Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the
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Sean Shadrick 2011‚ October 9 English 101 Summary of “The Perfect Storm” Chapter 1- Georges Bank 1896 A mackerel schooner‚ fishing in one of the most dangerous fishing areas on the planet‚ found a bottle floating at sea. One of the sailors took it out of the water and handed it to the captain‚ who took the note out and read it to the crew. The note was from a boat named the Falcon that had been sailing for a year and one of the crew members wrote that there was no hope because their cable
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south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims in this period. After the ‘tropical storm’ went slightly askew off the southern tip of Florida into the Gulf of Mexico‚ it re-gained momentum. With the gulf being very warm and very deep it was the perfect place for a hurricane to grow. The hurricane
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realizing the severity of Hurricane Katrina and fleeing his home‚ he was arrested while driving under the influence even though that action was only done to prevent a significant evil and was his only adequate option to avoid the impending dangers of the storm? ESCAPE Under Mississippi common law‚ can McAnzen establish a necessity of defense to escape when he used no force or violence to flee custody‚ to avoid the immediate threat of serious bodily harm‚ after he was pulled over and arrested during
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destructive natural hazards which unfortunately the United States have a high rate of these disasters‚ causing the citizens wanting to live near the coastlines and river valley. United States has a great record with these catastrophes. In 1995 a huge storm called “Goliath” located at the southwest of St. Louis dumped almost 10 inches of rain in belt. The rain covered the entire Meramec Basin and only 5 percent of the Mississippi River’s watershed above St.
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Risk to Storms and Rising Sea Levels" The purpose for this essay is to summarize and respond to the article by Jennifer Weeks. Her article ’s central theme is on the "Coastal Development and the risk posed for these communities when flooding‚ super storms‚ and rising sea levels continue to impact these cities in these coastal zones. Coastal cities in these zones would be highly vulnerable to flooding during storms and rising sea levels in the future. Weeks article argues that super storms like
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Hurricane Center could not label the storm a hurricane and because of NOAA rules‚ they could not even set out warnings for it. Between the absence of hurricane warnings‚ late evacuation orders‚ and citizen’s previous experience one year earlier with Hurricane Irene‚ many people felt they did not need to evacuate. This false confidence that nothing “huge” will happen to them‚ contributes to a decrease of preparation. Being the most destructive and deadliest storm of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season
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Dear New Yorkers‚ Last week‚ Super storm Sandy tore up the East Coast‚ leaving a path of immeasurable destruction and devastation in its wake. In addition‚ while many are still reeling and searching for necessities‚ we are reminded that some challenges like not having access to gas‚ water‚ electricity and damage to houses get resolved as soon as possible. It is imperative that we change these problems and fix them. That is why people like the American Cancer Society‚ ConEdison and volunteers
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powerful and violent storms. Hurricanes get their energy when the sun heats up the ocean water. When the wind blows across the warm ocean‚ the water evaporates and gets carried upward. As the wind continues‚ the storm starts to spin and move across the ocean. If the water stays warm there are no mountains or obstacles‚ the storm can grow. Once it hits land‚ it no longer has moisture or heat so it starts to weaken. The wind speed tells you how strong a hurricane is‚ and stronger storms are much more dangerous
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cities to escape the storm. Then on August 29th‚ 2005 Katrina hit New Orleans at about 6 o’clock in the morning. Streets‚ houses‚ buildings and everything else was under 15 feet of water and ⅔ of the city was destroyed within the first 3 hours of the category 5 hurricane. All of this happened before approximately 3 o’clock that’s when Katrina passed the city.
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