Following Hurricane Katrina, outrage was one of the many feelings that survivors experienced. How could a disaster of this scale occur in one of the richest, most developed countries in the world? Why was relief so slow and the attitude of government so seemingly apathetic about the plight of millions of people in the Gulf Coast region? Criticism has been made about the government with respect to Katrina, in many areas: its lack of preparation for such a natural disaster, its shoddy emergency evacuation, and its slow response afterwards. The government’s initial failure came days, months, and years before Katrina stuck.
“Papa wants me to throw out those tapes of your radio show.” This quote shows the way fear in the people of Haiti at this time. Citizens were scared to listen to tapes about a revolt against the government. Tragedy can as well affect our personality. A.D., New Orleans after the Deluge, is a graphic novel about hurricane Katrina and the struggles after the catastrophe. Denise, life resident of New Orleans, is struck with Katrina she is one of the characters that didn’t evacuate.
Mathew Millard. To what extent was opposition from politicians responsible for the failures of the civil rights campaigns between 1945-55? There are many factors that affect what happened to the civil rights campaign between 1945 and 1955, these range from Plessy vs. Ferguson and terrible protest techniques held by the campaigners themselves, I will be looking into the factors that caused the failures of the civil rights campaign and who or what is to actually blame for failures. The protests held by the African Americans to gain civil rights were an extreme point for the failure of the civil rights campaigns. The NAACP’s offices in the southern state were shut down to prevent any form of protests for civil rights in the south.
During hurricane Katrina all the people that lived in those areas of poverty had no means of transportation to leave. They stayed hoping and praying they could survive the storm. When it came they were flooded, trapped on the roofs of houses and buildings for days with no water or shelter and no signs that help was coming soon. They soon started to do what was already happening in their community. It was almost like instinct set in.
Little did I know, that, yes, it was the end of one life but the very beginning of another. After being locked up for the first month I had a lot of mixed emotions. I had no contact from the outside world. My wife had abandoned me and none of my friends knew I was in jail due to being in a different city. Another issue was not having anyone’s telephone numbers.
And it exposes all those "troop supporters" who always vote against social programs that would help these veterans. Tonight there are at least 12,700 Iraq/Afghanistan veterans homeless and sleeping on the street. I've never lent a helping hand to one of the many vets I've seen sleeping on the street. I can't bear to look, and I walk past them very quickly. That's called not "supporting the troops," which, I guess, I don't -- and neither do
With little or no rehabilitation in the American Criminal Justice System our families and communities are not safe. Thousands of prisoners are being released back into society each year with no education, occupation skills or rational judgment to solve problems. When Alex from A Clockwork Orange was released back into society with classical conditioning but no rehabilitation, he didn’t know how to get started with his life again. Alex, just like the majority of prisoners being released today, had no coping methods or decision making skills to make the transformation from being an incarcerated criminal to being a successful citizen. The justice system needs to adopt new rehabilitation strategies to make sure prisoners can reintegrate into society.
But many schools continued to refuse to implement this, and by 1956, in six southern states, not a single black child was attending any school where there were white children. The importance of the Little Rock case, Arkansas, 1957 In September 1957, nine black pupils tried to attend a school for white children in Little Rock. The Governor of Arkansas sent National Guard soldiers to prevent the black children from entering the school. The black people brought a case against the Governor. They won and the soldiers were forced to leave.
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.
* Chaudhuri (2010) goes on to note, “FEMA seemed almost unwilling to accept help from non-government organizations. For example, the American Red Cross was not allowed into New Orleans following the disaster and was unable to supplement the government’s response (American Red Cross 2005). By August 30th, the Superdome was packed past capacity, with at least 20,000 people residing in the building. The situation in the Superdome eventually became so bad that it had to be evacuated the next day (USC Annenberg 2005)” (Government: Response to Katrina). * There were many lessons learned after Katrina.