The Hurricane

Hotel Zone the more turquoise the color of the water is. (The Hotel Zone is a piece of land that is shaped like the number “7”.) The good t.ing is most of the hotels in the Hotel Zone are located on the beaches, so that is easy access. In 2005, Hurricane Wilma caused major damage to the beaches, but a $71 million effort restored them. The hotels in the Hotel Zone have beachfront facing the Caribbean Sea on one side, and the Nichupte Lagoon on the other (“10 Amazing Facts” 1). Cancun also hosts…

Bringing hope by American Red Cross will be able to help those devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Some of the unprecedented generosity of the American Red Cross will help Ta’esha’s family including alleviation of stress and most importantly is to improve their health conditions. To begin with, the Physical and Mental Health Services offered by the Red Cross. “Red Cross provided both physical and mental health services to hurricane survivors. Trained mental health professionals were available…

to respond to the demand of a growing population. However, the government experiences the mammoth task of coordinating these agencies on a daily basis, let alone during the crisis periods like Katrina and Boston Marathon bombing. In August 2005 hurricane Katrina struck America during President W. Bush’s administration. President Bush’s administration encountered the problem of coordinating all the agencies that could respond on time to the crisis. The resources were there, but the problem was…

Hurricane Katrina (HK) 2005 and World Trade Center (WTC) 2011 has been the biggest disaster on American soil in the history of the United States. This lead the American Red Cross (ARC) to charter waters that it had never experienced before. (HK) and (WTC) put a great deal of pressure on the management team at the (ARC). A smaller disaster plan was not sufficient for this size and type catastrophe. In the past medical emergencies had been manage by 911system, first responders, and local hospital.…

process of being eroded occurs on Earth’s natural surfaces as such as beaches, rives, and other major bodies of water. Erosion can have both an ecological and economic effect on the Earth and us as its citizens. For example, in the early 2000s when Hurricane Isabel occurred, it “resulted in irregular erosion of the Chesapeake Bay shoreline in Maryland” (Hennessee and Halka). This irregular erosion was defined as being, “… (1) Erosion was uneven in occurrence and amount, (2) the storm surge…

life. Lezra, like the viewer is new to Carter’s life and his story, while he learns about Carter, so do the audience, as he grows to love and trust Carter, so do the audience. Like Lezra the viewers become attached and emotionally vested in The Hurricane, so the questioning of his innocence becomes ludicrous to the viewers. The film technique of manipulating the viewer’s perspective is also found in the use of…

book and briefly describe how each of those issues create tension between local and national authority. Hurricane Katrina revealed a fault in American politics. Although they had predicted the dangers, neither the federal government nor the state government was in command. The federal government had a duty to build and maintain dams and levees that would have lessened the impact of the hurricane, but they had failed. The state had asked Congress for money to improve their levees, but the…

gigantic waves are crashing, to the west, fire is crackling. Hurricanes and wildfires, two of the deadliest and most damaging disasters mother nature can conspire. The colossal destruction of these lethal forces tear through the coast and forests. Fire and water, there are some major similarities, some huge differences, and some awesome benefits to these destructive forces. How can these opposites be so similar? Although hurricanes and wildfires may seem like total opposites they have a few…

Last week Meteorologists predicted the category three Hurricane, Joaquin, to make landfall hitting the Carolina’s. Gratefully it never made landfall, but unfortunately the Carolina’s received trillions of gallons of rain from the hurricane. Florence County flooded very badly; streets resembled Miniature Rivers, golf-courses looked like The Rapids, bridges were completely washed out, homes completely flooded, people were being evacuated, etc. Last Thursday night the rain started, it was unlike…

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 disagreements caused the initial plan to change…