Hurricane Andrew

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Hurricane Sandy pummeled New York City with tumultuous wind, rain, and storm surge. The storm flooded thousands of homes along the coast, caused mass power outages that reduced the ability of the public to effectively communicate, inundated the roads with debris, and covered entire neighborhoods along the coast with sand. In order to effectively respond to the aftermath of the storm New York City brought together numerous agencies to assist. These agencies include: Department of Sanitation,…

Heavy rains caused flash flooding across the Southern Tier last night, and some drivers were caught ignoring warnings about traveling on flooded roads. Tuesday, a section of Woodlawn Avenue was flooded with about two feet of water. It was cleared by Wednesday, but the Chemung County Emergency Management Office is reminding residents that when flash flooding occurs, turn around don't drown. "The incident over on Woodland Avenue under the railroad overpass, West 13th Street in Elmira Heights…

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HURRICANE VICTIMS Seeking for temporary housing. FEMA Director Tom Fargione of Harris Country said that the agency was looking for ways to The victims of Houston are seeking for an evacuation center. Because it is so hard for them not to evacuate. As hurricane receded rescuers searched some tools or emergency kit for the victims of hurricane and neighborhoods for more potential victims, Houston officials began turning their attention to finding temporary housing for those in shelters and…

According to (Windows2universe) an estimated 10,000 people die each year to hurricane damage. This gives me reason to believe that staying as far away from Hurricane rita as possible. Although many people think that staying in their homes and finding a high place would be a better course of action, I say otherwise. According to Expert 21(E21) Hurricane Katrina was only a category 1, and Hurricane Rita was a Category 5. I believe evacuating would the smartest option. For starters, people want…

these days. If you watch international news, it seems that there are always some poor country somewhere that is being devastated by some form of natural disaster or another. This is not just limited to third world countries either. Tornadoes and hurricanes hit the US on a regular basis. Now you can’t prevent a natural disaster more than you can prevent the world from spinning. What you can do is be prepared. And that is what insurance are for. They won’t protect your home if a tornado barrels…

masts, and mass destruction met his gaze; there was even a large vessel, inland several hundred feet- he knew that was not right; his thoughts immediately went to the storm that grazed them several days earlier. That must have been one, helluva hurricane to do that, thought Thomas. He saw people working to clean up the mess- some people were hauling debris, others, were gathering what appeared to be dead bodies… He started to turn his ship in the opposite direction, but his conscious would not…

A great hotel to make your vacation memorable, but since Grand Cayman is brushed or hit by a tropical storm or hurricane about once every 1.68 years and on average, a direct hit from a hurricane once every 5.3 years. However since a lot of people are paranoid, they will think that if they come that will be when the hurricane or tropical storm will hit, so what better than a hurricane safe hotel. Not only will more people come to our hotel because of the safety, but also your investment will be…

computer without seeing floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, fires or terrorist attacks happening all across the world. These threats can take devastating tolls on communities. In everyday life you don’t think something like that can happen to you or your community. Just look at what happened in 1998, a category five hurricane devastated Central America. Within hours, minutes, and even seconds, everything a person has and knows could be gone. It is estimated that hurricane Mitch killed…