Hurricane Wilma

On August 29, 2005, the third strongest storm ever documented in America, Hurricane Katrina, hit the coast of Louisiana at 125 miles per hour. However, the real horror came when the levees breached, causing New Orleans to fill up like a bathtub. Gary Rivlin discusses the racial, political, and geographical change of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in Katrina: After the Flood. Gary Rivlin is a journalist and author of five books. His works have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mother…

Politics in Kanye West’s “New Slaves” Although Kanye West has never shied from controversial politics, such as an instance following Hurricane Katrina in which he stated, “George Bush doesn't care about Black people,” the release of the single “New Slaves” from the album Yeezus elevated his level of sociopolitical critique. This work is unique as it overtly introduced its critiques of racist continuity present throughout American history. Ultimately, West seemed to seek to illustrate a…

Grenada Lake is a reservoir on the Yalobusha River in the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is one of the four flood control lakes in North Mississippi constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. It was constructed to help control flooding along the Yazoo River Basin. The dam is located on the Yalobusha River. The operation began in 1954 costing 32 million to construct. I am originally from Greenville, MS. Where my older sister and I spent our childhood. Grenada Lake was a place where we…

Hurricanes affect a large population of people here on earth. Many people become displaced for years, lives and homes are lost all due to one catastrophic event. In some countries, citizens prepare for hurricanes all year round praying that the natural disaster dissipates though preparations are in commencement. During the time of hurricane season families are usually brought closer together depending on their strength and unity to survive. Yet college students do not have such luxury. Being…

INTERNATIONAL MASTER PROGRAM ON NATURAL HAZARDS MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT (2 0 1 6) Disaster risk reduction strategy and policy implementation in Haiti: A case study of 1/12 earthquake Ersnt Fiefiea,∗ a School of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, 1, University Road, Tainan City, Taiwan(R.O.C) Thesis info Abstract Thesis history: Presented: Date Defended: Date Received in revised form: Date Achieved: Date Available online: Date Keywords: Disaster, Risk…

Our world is becoming more uncertain, disasters are increasing in frequency and severity with devastated consequences for people. Natural disasters are inevitable though human activity has a gradual effect on occurrence of such disasters, but there are many elements that are beyond human control or influence. Today the entire humanity confront frequent and grew some disasters. Disaster risk is therefore is increasingly a global concern. There are many factors affecting the intensity of these…

soon to be known as one of the biggest hurricanes in American history, formed over the Bahamas. This would be the 12th tropical storm of the hurricane season. On August 23, the tropical storm was picked up by the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida. At the time, the storm was very weak and unorganized, not considered to ever get…

As “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history,” Hurricane Katrina wracked New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region during and after 2005 and is virtually without parallel in recent U.S. history. The tremendous storm surge after the hurricane paralyzed the city of New Orleans because not only the city’s natural geographic features made it vulnerable to flooding, but also the built protective system failed and worsened the impact of flooding. The flooding ensued after…

The victims of Katrina Hurricane Katrina being one of the most deadliest and catastrophic hurricanes in the United States left the city of New Orleans devastated and in a disastrous state. As the weather continued to get worse, the fellow citizens were notified. With each day passing the worse the weather got and eventually became a hurricane. First being a rank one then two and so on, with this warning many citizens departed the city and others thought “C’mon, c’mon. Nothing is going to…

family that a hurricane was coming to my city; New Orleans, Louisiana. Because of this storm, Hurricane Katrina, I was told that I would most likely have to move away for a long time; which meant the rest of my life. The hurricane ended up destroying the entire city completely. This was heartbreaking to me for a plethora of reasons, the main one being that I was so young and was just getting a taste of what the rest of my life had to offer. My life has never been the same since Hurricane…