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Hurricane sandy was one of a natural disaster. It was the most destructive other than Katrina. Many meteorologist say that this was an unpredicted storm, which caused more damage. Sandy killed 285 people in total and 125 in the united states. But that is not as much as how many people katrina killed/injured. Some people were out of power for days and couldn’t get any resources like food and water because of Sandy. What happened first was a wave in the caribbean turned into a tropical storm…

In New Orleans Hurricane Katrina hits, from August 23, 2005 to August 31, 2005. This starts near the gulf coast of the United States and went to New Orleans. Information states that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin told everyone to evacuate to the Super Bowl Dome for safety. Many people survived but their homes did not. But, this is just New Orleans there were other places that Hurricane Katrina hit. Sadly we won’t be focused on those places. Hurricane Katrina started as all the other hurricane but…

Introduction The Johnstown Flood which was one of the worst disasters ever happened in U.S. history by far which was also the most famous dam failure. Johnstown is situated about 50 miles east-southeast of Pittsburgh, in the Allegheny Mountains, in the southeastern Pennsylvania. There was the “South Fork Hunting and Fishing Club” whose members included Andrew Carnegie, Henry Frick and Andrew Mellon. The club had bought the abandoned earth fill dam and the reservoir known as Lake Conemaugh.…

More than 470 people have died in Haiti over the past few days because of the destruction of Hurricane Matthew. The U.S. have been trying to do everything in their power to help Haiti's out. They have been sending over supplies such as blankets, hygiene kits, and kitchen sets to 100,000 people. Thousands of people have lost their homes and crops to the storm and are staying in temporary shelters. In the near future, the U.S. fears that whatever food they have left will run out and they will be…

1938 the year of one of New England's worst hurricanes with huge waves and record-breaking winds. Many contributing factors such as the conditions and human error and how the impacts made the storm so powerful. Many people were left homeless, injured or in the worst cases, dead. All of this was a recipe for disaster. One of the major events that made the storm so powerful was the conditions. There were winds up to more than one hundred mph. People from the YouTube videos houses were falling…

tens of thousands of homes damaged or completely destroyed and majority of the homes in Houston are not insured against flooding. Houston did take some things done to help to bring people to safety during Katrina such as using boats for rescue. Both states were victims of loss…

Phoenix is the main character, and protagonist of Eudora Welty’s short story “A Worn Path”, Written in 1941. Throughout the story, we follow Phoenix on a long journey that she is taking through the woods, for which we are at first given no origin point or destination. On her journey, we see Phoenix display a memory both with incredible ability, and with faults of old age. We also see her encounter and overcome many obstacles set by both her environment, and her poor eyesight, a symptom of old…

and lasted until November 2nd. Sandy is considered to be the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (Gutner). Initally starting out as just a Category 1 tropical storm in the Caribean sea, Sandy made its way to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the United States east coast border, reaching to a Category 3 strength. With its immense strength and wind power of a maxium of 115 miles-per-hour, Hurricane Sandy is sadly remembered for its mass destruction, and death toll exceeding 147 people (Hurricane Sandy…

How does one stop oppression? For most people, the answer is pretty difficult to find, if there even is one. For decades, people of all races and genders have been harassed and there hasn’t been any significant progress towards ending this oppression. It is because of this lack of development that makes it hard for characters like Richard Wright in Black Boy or Oprah Winfrey to be able to grow up and live normal, non-prejudiced lives. While society can attempt to trap individuals and terminate…

show its ugly head. Politics and disasters do not mix well at all. Notably was hurricane Katrina. According to the article, Politics after Katrina, published by Jake Elliott (2010) Katrina was the largest natural disaster to hit the mainland United States to date. Combine this monster storm with the outdated levees resulted in major devastation in every way. This event would change the landscape of politics forever. Even early on before the storm hit there was politics involved. Politian’s at…