The floor is so old that I do not know what the color is. Mommy is always scrubbing it on her hands and knees, and I think she scrubbed the color away. Sometimes, as a special treat, Daddy will let me go to the coal cellar, where he shovels coal into a big black thing with fire in it. It is three floors down from our apartment, so he dressed me warm. Then we go to the woodshed out back, and we get wood.
Now while you would think a kid at that age would run away to a safe place, I ended up going outside to find the hose that was outside. My dad was calling 911 and also trying to shout at me to come back, but I didn’t listen, for some reason I just wanted to put out the fire. While I know now that it wasent able to put out the huge dumpster fire with a garden hose, I was able to contain it. I continued to put water on the fire, putting the sprayer on the highest pressure setting. I had to arch the hose to make the stream land on the flame, due to the fact that the hose was not long enough to get too close.
When the storm struck New Orleans and the levees failed, the low-lying lands flooded at record levels. As only a category 3 storm, Hurricane Katrina could have caused much less damage then it did if the levees held. The reason for the levee failure was due to an engineering fault, leaving the levees prone to malfunction. Tens of thousands of victims were either forced from their homes due to the flooding, or lost their lives trying to ride out the storm. The impoverished areas of New Orleans suffered the greatest losses because the houses were poorly built and many people were not educated on the danger of the coming storm.
Hurricane Katrina Axial College Material Week Six COM/150 EFFECTIVE ESSAY WRITING Week 6 The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans have been long-lasting and a disaster for all families in the state of Louisiana. “Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the last 100 years.” It is the third most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the United States. The duration of the storm was from August 23 through August 31, 2005. The storm had a short period of time but its damages were so tragic that left long term damages. Many living in the city fled prior to the storm, but many believed the reminiscences of the storm wouldn’t be as bad as they thought and they stayed.
July 1742 I was deep asleep when I suddenly heard my alarm go off; it’s been twice since I hit the snooze button. As I got my feet off my bed, I scent an amazing smell roaming throughout my home. I think Shana was cooking again, my wife made the best meals. It’s already half past twelve, most of the villagers were already up. From my bedroom window I could hear the sound of children playing.
As Katrina lashed the coast of New Orleans, the gusts of wind increased and the waves began to erode the only sense of security this, below sea level, city ever had against the many miles of water systems surrounding it. Most outside spectators and local residents thought that the waves rose up over the levees protecting the city; however, further investigations proved this theory wrong. After Katrina subsided and left in her wake massive destruction, it was discovered that New Orleans was flooded due to poor structural engineering. According to experts, a large percentage of the massive flooding could have been prevented ("Radical Environments", n.d.). A large
The leader then offered tobacco to the four directions, and sprinkled herbs on the rocks. We were instructed to pray, and not be scared because fear will stop us on our healing journey. He said to inhale the sweet “medicine” as it wafts toward you, and blow it out to the center of the structure (the circle on the ceiling). One by one, we each invited the medicine wheel animal totems the Buffalo, Coyote, Golden Eagle, and the Grizzly Bear to communicate with us. He then poured water over the rocks eliminating the small bit of light that had remained.
The official death toll has never really been reported. How could this happen in America? With all of our resources and technology, how did we fail? These questions along with many others I will attempt to answer. Hurricane Katrina is one of the most horrific and historical tragedies of our time.
I never knew exactly why I wanted to become a RN, besides the fact I wanted to follow in my dad’s footsteps. Until my grandpa started to go downhill. Before I started going to kindergarten, my dad would always drop me off at my Grandpa’s house while he went to work up at the University of Utah’s Hospital. Our mornings together consisted of going to the Coffee Shop where everyone knew who we were. We would always sit at the bar each morning while Carolyn, our waitress, would bring my Grandpa his coffee and me my chocolate milk.
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