Aniyah Powell World Cultures 3/30/12 Eggert/5th In August 2005‚ my life changed. What was home to me‚ New Orleans‚ became a memory. I was forced by the natural disaster‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused
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city‚ New Orleans‚ possibly for a lifetime. The novel: City of Refuge by Tom Piazza gives readers an omniscient point of view of two families lives during this tragic event. The Williams family from the Lower 9th Ward and the Donaldsons originally from the upper Midwest who had made their way to New Orleans share the same traumatic experience; in different ways of the levees breaking from hurricane Katrina changed both of their lives forever. On Friday morning Craig Donaldson saw on the news that
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city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water‚ and New Orleans as we know it will no longer exist” (www.pbs.org). In order to find out how the hurricane could affect New Orleans‚ Heerden generated different types of computer models that depicted how hard the state of Louisiana would be hit. The impact of the storm was mind blowing. Heerden was haunted by the knowledge that such a major hurricane would devastate New Orleans. Unfortunately‚ extreme casualties were predicted. Many people
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disasters in the history of the United States of America. It took thousands lives of citizens of New Orleans‚ left them without homes and families‚ and changed their lives forever. Many of those who survived the hurricane died waiting for help to come. Hurricane Katrina exposed the existence of ’’two Americas’’. It took government several days to get help to the victims of Katrina in New Orleans. After watching Spike Lee’s documentary ’’When The Levees Broke’’ I learned that the Government doesn’t
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improvisations cemented his status as an American master. I n this research paper‚ I attempt to trace the history of Louis Armstrong’s musical development‚ beginning with his early years in New Orleans‚ on through to his life on the road as a traveling musician‚ and‚ finally‚ to his last years in New York. C hanged the face of music Ground-breaking recordings such as “West End Blues” changed the face of music. But by all accounts‚ his live performances were even more amazing. Both as a trumpet
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tropical storms‚ and dramatic temperatures ruled planet Earth. In the 2004 Hurricane season‚ four storms affected Florida which is the only time in recorded history a catastrophe like this has happened. In 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc in the New Orleans area‚ bringing over one hundred billion dollars of damages; making thousands of people homeless‚ mostly minorities‚ and killing many others. The Federal Government‚ unprepared for this unforeseen tragedy‚ was slow to respond‚ leaving people on
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London‚ and “Letter From New Orleans: Leaving Desire‚” by Jon Lee Anderson‚ both describe the effects of a natural disaster from an objective or subjective point of view. “Story of an Eyewitness” focuses on the initial earthquake and fires following it‚ while “Letter From New Orleans: Leaving Desire” focuses on the floods following the hurricane. Jack London wrote about the 1906 earthquake that took place in San Francisco‚ Jon Lee Anderson told about the flooding in New Orleans following Hurricane
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to go to a city underneath ocean level? It’s a puzzle to me‚ yet New Orleans is underneath ocean level and that is the place I need to visit. New Orleans is renowned for the Mardi Gras‚ which signifies "Fat Tuesday." Mardi Gras is a celebration that pulls in a large number of individuals from all around the globe‚ and it highlights music‚ show‚ road gatherings‚ parades and the world’s finest jazz‚ Cajun style. New Orleans is in Louisiana‚ the Pelican state. It’s somewhat wild‚ yet sightseers
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apprenticeship soon becomes better and stronger than their teacher. Louis Armstrong nicknamed “Satchmo”‚ “Pops”‚ and then later “Ambassador Satch’ was born on August 4‚ 1901 in New Orleans‚ Louisiana.
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Research Proposal Page 1 * My disaster paper will focus mainly on the direct and indirect effects of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans were made by the community and the state‚ which also affected New Orleans and surrounding areas. My initial research on this topic of Hurricane Katrina was that‚ although there was a slew of different aids and reliefs sent to New Orleans and other surrounding areas‚ there were periods where there wasn’t enough or too much time was taken so that the community and
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