Essays on Flood

There are many strange similarities between ancient texts of different cultures. Within these narratives, there are different trappings, but many of the stories remain eerily similar across cultural boundaries; within The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Old Testament of the Bible, for instance, there are a number of different stories that are remarkably similar. The story of Gilgamesh and the plant of eternal life is very similar to the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, perhaps the most similar of the stories contained within the Gilgamesh epic and the Old Testament of the Bible Continue reading...

Skeptics are of the opinion that the account of the floods that destroyed nearly everything on earth given in Genesis is actually a modified description of the original story given in the Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI. As far as the dates are concerned, while the Gilgamesh epic is said to have been penned before 2000 BC, the dating of Genesis has been placed by scholars between 1500 BC and 500 BC (Deem 1). This indicates that the Genesis’ flood myth could have indeed been sourced by Biblical authors from the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh. As a result, the Continue reading...

Thesis Statement: By ensuring appropriate urban development patterns, enacting the necessary legislation, and controlling exposure to waste water, the authorities in Jeddah can preserve surface water and improve the living conditions of its people.

Overview

- Surface water is scanty in Jeddah region.
- Average amounts of rainfall received are very low.
- Surface water is not adequate to supply the human population in the region.
- Plenty of rainfall experienced on the Hijaz Mountains and in the high Red Sea Escarpment cause flooding.
- The only form of replenishment is precipitation.
- Despite its scarcity, surface water provides ecosystems Continue reading...

The super bowl is the largest sporting event broadcasted by NBC. Businesses have used this rare opportunity to air their adverts. More than 111 million Americans who watch the event have admitted paying attention to the ads that dominate the event. As the game progresses, companies take this fantastic opportunity to familiarize the consumers with their products, and ultimately increase their sales revenues. Several adverts have prominently featured in the super bowl live broadcasts. Among them are The Muppets steals a car, T-mobile commercial, 'Noah' trailer, coca cola and the jaguar ad.
The Muppets steal a car is an Continue reading...

Chaucer’s, “The Miller’s Tale” is a classic comedic piece that tells a remarkable story. However, the language in the original story can be discouraging to the modern reader. Therefore the writer hopes to present the tale in a modernized version that will help individuals to better understand the story without losing the true meaning of the story. In addition, there is the hope that readers of all ages will be able to understand the modernized version of the story. The writer hopes to tell the legend and life of the carpenter and his wife. After the knight Continue reading...

Introduction: The title of my chosen article is forecast failure: How flood warnings came too late for Southern Albertans. The article is authored by Trevor Howell and Matt Mcclure for the Calgary Herald. It was published in the Calgary Herald 2013. The article talks about a flood that occurred in the High River region of South Alberta. The forecasting agencies were late in issuing warnings to the residents of the High River region and, as a result, a lot of damages that could have been avoided occurred. This article is related to the larger topic of how delayed and Continue reading...

Background/Literature Review

Nature causes all floods despite the fact that some manmade activities also contribute in flooding. The developed nations on the globe including UK and the United States do suffer from losses caused by flooding (Natural Disasters-Floods). For instance, the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina that took place between 2005 and 2009 were intensified due to manmade activities (Shrum, 2014).

Classification of Flooding

Floods can be classified into river and coastal floods. Mandych (2011) defined river floods as inundations of river valleys that are caused by high waters running downstream. This is the most frequent and widespread type of floods. He added that river Continue reading...

Amongst natural disasters, flooding is one of the chief crises that befall our cities and towns. Flooding can occur for a variety of different reasons, including excessive rainfall, melting of snow in mountainous regions or even due to seismic activities such as Tsunamis. The purpose of writing this paper is mainly to acquaint the reader with the consequences of flooding and the steps one could take to save lives as well as protect oneself from harm.
This topic primarily interests me because of the fact that flooding as a natural disaster is widespread geographically. Unlike blizzards, tornadoes and other Continue reading...

Henry Frick was born in West Overton, Pennsylvania in 1849 ("Henry Clay Frick"). He amassed a fortune from his coke and steel business, and he was extremely respected among 19th century industrial magnates for his business and accounting acumen. He became the head of the Carnegie Steel Company; however, after years of contention with Andrew Carnegie, Frick formed the United States Steel Corporation ("Henry Clay Frick"). Known among his contemporaries as a quiet philanthropist, a dedicated family man, and an avid art collector, Frick was not respected or well-liked by the general public. Competing business owners and working class Continue reading...

Venice and Maldives are two of the world's island regions covered almost completely by water. These regions have some similarities and differences which make then much important. A study on Venice and Maldives will reveal features present in them and the problems both regions are facing at the present point in time.

Venice

The city of Venice and seaport is located in Italy in Veneto region. It is located within 118 minor islands which are linked with the bridges and separated by canals. The beauty of this situation is its artworks and architecture characterization that distinguish it. Venice has a Continue reading...

