...katrinaOn Monday August 29th, 2005 one of the most devastating natural disasters, Hurricane Katrina, hit near New Orleans, Louisiana and caused more than 9,000 confirmed casualties and $96 billion in damage. The lack of communication, cooperation, confusion, being able to share responsibilities and other factors made this chaotic event even more chaotic when the affected areas were trying to recover from the storm. A storm in which Louisiana just wasn't prepared for. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency made to reduce the loss of life and property, and protect the nation from hazards of all kinds through preparedness, protection, response and recovery. They were involved in helping with the recovery of Hurricane Katrina. However 13 months before the hurricane hit FEMA started a simulation plan called Hurricane Pam that if they would have finished would have been very helpful in the recovery process. FEMA still helped out at they could through. They were constantly working 24 hour shifts and having 25 search and rescue teams out helping. They only have 2,600 people involved in FEMA, so they had most of their workers out helping FEMA was also big on respecting those who died from the storm. They put in huge efforts in trying to recover dead bodies and respecting the dead by asking the media not taking pictures of those who passed. Michael Brown, the director of FEMA, was put in charge for a while until Michael Chertoff removed him from being in...
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...This story takes place in the small town in Louisiana where all the characters live. A small fraction of the action takes place at Friedheimer's store, Alcée's house, and the house where Clarisse is vacationing, but the most important setting is Calixta and Bobinôt's home – when Bobinôt is not there. Instead, another man comes into his domestic space and literally takes his place in the bedroom, having sex with his wife. Alcée and Calixta are not only trapped in the house during the storm, they almost seem forced into the bedroom – pushed into each other's arms and then onto the bed. The home itself isn't described that much: it has a "small front gallery" (porch) (2.2), a room that is "the dining room – the sitting room – the general utility room" (2.8), and a bedroom that holds a "white, monumental bed" and looked "dim and mysterious" (2.8). The house gives Alcée and Calixta shelter during that storm and allows them to be together. The storm almost seems to have more of a presence than the house. One thing that stands out here, of course, is the fact that the storm is taking place during the important sexualized scene, keeping Alcée and Calixta within the house, and Bobinôt and Bibi outside of it. When the storm dissipates, Alcée and Calixta must go their separate ways, seemingly much richer for their encounter. When Bobinôt reenters his own home, he has no idea of the torrid encounter that just happened there. Clarisse, too, is removed from the main area of action – she's...
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...the most destructive storm to strike the United States and the costliest storm in U.S. history, causing $108 billion in damage, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA). It ranks sixth overall in strength of recorded Atlantic hurricanes. It was also a very large storm; at its peak, maximum winds stretched 25 to 30 nautical miles (46 to 55 kilometers) and its extremely wide swath of hurricane force winds extended at least 75 nautical miles (138 km) to the east from the center. Katrina initially formed about 200 miles (322 km) southeast of the Bahamas on Aug. 23, 2005, as a tropical depression, according to the NOAA. A well-defined band of storm clouds began to wrap around the north side of the storm's circulation center in the early morning hours of Aug. 24. With winds of about 40 mph (65 kph), the storm was named Tropical Storm Katrina. Hurricane Katrina originally formed about 322km southeast of the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. A lot of storm clouds began to form around the north of the hurricanes centre point in the early hours of august 24th. The winds blew up to 65kmph. By the time it made its way to southern Florida on Aug. 25, Katrina was a moderate Category 1 hurricane. While it caused some flooding and casualties — two people were killed — during its first landfall, it appeared to be just another hurricane in an active hurricane season. Katrina weakened after passing over Florida and was reclassified as a tropical storm. But, once over water...
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...The second hurricane of the 1969 Atlantic hurricane season made landfall along the coasts of Mississippi and Louisiana shortly before midnight on August 17th. Named Hurricane Camille, the tropical cyclone was one of the strongest to strike mainland in the United States during the twentieth century. Hurricane Camille was also the second most intense and the third deadliest hurricane recorded in the United States. The Category 5 weather event caused approximately 250 deaths and billions of dollars in damages. Hurricane Camille began as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa in early August of 1969. By mid-August, the tropical storm had developed into a hurricane off the coast of Cayman Islands with a northwesterly track. The hurricane weakened over Cuba but, eventually regained strength as it approached the Gulf of Mexico. Strengthening into a tropical storm, the hurricane became even more intense before making finally making landfall as a Category 5 tropical cyclone ripping into the coasts of Eastern Louisiana...
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...Elliott, Director of Policy and Planning Programs, ALIVE From: Jessica Fisch Date: September 25, 2014 Re: Topic Proposal Coastal Louisiana is losing ground. Since the 1930s, the state has lost 1,880 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of the state of Delaware and equating to the loss of 25 to 35 square miles per year. Up to an additional 1,750 square miles stand to be lost if no action is taken, and Louisiana’s wetlands will disappear in 200 years at the current rate of loss. Both human and natural causes are responsible, including the altering of natural hydrology through construction of canals, the dredging and filling of land for agriculture and development, sea level rise, and tropical storms and hurricanes....
