Louisiana Voodoo

Hurricane Irma The United States has really been affected by mother nature recently, especially with Hurricane Harvey that happened in Houston, Texas. Another hurricane has started to form out in the Atlantic Ocean and it was named Irma. Hurricane Irma changed categories pretty quickly. Hopefully this hurricane does not touch land within the next couple of days. Florida has experienced quite a few hurricanes. It is hard to say when Irma actually started to form, but it has not slowed down that…

blew down businesses, flooded the whole city of New Orleans, caused wild production to go down dramatically, and threw around lots of debris that would take a lot of time and money to clean up. This storm affected 93,000 square miles all across Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama (FOX Facts). This category five storm cause $108 billion dollars.…

The American Revolution lasted from 1775 - 1783, and included many battles(“Revolutionary…”). The Americans fought the Redcoats to win the war and gain independence from Britain. In 1777, things were not looking too good for the Americans; they were losing supplies and soldiers. But, not all hopes were lost. In 1777, the Battle of Saratoga took place, in which 86% of British General Burgoyne’s troops were taken down(“The Battle of…”). Burgoyne planned to use the divide-and-conquer method but…

The San Antonio River Walk has been has been the heart of the city for years now. It is world-renowned and draws millions of visitors every year. The River Walk is owned by the city of San Antonio and maintained by Center City Development & Operations. The motivation for developing the River Walk was a flood that occurred in the 1920s that killed 50 people and amounted to $50 million in damages. The city government was in the beginning stages of developing a plan that would convert the San…

The storm dropped two categories up to a category 3 before it made landfall along the Louisiana-Mississippi border on August 29 with continuous winds at speed 120 mph. A wind that blew that speed had a lot of destructive power that caused flipping over everything that stays on its way and flooding. According to Whitten 2015, on 08/29/2005…

It was beautiful day. The skies were clear and the weather was perfect. Despite this, the neighborhood seemed empty. Planes were flying in and out of Houston. Why were people leaving? Perhaps it had to do with the threat that lingered just at the coast of Texas. Hurricane Harvey was coming. Hurricane Harvey impacted all of Texas even if the Hurricane never even reached west Texas. Every last person felt a spark of dread and compassion in our hearts for those directly affected. Hurricane Harvey…

In September 1938, one America’s most deadly hurricanes raced through New England. There were a couple of conditions that made the Hurricane of ‘38 so severe.Like the weather of the New England, and the 20ft storm surge. These conditions made the hurricane much more damaging. Some of the damage sustained from the hurricane would include “entire communities wiped off the face of the Earth.”( Video). The weather that the North East was having, made a big difference on the hurricane. The…

As Cordato states North Carolina's Anti-Gouging Law in 1996: (General Statutes 75-36) (a) It shall be a violation of G.S. 75-1.1 for any person to sell or rent or offer to sell or rent at retail during a state of disaster, in the area for which the state of disaster has been declared, any merchandise or services which are consumed or used as a direct result of an emergency or which are consumed or used to preserve, protect, or sustain life, health, safety, or comfort of persons or their property…

miles southeast of the Bahamas on august 23rd, 2005, as a tropical depression. (Complex) as Katrina progressed it struck the gulf coast with devastating force at daybreak on august 29,It 2005. (Complex) It hit five southern states: Mississippi,Louisiana,Georgia, alabama, and Florida.Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 with 127 mph winds. The experts who studied it said it was like four storms, but in one big storm. It storm surge produced a 29 ft. wall of water and was the highest ever measured…

Patrol Officer with the Baton Rouge Police Department (BRPD) I was faced with multitudes of incidents, both man-made and natural. I’ve worked evacuation and traffic control during a maritime barge incident on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The barge broke loose from its moorings and struck another object, causing a chemical known as benzene to leak. Also, I was assigned security during Hurricane Georges to aid in the influx of evacuees at a neighborhood school converted into an…