Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike the United States. It took place on August 23‚ 2005-August 31‚ 2005. It hit a couple of cities‚ but it hit the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana the hardest. New Orleans was very popular for tourists before Katrina hit‚ and still is (Jervis‚ 2015). After it hit New Orleans‚ it left many people devastated; killing an estimated amount of 1‚833 people. Many of people were left homeless. There are still places in New Orleans that hasn’t
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majority of natural disasters in a way that previous generations could not. C.Speaker Credibility: As a resident of Houston‚ Texas‚ I grew up hearing the tales of some of the major Hurricanes that had zeroed in on our coastal region and left it in shambles. In 2008‚ Hurricane Ike‚ one of the most destructive hurricanes in Texas history‚ knocked out power to over 2.6 million people. The storm caused a 14-foot surge and over 18 inches of rainfall. Before the day was over Ike had claimed 84 lives and
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Victor from “Every Little Hurricane” is an example of a teen protagonist witnesses struggles of poverty‚ alcoholism‚ and disparity in his own household. The setting of the story is at a new year’s eve party‚ where his two uncles‚ Arnold and Adolph are fighting‚ and nearly murder one another. Witnesses in the background are fully aware of the chaotic environment caused by the heated argument of the uncles but do nothing‚ for seeing one Indian killing another does not at all surprise them. For many
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Danny Glover once stated‚ “When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf and the floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans‚ it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). As the winds reached speeds of 100 to 140 miles per hour‚ water crashed against the levees‚ breaking them‚ and flooding 80% of Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina’s peaked at a category five‚ but disintegrated into a category three. The third deadliest hurricane is what Hurricane Katrina achieved. In the wake
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failure. To a lot of people‚ it was amazing that despite all the efforts supposedly occurring in the aftermath of September 11th‚ that a response to Hurricane Katrina was even fathomable. People were still fearful that another terrorist attack could be forthcoming any day and how the local and federal governments would respond. Hurricane Katrina made people question just how adequate their government was in responding to disasters‚ whether caused by terrorist or manmade. Americans were brought
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Ever “Every Little Hurricane” From Sherman Alexie’s The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Harper Perennial‚ 1994) Although it was winter‚ the nearest ocean four hundred miles away‚ and the Tribal Weatherman asleep because of boredom‚ a hurricane dropped from the sky in 1976 and fell so hard on the Spokane Indian Reservation that it knocked Victor from bed and his latest nightmare. It was January and Victor was nine years old. He was sleeping in his bedroom in the basement
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Starting with Hurricane Harvey‚ the United States and other parts of the world has been hit with a series of devastating natural disasters in the past couple of months. Hurricanes‚ tornados‚ earthquakes‚ and floods decimated major cities and small towns alike. Following these disasters‚ differing beliefs on what the source of these phenomenons are. One theory is that they are caused by ‘global warming’‚ but on the other side of the spectrum‚ there is talk that this is the sign of the second coming
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and inability to associate with the majority of people along with mentality issues and addiction. Sherman Alexie combines these factors in the short stories “The Only Traffic Signal on the Reservation Doesn’t Flash Red Anymore” and “Every Little Hurricane‚” while the authors from “Frozen in Time”: The impact of Native American media representations on identity and self‐understanding” keep with
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(Institutional Affiliation) Criticism to the Hurricane Katrina Response Framework Following the Hurricane Katrina landfall of August 2005; the greatest natural disaster in the history of the United States that claimed and destroyed myriads of lives there is a debate for criticism of roles of different stakeholders’ response. Federal Government Response President Bush allocated 10.5 billion US dollars of relief kitty four days within the hurricane‚ and assigned 7000 active troops to help with
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst catastrophes in American history. I may have only been seven years old when it happened‚ but I still remember watching the events unfold like it was yesterday. What I saw in the media was extreme flooding and desperate people. I saw the coast guard make several rescues. Watching the events unfold in the film When the Leaves broke‚ I gained a different perspective. I believe the government failed its people. First and foremost‚ I believe classim was directly
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