Cyclone

I enjoyed how Sheri Fink wrote this book during the first half the reader gets a front row experience of being at Memorial Medical during hurricane Katrina and traumatic days that followed while the second half consists of the investigation against a doctor and two nurses for murdering patients. The prose is exceptional, it is very well researched with a big section of notes, it includes an index if for any reason you need to reference anything, there is a helpful list of selected individuals at…

By the time Hurricane Alex made landfall in the Azores, it had been downgraded to a tropical storm and thankfully did little damage. But the real significance of the storm was in its timing and location. The Atlantic hurricane season officially lasts from June 1 to November and the January-born hurricane is a weather anomaly not seen since 1955. Major hurricanes with names and potential for significant damage are normally only seen from July onwards. Alex began as a tropical depression, first…

My life was changed forever when I decided to go with a group from my church on a mission trip to host a bible school in Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. I had been warned prior to going that it would change my life in a drastic way, but no one could have prepared me for the amount of brokenness and heartbreak I would witness. Flying into Port au Prince, even from the air I could see that the homes were dilapidated, and the ones that weren’t, were pretty close to falling apart. I could see trash and…

"Los Angeles Notebook" Reflection Essay On October 25, 2003, the cedar fire (cause of the Santa Ana winds) spread over 30 miles in less than 17 hours burning 5,000 acres per hour. By the time, it was over it consumed 418 miles, 2,232 homes and killed 14 people including a firefighter. It's true that things are only temporary, but the effects of the Santa Ana winds will always affect the people and the environment in such a negative and perturbable way, that along with living in the Los Angeles…

David Helvarg was a journalist and environmental activist that wrote, “The Storm This Time” sharing his personal analysis of the damages Hurricane Katrina inflicted on the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Traveling through the deserted city, all he could see were unrecognizable, unpassable debris filled streets. Helvarg could not believe his eyes as a disgusting odor lingered in the air. He knew at that moment the vibrant city of New Orleans was no more. While on foot, surveying the…

Hurricanes are powerful forces of nature that can destroy houses, towns and if powerful enough, multiple cities. Recent hurricanes like Hugo, Katrina and Andrew, are powerful and do leave a mark, but a forgotten hurricane of 1938 still shocks many of the people who survived the living nightmare. Weather, human error, and impact is what made that hurricane so powerful. 682 people died during that storm, and that could’ve been avoided, but how? Weather is also a key factor, considering the…

Hurricane Matthew has been a very severe weather event. Hurricane Matthew started on September 28th, 2016 through October 10th, 2016. Lasting a total of thirteen days. The reason that Hurricane Matthew became such a major event is because it traveled a really long path, and how many people lost their lives because of this hurricane. There were a total of 1,384 deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew. This hurricane occurred from the Caribbean to Cape Hatteras. It went through many places. Such as,…

Many people would agree that tornadoes and hurricanes can be, both dangerous and frightening. They can happen at almost any time and cause severe damage and injury. These storms can have minutes’ worth of notice or even sometimes days. We call these storms, natural disasters. While, tornadoe and hurricanes are very similar because of their high winds and ability to do extreme damage, they are tremendously different. Tornadoes can happen almost anywhere; as a matter of a fact, tornadoes have…

On the coast, gigantic waves are crashing, to the west, fire is crackling. Hurricanes and wildfires, two of the deadliest and most damaging disasters mother nature can conspire. The colossal destruction of these lethal forces tear through the coast and forests. Fire and water, there are some major similarities, some huge differences, and some awesome benefits to these destructive forces. How can these opposites be so similar? Although hurricanes and wildfires may seem like total opposites they…

A must be correct, because when the tattered Spanish Armada vessels were about to crash, they were swept by the wind into the North Sea. The attacks from the English had greatly weakened the ships and when the storms in the North Sea came, the ships could not handle the battering from the elements. Dozens of Spanish ships were wrecked and millions of crew members and soldiers drowned. The storms in the North Sea were a major reason for the defeat of the Spanish Armada, because it was the final…