Hurricane David

withstand a storm. As I read this poem, I recognized the narrator’s sense of powerlessness but determination to press on in the face of adversity as something I have seen in the eyes of New Orleanians since August 29th, 2005. Our city was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina and sometimes I think that maybe if we had seen it coming earlier or closed that extra shutter it wouldn’t have been so bad, but the storm was coming no matter what anyone did and all we could do when it came was get out or get…

Introduction The Johnstown Flood which was one of the worst disasters ever happened in U.S. history by far which was also the most famous dam failure. Johnstown is situated about 50 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny Mountains, in the southeastern Pennsylvania. There was the “South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club” whose members included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Frick and Andrew Mellon. The club had bought the abandoned earth fill dam and the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh.…

More than 470 people have died in Haiti over the past few days because of the destruction of Hurricane Matthew. The U.S. have been trying to do everything in their power to help Haiti's out. They have been sending over supplies such as blankets, hygiene kits, and kitchen sets to 100,000 people. Thousands of people have lost their homes and crops to the storm and are staying in temporary shelters. In the near future, the U.S. fears that whatever food they have left will run out and they will be…

The pollution disaster of the Love Canal happened after a canal in LaSalle, a Niagara Falls town, was drained and acted as a municipal and industrial chemical dump, mainly being used by Hooker Chemical Cooperation between 1948-1953. Over the five years more than 21,000 tons of hazardous chemicals were dumped into the canal which contaminated the soil and groundwater. In 1953 the canal was covered over with clay and soil and declared safe, and soon after it was sold to the school board who then…

because it gets rid of natural disaster. It is good because people wont die from natural disasters. When Hurricane Katrina hit North America and the Caribbean, it caused 1,836 deaths. In The Giver, these natural disasters don’t exist, so people cant die from them, making life better to live. Another thing that controlling nature would help with is the damage done from natural disasters. Hurricane Katrina costed over $81 million. In a world where natural disasters don’t happen, these damages cant…

It has been a tough month of natural disasters here in Florida, as well as other parts of the world. We have had two major hurricanes strike and destroy a substantial amount of U.S soil, as well as outbreaks of fire in multiple areas of our nation. As we repair, rebuild, and reflect on these disasters as a nation, we at Cassels Garage are here to help. Many people are without reliable transportation after the storms that hit here in Florida. We want to help you in any way we can. Cassels Garage…

Hurricanes are enormous storms storms that cause ridiculous amounts of damage through fast winds, flooding, and waves. They may may not seem like much, but hurricanes can uproot trees, destroy homes, and kill and injure hundreds of people. Hurricanes are unique storms and form in an unusual way, they have interesting movement and location on the globe, and are destructive storms that take lots of preparing to survive unscathed. Hurricanes come in different forms and are unique storms. They are…

The Office of Homeland Security (OHS) was created eleven days after the events of September 11, 2001 with the purpose to oversee and coordinate a national strategy to protect the United States against terrorism and act as a responder to any future attacks. In November 2002, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act of 2002 which resulted in the largest government reorganization in the history of the US with- the creation of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Some of the functions DHS…

1938 the year of one of New England's worst hurricanes with huge waves and record-breaking winds. Many contributing factors such as the conditions and human error and how the impacts made the storm so powerful. Many people were left homeless, injured or in the worst cases, dead. All of this was a recipe for disaster. One of the major events that made the storm so powerful was the conditions. There were winds up to more than one hundred mph. People from the YouTube videos houses were falling…

Everybody knows that both hurricanes and tornadoes will cause major damage to an area. But there are more to both than most know. For instance, thanks to the article "Hurricanes and Tornadoes in the U.S.", a tornado happens in the mid-west, or the "Tornado Alley" as it's also called. Hurricanes, on the other hand, happen at the southern Atlantic coasts, where it's warmer. There is more to it than even that, though! First, let's talk about tornadoes. Tornadoes can be as big as a football…