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al. 2009, p. 292 ). It was one of the most mighty cyclones around category 4-5 that the coast of America had never met before, strong winds, large rainfall, waves and cyclones were brought by it to attack the Gulf of Mexico shores of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ( ASCE 2007, p. v). At the end of the disaster, the flooding was flowing into the city of New Orleans due to the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system. The causes of the Hurricane Katrina disaster were the water-filled…

while they wait for their homes to be repaired or rebuilt. One who survives a natural disaster like this would probably ask themselves this million-dollar question, how do we prepare for something like this, should it happen again? German and Jones states, “The manufactured homes that survived generally had "over the roof" tie-down straps connected to ground anchors, as opposed to straps that were anchored in the floor chassis.” It’s imperative that these homes were built to the “new code”…

Devastating moment of Hurricane Katrina One of the reminiscing events that have impacted my life was Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was one of the most powerful hurricanes throughout Louisiana. Even though I was very young, I can still remember some of the devastating tragedies that caused hurt throughout the city. Katrina was also extremely destructive and one of the costliest natural disasters. Experiencing this hurricane was very scary and nerve racking because this was my first time being…

Last night there was a huge storm. It tore through Alabama. Destroying everything in its path. Houses, businesses and farms. Wait!! Woah! Woah! Woah! Let me start over. March 19, 2018 The day of the storm This morning I woke up, to the sound of an alarm. I got up and turned my alarm of on my phone. The smell of breakfast wafted through my dorm, my roommate Journey must have got breakfast. Sure enough on our table was two plates…

last two months, the destructive power of hurricanes, hit the Caribbean islands and part of the United States, causing severe destruction in these regions. For example, Hurricane Irma has destroyed more than 90 percent of structures on some Caribbean islands, and Hurricane Harvey dumped 27 trillion gallons of water over Texas and Louisiana, causing severe floods in these regions of the United States. Floodwater can carries diseases and toxins; because during a hurricane the waste water treatment…

Africa next to the Cape Verde islands. The islands are on top of a deep warm ocean, perfect for hurricanes to form off. The hurricane then moved off in Florida's direction, but took an unexpected turn and headed up north. The source (youtube video) states that everybody thought the hurricane would eventually move back out to sea and die down, but the currents would not let that happen. It is a known that cold water will make a hurricane die down, but that was not the case this time. The cold…

Hurricane Matthew has been a very severe weather event. Hurricane Matthew started on September 28th, 2016 through October 10th, 2016. Lasting a total of thirteen days. The reason that Hurricane Matthew became such a major event is because it traveled a really long path, and how many people lost their lives because of this hurricane. There were a total of 1,384 deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew. This hurricane occurred from the Caribbean to Cape Hatteras. It went through many places. Such as,…

Hurricane Andrew was the third largest hurricane that struck the southeast part of the United States on August 24, 1992. “Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana” (Rappaport, 2014). Before Hurricane Andrew struck land it was reported as being a category 4 storm, but was later updated as a category 5 that pass through the…

In the story entitled “A Worn Path, the author, Eudora Welty, develops an “old, negro woman” by the name of Phoenix Jackson. The story starts off as Phoenix Jackson traveling through the pinewoods. Despite her long dress that draped over her unlaced shoes, she looked straight ahead with rage. She was determined. Throughout the story, Phoenix Jackson perseveres many obstacles. Her first encounter was with a “quivering in a thicket” in which she exclaims, “Out of my way, all you foxes, owls,…

with winds up to 145 mph and lasted from August 27, 1900 to September 17, 1900. The Galveston hurricane damaged 21 cities, and left up to 6,000-12,000 people dead. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is the deadliest natural disaster ever in the United States. They first detected the hurricane over the tropical Atlantic on August 27th. The storm first got to the Texas coast south of Galveston late on September 8th. It was a dark, cloudy day Saturday 8, 1900. Just the day before Galveston was under…