Hurricane Andrew

Flood insurance is separate from homeowner's insurance Homeowners assume purchasing homeowner's insurance covers the home from ALL natural disasters, including floods. It isn't so. Flood insurance is a separate policy. It is the homeowner's responsibility to research and ask insurance agents about these separate policies. Flood insurance coverage isn't hard to find in the policy. Read your policy. If flood coverage is not there, revise the policy with the home insurance provider to include…

The connections of the fascia boards to the pile caps were severely overstressed during the hurricane. Most of these connections in the entire pavilion area experienced failure of the wood, usually resulting in splitting of the wood (see Figure 8). Further inspection revealed that shimming was used heavily during the construction of the pier to maintain a flat deck surface. This raised the fascia boards up and greatly decreased strength of the connection to resist uplift. These geometric…

Hurricanes are not uncommon among the coastal regions. Atmospheric and sea-surface conditions were conducted to cyclone’s rapid transformation and resulted in what is known as Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was tearing apart the Gulf of Mexico. It was a Category 5 hurricane and was predicted to create several landfalls within the affected area. The wind was moving in a pattern causing a storm surge toward the city like a high tide. Due to poor construction, the floodwall broke the flood…

What Makes a Player Perform: Does Attendance Affect Performance? The Carolina Hurricanes is North Carolina’s premier hockey team having won the Stanley Cup in 2006. This victory means the Hurricanes are the only pro sports team in North Carolina who has won a major championship. Lately, however, attendance has been down and the Hurricanes have not experienced the same level of success as years past. This lack of success has fueled relocation rumors and while relocating could help, it is not…

time. That storm was Hurricane Mitch because it took people 20 years to fix all the roads, houses and other building with their furniture. However the big flood did soak every building and furniture it could be dried from heat or put it in the sun. The people who suffered from the flood could keep their furniture and get it dried however the people in the Hurricane had to get all knew things because mud was on it if they still had it or it was blown out to sea. The Hurricane was very deadly…

Hurricanes and tornados are both forms of natural disasters that have the potential to cause great devastation. They are caused by the unpredictability in atmospheric environments. A common delusion is that they are the same type of system, but with a different name; however, this is far from being true. Hurricanes and tornadoes have similar traits, but they also have many differences. Although they both share similar makings and features, they are different structures altogether. Both…

Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723. Beginning of the Morrison's administration, and for the entirety of Schiro's, the city was a center of the Civil Rights Movement. In 2005 New Orleans was catastrophically hit by the Hurricane Katrina like other places of USA. In this sad event more than 1,500 people were died in New Orleans. This is the government record, and others are still missing. Because of the damage caused to the resident area and houses, some people settled…

Psychosocial recovery is an important aspect of natural disaster recovery, it contributes to short and long term safety and health following first response crisis emergency. A bushfire has engulfed an entire town. There have been reports of many deaths and many casualties. Emergency response teams such as the ambulance, fire brigade, and police have completed their jobs. Three days after this disaster, a crisis intervention worker has been called to assist in the psychosocial recovery. This…

It was the failure of the levees on the Industrial channel that caused devastating flooding to the surrounding Ninth Ward neighbourhood leading to many social implications within the community. The levee failure caused a torrent of water to pour into the neighbourhood with buoyancy forces that caused 125 structures to float onto the roads (Green et al. 2007), with more structures requiring demolition due to damage. It was the Ninth Ward district that also experienced the greatest loss of life…

Have you ever been scared of a hurricane or tornado? I am, but I've never been in a hurricane or a tornado. I hope I'm never in one, but I kind of know what to do if I'm ever in one.You have to take shelter, and do much more. This is important advice too. So, these are the things you need to know about shelter, damage, and the cost of the damage they do. To begin with, if you see a tornado or find out a hurricane is coming to your city, take shelter. If you don’t have a cellar or a…