Louisiana Purchase

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters that occurred in the United States history. This hurricane caused major damage to city infrastructure, residents homes and left many people homeless, starving, and without water because of this storm. The lack of leadership willing to assume responsibility and take control of this situation was purely embarrassing. Officials ranking from New Orleans mayor, all of the way up to president bush were simply finger pointing and would not accept…

Racism in New Orleans, Louisiana has historically been reflected in settlement patterns throughout the city, dating back to its founding in the early 1700’s. The first settlers favored well-drained uplands and shunned the swamps and marshes as dangerous, instead relegating African American slaves and native Creole people to these areas. Post-civil war, these settlement patterns were only exaggerated as the racial geography of the city shifted toward what is now considered a “classic southern”…

celebrities are raising money for their state. On August 26th,2017, Harvey had started on the Texas Coast and the last landfall was on August 30th in Near Cameron, Louisiana. Bringing nearly fifty-two inches of rain which is a total of about four feet and nineteen trillion gallons of water in Texas (Tropical Cyclone Names,1). In Louisiana, the rain was a total of five and a half trillion gallons of water. This is the highest rainfall any storm in the history of the United States (Fritz, Angela,…

RESOLUTION WHEREAS, inclement weather forecasts, severe flooding and dangerous conditions in and around the greater Houston area resulted in the closure of all schools and facilities in the Houston Independent School District ("HISD" or “district”) on April 18, 2016 and April 19, 2016 to protect the safety of students and staff; and WHEREAS, HISD closed its schools and facilities because it must act in the best interests of, and to protect the safety of, its students and staff; and WHEREAS, in…

During this week’s readings, you will learn about human response to hazards, disasters, emergencies, or catastrophes. For this assignment, discuss how you think you would respond to a hurricane, a terrorist incident, and a home fire. How are your natural responses similar or different from the guidelines provided in the text? Why do you think these similarities and differences occur? As a resident of a hurricane prone area, we prepare by stocking up on supplies like food, water, toiletries, and…

From a very young age, Chef Michael Petruso Jr. has always been drawn to cooking. As a third generation Chef, he grew up in Columbus, Ohio, working in his family’s restaurants. He started as a dishwasher and learned every position in the kitchen. This was where he realized his love for cooking and how hard work, education and determination were some of the keys to success in the restaurant business. His strong work ethic earned him a certificate of perfect attendance and his Associates in…

S., Katrina affected over ninety thousand people in the U.S. . . . In Louisiana there were one thousand four hundred and sixty four deaths , in Mississippi two hundred and eighty three deaths , fourteen deaths in Florida and two deaths in Georgia . After getting the death toll of over all there were two hundred unclaimed bodies and in Louisiana in August 8, 2006 there were still one hundred thirty five bodies missing. Louisiana had studied the deaths and noticed a seventy one percent of the…

destroyed. People lost their homes, families, and dignity. The people weren’t just affected by one natural disaster, but multiple that occurred because of the hurricane. Places Destroyed The powerful storm rampaged through different towns. In Louisiana, New Orleans was bitten off, chewed, swallowed then spit back up by Katrina. About 80 percent of New Orleans was under water. An estimated amount of 1.2 million people left New Orleans. Their population declined from 484,674 to 230,172. There…

Page 2 of 2 TyKenzie DanielsMarch 11th 2018URST 1001Professor PratoHurricane KatrinaThis video of the natural disaster of the trailer was a very good story. Being so youngwhen this took place one really wouldn’t know what was going on everything seemed like a blur.Watching this video gives a great insight it shows a great amount of detail of things that tookplace during Katrina. Like most my family and I were reviewing this from the news so we onlyknew what they were telling us, but there is a…

Wallace Flood of 1913 The year was 1910 when it all started. In Wallace, Idaho there was a gigantic fire that practically destroyed the whole town. In 1913, there was an unusual amount of rainfall, which caused the river to flood. Shockingly, no one died, but many were severely injured. Unfortunately, during the fire the trees were all burnt to their stumps, and did not provide the usual protection from the flood. Due to the flood, Wallace had a huge drop in the economy, and the landscape was…