New Orleans Levee Improvement after Hurricane Katrina ------------------------------------------------- Course Project Elizabeth Sarmento Project Risk Management May 28‚ 2013 Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 New Orleans: A Perilous Future 3 Fault Tree One 6 Figure 1.1 6 Fault Tree Two 8 Figure 1.2 8 Conclusion 8 A bibliography 9 Introduction New Orleans: A Perilous Future The levees and floodwalls protecting New Orleans from hurricane’s and floods were designed
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How I Remember Hurricane Katrina By: William Ford Thesis: How Hurricane Katrina changed my life. On Saturday August 27th 2005‚ my wife and I had a lot of things on our minds. I was home from an eight hour overtime outcall‚ at my new job with Cable One in Long Beach‚ MS. Having only been there five days and also in the middle of packing to move from Bay St. Louis‚ MS over to Long Beach‚ only a little over six miles away‚ the stress level
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Weather in the eye of the hurricane is usually very calm. Hurricanes form when winds hit very warm waters that reach at least 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Air starts to circulate which helps add more air and force‚ Another thing that helps the hurricane build up is condensation. Hurricanes are a large spinning mass of rotating winds‚ the winds reach more than 75 miles per hour. The tropical storms are usually in ocean areas called basins. These basins include the Atlantic Ocean‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and the
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Katie Dugan Final Paper Conley 12/3/13 The Politics of Katrina and Sandy Devastation. Loss. Starvation. Desperation. The victims of natural disasters all over the world know what it is like to feel completely and utterly hopeless. The rest of us are lucky‚ we have never experienced the pain of losing next to everything from a real-life nightmare. Most of us cannot imagine something like that ever happening. But it did. And when it happened‚ there was panic‚ and no time for messing around with
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most persuasive? Least persuasive? Setting aside the philosophical and legal issues this case raises‚ what are the management or efficiency arguments for and against a more centralized response to large national disasters like Hurricane Katrina? Why would we not want to have a federal fire department? If the federal government tells the states and cities they will receive no assistance in the event of a disaster‚ what do you think will happen? personal responsibility
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How much do you know about tornadoes and hurricanes? This is an essay about hurricanes and tornadoes. In this essay there will be comparison and contrast. Also two key points on hurricanes and tornadoes. And also the destruction that both cause. Tornadoes usually cost 500 dollars in repairs‚ according to source two. In the United States there is a certain area‚ called "tornado Ally." This is where the strongest tornadoes hit the U.S‚ I got that in formation from source two. In the U.S. if a tornado
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The Katrina Breakdown. The aftermath of Hurricane Katrina may be remarked as a very important aspect to understand the relationship between federal‚ state‚ and local governments when it comes to major catastrophe. In Katrina’s case‚ federalism is seen as central to what was largely a government-created disaster. Numerous scientific articles are trying to offer various interpretations of what went wrong and why; however‚ out of all perspectives‚ I find Stephen Griffin’s argument most persuasive.
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Three post-Hurricane Katrina disaster planning lessons learned: have a prepared evacuation plan for the city‚ do not delay aid‚ and a lack of resources imposes greater difficulties of rebuilding. The mandatory evacuation call was late and not fully supported—many people did not have a way to leave the city‚ as many people were dependent on public transportation. Could have neighboring buses come in earlier and brought people to safety? I think the Mayor later got criticized for not using school buses
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1926 Hurricane by Anthea Carnes Before the Storm 1. The Hurricane of 1926 came at the worst possible time for the city of Miami and became known as “The Great Miami Hurricane”. It was the roaring twenties; A time of prohibition‚ speakeasies‚ flapper girls‚ and jazz. Miami had been experiencing a boom economically and in population growth. 2. In the period between 1920 and 1923‚ the population of Miami itself had doubled. People from all over the United States came to South Florida to enjoy
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Reaction paper 1 The three topics I have picked for this reaction paper are “HURRICANE KATRINA‚ THE BOMBING OF BLACK WALL STREET AND GANGS”. I’ve picked these topics because I believe that to this day everything is still about being in control‚ racism and a touch of slavery which leads to gangs. Hurricane Karina: was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. Most notable in media coverage were the catastrophic effects on the
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