disaster preparedness
Disaster Preparedness
Purpose: to raise awareness on the importance of natural disaster preparedness.
Thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do, how to be prepared, and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster. I. Introduction A. attention getter: B. relevance: C. D. thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do, how to be prepared, and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster.
Transition: I’m going to start by telling you what natural disasters there are and what they can do. II. Body A. what a natural disaster is and what it does 1. there are many natural disasters but im going to focus on hurricanes. Homeland security digital library states "Hurricanes are strong storms that cause life and property threatening hazards such as flooding, storm surges, high winds and tornadoes.” a typical hurricane is about 300 miles wide and extends from 25 to more than 150 miles. The winds in a hurricane usually exceed 74mph. 2. one of the worst hurricanes was Katrina on August 23rd, 2005 the storm begins to form and it technically didn’t end until August 30th, 2005. on auguast 23rd katrina hit between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Flodia as a category 1 hurricane. having winds of 70mph and 5 inches of rain fall. then on the 27th Katrina strengthened to a category 3 hurricane, with top winds exceeding 115; later that day the winds started to exceed 170mph making it one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. two days later august 29th katrina was a catogory 4 hurricane and finally on augast 30th the New Orlean residents were faced with a city that was 80 percent underwater. Encyclopædia Britannica states, "On August 31 the first wave of evacuees arrived at the Red Cross shelter at the Houston Astrodome, some
Purpose: to raise awareness on the importance of natural disaster preparedness.
Thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do, how to be prepared, and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster. I. Introduction A. attention getter: B. relevance: C. D. thesis: to better understand why natural disaster preparedness is important im going to tell you what natural disasters there are and what they do, how to be prepared, and why we should be prepared for a natural disaster.
Transition: I’m going to start by telling you what natural disasters there are and what they can do. II. Body A. what a natural disaster is and what it does 1. there are many natural disasters but im going to focus on hurricanes. Homeland security digital library states "Hurricanes are strong storms that cause life and property threatening hazards such as flooding, storm surges, high winds and tornadoes.” a typical hurricane is about 300 miles wide and extends from 25 to more than 150 miles. The winds in a hurricane usually exceed 74mph. 2. one of the worst hurricanes was Katrina on August 23rd, 2005 the storm begins to form and it technically didn’t end until August 30th, 2005. on auguast 23rd katrina hit between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Flodia as a category 1 hurricane. having winds of 70mph and 5 inches of rain fall. then on the 27th Katrina strengthened to a category 3 hurricane, with top winds exceeding 115; later that day the winds started to exceed 170mph making it one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. two days later august 29th katrina was a catogory 4 hurricane and finally on augast 30th the New Orlean residents were faced with a city that was 80 percent underwater. Encyclopædia Britannica states, "On August 31 the first wave of evacuees arrived at the Red Cross shelter at the Houston Astrodome, some