Disasters

History has shown that after any major disaster, there is a huge psychological impact that is left on the victims, secondary survivors and the population that remains as a whole. The United States has experienced its fair share of disasters, but for this purpose of this paper the tragedies of both September 11, 2001 attacks (9/11) and the Lusitania Disaster will be examined. Both Tragedies suffered loss and it will be compared and contrasted with how (although almost one hundred years apart),…

steeply declined as the decade came to an end. Multiple natural disasters hit south Florida and caused tourism and population to go downhill. A hurricane near Miami and Fort Lauderdale damaged the community and wrecked the Overseas Railroad that connected Miami to Key West. A second hurricane flooded the Palm Beach area, which caused Lake Okeechobee to flood. Two thousand people living or staying in nearby communities were drowned. Disaster struck again as there was an outbreak of the…

BP and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster of 2010 Case Study Analysis o What lead to the Deepwater Horizon Disaster? The popular oil company known as BP publicly prided itself on the company’s commitment to safety and the environment; however, shifts in leadership roles giving individuals more power caused the company to choose a less costly and more time friendly method of securing the rig for the drillings. This method ultimtely came at a huge cost to the environment as the largest marine oil…

Serious, and potentially permanent, ecological damage is possible where chronic spills or spills of national significance occur ("Oil spill preperation," 2010). Oil spill disasters can occur when the crew workers are making mistakes and being careless, when the equipment messes up, hurricanes, and illegal dumpers. Oil floats on salt water and usually floats on fresh water. Oil will usually spread out rapidly across the water surface to form a thin layer that is called an oil slick. As the oil…

profound mark in history. The following texts are related to the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the moon. “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon” from The Times of London reports the day of the event. The speech “In Event of Moon Disaster” by William Safire is a speech that would have been given if the mission wouldn’t have been successful. There is also a commentary of the event, “The July 16, 1969, Launch: A Symbol of Man’s Greatness” by novelist Ayn Rand. The last is a…

blizzard demolished peoples homes from frozen trees and high winds, power lines tore town from tons of frozen rain, hail destroyed cars and windows citywide. The storm destroyed city generators and left people without hope. The Salvation Army Emergency Disaster Services are the first ones to help a city in need. the most visible Salvation…

Knee Surgery Disaster When I was a kid, I was a happy and quiet one. As I grew older, I started to think that I was unstoppable and immortal. I loved watching and playing soccer. Loving it so much to the point that I wanted to learn all the tricks and plays and become a famous soccer player. Like most I believed I could do anything and nothing could stop me from achieving my goals. Everything was great in my life until it came crashing down like a building to the ground in pieces. The crashing…

The Great Chicago Fire was one of the most horrible disasters in history. The incident was when the city of Chicago experienced a horrible spread of fire from an unknown source. Before the fire, Chicago was a huge city that was mostly made out of a very flammable type of wood, and during the time the city had not gotten any rain, and the winds caused the fire to spread even faster. The fire was said to be started at Catherin O’Leary’s barn, and many people say that it started when she was…

The Buffalo Creek Disaster is a book by Gerald M Stern, about how the survivors of one of the worst disasters in coal-mining history brought suit against the coal-mining company. The book … by Gerald M. Stern is about a disaster that happened in 1976 …The book was review by prominent persons search as the former President of the United States who termed it as “A shocking, timely book”. Also, The New York Times Book Review talked of the book as “a fascinating tale of how investigative lawyers…

A Paper Mache Disaster Art school taught me several things I did not know about myself. Like how technique- orientated I was and how my perfectionism often acquired the best of me. It reminded me about minor failures that would transform into drastic dramatic catastrophes. Consequently, it also reminded me about All my friends, all of which thought I was psychotic. Here, academics were enjoyable, while on the contrary, what felt extremely demanding was the art aspect. Why attend art school…