Calamity College Essays Samples For Students

After 9/11, the Patriot Act was promulgated to protect the collective security of the people . Some of people’s liberties—especially the right to privacy—had to be curtailed to trace possible sources of terrorism. Under the circumstances of 9/11, these seemed to be acceptable practices. In situations such as war of that of 9/11 (the US eventually went to war against Iraq), curtailment of people’s rights are expected and are acceptable practice. In different contexts however, the application of such laws can be perceived as abuse and discrimination.

Not all crises is war

Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest hurricanes to ...

The Storm

Fifty-five minutes of utter chaos and fury, The Storm relives that day of November 22, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina’s landfall robber New Orleans of hundreds of innocent lives and left thousands homeless. In this midst of all this, could be heard the voice of a man saying, “Sure didn’t think I’ll die this way,” which abruptly was how it happened. When asked, everyone (The Administration, the Homeland Security, and FEMA) pointed fingers at one another. When quizzed on who was responsible for the inadequacy in preparation for the disaster, Mike Brown, the former director of FEMA said ...

The Importance of Reducing wait times in the emergency department

In the past five decades, the number of patient deaths and casualties have increased due to the rise in wait times in the emergency department. It has been observed that the lack of time management and emergency care facilities have increased the number of patient deaths associated with delayed treatment. It is important to reduce the wait times in the emergency department. The introduction of real-time interactive services has improved the facilities in the ER department. Many patients, ambulance services, and mobile emergency units are informed about the real-time burden and number of patients admitted in the ER department. ...

In February 1972, an impoundment dam made of coal waste collapsed. The dam was located in Logan County, which is found in West Virginia County. The resulting flood from the collapse culminated to the death of approximately one hundred and twenty-five people and also at the same time causing a loss of around fifty million dollars' worth of property. Up to now, the occurrence has remained to be one of the most talked about deadly disaster. After the calamity taking place, various investigative commissions were set up. Worth noting is that they made revelations that the Pittston coal mining ...

The exhaustion of Water

There is a high media concentration that is directed towards the threatening energy disaster and the hunt for a sustainable resolution to the problem. At the background of all these, there is a threatening disaster that is alarming. Each year, millions of people die across the world for lack of clean and fresh drinking water. Although the figures have been released to the public by the United Nation Humanitarian Agency, the media still diverted the attention and instead reported on the impending obsolescence of fossil fuels. The media has laid much attention on the challenges that are faced in ...

Introduction

When calamity strikes, people usually rely on hospitals and other health facilities to serve as a place of refuge. However, in some cases, like what happened in 2005 when Hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans killing hundreds of people and total damages amounting to billions of dollars. Almost 80% of the New Orleans were covered with flood, making it the largest residential disaster in the history of the United States.

Reflections from the Book “Five Days at Memorial”

Prologue
After reading the prologue of the book, several questions race through my mind. Among those questions include the decision that prompted doctors to evacuate the very sick patients last ...

September 11 attacks

September 11 attacks, also referred to as 9/11, is a series of commercial airplanes hijacking and suicide attack committed by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group, Al-Qaeda against the United States (Pandya, 2013). The planes were carrying 11, 4000 gallons of jet fuel, which experts claim that the objective of the militants was to take control of the planes once they were airborne and turn them into weapons of mass destruction (Pandya, 2013). The attack targeting the U.S. was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on the American soil in the history of the world. The attacks against ...

The family is a perennial topic in disaster films, where individuals struggle over moral and ethical decisions that continuously bother their conscience throughout the narrative. In the conventional collapse of modern society in disaster films, the family is oftentimes the only institution left that can withstand the chaos that ensues as a result of government failure. Where there is no community or social structure whatsoever to turn to, the main characters within the disaster narrative resort to forging their own relationships with the people they come into contact with, whether it is based on blood relations, an identical purpose, or a similar ...

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Four classical phases of disaster management are mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. Mitigation efforts can be described as the efforts that are put for the elimination and reduction of hazard and its impacts/consequences. The traditional lightning rod is an example of such effort. These responsibilities are similar as those involved in any risk management program. In this case, however, they are entirely focused on putting a stop to or curtailing the loss of cataclysmic events. Preparedness is the risk identification and after its mitigation, starting to prepare for the unforeseen and improbable. Preparedness involves steps ...

