Hurricane Wilma

Spring and summer in Tennessee can bring turbulent weather in the form of thunder storms and possibly tornados. Driving in these conditions is dangerous because gusty winds affect both your steering and that of other vehicles around you. This problem is made more difficult by the heavy rain that accompanies these types of storms. Getting safely through these situations will require your complete attention and skillful use of these tips: Stay off the road in extreme weather. Consult the weather…

On July 23, 2017, just outside of Tucson, Arizona an intense thunderstorm dropped a large amount a rainfall, prompting the National Weather Service to release a flash flood warning for the Santa Catalina Mountains, including Tanque Verde Falls (Sutton & Cullinane, 2017). A flash flood at the Tanque Verde Falls area stranded 17 hikers, prompting a swiftwater rescue. Rescuers, including the Pima County Sheriff’s Department (PCSD), Rural Metro Fire Department (RMFD), and the Southern Arizona Search…

causes and effects of 3 deadly natural disasters. The authors use subheadings to categorize the article and to make readers want to read it. The subheading," Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans", indicates the location of where the hurricane took place. The authors state on paragraph 6 that, “Hurricane Katrina was one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S history." They also state, "Most of…

In light of recent events down in South Carolina it has been brought to my attention that we have a serious problem and that problem is, flooding. Now there is absolutely no excuse for flooding, it can and should be prevented. It’s not like an earthquake, where you have no warning and it’s not like a tornado where it swoops down and suddenly destroys everything. A flood has a warning, sometimes weeks in advance. It starts out slow and builds but don’t let that fool you. Water is patient and it…

Climate change is already a problem is South Florida. Some people are using this to profit. There are floating villages being made from rocky quarries. There is development company that made floating villages that are expensive, but have a climate-conscious design, they can resist natural disasters better than other buildings can. The businesses are still focused on how to make money and keep growing even while there is impending disaster. The floating villages is just one of the many floating…

one could have imagined the damage that would soon ensue. What we have now come to know and fear as Hurricane Katrina began to churn in the late August of 2005 and still continues to have an impact today. This natural hazard quite literally blew everyone’s expectations away. Despite the warnings and alerts, no one could anticipate the worst natural disaster in the United States history. Hurricane Katrina brought devastation and destruction to the Gulf Coast region in a ghastly fashion. Katrina…

What does 2004, water and the day after Christmas have in common? The 2004 tsunami. Its 2016 now so it has been over ten years since the 2004 tsunami. Basically what happened there was a hurricane on top of an earthquake. Many of the people who were there were on vacation for the holidays. Thousands and thousands of people had died or gone missing from this tsunami. Have you ever been in a wave pool? Well, it’s like that but times one hundred. We had no clue what a tsunami was at the time. So…

Galveston had become wealthy throughout the years some people even called it paradise. They thought that Galveston was indestructible and that where they were located there wouldn’t be hurricanes, but they were terribly wrong. September 8, 1900 the waves rose and the people of Galveston ran towards the shore. The people thought that this was just unique and they wanted to check it out. The water started rising and people were running for high ground. The wind was so strong it pulled off the…

I decided to interview my mother Brenda Lee Guadalupe. I asked her, what’s the name of the hurricane and she responded, “Hurricane Hugo”. Hurricane Hugo was a powerful hurricane that hit St. Croix. According to my mom, it made landfall in the afternoon on September 17, 1989. I then asked her how old was she back then? She replied by saying that she was 15 years old when that happened. She continues, “There were very strong winds and rain. No one could go outside because the trees were in the air…

This reflection paper is basically summarized how intergovernmental agencies failed to work together during the Hurricane Katrina. It was due to “federal, state and local officials did not have a clear understanding of their own roles and responsibilities or how the entire inter-governmental response system should operate” (Schneider, 2008). He also mentioned that it was the “mismatching of what various levels of government expected to do and what they actual do in any emergency situation” are…