Hurricane Wilma

1,577 people dead, 5 states affected, thousands suffering, and an abundance of unanswered questions. These are the results of Hurricane Katrina. The initial reaction or lack thereof, by government officials showed an inefficiency and chaotic response. August 29,2005- August 29, 2015, ten years later and people are still trying to recover from the catastrophe. The dash (-) between the ten years could be a representation of those still trying to get back on their feet along with those…

Hurricane Betsy was a powerful hurricane of the 1965 Atlantic hurricane season, causing enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. While it made its first landfall at Key Largo in Florida, Betsy did its greatest damage after the second landfall on September 9 near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans. Seventy-six people were killed by “Billion-Dollar Betsy” but I survived. Izzy Hannah is my name and I…

For this question I have chosen to highlight two vastly different organizations and vastly different crisis. I will outline each then address the measures of success and comparison to Taco Bell. The first case involves the American Red Cross. The Red Cross is well known for its emergency response, disaster management assistance and humanitarian aid efforts. Though the crisis at hand is relatively minor is scope, it was an embarrassing moment and could have had an impact on donors – a large…

The thousands of people who survived Katrina’s wrath will forever remember the destructive path it laid. Little did I know that one of the most destructive hurricanes in American History was about to make landfall; the events I was involved in will forever be burned into my mind. In my lifetime, we’ve always stayed home for every single Hurricane that has made landfall. My father never wanted to leave for any storm, as he was very worried about something happening when we weren’t there. So…

2005 Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States causing destruction to hundreds of thousands of homes. Multitudes of families were left homeless on the streets searching for a safe haven as chaos slowly started to rise. As the streets of New Orleans were flooding various news stations rushed over to the take note of the disaster stricken area. While the families of New Orleans suffered over their loss the media started to benefit off of the disaster caused from Hurricane…

Hurricane Katrina was described as "one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States" according to Kim Ann Zimmerman on livescience.com (2012). August 29, 2005 would completely change the lives of thousands of individuals and families in New Orleans, Louisiana due to impact of Hurricane Katrina. This tropical storm was categorized as a category 5 Hurricane due to the fact the damaging winds reached up to 175 miles per hour. Many people were able to evacuate before the storm became…

slow-moving Category three hurricane or larger will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water, and New Orleans as we now know it will no longer exist." —Ivor van Heerden, October 29, 2004. Hurricanes are natural disasters that cannot be prevented but can be prepared for. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005. Over the last hundred years, hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of United States of America. Hurricane Katrina has…

For instance, after hurricane Katrina struck and destroyed the levee and drainage canal system that they had put in place there were several of individuals who suffered due to their homes being either submerged underwater or completely torn down due to the wind or water. Along…

In the following paper I will make a recount of the event that was the disaster of Hurricane Katrina and I will use the terms that refers to Collective Behavior to explain some action take after the disaster occurred. Collective Behavior is the accountability for people actions as the come together. In another words this is the process of labeling the actions of group of people. Following the disaster of Hurricane Katrina people left in the city were face with the reality that resource were few…

OUTLINE Hurricanes are enormous storms which have winds exerting great force upward and inward at very great speeds like 100 to 200mph. Every hurricane can last for over a week. A hurricane is a bit different from the usual cyclone. Cyclone winds have a very low speed of 9km. Hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons are all the same but with a different name. Meteorologists predict the changes in the weather and use different tools to measure changing condition in the atmosphere. The most common…