The Hurricane

2014). The tropical storm was named Arthur. Arthur was “expected to be in an environment of light northwesterly vertical wind shear for [the following] 60-72 hours.” (Bevan, 2014). The forecast called for Tropical Storm Arthur to “become a hurricane in about 36…

A tropical storm given the name Matthew, terrorized the Caribbean and east coast of the USA. It started as a tropical wave that later developed into a tropical storm, becoming one of the deadliest hurricanes in recent memory. Causing thousands of deaths, injuries, billions of dollars in damages, and the impact on millions of people 's lives. The development of this storm, the damages caused, the short and long term effects, and the government 's response to the storm, is information the world…

I am writing to tell you a little about how I made it through the hurricane. The Friday that hurricane Harvey made landfall I was having my employees pick machines off the floors and put tools up so as not to get any important equipment wet. Along with keeping looters from being able to break in and take tools with ease. Following this I sent my employees home early so they could get things in their own personal lives in order. On Saturday, I thoroughly cleaned my house and began to cook. For I…

Norman Jewison’s story of Rubin “The Hurricane” Carter gives us his take on the corrupt society during the time of The Black Civil Rights Movement. The overarching theme of this film is imprisonment, this can be broken down into the two main ideas willpower and internal conflict. Throughout the film the many pieces of dialogue, camera shots, and repeated shots or sequences are used to reinforce the overarching theme, imprisonment. These are shown in the “Hole Scene” where Rubin Carter is locked…

Hurricane Katrina A hurricane is a tropical cyclone that normally occurs in the North Atlantic Ocean, North America and the North-eastern Pacific Ocean. These cyclones normally build up over parts of oceans with relatively warmer water. They derive their body from evaporating water from the ocean which condenses to form clouds and precipitate as rain when the moist air reaches saturation. The motion is imparted to the cyclones by the rotation of the earth. Tropical cyclones rotate…

Hurricane Matthew has been the most destructive hurricane, therefore being classified as a very deadly category 5 cyclone. Hurricane Matthew had been just as bad as the destruction it left behind. The Haitian government is to blame for Haiti being unprepared for the destruction of Hurricane Matthew because they did not save enough money for this specific cause, did not save enough food, and did not make enough shelters for this purpose. “Hundreds of thousands of people are in need of…

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 devastation. Before Hurricane Andrew, the state Florida…

Hurricane Sandy, also known as “Superstorm Sandy”, was a massive hurricane and cyclone storm that occurred on October 22nd 2012, 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…

Galveston Hurricane demolished almost the entire population of Galveston. Galveston is a long sandy island right off the coast of Texas that is 30 miles long and several miles wide(Lerner). During the year 1900, the city of Galveston was a wealthy and fast emerging city in the U.S. Having many beaches and commercial shipping ports, Galveston’s population surged with tourists and businessmen(Lerner). Before I researched the Galveston Hurricane I knew miniscule about my topic. I knew that the…

Julienne Enge Discussion 1: In the article “Hurricane Harvey Showcases government at its best, worst” written by Gromer Jeffers Jr., it talks about the recent hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, that happened in Texas and how the government handled it. They had to decide what to do, how to help, and how much money they would spend helping the victims that were affected during this time. “Good government matters, and it sometimes costs money” but sometimes the government is stingy and doesn’t help…