Tropical revolving storms have a marked influence on the areas they consume. Whether it’s at the point of striking (our primary effects) or the secondary factors days/months/years afterwards: they impact on the social‚ environmental and economic stature of an area. This is evident when comparing two of the most notable tropical revolving storms in the last decade. Hurricane Katrina hit the MEDC coast of Louisiana and the Mississippi in the form of a category 5 storm and the category 4 cyclone
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heading for Texas. They were stuck in major traffic backed up for two hours. Barry’s little sister became very sick. They decided that all they could do was turn around and go back home and brave the storm. The night of August 29‚ 2005 Barry Tucker and his family fell asleep for the night. The storm had already started and damage and flooding was happening. The very next morning Barry woke up in his living room and water was starting to flood the whole downstairs of his home. He woke up his dad
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consistent throughout the year ranging from the mid 70’s – 80’s. The winter in Hawaii is considered rainy season but rarely has thunderstorms‚ unlike Florida‚ where they are frequent. Florida is referred to as the thunderstorm capitol of the US. These storms often generate tornadoes. (Henthorn‚ 2010‚ p.5) Weather may be a deciding factor in where you choose to live‚ but you will also have to consider that each state has natural disasters and this can greatly influence your decision on where to live.
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Criticism of shaken and frustrated political leaders and residents who remained in New Orleans without water‚ food or shelter‚ and the deaths of several citizens by thirst‚ exhaustion‚ and violence days after the storm itself had passed. The criticism of the government response to Hurricane Katrina primarily consisted of accusations of mismanagement and lack of leadership in the relief effort in response to Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath‚ specifically in the
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1 trillion tons of water each day. Once in the air the water droplets cool transforming into clouds. Carried by the rising warm air‚ the clouds billow upwards. If the heat from the sea below is strong enough they turn into massive tropical storms. The storm spun towards Central America picking up vast amounts of water and increasing wind speed. On Thursday‚ October 29 1998‚ hurricane Mitch wreaked utter death and destruction over Central America. The favorable conditions rapidly strengthened Mitch
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Considered as one of the top five deadliest storms in America‚ Hurricane Katrina was a tropical cyclone that engulfed the United States and killed close to 2000 people. It also destroyed property and goods worth billions of dollars. Though it began far in the Bahamas‚ the storm left a trail of devastation along the Gulf Coast‚ Florida‚ and Texas‚ but most of the damage occurred in Louisiana (Hartman and Gregory 24). Katrina traveled along the coastal region of Mississippi leading to massive flooding
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sought refuge there‚ but 16‚000 would not even make a dent in 70‚000 people who sought shelter after the storm. After Katrina took her path through the south (dissipating near the Great Lakes)‚ the damage continued. As the shelters arose‚ FEMA officials became aware with that fact that their accommodations would not be enough. “More than one million people in the Gulf region were displaced by the storm. At their peak hurricane relief shelters housed 273‚000 people. Later‚ approximately 114‚000 households
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It was around 5 pm on a Tuesday evening when the National Hurricane Center in Miami‚ Florida‚ issued a warning to its citizens that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a
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In his article “Racially Disparate Views of New Orleans’s Recovery After Hurricane Katrina‚” Campbell Robertson (2015) portrays the racially separate views of New Orleans’s healing process after the hurricane Katrina was hit in 2005. A recent survey taken of the residents of New Orleans shows a racial difference in the view of the recovery from the hurricane Katrina. About 4 out 5 residents that are white believes that the city has recoiled from the damages while nearly 3 out 5 blacks say otherwise
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In the summer of 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina unleashed what resulted in a widespread devastation wreaked on the city of New Orleans. New Orleans—the colorful‚ zealous Mississippi Delta city‚ home to world-renowned restaurants‚ jazz and blues’ clubs‚ and universities‚ saw many of its neighborhoods flooded‚ even washed away by Katrina’s strong waters that breached the barrier of its levees. The extent of this catastrophe has triggered fierce debate over how the city should be rebuilt; taking into
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