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reached 97 km, they declared it a hurricane. In all, Hurricane Camille caused more than 200 deaths and billions of dollars was raised to repair damages. Causes: On August 13, 1969, Hurricane Camille made its first appearance in America, along the Mississippi Gulf near Waveland. It traveled west…

Fallen trees, destruction of homes, and trash everywhere. Children no thicker than twigs eating a small handful of rice. Haiti Is the poorest country in the western hemisphere. The country faces problems such as natural disasters, improper use of natural resources, and poor government. One of the worst problems Haiti delts with is the amount of unfortunate natural disasters. Earthquakes, cyclones, and hurricanes have destroyed the country. January 12, 2010 a magnitude- 7.0 quake hit Haiti…

flying everywhere. Hurricane Andrew was the time in August 1992, when a tropical wave near Africa, moved to the Atlantic Ocean. Then, the winds reached hurricane levels. The state of Florida wasn’t prepared for Hurricane Andrew, the disaster created many problems and caused mass devastation. Before Hurricane Andrew, the state Florida wasn’t prepared. According to Malcolm Gladwell, “A week after it ripped through Florida and Louisiana, leaving 250,000 people homeless, Hurricane Andrew has left a…

Many factors caused the collapse which took place August 1, 2007 around 6:00pm with a number of fatalities. At the time of the I-35W Mississippi Bridge collapse construction workers were making additions to the 40 year old structure in hopes of separating the eastbound and westbound lanes. With the bridge being built in the 1960s there were many changes that needed to be made which put stress on the structure and girders over the course of time. With Tons of construction equipment and cars due…

Written by: Ryan Terrell and Jake Carter Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas Coast on August 25th, 2017. Many people were affected by the storm, and many people were left homeless. 70 or more people lost their lives during the storm. Houston had flooded within days after the storm hit the Texas coast. We interviewed Mrs. Jett, and we found out that her brother had been affected during the storm. Her brother lives in Taft, north of Rockport. The storm took a so called “bite” out of the side of his…

buildings at one time. Some people were trying to go across a bridge by foot, but they were told to go back by the police force. There was a minimal amount of lighting, no air conditioning, no showers, etc. There was either no communication between the state government and the citizens or it was extremely limited. The government tried to have FEMA bring food and water for the people who were affected. A lot of people were left to die. The president swore to the people that they were going to get…

a. A hurricane that destroys half the supply of goods produced in Florida. Disasters increase the scarcity but they don’t reduce the ability of these markets to be able to respond to the scarcity. When a Hurricane strikes and destroys the supply of goods produced in Florida, the market will respond by decentralized communication of dispersed knowledge, eliminating the problems associated with centralized collection and analysis of massive amounts of rapidly changing information. This can be…

physically though. In an article by Gareth McGrath, he describes the Hurricanes impact by saying that the storm “drained North Carolina’s rainy-day fund, caused massive budget cuts as money was redirected toward rebuilding efforts, and forced the state to embark on an aggressive public relations campaign to show the world that its beaches were still open for business.” (McGrath 2009) This is important because not only does it show the effect the storm had on the area in a physical manner, but…

Engineering Mechanics of Soils Section 001 Stalin Galarza The geographic location of New Orleans and the hydrology profiles nearby have risen the flooding tendency of the area; the city was built on low-lying marshland along the Mississippi River. On October 1965 after Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans and Louisiana, the congress approved the USCE flood protection plan, it was called “the barrier plan” it mainly consisted of a number of barrier complexes. Nevertheless, some…

people through television, movies, publications, and her philanthropic efforts despite her own challenges and struggles. Not every celebrity is born a star. Oprah Winfrey, born January 29th, 1954, was one of these people. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi “(Monkeyshines)” to an unwed mother. The first six years of Winfrey’s life was spent with her grandmother. Winfrey had a good life living with her grandmother on a family farm, here she was taught to read and write at a young age. By the…