Spring time in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is notorious for producing disastrous and deadly tornado outbreaks. The aftermath of just one super cell tornado can devastate an entire city, but a line of multiple tornados forming and wreaking havoc across the state all at once adds challenges for emergency managers. For instance, post-disaster response by everyday normal people following their human instinct to help others in need is one of the biggest challenges an emergency manager will face. While…
People live in places where it doesn’t snow or it doesn’t rain. You might live in one of these places and I will be explaining what snow is like. This weather does not occur in hot places or places near the equator! Snow usually occurs in winter when it is cold. Snow is cold and it is very feather like.Snow is white and it is very cold and it falls from the sky in very small pieces. Snow is rain but the cloud that it forms in is very high in the sky and it is very cold there and it makes flakes…
Every year my family takes a trip to the Great Smokey Mountains National Park to spend the week viewing all the wildlife and scenery the park has to offer. The Great Smokey mountains attract nearly ten million people a year making it the most visited national park in the United states. Last year however the part of this beautiful park my family goes to was almost unrecognizable. On November 23rd,2016 part of this popular park became consumed by flames as a wildfire swept across over 15,000…
The Great New England hurricane of 1938 September 21,1938: The Great New England Hurricane occurred. The storm formed on September 13 northwest of the Cape Verde Islands off the west coast of africa and reached hurricane strength 3 days later. As the storm turned to the north on the 19th and 20th and strengthened into a powerful category 5 hurricane. “Weather bureau had warned a gale along the atlantic coast, when it was realized that this storm was continuing north, it was too late to get…
Schoharie Creek Bridge Disaster Introduction On April 5, 1987, one of the largest flood on record hit Fort Hunter, New York. More specifically, this flood hit the Schoharie Creek Bridge, a New York State Thruway connecting Albany to New York City. This flood had caused one hundred feet of the bridge to collapse, as cars were crossing the bridge in attempt to escape the storm. As the storm collapsed it immediately took two vehicles with it, and 3 more cars followed. There were ten casualties.…
The process of flooding occurs as heavy rain pours onto the river and already saturated ground and river ice melting onto saturated ground. Deaths by drowning and health risks from evacuation have occurred since the beginning of time. Most areas of the world have been affected by flooding at one point in time. For example, Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic results, with 1,245 deaths because of flooding and 120,000 acres under water (National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA],…
Did you know that the average speed of a tornado is 30 miles per hour? Well, the Tri-State Tornado traveled 70 miles per hour. The average distance of a tornado is 100 miles. It killed 695 people, and injured 2027 people. It was the most deadly tornado ever to occur, so many people remember it. The Tri-State Tornado occurred in Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. (Tornadoes devastate Tupelo and Gainesville) Firstly, a tornado is a spinning vortex of wind, which can carry anything up to about 75…
People are Good As a whole, I believe that people, at their core, are naturally moral and unselfish. Agreeing with Locke’s argument, humans are “social animals”, putting the health of the greater good over personal, selfish wants and desires. When humans see other humans in times of need and struggle, majority of us do something to help. It may be as simple as donating a dollar or the change from their wallet, but it is an effort to make someone's life better. Think about the destruction…
Every year numerous catastrophes happens around the globe causing demise and ruination. Disfiguring winds and serious flooding caused people to lose their existence. Hurricane Katrina was one of the coolest hurricane in United States history. It was really misinterpret breakdown of communication between the people and the government after the appearance of Hurricane Katrina. Which produced lack of experience in authorities positive and unnecessary demise that show some expression such as…
How To Manage Hurricane Related Disasters Hurricanes starts as tropical storms over the warm moist waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans near the equator mostly near the Philippines and the China Sea, hurricanes are also called typhoons. As the moisture evaporates, it rises until enormous amounts of heated moist air are twisted high in the atmosphere. The air swirling at a high velocity then makes its way to the earth surface on the way picking more air and hence strength enough…