Essays on Hurricane Katrina

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina is considered the largest national disaster in the United States. It led to the death of around 1,800 people and other tens of thousands were left homeless. It came four years after 9/11 and the government had been proactive in creating response plans for such disasters. Katrina led to a number of national crises that were primarily caused by two reasons. One, the hurricane Katrina itself and two, the collapse of the levees that had been built to protect the city. Aside from this, there was a problem in the management of the crisis. The local, ...

Over a long time, there have been witnessed various disasters that occur beyond human control. The natural disaster tends to take place any time of the year regardless of whether tourism is at its peak or not (Ritchie et al. 15). Therefore, it happens that at times the natural disasters become one of the most challenging situations people encounter at diverse economic regimes. In most countries, a natural disaster has led to the loss of lives of many people including the tourists. Moreover, it is evident that natural disaster does not choose the place to occur, and hence it ...

Q1 Based on the best quote, “Take whatever idiot they have at the top of whatever agency and give me a better idiot Give me a caring idiot, give me a sensitive idiot, just don’t give me the same idiot” by the president of the Jefferson Parish, Aaron Broussard and the words from James Lee Wit that states “we promised to make an agency that could deliver on the political promises” (Cooper & Block, 2006). This suggests that FEMA was expected to provide the best services that were related to homeland security, for instance dealing with disaster, Hurricane Katrina ...

Development of long-term recovery plan following a disaster is an essential and complicated process. Communities affected by a disaster need to measure its impact before formulating a plan. The preparation can last for several months since it needs enormous resources. Hurricane Katrina remains the most destructive natural disaster in United States' history. It affected several areas in the country (Pratt, 2016). Communities in New Orleans city were the most affected. The city is located along Mississippi River. Hurricanes and flooding are major sources of disasters. New Orleans has been affected by other hazards such as drinking water pollution and ...

Abstract

The Hurricane Katrina is considered the most devastating storm in the United States due to its magnitude of destruction and the casualties involved. Though the weather forecasters had predicted about the storm, the American government had not put any measures to deal with the catastrophe. As a result, the Gulf Coast States that was hit hardest by Katrina lost properties worth billions as well as thousands of lives. The parties involved in the rescue process included the Army Corps, Coast Guards, as well as FEMA. The Katrina hurricane recorded the government inefficiency in two levels. The first one is ...

Learner's Full Name

Assignment Title Politics- Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Civil Rights Events The end of the civil war in America abolished slavery but racism still persisted in the country with segregation in education, public transport and housing being very prevalent. The civil rights movement in America has a long history and African-Americans have been fighting for equal rights since the beginning of the last century. Two events from the civil rights movement paved the way for stronger legislation and changes in how the African Americans were treated. On 17th May 1954, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education ...

Introduction

Among the eight areas that were identified that need policy changes so that FEMA can improve its capabilities is their procurement. Many may overlook this aspect when talking about how FEMA may improve or how it can affect operations in times of emergencies, but this aspect is essential for FEMA. Its improvement will help FEMA’s ability to respond, aid and reconstruct when dealing with emergencies, particularly Hurricane Katrina, to improve (Bea, 2007). This paper will likewise analyze this particular area of change (procurement) and determine how changes in this area can improve FEMA’s capability.

Body

The changes in ...

Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst storms that hit the United States in the recent past, and the government is still to blame for the damages it did to the citizens of the United States.

The Pros and Cons of Federalism

Pros of Federalism It gives communities the greatest role in shaping their lives: The US is a vast country inhabited by diverse populations spread over different geographical locations. For instance, federalism gave the people of New Orleans the opportunity to reconstruct itself after it was hit by the storm (The Storm n. p). Federalism also ensures that there is a solid integration of ...

Business and Society

Business and Society

The American Red Cross was established in 1881 by Clara Barton as an independent organization supported by public donations and volunteerism. The organization’s primary mission is the provision of relief to disaster victims and help people to prepare for, prevent and respond to emergencies and disasters (ARC, 2012). According to the article, the organization has been criticized in the recent past because of critical and key ethical issues surrounding its operations. The organization, a non-profit humanitarian initiative, has been widely criticized for the way it handled two disasters in the American history (Gilliard & Khandekar, 2011). ...

The song titled Formation is a black power trap anthem sang by songstress Beyoncé Knowles. This song opens up the soul and speaks to us on numerous levels. Its main aim is to clearly bring out the oppression and liberation of the black population in the United States of America (Scribner 5). This is due to the fact that both the visuals as well as the textual lyrics in the song aim at embracing the black race. Beyoncé in the song struggles to shun the stereotyping of the black population. She advocates for the liberation of their suppressed voices ...

