Category 4 storm. Its storm surge soon breached the levee system that protected New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain. Most of the city was subsequently flooded by the lake ’s waters. This and other major damage to the coastal regions of Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama made Katrina the "most destructive and costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States." ("Hurricane Season"‚ 2005) Introduction Hurricanes and other natural disasters rarely have a large and long-lasting effect
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Nick Crain Comp 1 Redemption in “O brother Where art thou” “O Brother‚ Where Art Thou” is a film that is based in Mississippi in the 1930s. It’s the story of three friends‚ Everett‚ Pete and Delmar‚ who are escaped convicts and their journey through the south dodging the law. This story is loosely based off of Homer’s “Odyssey.” The men run into many obstacles while in the pursuit of a treasure like in the “Odyssey.” Everett‚
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It was the storm that everyone saw coming but no one did a thing to stop it‚ Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes to strike the United States. The category 5 storm struck a wide swath of destruction in Florida‚ Mississippi and Louisiana. Katrina is estimated to have caused close to $81 billion in damages (NHC‚ 2005). A category 5 storm has wind-speeds greater than 155 mph and typical storm water surges are greater than 18 feet (ASCE‚ 2007). This paper will look
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In August of 2005 the strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall‚ struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in the early morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina was thought to be a Category 3 Hurricane bringing winds sustained at 100-140 miles per hour‚ but when landfall was made it peaked at a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 175 miles per hour and was measured about 400 miles across (history.com). On August 29‚ 2005 the New
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Orleanna Price narrates the introductory chapter in five of the novel’s seven sections. The narrative then alternates among the four daughters‚ with a slight preference for the voice of the most outspoken one‚ Leah. The four girls increasingly mature; as each adapts differently to African village life and the political turmoil that overtakes the Belgian Congo in the 1960s. The Price family packs up their belongings and heads to the airport to begin their flight to the Congo where they are going
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his sexuality. Tennessee was born in the deep south of Columbus‚ Mississippi on March 26‚ 1911. This time in history is known for being intolerant of homosexuality‚ and if there was one region that stood out the most for this intolerance it would be the south. Even today Mississippi is considered one of the least tolerant states being ranked 38th on The Daily Beast’s ranking of most tolerant states(thedailybeast.com). In fact Mississippi was one of the states that continued to practice sodomy laws until
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this book and the chief protagonist. Ames is Mississippi’s reconstruction governor as he was elected in a land slide election because of all the support he had from ex-slaves. Once he was in office‚ Ames had many changes intact for the state of Mississippi. His main plan was to create a well structured public school system to help out all citizens that suffered with poverty and illiteracy. I believe that Ames is effective in the role of the protagonist. He is definitely the main character of the
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A lawyer‚ who moved to Mississippi in his early childhood‚ John Grisham has developed a writing style that accommodates his time in Mississippi. This appears even in his young adult‚ fiction novel‚ Theodore Boone: The Accused. Grisham shows his vast knowledge of law in his writing as well as his background as a southerner. John Grisham exhibits his southern writing style through his characters and setting‚ which are influenced through his past and personal career. John Grisham’s southern
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Indiana‚ Kentucky‚ Tennessee‚ Alabama‚ Kansas‚ etc. Number of fatalities: 747+ (695+ from one tornado) 2.The Great Natchez Tornado: Date: May 7‚ 1840 (scale unknown; could have been an F5-6 tornado) Time: 1:45pm Places: Natchez‚ Mississippi and Vidalia‚ Louisiana. Number of fatalities: 317+ 3.The Saint Louis Tornado: Date: May 27-28‚ 1896 (F4 tornado) Time: Around 6:15pm Places: Missouri and Illinois (Central-Eastern US) Number of fatalities: 255+
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in well-known areas such as the Mississippi Delta‚ Appalachia‚ the Tennessee Valley‚ and the agricultural areas of Florida. From these selected areas‚ the Mississippi Delta has shown to be the region that has suffered from poverty the most. Poverty is a plague that
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