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...continental wetlands. Wetlands have a very large impact on Louisiana, such as the culture because some of our culture is dependent on the wetlands and the protection that the wetlands give us from and during the hurricanes. That protection isn’t going to last very long because of the species, that are continuing to ruin the land and by eating the wetlands and the amount of recreational such as the lands being used for tours and other activities. Wetlands are in fact important for a range of different reasons and some for Louisiana in general. There is a large category of wetlands that vary for many reasons such as the water and...
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...| From the Bayou to the Books | | | Monica Williams | 1/23/2014 | Can I tell you a little secret? I was born in Evansville Indiana, yep you heard me right I was born here at ST. Mary’s Hospital. I tell everyone I am from Louisiana because it is easier since I was raised there from a very small child. I was raised in a small town just twenty-five miles southwest of New Orleans. I spent many years dodging hurricanes and massive Tropical storms but unfortunately one year my luck ran out. HURRICANE KATRINA: Satellite Images Confirm Aerosol Geoengineering and EM Modification of CAT-3 Storm Chemtrails The tropical depression that became Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and meteorologists were soon able to warn people in the Gulf Coast states that a major storm was on its way. By August 28, evacuations were underway across the region. That day, the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit, most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer. By the time Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans early in the morning on Monday, August 29, it had already been raining heavily for hours. When the storm surge (as high as 15 to 20 feet in some places) arrived, it overwhelmed many of the city’s unstable levees and drainage canals. Water seeped through the soil underneath some levees and swept others away altogether. By 9 a.m., low-lying places like St. Charles Parish (my home parish) and the Ninth Ward were...
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...and a place to work when they returned. Katrina made landfall at three different locations, but its impact was seen all throughout the world as people came together to restore the destruction created by the storm. For the past 30 years, inland flooding has been the primary cause of hurricane-related fatalities with fatalities due to strong winds not far behind. Most hurricanes can produce a rainfall of least 6-12 inches, or 15-30 centimeters. Inland residents have to be cautious of slow-moving storms (NG). From its center, Katrina spread over 100 miles, or 160 kilometers, and is the largest hurricane of its strength to have ever struck the United States. It is recorded as the third strongest hurricane to make landfall in the United States and named sixth as the strongest hurricane ever recorded. Out of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, Katrina was the 11th named storm as well as the 5th hurricane and second Category 5 hurricane (DISCOVERY). The Saffir-Simpson scale measures hurricane intensity by placing them in categories using their wind speed as well as how high it surges. Category 5 hurricane consists of winds that are greater than 155mph, or 248 kph, and the storm has to surge higher than 18 feet (CNN). Katrina was initially caused by the interaction of a storm known as the Tropical Depression Ten and another tropical wave. It first formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. By the next...
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...events really doesn’t understand the time and effort it takes when a large incident takes place. Sadly during August 2005 there were four states hit by severe weather storm causing great tragedy. Due to the incidents that took place there were multiple agencies working around the clock across the states to save everyone they could, unfortunately not everyone was saved but there was an extreme effort to do so. Hurricane Katrina is now the eleventh named storm and fifth hurricane during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Today Katrina is known as the costliest natural disaster, and one of the five deadliest hurricanes known in the history of the United States. August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. This storm was given a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale due to the fact that it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour and stretched over 400 miles. This storm did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was so catastrophic that it went down in history and is still known today which leaves many with a heavy heart. During this time there was massive flooding, and sadly people felt as though the federal government was to slow to meet the needs of the people who were affected by the storm. According to record hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Mississippi and...
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...August 25, 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in New Orleans Louisiana, killing 1,836 people third deadliest hurricane in the United States history. A town that sits below sea level never stands a chance of levee embankment not able to withstand the overflow of a flood from a river. When New Orleans Louisiana was founded in construction of the levee along the river began, and more extensive levee was built as the city grew. The barriers were erected to prevent seasonal flooding. Katrina was formed in the Atlantic and had reach a Category 5 status, it was described as the worst disaster of all times, hurricanes are formed in the tropics and required consistent heat to exist. Many scientists believe that global warming was partially responsible for the massive force hurricane Katrina threw out. Although there is considerable argument over how climate change will affect certain ecosystem, it is still believed that climate change causes major shifts in the distribution and ecosystem species. After reviewing the Katrina hurricane situation scientists and engineers research its alignment with national needs, the National Hurricane Research Initiative (NHRI) concluded that the United States must be engaged in a research initiative to expand the understanding of hurricane and determine some more effective’s strategies for dealing with the issue. Presently hurricanes are not obsolete researchers need to understand the complexities between hurricanes and climate. Modern shields...
