Cyclone

Working as a firefighter for the city of New Orleans from December 2, 2001 – April 9, 2008; I have experienced countless tragedies and devastation during that time. However; in September of 2005, I faced one of the most devastating event of my life, Hurricane Katrina. This had been the most horrific storm to hit our beloved city. According to our schedule, my next duty day was the Monday after predicted landfall. But out of a sense of obligation to the city and the possibility of things getting…

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…

Dead Men Floating Away You would think that the people in Hardin, Missouri would be tried already. When a flood in 1993 washes away the bones of loved ones in the cemetery, they have to In 1993 rivers in Missouri began to overflow. The town of Hardin, Missouri was affected by this. Flood waters covered over 20 million acres of land! 50 people died, 55,000 homes were destroyed, and 15 billion dollars was destroyed in damaged. While the flood was something to worry about, the residents of…

Despair Five days. It seemed like an eternity. Five days since the violent tornado raged through the small neighborhood where I had lived all of my life. Clad in the casual T-shirt and jeans I had run away in, I stopped at the base of the hill, where I frequently rode my bike, again and again, recklessly fast down the long curving road. No riding today. The road to my cul de sac is strewn with wood and other debris from where the tornado shredded homes, trees, and power lines in it’s path…

Spring time in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is notorious for producing disastrous and deadly tornado outbreaks. The aftermath of just one super cell tornado can devastate an entire city, but a line of multiple tornados forming and wreaking havoc across the state all at once adds challenges for emergency managers. For instance, post-disaster response by everyday normal people following their human instinct to help others in need is one of the biggest challenges an emergency manager will face. While…

People live in places where it doesn’t snow or it doesn’t rain. You might live in one of these places and I will be explaining what snow is like. This weather does not occur in hot places or places near the equator! Snow usually occurs in winter when it is cold. Snow is cold and it is very feather like.Snow is white and it is very cold and it falls from the sky in very small pieces. Snow is rain but the cloud that it forms in is very high in the sky and it is very cold there and it makes flakes…

Every year my family takes a trip to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park to spend the week viewing all the wildlife and scenery the park has to offer. The Great Smokey mountains attract nearly ten million people a year making it the most visited national park in the United states. Last year however the part of this beautiful park my family goes to was almost unrecognizable. On November 23rd,2016 part of this popular park became consumed by flames as a wildfire swept across over 15,000…

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…

Schoharie Creek Bridge Disaster Introduction On April 5, 1987, one of the largest flood on record hit Fort Hunter, New York. More specifically, this flood hit the Schoharie Creek Bridge, a New York State Thruway connecting Albany to New York City. This flood had caused one hundred feet of the bridge to collapse, as cars were crossing the bridge in attempt to escape the storm. As the storm collapsed it immediately took two vehicles with it, and 3 more cars followed. There were ten casualties.…

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],…