During the 1900’s, a massive hurricane struck the Galveston Coast causing a large amount of damage to this important coastal area. Not only did it cause significant damage to the port but to its inhabitants as well. It brought everyone together regardless of skin color and social class. Everyone lost something that day no one escaped and the entire city was in devastation. This hurricane caused the nation to think about future disasters and taught us to better prepare for the next worst storm Mother
The Calm Before the Storm The political actors within the film The Storm consisted of a wide variety of people from the Mayor to the President of the United States. The video mainly focused on Ray Nagin, the Mayor of a town destroyed by hurricane Katrina. Nagin’s interests seemed to lie with trying to get help to the people in need. Although there was very little he could do in the moment. He kept calling higher officials and saying, “We need help, we need troops, we need food, we need water”
Ray Johnson is the artist I chose to review. Ray Johnson was named the father of mail art. Johnson being named the father of mail art is why I chose to examine his artwork as a whole and not just one piece. He was born October 16, 1927, in Detroit, Michigan. Johnson was raised in a working-class neighborhood. He attended a job-related high school where he enrolled in an advertising art program. He studied at the Detroit Art Institute and spent a summer in a drawing program at Ox-Bow School in Saugatuck
each phase for the local, state, and federal level given a major hurricane is headed directly for Miami. Mitigation efforts attempt to reduce the risk to human life or property from a hazard or disaster. At the local level, these efforts will begin by addressing potential hazards. One of the most common hazards for Miami is a major hurricane. Miami has strengthened its building codes to prepare structures to withstand hurricane force winds and storm surges. Other mitigation efforts are to repeatedly
The retrieval of the Vermilion Parish Emergency Operation Plan seemed to be easier to attain than previously expected. After a brief explanation of who I was, career path, and course assignment, I was almost immediately offered the full 866-page version of the Emergency Plan with all Annexes and Appendices, which I graciously declined. The overall basic plan was sufficient. The basic plan is outlined into nine key areas with a tenth listed for definitions. Some of the key functions of this plan
Manhattan is Sinking: What Do We Do? by Rachel Veroff In late October, 2012, Hurricane Sandy rose as a tropical storm from the Caribbean Sea and curled slowly up the Eastern Seaboard, growing in intensity as it moved. By the time it reached the New York Bay, its forceful winds were howling at 89 mph. The counterclockwise rotation of the storm then drove the hurricane up into New York City’s vulnerable harbor. It shoved the ocean up into the Hudson and East Rivers and poured down onto Lower Manhattan
Everyone has experienced at one time or another news coverage concerning a disaster event, given the choices of books to pick from for this writing and presentation assignment, The Unthinkable by Amanda Ripley was among the most fascinating due to it describing the human capacity for risk and survival during disasters. Amanda Ripley documents the process and outcomes of real life disasters in which people have faced. The basis for her research is the variation in actions during dangerous situations
Mrs. Mac English 1102 28 August 2014 Annotated Bibliography Collins, Susan M., Senator. Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared: Special Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Together with Additional Views. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 2006. Web. Susan Collins states on her review that the United States government has learned important lessons from hurricane Katrina. This disaster is a wake up call for the government on ability to plan, prepares
the foundation of todays’ emergency management progress. Emergency management is the back bone of the government that protects the public health and safety. Emergency management is organized in a matter for local, state, and agencies to assist. In Hurricane Katrina emergency management didn’t
ORIGIN OF KATRINA HURRICANE: Katrina originated over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 from the interaction between a tropical wave and the remnants of Tropical Depression Ten. Early the following day, the new depression intensified into Tropical Storm Katrina. The cyclone headed generally westward toward Florida and strengthened into a hurricane only two hours before making landfall Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25. After very briefly weakening to a tropical storm, Katrina emerged into the