Levee

reported the “Great Miami River will reach flood stage by nightfall” - those living in the lowest lying areas of the city would ignore the warnings. Why? Area historian and author Scott Trostel stated “crowds had gathered along the North Main Street levee in Piqua (Ohio) to observe the rising flood waters. Warnings were issued to residents of Rossville (To the north) to seek higher ground. Similar warnings were put out in East Piqua and Shawnee…

Hurricane Katrina was a purely devastating storm that left new orleans and the surrounding area in ruin for months after the storm had passed. David Helvarg describes the devastation that has taken place throughout the hurricane’s path in the story, “The Storm This Time”. The story starts off with Helvarg arrival in Baton Rouge immediately describing the relief efforts that are taking place to help those affected by this disaster of a storm. As Helvarg continues his documentation of the storm's…

They were supposed to conduct annual surveys of the canal bottom to make sure that erosion did not occur causing the levee system structural damage post construction. Clearly, not enough was done to plug the gap of the 17th street canal as it was considered to be of low priority. The debris removal process uses virtually any and all means as well as resources to remove…

The Causes of the Hurricane Katrina Disaster Introduction The Hurricane Katrina disaster occurred at 6:10 am on the Monday morning 29th of August, 2005 ( Heerden et al. 2009, p. 292 ). It was one of the most mighty cyclones around category 4-5 that the coast of America had never met before, strong winds, large rainfall, waves and cyclones were brought by it to attack the Gulf of Mexico shores of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ( ASCE 2007, p. v). At the end of the disaster, the flooding…

Disasters can occur anywhere in the world regardless of geography, social climate, or weather patterns. The type of disaster and the extent of its impact will be unique to the area effected. Research has identified several characteristics that communities can use to design and maintain resilience in the face of disaster. The first step in community resilience is defining the term in a way that can be applied specifically to a population, and that can prompt action to build-upon and take stock of…

Archaeologists have investigated several significant evidences of the origins of ancient civilizations for the areas we call old world and new world. For the word of “old world,” it is meant the civilization around the near east, Mesopotamia and Egypt. On the other hand, the new world refers to the civilization of Mesoamerica, such as, Maya, Aztec, and Inca. Both civilizations might be characterized their societies into more complexity in early period. They captured similarities and differences…

The River Restoration Project was started due to the shortage of water and salmon. I side with the article "River Restoration Project Offers a Sprinkling of Hope", written by Daniel Weintraub, because I believe the San Joaquin River should be restored. Though Weintraub has not been in the newspaper industry for as long as Bill McEwen has, he has worked with more companies doing different things, giving him more experience. Weintraub has worked with three different newspaper companies including…

The main point of the film is to disclose the lawsuit, civil action and issues that developed and arose in the true event. The film was created to display the civil case that begun and health and environmental issues in Woburn, Massachusetts. The film begins where Attorney Jan Schlichtmann is in court representing his client, a young Anglo-Saxon male who became disabled and is in a wheelchair. The scene then introduces Schlichtmann in a radio show. A woman calls the radio and gets…

warming is partially to blame for the power and endurance of Hurricane Katrina. There were several effects of hurricanes Katrina. Some of the effects are:  In New Orleans, high waves that occurred due to Hurricane Katrina led to failure of the levee system.  Flooding that was caused because of Hurricane Katrina covered 80% of the New Orleans city.  Overall Hurricane Katrina affected more than 93,000 square miles across 138 countries.  More than 1,800 people lost their lives in…

These protect it from the Mississippi River and Lake Ponchartrain. The levee defenses were unable to cope with the strength of Katrina, and water flooded into the city. New Orleans' Mayor Nagin announced on the morning of the day Katrina would make landfall, that levees would be breached, and that an evacuation was being ordered:…