Kosciusko, Mississippi

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…

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 moved to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans,…

Abigail Schaefer Mr Lucasko Honors Social Studies II August, 27th 2015 Coming of Age in Mississippi Summary and Historical Analysis In Anne Moody’s memoir Coming of Age in Mississippi, Civil Rights plays a large role.Majority of the story takes place in Mississippi during the 1940’s ,with a young girl no older than four or five,named Essie Mae(Later known as Anne Mae). Essie Mae lived on a plantation owned by a man with the name Mr. Carter. She lived with…

First off Corinth is a city in Mississippi was part of the Confederacy. The Confederacy was the 11 southern states that were not apart of the Union from 1860 – 61. The Confederacy would need the railroads for a lot of different things. They needed to ship troops, arms, food, ordnance all…

There is much depth to all forms of art, including poetry; poems offer a plethora of emotions and experiences at face value, but once more knowledge is provided, the entire perspective can change and create a deeper understanding for the reader. Katie Ford’s engaging and thoughtful poem, “The Vessel Bends the Water,” is a perfect example of this experience. The first couple of times I read the poem, I believed it to be about lost love through hardship. After briefly researching the author and…

The Outside of the Inside “Deliver us all from the naked in heart;” Eudora Welty uses this phrase in her short story “No Place for You, My Love” to emphasize the unnamed woman’s desire to hide her inner emotions (Welty 394). The Lord’s Prayer utilizes the phrase; deliver us from evil, as a way to ask to be saved from sins. Having a naked heart can be compared to wearing one’s heart on one’s sleeve, an act of revealing all emotions to the world. Therefore, to deliver someone from the naked in…

Georgia 2, Louisiana 1,577, and Mississippi 238 and affected some 90,000 square miles of the United States. You can see that Louisiana was affected the most by the hurricane because they had the most damages and fatalities. The Hurricane was the most destructive storm to strike the United States and the costliest storm in U.S. history, Katrina caused $81 billion in property damages, but it is estimated that the total economic impact in Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed $150 billion, making…

During the 1960s, each member of society had a mould, a niche in which she was expected to fit. For white women it was that of a wife and child-bearer, for African American women it was that of a maid paid 95 cents an hour while being expected to put food on the table for two families, and for those born in lower social class is was that of proverbial white trash, society’s backwater. While some at this time relented to the pressure exerted upon them by social standards and expectation, social…

The Civil War was one of the greatest catastrophes that happened in America. For years the debate of abolishing slavery led the Northern abolitionists and Southern proslavery plantation owners to collide head on with each other. After the Civil War the nation suffered greatly in social and economic departments. America was moving downward as a nation. Many of the nation’s leaders tried to rebuild the nation as a whole which began the reconstruction period. Reconstruction was hard to accomplish…

Our Changing Welfare System: Mississippi Department of Human Services Isaiah 41:17 (King James Version) states,” When the poor and the needy seek water, and there are none, and their tongue failed for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.” God loves everybody, and he recognized that some of his children would be at a disadvantage; therefore he recognizes the poor and made provision for their wellbeing. God commanded that his people help the needy.…