Hurricane Wilma

No Room for First Responders September 11th 2001, two-thousand nine hundred and ninety six people lost their lives. Three hundred and forty three of them were firefighters. Michael Burke, a Wall Street Journalist who is a brother and a son to a firemen, is furious and offended that the families of the first responders were not invited to the 10th anniversary remembrance. By writing this, Burke’s goal is to put pressure on the New York City Mayor, Mike Bloomberg. Also, Burke wanted to leverage…

Introduction; In August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina attacked the Gulf Coast of the United States. Where, the storm causes landfall in golf coast states. The hurricane had a Classified 3 level on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. The hurricane brought sustained winds about 100–140 miles per hour. Then, the winds have extended about 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic. Damage of dams led to massive flooding, and many people…

1. Does the Hurricane Katrina story exhibit the distinguishing features of a crisis, as defined in the introductory essay you read from the Howitt and Leonard text this week? A crisis as the World Health Organization (WHO) defines is a situation that is perceived as difficult and a time of danger or greater difficulty. Hurricane Katrina was absolutely a crisis that has all the feature of crisis and it is of national proportion and a devastating catastrophe; it was natural catastrophe, a human…

Storm Surge In Storm Surge by Adam Sobel, we learn about Hurricane Sandy and the events surrounding it. Sobel explains some of the aspects which made Hurricane Sandy such a special storm. Sobel lived in Morningside Heights, high above the Hudson River on northern Manhattan’s West Side (Sobel 143). Sobel is a Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University (Sobel 315). He researches meteorology, extreme weather and climate…

Courage a word thrown around like a leaf in the mighty winds of the hurricane a word in which can be used a thousands time incorrectly before being used in a true sense. What does it mean to be courageous? What is the embodiment of such a word in regards to our realistic cruel world to find said courage we must first learn what courage is. Courage is not only an act of strength or bravery but the ability to be strong in mighty blaze that is life but the possession of the ability to block all…

The Lewis and Clark expedition was requested to start on January 18, 1803. The president at the time, Thomas Jefferson, asked congress to give two thousand five hundred dollars for exploration of the trans-Mississippi west. This was approved on February twenty eighth. President Jefferson hand chose Lewis for the exploration. Lewis then hand chose Clark as his second in command. Lewis and Clark shared command over a crew of forty solders, boatmen, hunters and a large dog. This…

Fisher’s documentary Unforgotten: 25 years after Willowbrook, illustrates the vivid calamities the residents of Willowbrook experienced. It is a documentary where the inappropriate treatment of employees and management towards the residents, shook the city of Staten Island. On the other hand, just like Willowbrook, Orange Grove Homes (false/made up) is a special-needs residential facility in central Florida. It is a facility that has caught the attention of the county officials for their…

tornadoes and hurricanes are different, they still have some similarities. For example, they both spend counterclockwise, the lost of lives, and damage. “To begin with, the location of tornadoes are mostly seen in northern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Arkansas, Louisana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia. The states are called “Tornado Alley” According to source two. They have been seen everywhere accept for in Alaska because it’s too cold. Hurricanes aren’t in Alaska either.…

Hurricanes and Tornadoes Essay Whoa!! The roof just flew off my house!! Hurricanes and tornadoes are storms that can destroy anything and everything in its path. They're arguably the deadliest storms in the world. Just the winds from these storms easily destroy homes. One hurricane or tornado can kill over a 1,000 people. These storms have many similarities and differences. Similarities and differences of hurricanes and tornadoes can be found in size and characteristics, costs and damage, and…

Throughout the human history of construction, the fire has been considered as one of the greatest enemies of buildings. Before the 20th century, fires were a significant hazard to urban areas and the cause of massive amounts of damage to cities, such as the Great Savannah Fire in 1820, destroyed almost 500 structures, with loss of about $ 4 million, and Hamburg Fire in 1842, resulted in destruction of nearly a quarter of the inner city, caused 51 deaths, and an estimated 20, 000 homeless. After…