The NSSL website delves deep into the nature and features of flood. The section ‘Basics’ describes the conditions which can be termed as floods and documents the destructive capability of flashfloods. The section is very enlightening as it provides an overview of the places prone to floods and also gives a comprehensive view of the risks of flash floods and the areas in jeopardy from the natural calamity. The causes behind floods are also discussed in detail. The nest section goes on to describe the different types of flood: river flood, coastal flood, storm surge, inland flooding and flash Continue reading...

Introduction

Covenant refers to a mutual agreement between two people that carries a pledge or promise for the future. One of the most important themes of Hebrew Bible is a covenant between the almighty God and His people or followers. In biblical interpretation, the word covenant contains more underlying meanings than a simple contract or agreement between two people. Derived from the Hebrew word ‘berith’, a covenant is "an agreement enacted between two parties in which one or both make promises under oath to perform or refrain from certain actions stipulated in advance" (Mendenhall and Herion 1 :1179). The word ‘ Continue reading...

Introduction

Flooding is one of the hydrological disasters, which is mainly an overflow of a vast water mass subsequently submerging land and causing destruction to property. A natural disaster constitutes an adverse or negative environmental event, resulting from unusual earth or geological processes and usually causes harm to for example; property damage, loss of lives and general population displacement. For the overflow to be termed as a flood, it must have submerged land which is under normal circumstances not covered by water. Therefore the flood water must occupy the land normally used by man for other purposes, for example farming Continue reading...

Definition of Mitigation

Mitigation refers to the use of sustained actions to decrease or eliminate the risks to people and property from hazards and their effects (Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola, 2010). Mitigation is done to ensure that people and structures are protected. This helps in the process of reducing any costs that may be used in response and recovery.

How Mitigation Differs from other Emergency Disciplines

Mitigation differs from other emergency management disciplines because it is aimed at developing long-term solutions to reducing risk. The other disciplines such as preparedness to hazards, response to hazards and recovery offer short-term solutions to the effects of hazards (Haddow, Bullock, and Coppola, Continue reading...

Part 1

There are very low chances for a flood of more magnitude than that of 1990 to occur. The probability of occurrence of the 1990 flood was 0.06. This indicates that probability of occurrence of the flood in the year was substantially low. 6/100 is a substantially low frequency. This means that, probability of occurrence of a greater flooding than this is insignificantly low because it is less than six percent, hence, it is negligible. A flood of a greater magnitude than that of 1990 is unexpected; this is an important point to consider in determining what prevention measures are Continue reading...

A good number of people are familiar with the Biblical Genesis flood narrative, but they probably are not aware of how similar it is to flood myth in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The similarities between the two flood accounts are quite stark. The biggest thing that makes them so alike is their main theme. Then again, the smaller details of the events that occur in both stories are considerably different. The parallels between both narratives have also been recognized by secular scholars. However, others simply label these connections as nothing but shared mythology (Graves). The question remains: Is the Continue reading...

Introduction

Marilynne Robinson brings us a story of women in her novel, Housekeeping. Most of the characters on the novel are women. Men are not featured in this novel. Robinson sets the novel so that only women are left alone. We are told of the tedious tasks that these women had. We are introduced of Ruth and Lucille, her younger sister. They were brought up by many caretakers. Many questions sprout regarding the mystery of the many caretakers of these girls. Could it be their behavior that made them move from one caretaker to another? All these questions abound, there Continue reading...

Introduction

Natural disasters tend to have significant implications. These include collapsing of buildings, which translate to loss of life and destruction of property worth a lot of money. Natural disasters include earthquakes, floods, volcanoes, and extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes, lighting, storms, and mass movements. Each of these natural disasters requires the design of the building to incorporate an element or a factor, which avoid or reduce the impact of the natural disaster or how it will resist the natural disaster. In the design of buildings, earthquakes are of significant importance since they result to a lot of damage Continue reading...

Question 1

The type of flood occurred at Tarbela Dam around July 29th was an overbank flooding; the high precipitations filled the river Indus, the water within the river reach peak discharge and overflows its river banks and spreads across the surrounding areas.

Question 2

The Chashma Barrage experienced twenty five floods as outlined below.
28-Jul-10 643.30
29-Jul-10 645.40
30-Jul-10 640.30
31-Jul-10 640.00
1-Aug-10 640.00
3-Aug-10 640.00
4-Aug-10 640.00
5-Aug-10 641.00
6-Aug-10 641.00
7-Aug-10 640.40
8-Aug-10 640.00
9-Aug-10 640.00
10-Aug-10 639.20
11-Aug-10 639.00
12-Aug-10 639.00
13-Aug-10 639.00
14-Aug-10 640.00
15-Aug-10 641.00
16-Aug-10 642.00
17-Aug-10 642.00
18-Aug-10 642.50
19-Aug-10 642.50
20-Aug-10 643.00
21-Aug-10 643.00
Continue reading...

