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damaging buildings and power lines which causes a widespread disruption in the technology system. Hurricane Sandy high winds knocked down trees and damaged the power lines which caused a widespread power outage in my community and throughout the state of New Jersey. The Disaster Assistance identifies types of disaster…

Hurricane Camille Overview: Hurricane Camille was the third and most powerful tropical cyclone of the twentieth century. On August 5, 1969, the forecast recognized a typical tropical storm off the coast of Africa. The storm started on August 14, 1969 and continued through August 22, 1969. This storm took many by surprise when the winds began to kick in and destroy everything in sight. This storm started off as a tropical storm; yet, when the winds reached 97 km, they declared it a hurricane.…

accepted to white Americans. Every weekend a variety of people would go into club like Cotton located in Chicago and, listen to jazz performed by African Americans. As the same token as, the commercial radio. The airwaves became the medium to hear their news and entertainment. Its purpose was to support the growth of the consumer culture, local stations linked up with national station, such as: NBC or CBS. As well as motion pictures, eclipsed all other forms of entertainment. Major industry…

The Atchafalaya River The Atchafalaya River is a distributary of the Red River and Mississippi River section in part of the southern portion in central Louisiana. The Atchafalaya is a one hundred and thirty seven mile long distributary of the Mississippi and Red Rivers. The name "Atchafalaya" comes from the Choctaw language and translates to long river from hachcha, “river" and falaya, "long.” During the fifteenth century the Mississippi River and the Red River were separated. These two rivers…

The Role of Social Support in Disaster Stress Imagine two vulnerable communities hit by a Category 4 typhoon. At the aftermath of that typhoon, there was no electricity available, all communication lines are down, food supply are running out and wherever you look at, there are uprooted trees and damaged houses. Everything was simply chaotic and the people are becoming hopeless. However, at the onset of recovery what makes the two communities starkly different from each other is the level of…

Texas is one of America’s greatest states and it also has a vivid background, as an interesting history behind it. Texas has a completely different background from California, which includes its geography, population, economy structure, attractions and history. Texas is also known as The Lone Star State, which its flag has star on the side, and the colors are red, white and blue. Texas’s flag shares somewhat a similar design with Latin American countries such as Chile, Puerto Rico, and Cuba.…

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…

Imagine you and family sitting at home, watching a calm New York Mets baseball game on TV. Suddenly you realize there is a massive wall of water near your neighborhood. Then, you turn and look then all you see is glass 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…

Doreen Ketchens is the leader of the group called Doreen's Jazz New Orleans. Their reason for having a band is to spread the culture and the traditional music of New Orleans all over the world. This is what music should be all about. Doreen has a special way to express emotions in her music which touches the hearts of her fans. She is called many things such as "Clarinet Queen", "The female Louis Armstrong", and “Lady Louie”. She has performed with many other jazz players. Ellis Marsalis, Jon…

the City’s overall response to Sandy and resiliency planning • Relation to other DCP work, such as Citywide Text Amendment • Relation to other state and federal initiatives • Why this study area was chosen Following Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, New York City developed a detailed action plan for recovery from the storm and the long-term resiliency of the City’s coastal communities, buildings, and infrastructure. As part of this effort, the Department of City Planning (DCP) created the…