Abstract

This project serves to focus on the country of Saudi Arabia and how the nation, handles school preparedness when it comes to disasters. Saudi Arabia is a developing country. The researcher argues that more need to be done in making sure children are protected in a developing society when a disaster happens. Some of the disasters explored in the discussion include fires, earthquakes, hurricanes and terrorist attacks. The researcher believes that while there is potential to rectify this issue, more future research needs to be done. In the exploration of the topic, the author found that there were vulnerabilities ...

Following the devastation which was brought about by the Hurricane Katrina and the consequent unsteady response that it was accorded by different agencies, the roles of the federal government come up as extremely pivotal in averting national crises such as the latter and even the September 11th attacks. It is in this light that the following article will present a discussion on the benefits of federalism and how it might constrain federal outreach, as well as, too much power. This also comes up in light of the public’s dissatisfaction with the manner in which the government responded to ...

The existing framework for homeland security (HS) never offered the required system to handle issues posed by Hurricane Katrina. Even though homeland security designed a response framework, which ably manages the requirements of a catastrophic threats, wildfires, as well as artificial calamities, the framework had structural drawbacks for managing Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina had significant effect on homeland security (HS) environment because of some flaws within national preparedness. These flaws were apparent in the processes for sound or unified control of the national disaster response, knowledge of the plan for preparedness, control or command structures in the Federal administration, ...

Communication and Problem Solving Practices in Public Safety Agencies

Abstract Communication and problem solving are necessary for public safety agencies to be effective. Employees cannot adequately respond to disasters if they do not have the correct information or the information at all. Historically, public service agencies have used different communication protocols and equipment. This has resulted in a severe lack of coordination to disasters and emergencies that require the cooperation of different public safety agencies. The September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and Hurricane Katrina are prime examples of the lack of coordinated communication and problem solving amongst different agencies. New technologies such as geographical ...

Introduction to Manual

This manual comprehensively explores the impact of natural disasters on students. While the capstone provides a general account of the issue, it later focuses on the country of Saudi Arabia. The information takes a clear look at different natural disasters and categorize them by their regions. Yet, one of the arguments is that a natural disaster can occur anywhere and part of the goal of a government is to prepare citizens for a “just in case”. There are different scenarios that play out in this project. The focal point of the research is the goal in making sure children ...

Abstract

This paper represents few particular set-backs on different levels of government in response to Hurricane Katarina. This is paper is by no means written with intention to fault individuals. Rather, its purpose is to look and examine some of the issues that took place during and after Katrina. We can certainly assume that everyone involved in emergency response sincerely wanted to do their best. And I'm sure that many emergency responders made significant sacrifices to save lives. For anything if we make any judgments, it should be against those who hide, deny or devalues mistakes and so prevents society ...

Based on the response political leaders had to Hurricane Katrina, it appears there is a link between inefficiency and ethical behavior. For example, it is ethical to be equally prepared for any natural disaster, regardless of the location or population that the natural disaster might impact. However, Hurricane Katrine primarily impacted African American individuals who were impoverished. Moreover, it was cited many times that most of the deaths and struggles occurring during Hurricane Katrina could have been avoided had dams been repaired when city council members requested government stipends, and recommended it be done. Though this would not have ...

1) The main difference between the terrorist hazard and the natural and technological disasters is the issue of causation. All terrorist acts are deliberate and have the purpose. On the contrary, the natural and technological disasters are non-intended. Therefore, the terrorist acts may be prevented, if the government s and other organizations take the proper action. In the case of the natural and technological disasters one may reduce the risk of technological disasters, but cannot avoid the natural disasters. 2) The goal of the emergency management in regards to the terrorism threat is to increase security via five phases: ...

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina touched ground in Louisiana in August 2005. The resulting lack of coordination in a catastrophe of this size by federal agencies led to large numbers of evaluations, reports, and recommendations for improvement. Particularly under fire was the FEMA organization tasked with management of the disaster operations. The inability to coordinate local, state, and federal resources lead to billions of dollars in waste and additional loss of life secondary to lack of food, water, and shelter. Government policies and restrictions in addition to complicated definitions of responsibility delayed relief for the stricken areas by as much as a ...