Curt Flood was a slave who had more personal issues than he could handle. His is a true story of the fact that money cannot necessarily guarantee you the freedom that you need. Despite his fame and the fact that he had a reasonable income, he was haunted by the fact that he was a slave and that he could not have freedom. This is mainly the issue that was even reflected to his career as a baseball player where he thought his rights were being undermined simply because he was a slave. I believe things would have been Continue reading...

The Noah’s Flood is a play adopted from the biblical story of the manner with which God rescued a few of his followers from a terrible flood that wiped out the entire human race. In the beginning, God told Noah that he would have to put an end to all the people on the universe because their deeds were evil and violent. Noah was the only man of good faith in whom God had placed his trust because God believed that his ways were chaste. God asked him to build an ark and put his entire family in Continue reading...

I pity those people that have been affected by a deluge of rapidly increasing flood water at the hype of a tumultuous typhoon. Watching the news around the world has led me to recognize most devastating natural disasters that have been made worse by tidal waves. Who could forget the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011? As a mere spectator, I was shocked at the extent of devastation and not even a powerful nation like Japan, who allegedly had been immensely prepared especially to address natural disasters like earthquakes, could prevent, control, or mitigate the outcome. Only Continue reading...

Finbarr Barry Flood (2002) in his essay "Between Cult and Culture: Bamiyan, Islamic Iconoclasm, and the Museum," discussed the concerns and ideas about Islamic iconoclasm. The main focus of the essay is the Muslim's iconoclastic practices in India and Afghanistan. Among the issues discussed in the essay is the traditional patterns of Islamic iconoclasm, its various paradoxes that distort the conventional understanding of Isamic iconoclasm. In definition, iconoclasm is the practice or an iconoclast attitude of opposing the use of images in a religion (Martin 1930, p. 1). Often seen as an act venerating statues and pictures that sacred Continue reading...

1. Introduction

Climate change is only one of the adverse affects that experts claim would result from global warming if it were not prevented from happening through the decrease or elimination of greenhouse gas emissions. As such, experts have constantly warned governments about the possible risks. Already, we see this happening in the natural disasters that we’ve experienced over the past two decades. One such incident recently happened in Jeddah, particularly in the year 2009, when heavy rains caused an extensive damage to the city.

In this regard, this paper will perform an analysis of the said 2009 Continue reading...

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 Continue reading...

Introduction

A community is made up of a group of people living in close proximity to one another and is united by similar goals. The latter part of that statement is actually very crucial because it is what determines whether or not a community can sustain itself for a long time. The strength of the people’s unity and their ability to settle on their community goals are indicators of just how much they can coexist with one another. Coexisting, after all, is the main essence of a community. And there is no better way to demonstrate coexistence than by Continue reading...

Introduction

Covenant refers to a mutual agreement between two people that carries a pledge or promise for the future. One of the most important themes of Bible is a covenant between the almighty God and His people or followers. In biblical interpretation, the word covenant contains more underlying meanings than a simple contract or agreement between two people. Derived from the Hebrew word ‘berith’, a covenant is "an agreement enacted between two parties in which one or both make promises under oath to perform or refrain from certain actions stipulated in advance" (Mendenhall and Herion 1 :1179). The word has Continue reading...

In the following pages of this article Michael Flood (2008) outlines the plight of the American father to ask a question, ‘what’s wrong with father’s rights.’ In essence by advocating father’s rights, as movements emerging in response to feminism and domestic violence Flood (2008) explains the phenomenon from the perspective of its impact on the movement itself (Flood, 2008).
Precisely, he views this issue as drawing unnecessary attention to men and their role as fathers to the extent of it raising antagonistic sentiments towards feminist activities. Further, he highlights the politics of this issue to show Continue reading...

Almost all the religions of the world have imagined the great flood which was meant to destroy the civilization from the earth. Most of the flood related stories discuss a hero who fights the flood, survives and causes the continuance of the humanity on the earth. This paper discusses different and popular versions of the great flood.
The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most popular Babylonian tales and according to this story, a king finds Ut-napistim while in quest of immortality. The gods say “previously Ut-napištim was a human being. But now let Ut-napištim and Continue reading...

Introduction

The modern practices and belief systems are traceable to ancient societies. These modern societies are a product of the evolution of the ancient civilizations through a period spanning many centuries. The modern society has not replicated the ancient civilization; it has modified the ancient practices to fit the current needs and geographical conditions. The modern social systems in art, fashion, religion, language, science, economy and political administration have their foundation in the ancient ideologies. One of the ancient civilizations that have a profound effect to the modern society is the ancient Mesopotamia. Through its successive insightful and visionary leaders, Continue reading...

