better. Think about the destruction…

In late August 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused vital destructions in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Of all the cities crashed by this category five hurricane, New Orleans and Louisiana saw the most extensive destruction. An approximate of 20 percent of the society of New Orleans endured in the city when the hurricane made landfall. After when the hurricane strike the town, waves on the Mississippi River were announced up to 40 feet high and…

Flooding Hurricane Katrina caused a storm surge, which is when a Hurricane causes sea levels to rise dramatically. This makes areas near the coast extremely vulnerable to flooding and it is usually this affect that has the most impact on human lives. As Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the levees protecting the city were overcome by the storm surge and the enormous waves, made by the extreme winds of the storm. As the levees gave way, huge areas of New Orleans were flooded and according to…

Brewin, 2007). The current barriers were supported by steel beams extending to about 19.8 meters below the sea levels thereby making them much stronger (McKay, 2006). Before the hurricane disaster, most of the agency of New Orleans, Louisiana and Mississippi lacked a proper hurricane plan, and most of the officers in the towns did not have any formal…

The heavy damage in New Orleans and towns on the Mississippi coast in Hurricane Katrina was of a catastrophic nature with 80% of the city being flooded. (Quarantelli, 2005). Those who arrived at the scene where not prepared for what they were about to encounter. This process works sequentially from the bottom up: It starts at the local level, works through the states, and passes on to the federal government. In the case of Katrina, the response began slowly, with a general feeling of…

The National Weather Service issued emergency warnings for "dangerous and possibly life threatening" flash floods in parts of South Carolina Saturday. Parts of the state saw over a foot of rain and rainfall records broken. Heavy rains battered much of the East Coast Saturday and Sunday, causing power outages and traffic accidents which have left four people dead since Thursday. The storms are the result of a confluence of extreme weather events: Hurricane Joaquin over the open Atlantic and a…

Storm surge breached the levees of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal in approximately 20 places. The major levee breaches in the city included breaches at the 17th Street Canal levee, the London Avenue Canal, and the wide, navigable Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, which left approximately 80%…