Humankind is susceptible to many situations which are sudden and take people unawares, wrought by both nature and mankind. These situations are known as emergencies and wreak huge losses to life and property. Although modern technologies have devised sound meteorological systems that may warn us of impending natural calamities such as earthquakes, volcanoes, cyclones, Tsunamis etc., the losses suffered cannot be fully recovered because Government machinery is never sufficient to deal with the magnitude of the disaster. Modernization of facilities to make living style easier has in its wake exposed human kind to many dangers. Exposure to these dangers ...

Introduction

The disruptions from natural and unnatural disasters exposes salient and pertinent long standing social structures into people’s consciousness, and forces individuals and institutions to confront problems—some of which had already existed but have become more evident and alarming after disasters, while some are produced or are resurfaced by disaster events. Weak social structures, for example, such as unpreparedness, power struggles, corruption and evident biases towards the affluent tend to become more evident especially in post-disaster evaluation and rehabilitation. This paper explores on two articles that discusses the current normative state of disaster response and rehabilitation politics in ...

Nowadays, effective home security and proper disaster risk reduction management has already been an important aspect for everyone. With the kind of living that we have at present, there is already a need for public safety and security, particularly in times of disasters and natural calamities. However, the fact that natural disasters and emergency risks are far more extreme and different in scope than those of home security and safety, I guess that the two points shall be separated together. At least, there shall be a specific alliance or organization that shall handle home security and safety, while there ...

The Effects of Climate Change on Allergies and Asthma Cases

Since the discovery of global warming or climate change, scientists have been warning the public of the possible implications this phenomenon could bring. They highlight erratic and severe weather patterns, changing ecosystems and the persistence of diseases that cannot easily be treated. While skeptics remain ignorant over these warnings and governments trying to make amends over their national policies, statistics show that these warnings should be taken seriously especially with regards to respiratory diseases such as asthma and allergies. However, it is a question as to what impacts climate change has towards the prevalence on allergies and asthma cases ...

ABSTRACT

Hurricane Katrina proved to be one the largest natural disasters to occur in the United States. This storm devastated parts of the south, particularly Louisiana. High winds, rains and the breaking of levees left mass flooding and the drowning of entire neighborhoods. The emergency response from the government proved to be highly disorganized, inefficient and lacked the needed supplies to meet the needs of those requiring medical attention, food, water and shelter. In fact, some argue that the disaster lasted longer because of organizations like FEMA whose efforts many call a great failure. Since then many suggestions have been ...

Concerning Hurricane Katrina, the National Government tried their best when assisting the people of Louisiana. Efforts to raise money for food and resources, for example, fell short of efforts made to help those after 9/11, as well as those made in other countries after disasters. The U.S. ended up receiving international aid, unable to help their own in a timely manner. While many groups, such as DMAT, VMAT, and DMORT, were activated the day before the hurricane made landfall. Many made a field hospital in Baton Rouge were over 4,000 patients were treated or airlifted. More than 15, ...

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Chapter 7

The book presented the occurring chaos within and outside of the hospital as something that is severely serious for the simple argument that there were already orders to stop all forms of medications for patients who might require medical assistance. This implies that that the hospital came to a point that it necessarily has to stop refer to the situation in its finality. When the nurses were asked to stop all forms of medication and the administration of IV fluids, this implies that the medical staff, most especially the physicians were ready to euthanized the patients and ...

Hurricane Katrina was the worst disaster to hit the United States since the 9/11 attacks. In the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, the US Department of Homeland Security came up with a host of plans and restructured FEMA at the cost of billions of dollars. Despite all the spending and planning, the chinks in the armor were apparent before and after Hurricane Katrina. The forecast of the Hurricane along with its destructive capability and target path gave several cities ample time to evacuate hundreds of citizens before the storm struck. There were two days warning from 24 ...

FEMA was in charge of housing displaced residents during Hurricane Katrina. Initially, it sought to provide trailers for families. Roughly two thirds of the trailers did not make it to the disaster area and local jurisdictions voted to ban the trailers. FEMA then provided hotel rooms instead of trailers to the displaced residents. If I was in charge of the evacuation and housing efforts I would do several things. Firstly, I would evacuated residents to a temporary location is as a school gymnasium or a stadium. At this point the residents would be sorted and housing would be assigned ...

Some of the first emergency management examples are Hurricane Andrew, Hurricane Katrina, the Buffalo snowstorm, and California wildfires.