Introduction

Natural hazards and disasters such as floods, bush fires, typhoons, tornadoes, earthquakes among others have caused immense loss of life (human, animal and even plant life) as well as destruction of property for as long as the world has existed. Advancements in education, science and technology have enabled man to predict the occurrence, prepare and even respond better to natural disasters than was the case several years ago (Srivastava & Lucie, 462). Today, governments have set up special departments such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) housed under the Department of Homeland Security as a special team to build, Continue reading...

Throughout much of world history, the advent of the rainy seasons has been seen as a positive. Indeed, in ancient Egypt, the arrival of floodwaters down the Nile River were a vital part of the cycle of life, as those floodwaters brought with them the fertile silt that would line the riverbanks the rest of the year, allowing farmers to plant and cultivate crops. The Nile river god and the sun god, Ra, were the two primary deities of that culture – if they did not deliver, then people would starve. Throughout much of Asia, the monsoon season – characterized by Continue reading...

Learning Organization and the Five Disciplines:

Introduction:
Peter Senge (2006) had described learning organizations as those where employees would persistently strive to develop and expand their abilities so that they could achieve desired results, where they could be able to nurture the innovative and extensive thinking patterns aiming to achieve mutual goals and objectives, and they would discover to envision the “whole together”.
I completely agree with his idea and believe that the rationale for firms in today’s competitive environment is that only those firms would excel who would acclimatize, become flexible as well as creative in situations of rapid change. In order to Continue reading...

Introduction

The creation theory is vividly explained in the first book of the bible. Through a keen eye, one cannot help but see the contradiction from the two chapters. Chapter one of genesis adduces that human beings were created after all the animals. Chapter one of the book of Genesis also contends that man and woman were created simultaneously. In utter contradiction, chapter two of the same book, Genesis, offers that the first man was created before the animals. The chapter also adds that the first woman was created from the man’s rib after the animals were created. The Continue reading...

Natural disasters are part of day-to-day life. Unlike human generated disasters or hazards, natural disasters cannot be avoided as they are driven by forces of nature. This paper aims to look at 2 scenarios of natural disasters that can take place and affect an Early-Childhood development institution, such as Head Start Programme.
The very first step would be to identify the disasters that the particular childhood setting may be exposed to. I have selected a Hurricane prone area that is also in flood prone.

Hurricanes

The very second step after realizing that the setting is prone to hurricanes, is to Continue reading...

1.) Why did New Orleans flood? Include both types of levees, a discussion of wetlands and the modification the the Mississippi River.

New Orleans flooded for a variety of reasons. The first and most prominent reason that New Orleans flooded was the fact that it is seven to ten feet below sea level. The city of New Orleans is actually shaped like a bowl, so once water began flooding in, it is just following the course of gravity, which means flooding into the center of the city. In “The Storm that Drowned a City,” they describe the shape of Continue reading...

20-8: A Question of Ethics New Orleans Paddlewheels, Inc. (NOP), is a Louisiana corporation formed in 1982, when James Smith, Sr., and Warren Reuther were its only shareholders, with each holding 50 percent of the stock. NOP is part of a sprawling enterprise of tourism and hospitality companies in New Orleans. The positions on the board of each company were split equally between the Smith and Reuther families. At Smith’s request, his son James Smith, Jr. (JES), became involved in the businesses. In 1999, NOP’s board elected JES as president, in charge of day-to-day operations, and Reuther Continue reading...

Australia, being both a country and a continent, is home to different races of mankind. And among the white people that we have known as the common faces of Australians today, Indigenous or Aboriginal people also occupy a space. Aboriginal people were the primary inhabitants of Australia before its colonization in late 1700s by the European mariners (Australian Government, 2008:web). Up until this day, Australian Indigenous population is struggling very hard to preserve the culture they once established. Nowadays, Indigenous people of Australia, closely adhering to their culture, are the modern faces of poverty and discrimination in the land Continue reading...

Introduction

A tempestuous storm with force of winds up to 300 miles an hour is recognized as tornado. Shaped like a funnel, tornado appears to be a gray or black colored cloud moving towards the ground from its base of origin. An average tornado proceeds from southwest to northwest at a speed of 30-70 miles/hour but it can move into any direction or stay stationary in extremely rare cases. Tornadoes are sometimes accompanied by hurricanes. Tornadoes are atmospheric hazards that have the strength to uproot buildings and trees and turn them into deadly missiles within seconds. They are the most Continue reading...

Blues music often tells us much more about the attitude of a singer - it can tell us the attitude of the place where the song is set as well. Blues often captures the feel of the American locales that inspire their artists, or helps to solidify the problems that these people have with where they are. Blues singers use setting to infuse that blues identity into their songs, and likewise infuse those places with the blues identity by singing about them. Robert Johnson's "Sweet Home Chicago", The Paul Butterfield Blues Band's "Born in Chicago," Albert King's "Born Under Continue reading...