There has been one experience that I can remember where my survival was literally at stake. It was in August of 2005. That was the time Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana‚ demolishing the city of New Orleans and surrounding areas. I’m from a small town‚ which is approximately twenty minutes outside of New Orleans. The hurricane affected my family both mentally and physically. My family didn’t evacuate for Hurricane Katrina. We decided to stay and “Ride it out.” They had the mindset like
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It was December‚ around Christmas time‚ in the 1940s. Children were running and playing in the snow. It was during the time at the end of the Civil War. After reading Eudora Welty’s‚ “A Worn Path‚” and understanding the story we must consider an old Negro woman name Phoenix Jackson‚ a worn rough path in Natchez that she traveled‚ and the prejudices she had to endure to get medication for her sick grandson. Phoenix Jackson was an old‚ negro‚ almost blind‚ uneducated cripple woman. Phoenix lived
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A historic moment in history was the Los Angeles River flood that lasted five days. During this flood‚ there was five days of continuous rainfall and the erosion controls that were in place could not hold the high level of water from coming down the mountains. (Hung 1) This was a flood that was unlike anything the city of Los Angeles had ever seen before. This resulted in the flooding of three area rivers and their tributaries; these were the Los Angeles‚ Santa Ana‚ and San Gabriel. The rain and
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Is Phoenix Jackson a Hero? Phoenix Jackson is an elderly Negro woman‚ who is a former slave and is walking by herself through the countryside to get to town in order to pick up medicine for her sick Grandson‚ who swallowed a poison. Based on the essay question‚ Phoenix Jackson is considered a hero because of her endurance and her ability to complete a goal. First‚ Phoenix Jackson is a hero because her journey to get her grandson is not an easy one. She has to walk about 30 miles in order to
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William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily‚” was written during the Reconstruction Period of the South. During this time‚ the North’s economy‚ education‚ and culture surpassed the weak South. Due to the abolition of slavery‚ the South’s economy deteriorated; therefore making the South’s social classes fade away. With Faulkner having Miss Emily’s father cling to the ideals of the old South‚ he’s conveying the South’s struggle to transition from a chivalrous‚ aristocratic society to a modern‚ capitalist
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Haiti Earthquake “People poured out into the streets‚ crying‚ carrying bodies…” (Addley 1) Haiti is one of the poorest countries and home to more than 2 million people. Haiti was not prepared especially since Port-au-Prince‚ their capital‚ has very poorly built construction on its buildings and houses. “Haiti is a poor country with lax building standards and high population density‚ which makes buildings more likely to crumble.” (Thompson 1) Due to the earthquake and all the damage that happened
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The Hurricane of 1938 was a very powerful storm. There were many deaths and a lot of destruction.There were some conditions that made the storm bad like conditions‚ human error and large waves. The way the Hurricane hit the Eastern U.S was a surprise to all. The storm started somewhere off the coast of Africa as a tropical storm. It started small but grew as it moved across the West Atlantic Ocean at 20 mph. Soon the winds reaches 74 mph.The tropical storm had become a hurricane. The storm kept growing
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In today’s society hunger is a big issue and has increased in history. While people are starving we are too busy worrying about what we are doing this weekend and what should we wear to school tomorrow. This is a huge issue in our world and it needs to be pushed to be more important. I have done many community services and activities that have made an impact on hunger in my community. Out of all of the activities that I have done ‚ Hurricane Matthew Relief was the most impacting towards my life and
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In late August of 2017‚ Hurricane Harvey made its landfall on the coast of texas; becoming the first major landfall in the United States since Hurricane Wilma in 2005. Scientists working and studying Hurricane Harvey expected this tropical storm but only transmitted data showing it much weaker than it actually intended on being. Numerous aspects towards why Harvey became so strong are questioned due to its level of destruction. Over the course of the days Harvey became stronger as it advanced its
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Hurricanes can cause a lot of damage. My hurricane is Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Hurricanes can pop up at any time. They can cause massive amounts of damage. A hurricane starts as mass amounts of wind. What happens is the pressure drops. There is sometimes a storm and usually a mass amount of clouds. The weather would be cloudy and rainy during the storm. The hurricane that this paper is about Andrew of 1992 in Florida. Trees were toppled and agricultural damage was done. Andrew reached hurricane
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