Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25, 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the…
my grandmother begins racing to find a place for us all to go. “Damien, come help.” my grandmother calls. They try to get all of the food and water they can get, but suddenly everything turns black. The lights are out and the power is gone.The hurricane starts coming. “Here are some candles.” my mom screams as she searches through cabinets and boxes. “I found a fan too!” My grandmother is panicking and grinding her hands into my mom’s skin. It starts getting hotter and hotter. My dad tries to…
7:00 pm, a gunman stood up during the film and began to open fire. He started firing on patrons as they sat unexpectedly of any such heinous act. As the pops of gunfire became more regularly, people began to scatter from the movie room. During the incident, two teacher friends were there together. One jumped on top of the other in an effort to save her from being directly hit. The woman who was…
Hot. Humid. In other words, the usual New Orleans summertime day. Now all the local media were buzzing with the new Katrina tracking information. Many people were going about their usual Saturday routines. Some were still oblivious to what was happening. Greg had the kids. I got up, cleaned the house, and washed all the clothes, so if we left (I hadn’t decided for sure yet), I wouldn’t have to do it when we returned. I filled up at a nearby gas station and went shopping. There was an eerie feeling…
the Katrina hit my home town in New Orleans. After the catastrophic incident, it was obvious that we needed more help than we were getting. I am a driver of a 15 passenger that belongs to my church. My church made the van available and was also willing to provide supplies to help the relief victims. 2nd September, it was completely impossible to communicate. I left a message at catholic social services that my church had a van and was willing to provide some vital supplies to help the Katrina victims…
Late August of 2017, Houston’s hurricane season was coming to an end. Still recovering from the brutal summer heat, no one had expected a storm with a magnitude that Hurricane Harvey carried. A rainstorm was scheduled to come for the weekend, but nothing worrisome. It wasn’t until the newscasters announced that this small tropical storm had turned into a category four hurricane, that people started to panic. Almost overnight, gas prices had nearly doubled and grocery store shelves were emptying.…
Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1, 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29, 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana, and also stimulated…
ecosystem of the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city 's sewage, chemicals, medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina, water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination, as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc, one of the…
In discussing efficiency and preventative policy during hurricane Katrina, The focus will be policies that were in effect before the storm as well as policies that could have helped during and after. The United States national response framework (NRF) is part of the national strategy for Homeland security that presents the guiding principles enabling all levels of domestic response partners to prepare for or provide qualified national response to disasters and emergencies. (Wikipedia, 2012) During…
Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall. 1,836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida, causing…