and class discrepancies in the social system were realized. Similarly‚ on the 25th of August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast; leaving behind tremendous damage to multiple cities‚ specifically New Orleans. Along side infrastructural damage throughout the city‚ damage within the New Orleans race and class hierarchies was disclosed. In the documentary‚ directed by Spike Lee‚ “When the Levees Broke” it reveals that those heavily impacted were low income‚
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Introduction President George W. Bush described Hurricane Katrina as “One of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history.” In 2005‚ Katrina rampaged over the Gulf coast and several states‚ but completely devastated Louisiana and the city of New Orleans in particular. It formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd and continued its historic devastation through August 30th. The storm moved on but left a path of destruction behind it. There were a number of issues in the aftermath worth mentioning.
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States. Hurricane Katrina was so powerful that it devastated the lives of the people of New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ as well as other Gulf Coast areas. On August 29‚ 2005 at 8:00 am‚ Hurricane Katrina reached Category 5 status. The storm hit the city hard and was the lead story on the national media stage for a number of weeks. The city was wiped out and the clean up and renovation of what is left of The City Of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina is continuing and might not be complete for many years. The storm
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August 23‚ 2005. It flooded and destroyed almost everything in it ’s path. The main place of destruction was located in New Orleans. The hurricane caused New Orleans to suffer great losses and the state was practically covered in just ruins and water. The remaining people had to travel in boats and other water transportation vehicles. The hurricane hit Louisiana‚ most of New Orleans‚ Mississippi‚ Florida and Alabama. Not including‚ other places outside of the U.S. The hurricane stopped and dissolved
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cost of this hurricane was $ 108 billion dollars. On October 27‚ 2012 Hurricane Sandy made landfall. Hurricane Sandy affected 24 states‚ including the entire eastern seaboard from Florida to Maine. It made more damage in New Jersey and New York. Its storm surge hit New York City on October 29‚ flooding streets‚ tunnels and subway lines and cutting power in and around the city. Damage in the US is estimated at over $63 billion Both Katrina and Sandy were extremely destructive Atlantic hurricanes
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natural disaster that devastated the coasts of Louisiana‚ Cuba‚ New Orleans‚ Florida‚ and the Bahamas. The hurricane overwhelmed these locations on August twenty third through thirty first in 2005. The hurricane claimed many lives during and after the storm. Alabama had two fatalities‚ Florida fourteen‚
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Entire industries and commerce were destroyed; while the infrastructure of New Orleans was decimated. The loss of fire stations‚ police stations‚ schools‚ churches‚ medical and health care facilities‚ local businesses‚ and homes added up to the largest payout of money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ever at $7
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by Jim Wallis‚ he encompass all three of the appeals of arguments. The author really used the classical principles of arguments in this particular essay. Everyone remembers Hurricane Katrina‚ was it really Katrina that caused all the damage in New Orleans or was it the fact that the levees could not sustain the level of the water that was rising and thus broke. This essay shed light to the ugliness that most Americans are not aware and if not‚ they are fully aware of it and only decides to turn the
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jazz was at its peak. Most of the jazz scene started in New Orleans. Other major cities throughout the Midwest‚ such as Memphis‚ St. Louis‚ and Chicago have their own unique style of jazz. While the city of New Orleans was founded in 1719 by the French‚ it was run by Spain for years. France took back control of the land in 1803‚ and immediately sold the land to the Americans as part of the Louisiana Purchase. The city of New Orleans brought a new perspective on life with the love of good food‚ wine
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Mardi Gras is probably one of the largest celebrated mysteries in our country. There are two major cities that has debated the origin or history of Mardi Gras for years. Those two cities are New Orleans‚ LA and Mobile‚ AL where this celebration has been famous throughout history. There are things where they do agree but they both want there just due to Mardi Gras. This holiday is supposed to be confined to those three days only‚ in practice Mardi Gras is generally celebrated for a full week before
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