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...Academy of the Sacred Heart . During this time Kate met a girl named Kitty Garesche who she then befriended and started to write with on a constant basis, but was suddenly separated from her due to the civil war in St. Louis when Kitty’s family was banished for their Confederate sympathies. Kate most definitely was the poem and the poet. She was known for living her life the way she wanted and wrote about the things that she felt. This is what led many people to get lost into her stories, and feel a sense that they were there themselves. Kate had many stories that touched the hearts of many people in the years of her writing. Three stories that stood out would be The Storm, The Canadian Ball, and The Respectable Woman. Two of her stories that the most enjoyable are, The Canadian ball and The Storm. It may be no coincidence that the two stories are enjoyable due to the fact they have many similarities. These...
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...Setting of Chopin’s “The Storm” In “The Storm” Kate Chopin makes the setting an essential and entwined part of her action and ideas. The story focuses on the two main characters, Calixta and Alcee and their short love affair. The action is taking place in a small town in Louisiana where all of the characters live. The story is set in the late nineteenth century when adultery was not expected from anyone, as woman were considered to be innocent and faithful. The integration of setting and story can be followed in details about the storm itself, setting of the atmosphere/mood, and also the complexities of married status in the society. “The Storm” is not only the title of the short story, but it is also part of the main setting that is directly tied to the passion between Calixta and Alcee. As the storm gets stronger and louder, the two main characters begin to remember vivid physical flashbacks. The memories escalate into a sexual encounter. While the adultery was taking place the storm was breaking apart the house, as this action was damaging the characters marriage. Once the storm ended, "the sun was turning the glistening green world into a palace of gems” (Chopin). After not seeing each other for many years the storm brings Alcee and Calixta together and after the storm they have to go back to their own lives. The atmosphere and the mood were set with the use of colors and other elements. The short story mainly takes place in Clarisse’s house in Louisiana, but it also includes...
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...Katrina was one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes in the United States. Katrina made landfall as a category three hurricane on August 29, 2005. The initial landfall was made in the Gulf Region near Buras Louisiana and later at the Louisiana and Mississippi border at Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Katrina packed sustained hurricane force winds of 125 mph, and extended out 75 miles from the eye of the storm (NOAA, 2012). Katrina’s damage was devastating to residents of the area affected. The causes and impact of hurricane Katrina were negative environmental, social, and economical effects on the Gulf Coast Region. A hurricane is a type of tropical cyclone or a low pressure system which forms in the tropics. It is a huge storm and is accompanied by thunderstorms. They can be as wide as 600 miles across and carry winds as high as 200 miles per hour. Hurricanes gather heat and energy from contact with warm ocean waters. The warmer the water is, the more intense the hurricane becomes. The storm surge caused by the hurricane which can be more than eighteen feet high causes flooding once it reaches land. Hurricanes range in categories one through five. A category one hurricane has winds of 74-95 miles per hour, and is considered to cause minimal damage. A category five storm has winds greater than 155 miles per hour, and the damage to expect is catastrophic. In 2001 FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) released a report that listed three most likely catastrophic events....
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...horrific landfall on the cities of Louisiana, Mississippi, and their neighboring states. Although not often viewed as such, authorities in positions slated to respond to the disastrous effects Katrina were a second type of victim of the hurricane. They were victims in authoritative positions who experienced the same feelings of dread and fear only to have it compounded by the knowledge that they were responsible to react and respond to the dread and fear of the masses. Using principles of critical thinking to describe how I would imagine being an authority figure expected to respond to the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina is a daunting task. For my opinions and thoughts to not be considered as “biased, distorted, partial, uninformed, or downright prejudiced” (Our Concept), thinking, especially when much of the reference material provided for the writing assignment could be interpreted as such, is challenging. It is understandable, however, how that type of thinking played out during the storm and its aftermath; how the actions of those in authority in the spur of the moment affected the overall outcome of the disaster because of the sheer enormity of it all. Clearly, had they had the luxury of time to think by “skillfully analyzing, assessing, and reconstructing” (Our Concept), it is possible the outcome may have been different. Certainly, hindsight is 20/20 which affords a much easier avenue to review what happened in Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina hit and...
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...From the Bahamas, the storm moved directly to Florida where it caused other grave consequences damaging property worth $25 billion. The determination that almost every aspect of damage in Florida was as a result of the strong winds that accompanied the storm. In Florida, a total of 44 deaths reported with a total of 15 caused directly but the storm just after it hit Florida, the storm headed directly to Louisiana where it made a massive movement across the Gulf of Mexico making a landfall of approximately 37 kilometers. The landfall resulted in the storm moving from Category 5 to a lesser Category 3 Atlantic hurricane will secondary impacts on the land. In fact, the impacts along the Louisiana path were lesser and even compared to the category two of the Atlantic hurricanes with a relatively lower damage on the property. Weather forecasting on Hurricane Andrew...
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