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Introduction

Dooms day for mankind has been one of the most famous themes in science fictions whether in movie or in print. Such themes create interesting scenarios on how society would react when it faces extinction. As depicted in the novel World War Z (WWZ), the threat of human extinction was characterized by an infectious disease that turns normal people into flesh eating zombies. Just like most zombie genres, the infection can only be transmitted through biting and perhaps intravenously. Fear factor is also apparent since zombies can only be terminated when their brain is destroyed. The zombie is a ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of wind energy as an alternative power source. The need for green or environmentally safe sources of electricity is a rigid must these days since the amount of emissions and pollutants require humankind to switch to harmless alternatives that will prevent ozone layer from depleting and global warming from evolving into an unstoppable ecological calamity. The project scrutinizes wind energy production capacities in the leading European countries, such the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Denmark, with industry prospects and current energy achievements being given a particular focus of attention. Statistics derived from scientific reports and ...

Introduction

Human activity and natural forces have endangered some of the most resourceful regions in the world. This has a direct impact not only to the communities living in the regions but also to the ecosystem. Campaigns for the conservation of natural resources have exhibited an increasing trend especially in America. The campaigns have been done using different media such as books, magazine and newspaper articles, the internet, television and radio documentaries as well as books emphasize on the need to conserve wildlife especially in the Amazon rainforests, African savannas and the Arctic refuges. Tidwell’s book explores the alarming losses ...

Anxiety, pain, worry, fear, confusion, and other related things are common to people of all ages. Everyone experience such things in life, and no one can claim to be invulnerable to these things – even to their simplest form. However, it is attested that these things could also become drastically unpleasant. Considering anxiety, this can become a [serious] disorder when the symptoms become chronic and interfering with one’s daily life and ability to act/function (Grohol, 2010). When it worsens, an individual can no longer work, eat, and even do the essential responsibilities a human being should be doing in life. Like ...

And its impact on tourism sector

Disaster management and recovery, both from manmade and natural causes, is a topic of increasing importance. Flood is an important aspect of natural disasters, particularly for the US, where it had shaped policy making. The impact of natural hazard in the tourism sector hasn’t been well understood, despite its stake in the regional and national economy. Tourism managers need to understand and prepare strategically for disasters, emphasizing more on reduction and readiness rather than response and recovery. Disaster planning and response policies need to be established at all levels, not just for tourism, but for the general well being ...

Article Summary

In his speech, Shaub discusses the four developmental phases of the acculturation process of immigrants in America. In particular, Shaub discusses how some immigrants want to be bicultural, that is, to retain their original personality while developing an American one. Shaub further discuss how culture and religion can influence the bi-culturality of Muslims.

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“Imagine groups of related individuals living together in primitive conditions but still developing some kind of coherent culture. In many cases there would come a day when the tribe had to move---perhaps the food ran out or there was some natural calamity. For whatever reason groups often ...

Federalism is defined as a type of government in which the tasks of governing are constitutionally divided between a central/national government and sub-national units. In the case of United States of America, these units are the fifty states in the country. Under Federalism, the powers to govern are shared between the national and the state government. The whole system of governance and the country involved is often referred to as a federation.

In the United States of America, Federalism has evolved constantly over the period through various amendments in the constitution. The current system of governance cannot be described as any singe ...

Introduction

Democracy is a term which is common in modern days. It can be used to refer to governments. There are so many uprisings in cases where governments are proving to be undemocratic. Citizens have risen against their leaders. Coup deters are witnessed in other countries as a result of lack of democracy.
Africa and Asia are the worlds leading continents which have experienced these uprisings. I can strongly assert that democracy is today a basic need for a country to move forward economically, socially and politically. By way of example, we have witnessed people fighting for their rights in many West African ...

Book Review: Zeitoun

Zeitoun is a non-fiction book by Dave Eggers. The book relates the story of the real-life protagonist, American-Syrian man, Abdulrahman Zeitoun, who chose to stay back in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A well-to-do businessperson, he intended to protect his home and business. He aided the suffering people and animals after the calamity, by making his way around the flooded roads in a canoe. However, he was captured and held without trail by local authorities and National Guardsmen for almost a month, causing much alarm to his American wife, Kathy, and their four children with his sudden disappearance. Egger ...