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John Hyde was a 30-year old man from Colorado where his parents owned a farm. He had just taken his dream vacation to south Florida. He said, “This is a big change from what I’m used to in Colorado, but I think I can get used to this.” After the trip John was feeling down about the fact that he had to leave. One month later, John decided to do something about that. He called his real estate agent and John asked him to help look for houses in south Florida. In July, John found a house right…

Earlier this week hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean islands leaving destroyed homes and buildings and a widespread amount of flooding. The island of Barbuda, home to approximately 2,000 people have been hit hard by this storm. 90% of the islands structures have been damaged and at least 1 person was killed. The once beautiful island is now being called “Practically Uninhabitable” by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. The island's St. Bartholomew, home to 9,200, and St. Martin, home to 75,000, were…

A hurricane with a category 5 consist of high level wind, Damages to properties. In order to be prepared for a category 5 always plan to evacuate, have supplies, protect your home. Main reason people evacuate is because of flooding, high wind speed. Always find out if you live in an evacuation zone. Your local government should provide information about if needed to evacuate. “Evacuation planning is number one on the list” ( Knabb,pgr.2). Planning to evacuate you need to go to an area safe and…

Hurricanes can affect so many lives, homes, town, and even whole cities. They have been known to destroy . The word hurricanes means a storm with violent wind / a tropical cycle. Hurricanes are deadly to many people. Hurricanes are huge storms that can have winds up to 200 miles per hour. Hurricanes usually last for up to a week, in fact the longest hurricane lasted 28 days (Hurricane San Ciriaco). Hurricanes rotate different ways due to where they are located. In the north they rotate…

The best way to survive a category 5 hurricane is to Evacuate. Evacuation: “The main reason people have to evacuate during hurricanes is from a storm surge, which is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm’s winds that can reach heights well over 20 feet and can span hundreds of miles of coastlines, accordingly to the National Hurricane Center”.Evacuation is first on the list while people who live in storm surge areas fall within areas that are urged to evacuate during a hurricane,…

Clara Barton founded the most recognized relief agency in the United States in 1881 known as the American Red Cross. The non-profit organization has faced numerous issued concerning ethics plus mismanagement during our country’s most recent disasters. The September 11th attacks led to the ousting of their acting president Bernadine Healy. The ARC received $543 million in donations to the victims as well as their families. Donors had pledged with the intent of their money going directly to the…

Isaac Cline had some of the fault for this terrible disaster but the Bureau was also to blame. Isaac was responsible for the lives lost because nobody knew the storm was coming. Although he said he had “began warning the public to seek a safe place to spend the night”, he choose to ignore the dangerous signs of a storm coming and instead convince the people it was nothing. But then again, wasn’t he taught to? The Law of Storms was mentioned repeatedly, and it was believed that all storms…

Hurricane Irma caused mass destruction to the state of Florida. It caused stress, anxiety, and fatigue preparing for the storm and then waiting the storm out. Even after the storm was gone people were left having to clean up the mess and pull themselves back together. Homes and vehicles were ruined, personal belongings were damaged, and some of these things could have been avoided. Many homes were flooded from rising creeks or oceans, but some homes were flooded from plumbing mishaps. Even if…

Multiple homes in Henry and DeKalb counties have been destroyed by lightning and a tornado during today's storms that affected many areas of Alabama. A tornado in the Screamer community of Henry County caused "significant" damage to 25 homes and destroyed a "handful" of other houses, Emergency Management Agency officials said. The tornado was reported by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency around 12:30 p.m. The storm also blew down trees and snapped power poles. Henry County is home to about…

USS LEYTE GULF and USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT CASE STUDY In the early hours of October 14, 1996, two ships in a particular naval battle group off the coast of North Carolina were preparing for a soon to come six month deployment. These two ships being focused on during this leadership action plan were the USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (CVN 71) and the USS LEYTE GULF (CG 55). The attention of these two ships is brought to light because of the sequence of events that occurred throughout the morning. While…