The federal government has a secondary role in managing public risk. The constitution gives this power to the states, and the federal government is only called in the state cannot handle the situation. The Flood Control Act of 1936 was signed into Law in 1936. It gave the United States Army Corps of Engineers the ability to build infrastructure to mitigate the effects of floods. The Cold War brought the United States and Russia close nuclear war. This would have been detrimental to the world. It did however push the United States towards preparing for the potential nuclear fallout.

The San Fernando earthquake led to the creation of the National Flood Insurances Program.

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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 ...

Abstract

The presidency of George.W. Bush has been one of the most criticized and controversial of all American presidencies. Although he is known widely for his misadventures in the war against terror, Bush enacted some important domestic and international policies that has had wide reaching impacts on the foreign policy and the economy of the country. An assessment of his policies on war, education, healthcare, immigration and humanitarian efforts portray of picture of a president who took tough decisions during difficult times. Some of his decisions were criticized heavily and led to a dip in his popularity ratings and some are still ...

Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst disasters ever to hit the Americas. Though the country is endowed with much resources and great technological devices, yet it appeared as if the disaster got the nation by surprise. The response units seemed uncoordinated (Roth and Levine Para 2) while the rescue units took too long to respond to the disaster. Using the critical thinking approach, I could have taken a different approach to the disaster. This would be informed by the application of the analysis, assessment, and reconstruction of the problem (Critical Thinking Organization Para 2). Below is a description of the ...

- Social impacts of Hurricane Katrina

According to the Environment Public Health Impacts of Disasters Workshop (2007), the social impacts of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and Louisiana include loss of lives, mental health problems, loss of recreation activities, shortage of housing, air pollution, improper drainage systems, limited medical services, vector infestation, food contamination, and the challenge of unwatering flooded areas (p. 17).

When the hurricane hit Louisiana, a significant number of people who chose to remain behind during evacuation lost their lives. Some drowned in their homes while others were swept away by the floods. The hurricane destroyed homes, ...

Section 1 (524-7)

Interpretive frame is when an individual or a particular party uses rhetorical responses to a particular situation in a given society. This text examines the hurricane Katrina and some of the things people speculated based on the people living in New Orleans based on their racial profile. One of the things that the text describes is how Hurricane Katrina exposed the racism embedded in the country. According to Harris and Carbado, there were two controversial photos of Katrina victims wading through the water carrying bags that flowed in the media. Most of the media captions stereotyped an African American who was pictured ...

Question 1

Racial prejudice continues to play significant roles in the contemporary American society as evidenced by the essay loot or find by Harris and Carbado.

Question 2

Many scholars and civic society continues to argue that racial prejudice is outdated. However, the two distinctive authors Harris and Carbado, of the essay loot or find brings out great sense of sarcasm in the entire concept.

The two authors strive to bring out the idea racial prejudice in the current American society using the events of the hurricane Katrina. The authors utilized two image photographs’ captured by two different photographers from two different media ...

Communication refers to sending a message from one party to another through a given medium. It is essential to note that for communication to take place, the party being targeted by the message must actually receive the message. This simple definition highlights three significant components of any communication process. These are; the sender of the message, the medium being used to transfer or transmit the message and the recipient of the message. The role of these three components becomes even more critical during communication in crisis situations. The New Orleans incident can be used illustratively. Emergency teams co-coordinating rescue operations had ...

Political science

Response to Carine’s Forum Post

The main reason for the formation of FEMA was provide assistance to all citizens of the United States in case of a disaster as clearly defined by the Stafford act section 302. However, FEMA is also supposed to build on the government’s preparedness to manage disasters. The state and local grant assistance program have not always favored FEMA.

When catastrophic events occur, FEMA finds itself at loggerheads majorly due to its unpreparedness and financial constraints. However, years back, the organization was highly accused of misusing disaster management funds. For instance, when Florida was ...

Introduction:

When we speak of the public sphere, we think of public opinion and this is borne out by Jurgen Habermas accordingly in his various books and scholarly articles. The transmission of news is essential to development of public opinion due to the fact that this opinion is constantly shaped by what is fed by the news cycle and the media networks. Habermas points out various ways how the news cycle affects public opinion and we shall analyse these in detail below.

Literature review

Habermas remains an important figure with regard to the implementation of public policy and the effects of the ...

Module 8 Geology: Coastal Processes and Terrain

Sediments are transported along coastlines by several processes. Rivers deposit sediments as they enter wetlands and oceans. Tidal fluxes are constantly depositing and eroding sand while waves erode sand and deposit it somewhere else. Wetland and coastal dune vegetation retains sediments. Storm surges can dramatically erode coastal sediments. Coastal sand transport by all these methods are complex. But, the issue has become more complex with human impacts on the natural processes. Flood control measures and the damming of rivers decreases the downstream deposition of sediment. Sediment starvation of these areas typically results in our replacement of sand on ...

