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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…

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…

not provide assistance for citizens of the ninth ward or special needs population, they did not have the resources and means to evacuate. Rally points, signs, and evacuation routes with buses and personnel would have assisted the residents of New Orleans with timely public…

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…

The question of whether or not we should abandon Louisiana has been recently brought up due to the flooding in Baton Rouge killing at least 13 people and evacuating tens of thousands of people. This question has people on both sides of it that feel strongly either way. Louisiana has many reasons why it should and should not be abandoned. There are many people say that Louisiana should be abandoned. The storm should have never happened. According to the National Weather Service the chance of…

Posttraumatic stress disorder is a crazy thing. Anyone can end up with PTSD at any given moment of time, and it is all because they had to go through something tragic and traumatic. A soldier goes to war with a healthy state of mind and comes home with a disorder. A little girl is raped, and now she must live in a constant fear of men and she goes through all the effects of rape. Every case of PTSD is sad and deserves help, for example the issues Haiti is having right now. In 2010, Haiti had an…