She caused billions upon billions of dollars in damage. The city’s lack of preparedness was as large of a culprit as the hurricane itself. If another hurricane strikes, the city will now be more ready. Katrina will definitely go down in the hall of fame for worst storms ever to hit this Earth. Works Cited Bellar, Ashley.
Hurricane Sandy left a huge impact on New York City. After the disastrous three day storm, many people lost their power, homes, and loved ones. Many trees collapsed on houses, cars and electrical wires. It caused a large amount of schools to be closed for a week and many of the schools served as a shelter home for the people that lost their homes. This hurricane killed about 40 people in New York City and most of the deaths were in Staten Island.
New Orleans was a city were many people went to party, hangout, go shopping, eat, and just have fun. On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina (NOAA) struck land and wiped an inter city as if it was nothing. Katrina was the costliest storm in United States history - with amounts over $81.2 billion. (Katrina) The death toll was over 1,836. Although all of the National Hurricane Center’s report deals with the impact of Hurricane Katrina on all of the States impacted by the storm, it must be understood that water weights about 60 pounds per cubic foot and has unusually low compressibility like steel.
As people were watching the impact from hurricane Katrina on television, thousands of people of New Orleans were stranded on their rooftops. Within 24 hours, Americans found out that most of the people that were stranded were poor and black. The people of New Orleans, after being flooded out of their homes, had to relay on the
WILLIAM ADANSI ENG 101 (ESSAY 6) The silent night of the southeastern coast of the United States was defiled when “Sandy” arrived on its shores last Sunday night deep down from the Atlantic ocean. This terrible hurricane first erupted from the Caribbean’s killing almost 70 individuals, and rending many more homeless, and as if not satisfied, it was determined enough to cut power supply and access to public amenities across the region. By the time it reached the southeastern shores of the United States, it had been reinforced with very strong winds making it even more fearsome and unprecedented in the sub-region, as geologist predicted. New York City, the state’s largest and busiest city was bedazzled as “Sandy” finally hit Monday night and brought most areas of lower Manhattan under water. However, the havoc and destruction it caused will not be compared to the indelible mark it has left on it’s victims and on the landscape at large.
Katrina also caused financial problems, and changed the way people viewed natural disasters. Hurricane Katrina, a foreseeable tragedy that occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana in August of 2005, took lives and damaged homes for a vast majority of people in the area. The majority of these citizens
Ray Nagin-New Orleans mayor Former New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has been convicted of bribery, money laundering, and other corruption charges (Associated Press 2014). He allegedly took thousands of dollars, went on free vacations and trips, and was given truckloads of granite for his family business (Associated Press 2014). Ray was mayor after the hectic Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in 2005 and destroyed most of New Orleans (Associated Press 2014). He had fought so hard for the federal government to help New Orleans in their time of need, yet he was making unethical choices governing the city. I find this very interesting and disturbing since, who is to know if his fight was for the people of New Orleans or for himself and his family.
During the Second World War masses of people from all over were flooding to towns like Sylacauga, Alabama to work in factories or on ships. Sylacauga was only meant to harbor five to ten thousand inhabitants, but the war brought a flood of twenty to forty thousand people through its gates. The small town became extremely overcrowded as people doubled up on housing and began living in tents on its outskirts. Because of the overcrowding, Sylacauga became overwhelmed and the resulting life quality of the average person living in Sylacauga began to diminish. The street and shops became flooded and people had to wait in huge lines to do simple things, such as send a letter at the post office.
Nicholas Bloom, Author of Public Housing that Worked, acknowledges the skepticism of most Americans in saying,“Across the country public housing projects are being demolished at a record pace largely because most Americans believe that public housing has no chance of succeeding.” So why is public housing failing? And what will be done before thousands more Americans are left homeless. Public housing has created reliance on the government, unsafe living conditions, and large concentrations of poverty. Everyday events and common occurrences inside public housing would shock many, due to the high volume of violence. Also shocking is the high prevalence of health issues.
According to Bergal & Hiles (2007), “official records show that while Katrina was a strong Category 3 hurricane when it slammed into the Gulf Coast near the Mississippi-Louisiana border, by the time it blew over the city of New Orleans, the winds had weakened considerably.” This national disaster could have been prevented if someone would have pushed harder to have more funding to have the levees made stronger on the federal, state and local level. Instead; the cutbacks which government is known for had overlooked an issue that would become a national disaster. Public Health focus is that of the population and what can be