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by damaging buildings and power lines which causes a widespread disruption in the technology system. Hurricane Sandy high winds knocked down trees and damaged the power lines which caused a widespread power outage in my community and throughout the state of New Jersey. The Disaster Assistance identifies types of disaster…

Hurricane Camille Overview: Hurricane Camille was the third and most powerful tropical cyclone of the twentieth century. On August 5, 1969, the forecast recognized a typical tropical storm off the coast of Africa. The storm started on August 14, 1969 and continued through August 22, 1969. This storm took many by surprise when the winds began to kick in and destroy everything in sight. This storm started off as a tropical storm; yet, when the winds reached 97 km, they declared it a hurricane.…

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…

August 1992, when a tropical wave near Africa, moved to the Atlantic Ocean. Then, the winds reached hurricane levels. The state of 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…

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 City’s coastal…

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…

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…

Arthur’s surface winds dropped below gale-form, and the hurricane was designated as an extratropical system as it moved northeastward towards the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. As newly downgraded storm passed outside of the United States, the NHC handed over the storm to the Canadian Hurricane Center. (Brown, Pasch, 2014). The remaining storm intensified as it changed hands. A sting jet formed on the south eastern quadrant of the remaining rotation. (Canadian Hurricane…

buildings at one time. Some people were trying to go across a bridge by foot, but they were told to go back by the police force. There was a minimal amount of lighting, no air conditioning, no showers, etc. There was either no communication between the state government and the citizens or it was extremely limited. The government tried to have FEMA bring food and water for the people who were affected. A lot of people were left to die. The president swore to the people that they were going to get…

a. A hurricane that destroys half the supply of goods produced in Florida. Disasters increase the scarcity but they don’t reduce the ability of these markets to be able to respond to the scarcity. When a Hurricane strikes and destroys the supply of goods produced in Florida, the market will respond by decentralized communication of dispersed knowledge, eliminating the problems associated with centralized collection and analysis of massive amounts of rapidly changing information. This can be…