Louisiana Voodoo

Louisiana has faced many environmental problems throughout its history. Problems such as shoreline loss, wetlands being destroyed, and oceanic life dying. These problems are because of Hurricane Katrina, human population density, and the oil spill. The hurricane wiped out the region’s shoreline and the oil spill killed many of the oceanic life in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Marquina (2015), a storm like Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster waiting to happen for the state of Louisiana.…

Historical Essay: Tropical Storm Irma Hurricane Irma is the strongest basin hurricane ever recorded, no hurricane has ever maintained 185 mile per hour winds for as long as Irma, which was a total of thirty-seven hours. The winds were only 135 miles per hour when Irma hit the US. It also caused for the largest evacuation in the Bahamas history. It spent three days as a category five hurricane which is the longest recorded time period for a hurricane to stay that strong. The US has never had…

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…

States. Once the 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…

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…

PROBLEM DEFINITION On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Ranked as the 3rd strongest hurricane to land in the United States, it affected many lives; 1,836 deaths and millions 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…

The storm was stronger 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…