Hurricane Andrew It is August 16, 1992 and a tropical wave is beginning to form off the west coast of Africa. The scene looks safe and not something to worry about until hours and days have passed. Twelve days later, it the 28th of August and the wave has not died off, but has grown into something stronger, something greater, something we today call a category 5 hurricane. This powerful hurricane was given the name Hurricane Andrew. In the Greek language the name Andrew means “strong”…
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast. This storm was a natural disaster especially for New Orleans. The hurricane caused flooding, death, displaced residents, damages and a decrease in the population. Hurricane Katrina and the levee’s failure increased the stress levels for the individuals living New Orleans. In the documentary “Troubled the Water”, it appeared disturbing, chaotic and there was doubt and anger. These individual experienced something that would probably bring repeated…
In the article Water is swallowing us up: Catastrophic floods hit houston by Michael Graczyk, he talks about the most powerful Texas hurricane on record. Different counties of texas received an average of 8 to 15 inches. Harvey was the strongest hurricane to strike down Texas since 1961’s Hurricane Carla and a lot of people were killed or injured that’s why we call the flood catastrophic. The last thing I heard about the hurricane was that Harvey has so far killed 70 people who drowned in…
Hurricane Matthew is testing the new effort by utilities and the government to make the nation’selectric grid more storm-resistant. From 2008 through 2017, the U.S. government and utilities aresupposed to spend more than $32 billion on things like smart-grid and storm-hardening technology. Thatalso includes systems that are made to resist wind, flying debris and flooding. It also allows powerproviders to identify damage and restore electric power faster.Hurricane Matthew did not really provided…
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…
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 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, hurricane…
EREPORT # 18552 stated the following: The abuse occurred in Desoto County. The incident happened in the Summer of 2014. On 12/15/15, Kyle shared with me (Mother, Brenda Berry) that over the summer of 2014, Uncle Johnny touched him in ways that made him feel uncomfortable. He said it happened about 8 times over the summer 2014. He said he rubbed his arm and bottom while staring at him. Kyle also said on 2 occasions Uncle Johnny rubbed Kyle's penis and groin area. Kyle shared this with me 12/15/15…
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…