over the world, natural disasters affect the lives of human beings. Hurricanes are one of these. Hurricanes are “named for Huracan, the Carib god of evil” (Rosenberg 1). These storms blow violent winds and ravage everything in their path. Hurricanes destroy property, land, and lives of the people that are affected by them. However, hurricanes can often bring out the best in people. In times of isolation and despair after a hurricane, people come together. Race, social class, and religion no…
Natural disasters come in all shapes and forms. Some are small and some quite large and very effective. One of the strongest natural disaster that attacked the United states was hurricane Katrina. In August of 2005 a very strong and effective natural disaster touched the grounds of New Orleans. The storm caused winds 100+ mph, flooding, and deaths. The storm affected the lives of many individuals who lived in New Orleans. 80% of the people who lived in the city managed to escape but the…
The hurricane I did my project on was named hurricane Carol. Hurricane Carol affected all aspects of the life of people in New England. This hurricane was a category 3 hurricane. It developed from a tropical wave near the Bahamas on August 25, 1954, and slowly strengthened as it moved northwestward with winds of 105 mph (165 km/h). This happened on August 27, but weakened as its motion turned to a northwest drift. A strong trough of low pressure turned the hurricane northeastward, and Carol…
Does the Hurricane Katrina story exhibit the distinguishing features of a crisis, as defined in the introductory essay you read from the Howitt and Leonard text this week? Howitt and Leonard (2009), in their segment on Hurricane Katrina, depicts in detail the features of New Orleans in emergency crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A hurricane crisis which eventually escalated into a natural catastrophe as the storm's destructive winds and rain resulted in the rupture of the levees…
category five hurricane, Maria, made direct landfall on Puerto Rico, and the way the country prepared for the storm was a complete failure. Puerto Rico is a poor country. For the United States to think that Puerto Rico can hold to the same standards as states like Texas and Florida is foolish; plans should have been put in place accordingly to the island. Because the country is impoverished, Puerto Rico’s infrastructure was neglected to begin with, and the devastation from the hurricane now…
action. Hurricane Harvey, a meteorological disaster, began as a Tropical Storm; but over time, it transitioned into a Hurricane. On August 17, 2017, the Miami National Hurricane Center identified, then, Tropical Storm Harvey, in the Caribbean Sea. However, as it continued to move west—as we learned recently in class—the storm built strength but slowly deteriorates. Then, on August 23, 2017, the storm rebuilt and continued west—developing stronger winds and finally turning into a Hurricane the…
Earlier this week hurricane Irma hit the Caribbean islands leaving destroyed homes and buildings and a widespread amount of flooding. The island of Barbuda, home to approximately 2,000 people have been hit hard by this storm. 90% of the islands structures have been damaged and at least 1 person was killed. The once beautiful island is now being called “Practically Uninhabitable” by Prime Minister Gaston Browne. The island's St. Bartholomew, home to 9,200, and St. Martin, home to 75,000, were…
In the reflections of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the unsteady response associated with dealing with the historic disaster that his New Orleans gives way to thorough discussion the levels of responsibilities and role of the federal, state, and local authorities in times of disaster and emergency response to such disasters like Katrina. Under the systems or practice where more power is pushed to the federal government to spearhead and to always play the lead role is not a good idea and…
In the days prior to the storm, several forecasters declared that there was virtually no chance of the hurricane making landfall Florida. Richard W. Gray, chief meteorologist at Weather Bureau office in Miami, predicted on September 12 that the storm would move westward and eventually dissipate over the Yucatán Channel.[7] However, the hurricane instead moved northwestward after striking Puerto Rico.[1] On September 14, a newspaper noted that there "seemed to be a tendency toward a curve…
Coast of New Orleans in 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused a lot of damage. All this damaged was due to the protection of the levees in New Orleans, it had broken and caused all the flooding to the towns and homes of these people (Palser, 2007, p.14). Therefore, Hurricane Katrina was not only the most destructive natural disasters, but the most accurately predicted (Palser, 2007, p.16). However, a hurricane warning is usually expected within 24 hours or less (Hurricane, n,d.). Surprisingly residents…