Human service professionals learn practical skills, techniques and strategies so they can successfully intervene when families have been impacted by a crisis. A crisis may be in the form of a natural disaster such as a tornado, hurricane and/or flood. Each family is unique, therefore the way they handle the trauma of a crisis will be different for each family and for each family member. Predicting what the needs of a family will be if they experience a crisis is almost impossible. A crisis intervention professional has many resources available; a crisis intervention model is valuable as a guide for efficiently and effectively helping a family deal with ...

Abstract

The problem of climate change and its effects to living organisms such as humans has already been proven by many studies and now many are questioning if Natural Hazards such as Hurricanes can be affected by this change. Hurricanes are known in many names in regions, given their formation type and their composition. It also is a common calamity in the Northern Atlantic and in the Pacific, the latter naming hurricanes as tropical cyclones. The debate upon the effects of climate change in hurricanes is still contested by scientists. On the one hand, some scientists have seen the evidences that ...

Personally, the question seems to be a simple matter to most people but it made me think that it should be seriously answered in accordance with the facts gathered. There are many things or lessons should be learned from hurricane Katrina, in general, the entire Nations should prepare for a most tragic event that will happen anytime and anywhere. On the part of the government, I would say that it is one of the most degrading episodes of its services. Before the tragic event, the government was responsible to the guide, especially, the local administrations for them to act promptly ...

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 ...

Part A

In the following two scenarios the lives of a black female and white male with distinctly different lifestyles are described. Evidence of the wide gaps in society are clearly displayed by the following two examples. The black female is born to a single mother who has a high school education; currently unemployed after losing her full-time job at a school cafeteria after Hurricane Katrina forced the school to shut down. In addition to the loss of her mother’s full-time job loss after Hurricane Katrina, the family also lost their rental home, leaving them no option but to live in a FEMA trailer. ...

According to experts, the storm was as a result of a tropical depression that had formed in the Bahamas early on in August 23, 2005. Although the authorities in metrology were able to warn the authorities earlier, the federal government remains accused of taking its time evacuating people in the Gulf Coast (U.S. House of Representatives, 2006). According to a warning that was passed by the National Weather Service, the Gulf Coast would become inhabitable for months after the hurricane hit. According to statistics, New Orleans has been hit nearly five times before Katrina. However, experts state that Katrina remains the worst ...

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 ...

Introduction

Hurricane Katrina was recorded as the most deadliest and destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone. It occurred in the season of Atlantic hurricane. It is a natural disaster which is recorded as one of the costliest disasters. In addition, this is a natural disaster classified under five other deadliest hurricanes, in the whole history of the US. Hurricane Katrina appeared as the sixth most intense hurricane in the 2005 season (Brenner, 2007). An approximate of one thousand eight hundred and thirty three people died as a result of this natural disaster. There were subsequent floods during this disaster making it a deadliest hurricane in the ...

A combination of the tropical wave and the tropical depression was formed over the Southeastern Bahamas on August 23rd, which was the beginning of hurricane Katrina. The following day this formation was labeled as a tropical storm and given its name, Katrina. This tropical storm was approaching towards Florida, and it was not considered a hurricane until it hit Hallandale Beach and Aventura on August 25th (Zimmerman, 2012). The intensity of the storm reduced as it approached land but it regained the pressure an hour prior to entering the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane moved from category 3 to category 5 ...

Write Up

The scenario involved the Hurricane Katrina, which was a big catastrophe that occurred in the United States. It caused floods in the city of New Orleans and other towns such as Florida, Alabama and Mississippi it caused people to be stranded. The author wanted to inquire why the government’s response was taking long to provide help to the victims. The author became curious since other personnel such as the media could access the area whereas help was not forthcoming from the relevant authorities. This result to the research question was the government’s response motivated by racism?

The Body

The relevant ...

The hurricane Katrina occurred on 29, August 2005 and affected the city of New Orleans and the small towns of Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida. The government response was very poor. In twenty four hours soon after the Katrina occurred, the whole world had known that, majority of the affected were blacks. The media was filming and reporting without any rescues on site. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) claimed that they could not get through yet the media had gone through. Harry Connick, Jr, said that he was able to get to New Orleans without any difficult. On 26, ...

