The Hurricane

In New Orleans, Louisiana, before the destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, the community consisted of a majority of African American people, with a unique style of music, food, and history, integrated into the New Orleans culture. In the aftermath of the West Sumatra Earthquake, the indigenous people of the Nias…

Haley Barbour was one of the few people that believed in President Bush’s decisions during the crisis. Haley Barbour is the Governor of Mississippi that wrote a book called America’s Great Storm: Leading Through Hurricane Katrina. Barbour did an interview with National Geographic mainly about why did he remain loyal to President Bush while everyone was against his judgment. His reply to why he stayed loyal to President Bush he said, “I understood that for the next…

life to serve and to show compassion and the will to help others voluntary! Our world is changing, living people more and more vulnerable to the consequences of conflicts between countries or natural disasters such as floods, earthquakes, or hurricanes. The earthquake of 12 January 2010 in Haiti is an example of such a disaster. It caused devastation in the cities of Port-au-Prince, Leogane, and Grassier. The earthquake caused considerable damage which has been estimated at $7804 million,…

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 devastated the south with a massive wipeout of New Orleans. Ten years later what has been left in ruins continues to impact the rest of Louisiana. Being from a minute school certainly had the advantages a student would enjoy going to. Small classrooms along with small class sizes made teaching and learning possible. With that came achievement and recognition; the school was given the “Award of Excellence.” These two events have influenced one massive issue. After the…

In this book 1 Dead in Attic, Chris Rose speaks about aftermath and the real experienced people faced during the disaster that happened in New Orleans. Yes, Hurricane Katrina… Chris Rose explains how it it was after Katrina and make your realize what people of New Orleans actually experienced. Chris Rose talks about how him and his family evacuated New Orleans to Mississippi and then to Maryland. He describes what happens from the cat lady that survives the storm only to die from injuries,…

As hurricane Harvey hit the city flooded with water and the internet flooded with fake information. The Houston airport was underwater leaving planes to float atop the flood, a shark swimming in the fast lane of highway I-10, and Obama passing out meals and blankets to the evacuees. These are all hoaxes that went viral during a natural disaster hurricane Harvey. During emergencies people will result to looking at facebook or twitter to try and update themselves with the current happenings of the…

Galveston had become wealthy throughout the years some people even called it paradise. They thought that Galveston was indestructible and that where they were located there wouldn’t be hurricanes, but they were terribly wrong. September 8, 1900 the waves rose and the people of Galveston ran towards the shore. The people thought that this was just unique and they wanted to check it out. The water started rising and people were running for high ground. The wind was so strong it pulled off the…

purpose still remains effective and dissimilar to Zeitoun’s accused actions. Discrimination against Muslim-Americans and Islamophobia is prominently portrayed in Eggers novel, Zeitoun, as a way to depict the many injustices that occurred during Hurricane Katrina. As the novel progresses, the reader follows the Zeitoun’s through their…

Hurricane, a storm with a violent wind, particularly a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. The term, Hurricane, is a term only really used when a large storm takes place and has been formed over the Atlantic or Eastern Pacific Ocean. Hurricanes have been reported since the 1900's and are still being reported to this day. "On August 30th, 2017, a Hurricane named Irma formed in midst of the Atlantic Ocean and stretched into parts of Florida. This hurricane lasted 15 days, ending on September 13th,…

The Hurricane Hunters flew their “WC-130Js straight into the eyes of hurricanes, incoming from the outskirts of the storm to its center and then back out again, making multiple trips to measure the wind speed and barometric pressure” (Story of Innovation). The results offer critical data about how dangerous storms are and the direction of tropical storms, increasing the accuracy of the National Hurricane Center forecasts by thirty to forty percent. Probably…