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The Role of Social Support in Disaster Stress Imagine two vulnerable communities hit by a Category 4 typhoon. At the aftermath of that typhoon, there was no electricity available, all communication lines are down, food supply are running out and wherever you look at, there are uprooted trees and damaged houses. Everything was simply chaotic and the people are becoming hopeless. However, at the onset of recovery what makes the two communities starkly different from each other is the level of…

Texas is one of America’s greatest states and it also has a vivid background, as an interesting history behind it. Texas has a completely different background from California, which includes its geography, population, economy structure, attractions and history. Texas is also known as The Lone Star State, which its flag has star on the side, and the colors are red, white and blue. Texas’s flag shares somewhat a similar design with Latin American countries such as Chile, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.…

Fallen trees, destruction of homes, and trash everywhere. Children no thicker than twigs eating a small handful of rice. Haiti Is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. The country faces problems such as natural disasters, improper use of natural resources, and poor government. One of the worst problems Haiti delts with is the amount of unfortunate natural disasters. Earthquakes, cyclones, and hurricanes have destroyed the country. January 12, 2010 a magnitude- 7.0 quake hit Haiti…

Florida wasn’t prepared for Hurricane Andrew, the disaster created many problems and caused mass devastation. Before Hurricane Andrew, the state Florida wasn’t prepared. According to Malcolm Gladwell, “A week after it ripped through Florida and Louisiana, leaving 250,000 people homeless, Hurricane Andrew has left a puzzling.” Floridians didn’t think the hurricane would head there way. Florida was not prepared, when the people thought that the hurricane wasn’t coming, that was thought, because…

I. Introduction a. Background on Resilient Neighborhoods • Description of overall Resilient Neighborhoods initiative • Relation to the City’s overall response to Sandy and resiliency planning • Relation to other DCP work, such as Citywide Text Amendment • Relation to other state and federal initiatives • Why this study area was chosen Following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, New York City developed a detailed action plan for recovery from the storm and the long-term resiliency of the…

Many factors caused the collapse which took place August 1, 2007 around 6:00pm with a number of fatalities. At the time of the I-35W Mississippi Bridge collapse construction workers were making additions to the 40 year old structure in hopes of separating the eastbound and westbound lanes. With the bridge being built in the 1960s there were many changes that needed to be made which put stress on the structure and girders over the course of time. With Tons of construction equipment and cars due…

First responders should monitor channels for distress calls and coordinate efforts with a crisis command post. All inflow of private vehicles should be restricted on a regional basis by state highway patrol on major interstates as well as law enforcement on local roadways. Although state DOTs are not directly responsible for patrolling state-owned infrastructure, “DOTs do have the responsibility for controlling access to critical components, establishing coordination with law enforcement to…

Written by: Ryan Terrell and Jake Carter Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Coast on August 25th, 2017. Many people were affected by the storm, and many people were left homeless. 70 or more people lost their lives during the storm. Houston had flooded within days after the storm hit the Texas coast. We interviewed Mrs. Jett, and we found out that her brother had been affected during the storm. Her brother lives in Taft, north of Rockport. The storm took a so called “bite” out of the side of his…

Posttraumatic stress disorder is a crazy thing. Anyone can end up with PTSD at any given moment of time, and it is all because they had to go through something tragic and traumatic. A soldier goes to war with a healthy state of mind and comes home with a disorder. A little girl is raped, and now she must live in a constant fear of men and she goes through all the effects of rape. Every case of PTSD is sad and deserves help, for example the issues Haiti is having right now. In 2010, Haiti had an…

At 00:00 UTC of July 1st, the thunderstorm was upgraded to a tropical depression, due to the organization of convection into a banding feature along the storm’s south side. (Brown, 2014). The depression then moved along a northwesterly route carrying with it showers and thunderstorms. The newly-designated tropical depression began to build upon itself. Wind speeds were measured at around 38 mph, and the NHC upgraded the storm from a tropical depression to a tropical storm. (Stewart, 2014). The…