Louisiana Creole people

6,300,000 people were ordered to evacuate their homes in Florida alone. 1,300,000 people went without electricity within the first four hours after Irma hit land. There were around 5,000 people who evacuated the Bahamas during Irma, making it the largest evacuation in the Bahamas. Nearly 4 million people were without power for two days following the tragedy. Besides the obvious, Irma also had a very large effect on people’s emotional side, people lost their mothers, fathers, brothers…

still alive in her imagination as heralds of apocalypse. “Any day now the fabric of the Universe is comin’ unravelled,” she says. The film is set in the region beyond the levees of southern Louisiana, in which uneven porches and sidewalks show the fact that the land is gradually sinking. Hushpuppy…

southern portion of Louisiana have been addressed by the Army Corp Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration. In addition, There was also an investigation of the responses from federal state and local governments, resulting in the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown and of New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Eddie Compass. Many other government officials were criticized for their responses especially New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, Louisiana…

hurricane finally dissipated The coast guards went to work. They rescued over 34,000 people just in New Orleans. Although over 1,800 people lost there life. There were 2 deaths in Alabama, 14 in Florida, 2 in Georgia, 1,577 in Louisiana and 238 in Mississippi. Out of all of these deaths most of them were older people. 71 percent of deaths were 60 years old or older and half of those were over 75 years old. 770,000 people who lived in New Orleans were displaced as well as animals. This hurricane…

instance, harsh weather effects, deadly toxins, and even human interaction cause a rapid decline of the land. In the state of Louisiana, these situations are a deadly effect on its' coastline. Aside from these ongoing, or seasonal effects, a new threat has entered the group, and it goes by the name of the Nipponaclerda biwakoensis, or commonly known as 'the scale'. Louisiana is situated above the Gulf of Mexico, and along it's coastline are around 225,000 acres of marshes, or wetlands. These…

In regards to this week’s discussion, I would like to discuss the lapse in preventative measures that were neglected prior to the event in conjunction with the communication failures discussed by Cooper and Block in chapter 7. Before I discuss the lapse in communicating the dire situation to Secretary Chertoff by Brown, one should note issues in planning, communication, leadership, and unsatisfactory camaraderie amongst department heads were identified far in advance. The emergency response to…

of people were left homeless [1]. It has been reported that there is a 65% chance in the next 50 years a hurricane with the capacity of Hurricane Katrina will hit the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. This hurricane may cause destruction due to flooding, which more than 300,000 people would be in direct path of the floods. To limit the impact on the livelihood of people in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, a detailed evaluation plan must be developed. Since the amount of time that the people…

than many people expected. Siding came off houses, and wind scattered debris. Sheets of rain flooded the streets, Before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Governor Katrine Babineaux Blanco declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on August 26, 2005, and asked President Bush to do the same at the federal level the next day, a request with which he complied. This authorized FEMA to organize and mobilize resources as it saw fit to help the residents…

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…

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, Louisiana in 1949 and bought my lot for $200.…