Galveston

Hurricane Harvey has at least affected $23 billion of property just in parts of Texas’ Harris and Galveston counties. Harvey damaged around 200,000 homes, of which 13,000 were destroyed. Louisiana Pacific Corporation manufactures building materials and engineered wood products. The company’s products are used by homebuilders and light commercial builders. LPX produces three different products: Oriented Strand Board (OSB), siding products, and engineered wood products. OSBs are commonly used as…

The crowd screams, the lights shine, the music starts, and I preform my heart out. This was my life three years ago. I was a competitive all-star cheerleader for a gym called Premier Cheer. I cheered competitively for about eleven years and even won a national championship in 2011. 2013 was my last year cheering because every cheerleader has an expiration date; I aged out of the sport and my body ached too much to keep going. Now, three years after my last competition, I entered my first…

first cancer operation. After that operation, she returned to golf competition after three and a half months. She then had to have a second operation in 1955. Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson passed away September 27, 1956, at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston, Texas. The cause of her death was cancer than had reached and infected her lymph nodes (Babe…). Mildred Ella “Bab“Babe”son was arguably one of the best athletes in the entire world. She excelled in every sport, and she paved the way for…

The Golden Experience in Florida Key1 In 2005 Florida was hit with a category 5 hurricane named Wilma. Wilma ripped through Florida causing all the Navy bases in Key West to need constructing. A company called BMS Cat went to all the neighborhoods in Houston to build a Hurricane Disaster team in which I became a part of. This experience was very eventful including the weather, attractions, and food/beverage. If you are looking for a great vacation, please travel to Key West and enjoy the retreat…

achievements. In this scenario Cabeza de Vaca strived for glory by trying to establish colonies in the Gulf of Mexico, but his expedition soon turned into a grueling peregrination across Texas. In 1527 Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on the coast of Galveston island, and set off on foot to Mexico. With little food, weak men, and no connections to other Spanish soldiers it still baffles people how Cabeza de Vaca survived. With tough challenges to overcome Cabeza survived because of his wilderness…

Since the founding of America, people have been led to believe that equality is a pertinent part of their lives and that they should embrace and relish it because it is a God given right. I would like to say that we all know that is just not true!! Our Declaration of Independence states, “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights” . How exactly are we considered equal? Are we equal because God created each of us to occupy this earth, to…

Most recently in August of this year, 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the coastal cities of South Texas from Port Aransas to the Houston/Galveston area. Many people lost their homes, vehicles and some lost their lives. Harvey started as a tropical storm that was slowly making its way through the Gulf until just hours prior to making landfall at a Category four hurricane. Many were taken by surprise when the storm became as threatening as it did, and many were ill prepared in regards to food,…

A Perspective View of the Native People in the New World Seen by the Eyes of Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and John Smith When the first explorers arrived in America from Europe, they encountered many different indigenous peoples of the land. Every pioneer had their own experiences with the native people, varying from educational and boring to threatening and appalling. Many of the meetings became more and more intense as interactions between the explorers and natives became recurrent. These…

The History and Explanation of Hurricanes Hurricanes are an example of nature’s greatest manifestations of God 's power and peace simultaneously. Throughout history, hurricanes have been recognized as some of the most violent storms ever recorded. A hurricane can be defined as, “ A violent, tropical, cyclonic storm of the western North Atlantic, having wind speeds of or in excess of 72 miles per hour.” Cyclonic storms are those with, “A system of winds rotating inward to an area of low…

Narvaez and his crew members set sail in 1527 from Seville. The expedition started. The whole point of this journey was to establish settlements across the Gulf of Mexico. But something went wrong and they ended up as slaves of Native Americans on Galveston Island, TX. Soon hundreds of members went down to only 4 members in the whole expedition. Cabeza and his 3 friends. So, how did Cabeza de Vaca find a way to live? Cabeza survived because of, respect for the Native Americans, his wilderness…