The run-off from higher elevation combined with melt water from lower elevation was so forceful it broke levees and caused one of the most damaging floods the region has ever seen. The West Walker River caused extensive damage in Topaz, Coleville, California, Wellington and Nevada. It’s estimated that twelve miles of US Highway 395 have been destroyed and are going to be closed for around seven months! In Yerington and in the Mason Valley nearly 500 homes have been damaged and public and private property damaged substantially. Floodwaters deposited debris on Farmland and Damaged irrigation gates, ditches and canals.
A shining example of this type of response can be seen in the BP Oil Spill. This manmade disaster affected thousands of individuals and businesses in the Gulf Coast region as well as creating a cascade affect in ecological, healthcare and economical stability throughout the United States. Like ripples created in a pond when a tiny pebble is thrown in the after affects; experienced by the individual as well as the communities; generated from the original event are similar though they may be experienced at lesser degrees nationwide. The BP Oil Spill news reads like a Steven Segal movie script. It begins on a beautiful spring day (April 20th) with a failed preventer and ends with mass destruction of the surrounding environment and a way of life for those live in the Gulf area.
The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was extremely severe, resulting from one of the most deadly natural disasters in U.S. history. By August 30th, 2005, one day after the Category 4 storm made landfall, about 80 percent of the city of New Orleans, was flooded with some parts of the city under 20 feet of water. The flood was caused by several levees breaches, which most people didn’t believe it could breach, due to a combination of a powerful storm surge, strong winds and excess water in the bodies of water surrounding the city. After reading the author’s response, her curiosity was based on her belief that the delayed response time was due to racism. She first noticed when watching the T.V.
It polluted the whole river as the chemicals flowed down the river Rhine. It was one of the major sources of water that flowed through four major countries of Europe. Now the contaminated water could not be used by these people. The chemicals killed many species in water. Dead fishes could be seen floating on water.
But on August 25, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, everything changed. The levees failed, over 75% of the city was submerged in water and over 1,800 lives were lost. By the time the storm passed, over $81 billion in physical damages had been done. It is estimated that Katrina has resulted in the loss of over 230,000 jobs in Louisiana alone. When the storm struck New Orleans and the levees failed, the low-lying lands flooded at record levels.
The creation of an oxbow lake is due to flood events and also processes of erosion such as hydraulic action. The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the state of
“The famous New Orleans city and surrounding areas were hit worst, as much of it sits some 6 feet below sea level. City defenses, such as levees, only designed for category 3 type hurricanes, gave way, leading to enormous flooding and associated damage, death and displacement of around 100,000 people who either chose to say the course, or could not afford to flee” (Shah, 2005). On that
Earthquake in Hanwang, China, 2008. Earthquakes are terrible things, which, when they hit cause a lot of chaos and destruction for that unfortunate place. Unfortunately, on the 12th May 2008, China was the very unlucky place, as an enormous earthquake struck Sichuan, province of China. According to Philip Blenkinsop himself, a photojournalist who went over to China and took pictures at the time of the earthquake “The earthquake toppled buildings, schools and chemical plants in the town, ultimately killing 69,000 thousand people throughout the region and leaving over five million homeless. Untold numbers were trapped in mounds of concrete, steel and earth for days.
An exposition is a comprehensive description and/or explanation of an idea or theory of a story. While they were cruising, they threw eggs at hitchhikers for fun, that should show how bad of these teenagers are. Driving alongside the road, they drive into the road that leads to the lake and saw a mint, metallic blue ‘57 Chevy parked in the dirt lot. They thought the Chevy was their friend Tony Levett’s car so they thought it would be funny to hit the back bumper of the blue Chevy while Tony is making love to his girlfriend in the car. They started hitting the horn and blinking their bright lights then got out of the car.
She also met a mother in Maryland dealing with the devastating consequences of drunk driving; she was struck by a drunk driver while in her car with her five month old daughter. As a result, her daughter suffered nearly complete paralysis. Together, they formed the first MADD chapter in Maryland (Loewit-Phillips & Goldbas, 2013). In order to bring nationwide attention to the dangers of drinking and driving, MADD began staging public protests, revealing judges and prosecutors who failed to bring offenders to justice, and uncovering the prevalence of accidents related to drunk driving. Public service announcements led to societal awareness of this issue and stricter consequences for those found guilty of drunk driving.