Cyclone

A 100 and 500-year flood will create city-wide damage to residential, commercial, and municipal infrastructure. Fargo had many major floods that brought many properties, homes, and buildings submerged under water and created destruction. For instance, 1997 and 1897 Red River floods were the biggest floods that occurred in Fargo, North Dakota that flooded most of the city. After 1997, the government built stronger neighborhood and city dikes. Besides, each flooding warning, the government orders…

Dr. Dan Hafling, an emergency department physician, researcher, and director of emergency management at Inova Health System states quite simply “until events of Sandy’s magnitude come along, emergency preparedness is just a box that has to be checked” (Begley, 2012). Following the disaster caused by Hurricane Irene, New Jersey hospitals should have been well prepared for any adversity brought by Hurricane Sandy. Though there was an effective and quick reaction towards recovery once the storm had…

Every store you could think of whipped out of food and water due to the massive hurricane on its way. August 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit which affected several states mainly New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of Houston was affected as well as Galveston. It left many people in Louisiana without shelter, clothing, food and water due to the massive flooding throughout the city. Everyone evacuated before it got worse. Majority of the people came to Houston, Texas. Everyone in the…

Under the sea? Certainly there were many wondering whether or not Charleston was going to become the next Atlantis; a city submerged completely under water due to some catastrophic event, to forever be lost in history and time. Well, that did not happen, but due to the low pressure system delivered to Charleston via Hurricane Joaquin, the whole peninsula did experience a great deal of flooding that cost citizens millions of dollars in damage and even cost several their lives. But the question…

The Great hurricane of 1938 September 21,1938: The Great New England Hurricane occurred. There were more information found out about this storm. Information such as the conditions of the storm, in impacts the storm had, and the human error that was made during this storm. The conditions of the storm. The conditions of the storm was not all that well. The winds reached about 80 miles per hour, and there was high pressure fronts. There was prior rain in New England for four days straight. There…

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating natural disaster that took the lives of many and affected millions across the nation. The government failed the people of New Orleans by giving faulty information about Katrina , taking too long to deliver supplies, and giving money to people who did not need it. The people of New Orleans were not expecting hurricane Katrina to be as fatal or relentless as it was. The “key federal officials were not proactive, they gave faulty information to the public, and…

I left on a stormy night in the middle of my summer 2006. My mom was practically screaming at me saying things like “Malcolm hurry up.” and “Malcolm only the important things!!!” While trying to focus on my mom’s voice I overheard the radio it was talking about how Flordian’s should evacuate immediately or take shelter even though we all know the shelters had been closed by now but I guess it was just a precaution. I kept thinking to myself this Category 4 hurricane Andres was really going to…

I have recently experienced Hurricane Harvey. I learned that we had a hurricane heading for us the wednesday before it hit on friday. I was at fish camp as a counselor for my school. We ended up having to cut it short so we could get back to our houses before the hurricane hit on friday. That friday and saturday I could have never imagined what would happen in the following days. The hurricane would not move away from us. We were pummeled with rain. My street was filling up then draining…

In “The Storm”, Kate Chopin symbolizes sexuality and femininity. The story begins as Bobinot and Bibi, Calixta’s husband and son, go to the store to buy shrimp but a storm surges and they stay in the store to stay dry while the storm passes. Calixta stays at home and she starts picking up the clothing that is hanged outside when all of a sudden she sees Alcee, one of her past lovers. The storm hits harder therefore she invites him in and as they see the storm pass, they get passionate and…

Storm Chaser (A discussion of how the story Hope by David T. Hilbun changes people’s thoughts towards storms.) There are those of us who have experienced extremely tragic things in our young lives. These horrors can consist of anything from the death of loved ones to destruction related to nature which is what Hilbun’s story was all about. The posttraumatic feelings and emotions people have after events happen can be life changing and those people may never be the same again. Everyday we are…