The media portrayal of African Americans during hurricane Katrina was quite biased. While the people of Louisiana were fighting to survive‚ and trying to flee dangerous flood waters they were spoke of in a very negative connotation on certain media outlets. The disparaging remarks were so egregious that social civil
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with winds spanning 1‚100 miles (1‚800 km)).[4][5] Preliminary estimates of losses due to damage and business interruption are estimated at $65.5 billion (2012 USD)‚ which would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane behind only Hurricane Katrina. At least 253 people were killed along the path of the storm in seven countries.[6] Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22‚ quickly strengthened and was upgraded to Tropical Storm Sandy six hours later. Sandy
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Hurricane Sandy The day was March 18th 1967 the location was Caraguatatuba Brazil. On this day Brazil suffered it’s worst natural disaster when continuing rains and rising ocean temperatures brought on flooding and mudslides that killed at least 500 people (J.Masters/wonderblog.com). Nine months later and two hundred miles away on December 4‚ 1967 I was born. Though I didn’t experience first hand the effects of that storm my parents did. I had never experienced anything like it until two
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Running head: REFLECTION PAPER Reflection Paper on FEMA Training Irene R. Diaz Lamar University By providing a means of prevention practices a school can actually eliminate or minimize the crisis all together (Cavaiola & Colford‚ 2011). This statement is very clear and true in my opinion. A crisis can be as small as a car wreck or as large as hurricane (FEMA‚ 2012). Being a counselor‚ you must be prepared to handle all crisis’s that may occur in your
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Charlene Harris NURS 421 Professor Sirmans December 3rd 2012 1) Identify your thought process‚ strategies and preparations for your Individual Personal Readiness Plan relating to Hurricane Sandy. Just over one month ago‚ the Northeast was not prepared for what would be the most treacherous storm; Hurricane Sandy. The Northeast was never face with a hurricane of this magnitude; Hurricane Sandy became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record and caused damages of at $20 billion. I remember
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Is it Possible to Oversimplify Tragedy? Everyone knows or has experienced a tragedy in their life. Tragedies happen all around the world and each person may experience the same type of tragedy‚ for example‚ hurricanes‚ tornadoes‚ tsunamis‚ car accidents‚ the 9/11 attack‚ or even death. Deepak Chopra tell his opinions about reactions to a tragic event in his article “After tragedy‚ brain needs to heal”. He lets the readers know his thoughts and feelings about how there are only two reactions to a
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The Scope article "Joplin Tornado: The Evil Swirling Darkness" is about the effects of the tornado and how the people of Joplin rebuild. The beginning was about how the fateful day started. In the middle was about the tornado’s rampage through the town and the destruction it caused in it’s wake. At the end of the article was about how the people of the town survived except for 158 and how they rebuilt. The effects after a disaster can last a long time on a person. If you witness a disaster and
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How Leadership Failures Lead to the Loss of El Faro The SS El Faro was a roll on/roll off cargo ship owned by TOTE Maritime which sank on October 1st‚ 2015 on its way to San Juan‚ Puerto Rico. The El Faro sank for a number of reason in Hurricane Joaquin‚ many of which are related to poor leadership. The sinking of El Faro is considered one of the worst catastrophes in United States maritime history‚ with one of the largest losses of life recorded in recent history. The event can be looked at using
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It is a terrible yet bittersweet coincidence that I am writing a response to Timothy Morton’s “Queer Ecology” as my friends and family in the Philippines are being besieged by yet another tropical cyclone. Terrible because I feel guilty sitting cozily in front of my screen while halfway around the world hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who live in areas at risk of flash floods‚ landslides and storm surges are struggling to be evacuated as Ruby (the misleadingly sweet name the cyclone has been baptized
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Pat Smith is a writing instructor who composed a piece called “Laugh Baby Laugh‚ Cry Baby Cry”. The article is about the 2010 BP oil spill and claims that chanting is what big businesses use to control everyday people. To support this claim‚ Smith writes about the 2008 National Republican Convention‚ and how the leaders like Sarah Palin and Rudy Guiliani were chanting in support of BP drilling in the Gulf Coast. However‚ this is her only referable evidence she uses. Any other piece of evidence that
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