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state municipalities have the greatest source of funding. The HMGP administer long hazard mitigation programs after a major storm that the president declared. The HMGP was passed by Congress in 1988 and it has been a continual process to date. The Hurricane Katrina effective the areas in New Orleans, that can benefit from HMGP. The HMGP has changed the emergency management at the local and state municipalities. 5. What is the Pre Disaster Mitigation Program (PDM)? The Pre-Disaster Mitigation…

tragic events of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina. Eggers describes the story with an anticipating tone to readers who desire to read a personal first-hand experience of Hurricane Katrina. The theme of corruption can been seen through the middle of the book, as it shows the government being irresponsible and unjust at the time after the storm. Soldiers and officers who were in New Orleans didn’t assist civilians which forced them to helped one another during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Zeitoun…

In the book Zeitoun by Dave Eggers, he tells a story about Abdulrahman Zeitoun’s experience during and after, Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Zeitoun is a Syrian man that moved to America from Syria, and is married to Kathy a caucasian woman. Eggers’ purpose in the book is to show the events of hurricane Katrina, and how people turn to racial profiling in times of confusion and chaos. Eggers uses an emotional tone to show the struggles that Zeitoun faces in the book. Throughout the book Eggers uses…

aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Eggers’s purpose is to enlighten people about the impact of Hurricane Katrina and the prejudice against Muslims post 9-11. He creates a sympathetic tone to appeal to the audience’s emotions. Throughout “Zeitoun”, Eggers shows how people, including Zeitoun and his family, have to struggle with keeping their dignity after the disaster of Hurricane Katrina. One example of dignity being lost is shown towards the beginning of the book. It is the section, before…

World Turned to Water” 1. Author Lauren Tarshis calls the flood in Louisiana “devastating.” What details in the first section of the video (0:10 to 0:48) help you understand how the flood was devastating? It was the first major disaster after hurricane sandy. 2. According to Tarshis, why is it important to share stories of people who have gone through difficult experiences? So that we an connect to thdm even though we are not living in louisiana. 3. How does the mood (or feeling) of the…

Background, Problem, and Hypothesis On August 29, 2005 a massive hurricane struck the gulf coast damaging billion dollars’ worth of land, and killing millions of people. Hurricane Katrina caused so much damaged to people mentally and emotionally. This research study shows how different type of people respond to the question, how much aid was received by different racial and economic groups. They were testing if the social economy statue was a factor that changed the results of how much aid was…

about the issues of race that are often glossed over in pop culture. Formation uses both visuals as well as lyrics to discuss the Black Lives Matter movement, and the controversial topic of police brutality in America, the city of New Orleans, post hurricane Katrina, and also touches on body positivity and the representation of people…

Law assignment Facts: FActs: On the vessel “The Mignomette” there were 4 people: Captain Tom Dudley, Brooks (sailor), Stephens (sailor), 17-year old Richard Parker. “The Mignomette” sank during a storm at sea. Issues to consider Were the parties involved in this incident unable to make rational decisions due to their dire conditions? Should they have waited until one of the men died first, before eating their remains. As opposed to killing the seventeen year old boy? Is the…

On February 19th, 2015 cyclone Lam had finally made landfall between Millingimbi and Elcho island in the northern territory as a category 4 cyclone. Cyclone lam had started off as a monsoon trough on February 12th over the Coral sea and moved over the Cape York peninsula and moved to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to warm waters and favourable outflow the monsoon trough became a category 1 cyclone on the 16th of February and was named cyclone Lam by the Bureau of Meteorology. Cyclone Lam started…

had reoccurrence natural disasters. The most predominant and frequent one is hurricane. This is a life threatening disaster that has caused plethora of harm to the inhabitants of Louisiana, in particular New Orleans. George L. Sills, article “Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures” speaks about the protective system that was put in place to stop Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (Sills, 2009, para. 4). On August 29th, 2005, Hurricane Katrina had struck the southeast of Louisiana. The protocol that was…