How Government Agencies Responded to Hurricane Katrina and Japan’s Tsunami Valerie F. Stokes Instructor Dr. Marion Lee PAD 525004016 201103 March 18, 2011 Introduction This research paper will explore the actions of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and whether they acted fairly and responsively in their reaction time to the flooding in New Orleans and the tsunami flooding disaster in Japan. This paper will also try and determine if the United States Army Corps of Engineers neglected
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The Case For, or Against, New Orleans Cost-Benefit Assessment Too asses and give recommendation on whether or not to rebuild the city of new Orleans I will be examining the cost to benefits of such a rebuild and the impact and benefits it will have towards the city. In the CBA, I will be examining the cost of rebuilding New Orleans to pre Katrina conditions without making any additional upgrades to the levees and infrastructure. This will give me a more accurate cost model to base my recommendation
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Communication During and After Hurricane Andrew The largest natural disaster ever recorded in the history of the United States was hurricane Andrew, which struck South Dade County, Florida, as midnight turned the clock into August 24, 1992. Contrary to what the American news media broadcast across the United States and throughout Europe, the first outer wall of the hurricane unexpectedly slammed into South Dade, packing 214+ mph winds which quickly escalated to 350+ mph. Most of the 414
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Alexander Keyssar’s Reminders of Poverty, Soon Forgotten Amanda Collier ENG/215 September 3, 2012 Bruce Massis In this writing the classical principles of argumentation – Ethos, Pathos, and Logos will be observed as it is used in “Reminders of Poverty, Soon Forgotten by Alexander Keyssar.” These arguments are used to persuade the reader to think that the writer’s ideas are the best ideas. Before going into whether or not Keyssar used these principles in his writing
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really a place in which one would hope to travel too. The majority of Kava’s population is over 50% of the people that live there are under the age of 15 years old. Kava is a disaster area due to the issues they are experiencing, such as, Tsunami, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Floods, Fires, Volcanic eruptions, Earthquakes, HIV/AIDS, Petroleum spill, High risk for avian flu, and Terrorism (from within and outside the country). This is a country that is in serious need of some help in getting the country moving
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external environment factor(s) did Hurricane Rita affect? Discuss. To find a work is not easy task because the labor market is limited, more over the potential of the employee located in the certain geographic area can be recruiting in the local area, the labor will always change as in Compensation scales that were in use prior to the hurricanes had to be thrown out and new plans implemented. Union, External environment in legal consideration also affect Hurricane Rita because the worker maybe
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Racism and Hurricane Katrina Matt DePalma Geography 1000 Assignment 1 October 4, 2013 Under the presidency of George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina was deemed as a national, political, and racial disaster. From preparations of the hurricane, rescue efforts provided, and money funded for the storm, Hurricane Katrina represented a nationwide failure and the casualties and emotional scars it left on the people of New Orleans is evidence. Monday, August 29, 2005 will forever live on as a day
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families who have had to endure disasters. For example, throughout many major disasters such as tornados, hurricanes, floods, and many other chaotic disasters, American Red Cross makes it possible for families to access a database and post their name and a message which then pushes out to Facebook and twitter letting other family members know they are ok. As a matter of face, after Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross partnered with Microsoft Corp. to create Safe and Well, a website used during
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Gov. Cuomo: Sandy's toll on NY could hit $33 billion By Zack Colman - 11/09/12 10:16 AM ET Hurricane Sandy's damage to New York could total $33 billion, the state’s governor, Andrew Cuomo (D), said Thursday, according to The Associated Press. In all, Sandy’s tab could reach $50 billion for the East Coast. That would make it the nation’s second most costly storm, with only Hurricane Katrina topping it. So far, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided $327 million in disaster assistance
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Cloud Storage Flash Research Paper Cloud computing is one of the biggest buzzwords flying around the technology world lately. Our company is located in New Orleans, LA, and in 2004 when Hurricane Katrina hit we had to completely start over with our data because all backups were destroyed with the building by the water. A solid, growing and ever-cheapening option for backups for us is cloud storage. The main idea of this technology is that it keeps all backups in a completely remote location and
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