Discuss specific examples of how Musicians' Village fosters a sense of community among its residents.

Musicians' Village is a neighborhood in New Orleans, which was built mostly for musicians after the hurricane Katrina. 80% of people who live in this community are musicians. That is one example of how Musician's Village fosters a sense of community. Music is very important for people living there. They believe they breathe music and that it is in the air, in the water, and for them music is everything. Al "Carnival Time" Johnson says that music is a form of life in New Orleans. Another resident, Michael Harris, says that he was in Brazil at the time of hurricane Katrina. There ...

Leaning against a fashionable chair in one of the greatest hotels in the states was Mary Johnson. She had a reason to have a sense pride as a resident of a place boasting of centuries’ old architecture and an invigorating culture made up of blends of African, Spanish, French as well as several Native American aspects (Larson 27). Bourbon Street lights her mind at the coastal joint in the south east city of New Orleans, the state of Louisiana, as she waits for her husband Harry Kewell who had been out on an official appointment. Time tickles beyond their planned time and she decides ...

Sustainable Development Plan

Introduction Sustainable development plan is a preparation that guides a city to face present and future challenges. This plan includes seeking unique opportunities of the city and focusing on land use challenges in order to obtain a developed city and to produce a long-term resolution for environmental, social and economic challenges ahead. The recent devastation in New Orleans and the areas around it delivers the city as well as the region with a significant opportunity. The opportunity is rebuilding the communities in the city, in which their rich history will be promoted while making a new interpretation of a developed city of the 21st century. ...

New Orleans has been known for the revamping nature in the academic system. The charter system is being embraced at an alarming rate. The former is considered as a lab where advancements related to technology could be tested before their presentation into public schools. Presently, forty-two states support charters as an option for customary schools, and enlistment has been realized, especially in urban areas. In New Orleans, forty-four of the city's students go to charter schools. These schools are freely financed, but monitored by foundations outside the public educational realm. Such include organizations, non-profit associations, colleges, and bunches of people ...

1. Hallucinations Hallucination is affection by the sensation that appears real but created by the mind. Therefore, hallucination caused by fatigue that affects the body and the function of the mind but not the senses. 2. Stage 3 Sleepwalking is the movement that seems purposeful. This occurs while in a state of partial wakefulness from deep sleep. The sleepwalking occurs because of the effect from the brain due to the disability of the immature during the sleep period. Sleep terrors are a situation that the individual wakes up immediately due to the nightmare. The sleep terrors occur ...

Natural processes and occurrences of the earth cause natural disasters that have adverse effects. Examples of such occurrences are floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. Natural disasters result in significant losses of property and life of animals and people of the areas affected. The extent of damage caused depends on various factor and conditions such as the preparedness of people to such disasters or effects that enhance them. The essay below focuses on flood in the Mississippi basin and the factor that plays a part in mitigating or enhances the damage caused over the history. The city of Riparia, Louisiana ...

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 ...

Heroism, which can be always observed in an American movie, depicts persons going beyond their powers, capabilities, and commands to achieve greatness on behalf a community, tribe, or group. Abdulrahman Zeitoun is a real person who suffered through hurricane Katrina in many ways. Despite the suffering, he travels the city of New Orleans in his own canoe to rescue people and animals. As fate would have it sometimes, Zeitoun gets arrested and tortured without charges, representation, and a phone call, all because he was suspected as a terrorist. Through his book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, Joseph Campbell narrates the psychological developments in ...

JAG Number:

Euthanasia refers to the termination of life of an individual, for the purpose of ending their medical suffering. Doctors have the mandate to perform the act depending on the situation, but the numerous debates regarding the subject bring out total confusion on what is right or wrong. The act may be voluntary or involuntary depending on the state of the sick patient. Physicians often encounter the dilemma of upholding morals and ethical values, because the act of ending the life of a person is a crime according to the law. The term euthanasia traces its roots from Greece, where it ...

The Case Study from Memorial Medical Center

Jag # EUTHANASIA 2 Introduction Physicians are recognized as having both ethical and medical obligations to their parents, and this may aid in explaining why there has always existed a heated debate about the issue of euthanasia (Sweeney, 2014). Historically, the fields of medicine and medical law have often been at odds in regards to variables surrounding physician-patient relationships. While a physician is legally bound to practice medicine within the realm of the law, they are also ethically bound to carry out the requests of their patients in attempts to improve overall quality of life (Fremgen, 2012). However, ...