The Hurricane of 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 was the first hurricane to be recorded in history. It happened before tropical storms were given names, so it is often referred to under a variety of different names. Some of these include the “Great Galveston Hurricane,” the “Turn of the century hurricane,” or most commonly the “Galveston Flood.” At the end of the 19th century, the city of Galveston was a booming metropolis with a population of 37,000. It’s position on Galveston Bay along the Gulf of Mexico made it the center of trade in Texas. Galveston was one of the largest cotton ports in the nation at the time, rivaling New Orleans.
Was there no sense of urgency to help those that were stranded? She is curious if all branches of the government thought the people of New Orleans were not worthy to be helped. Eliza Hubbard wondered why government and private agencies did not act in a swift manner. She writes “there have been lesser emergencies around the world where the United States deployed assistance immediately.” Author’s Inquiry The author is investigating if the outcome of hurricane Katrina is racially motivated. She brought up the question “if the scenario happened in a white, affluent area, would help have been deployed immediately?” She if referring to the fact that it took all levels of the government an extensive amount of time to help the people of New Orleans.
Thriving: Third fastest-growing city in America and the seventh largest U.S. city. Popular: More than 26 million people visit San Antonio each year. The city is centrally located between the east and west coasts. Venerable: One of the American West’s oldest cities settled in 1731 by sixteen Spanish families from the Canary Islands. San Antonio’s rich history surfaces StevesHomestead_SM.jpgin its architecture, neighborhoods, food, culture and traditions.
On August 19th 1942 a 9 hour raid against the Germans was poorly preformed on the Beaches of Dieppe. Many Mistakes were made by the allies but with that came the knowledge of what not to do in the next raid. The allies learned to plan better, size-up the enemy, and realise what battle techniques and weapons should stay and which should go. The allies didn’t plan the raid very well. Operation Jubilee, the raid, was supposed to take place 2 months earlier but was canceled due to unwanted weather conditions with that the soldiers were aloud to return to their barracks.
Residents were without power for up to six months after the storm rolled through. Andrew also caused a great deal of damage to offshore oil facilities as it approached a second landfall in Louisiana, where it caused another one billion dollars in damage. In total, the damage caused by Andrew in both South Florida and Louisiana totaled twenty six billion dollars, the most costly natural disaster in United States history. The social impacts on South Florida were tremendous. You have to take into consideration that before Hurricane Andrew, there was about a generation of South Florida residents who had not experienced a hurricane.
Ike was the second costliest Atlantic hurricane of all time, only surpassed by Hurricane Katrina of 2005 (not adjusted for inflation; if adjusted, Ike would be the third costliest storm). [8] It became the largest search-and-rescue operation in U.S. history. [9] It was also resulted in millions leaving the Houston/Galveston area and other parts of Texas. However, Hurricane Rita still holds the designation as the largest U.S. evacuation in history.
Which in fact it is, since is the fourth largest city in the United States. Houston is a unique city; a multicultural city that has diversity in every corner you take. The high population that live in Houston see it as a home not because it’s highly populated but because all its population make it what it is right now. Furthermore, because Houston is a metropolis, there are stereotypes that come with it. Some of these stereotypes consist of: high amounts of traffic, raised gas prices, and elevated housing costs.
This act raised the drinking age to 21 for all 50 states and was huge step for lowering the damage caused by drunk driving. By the end of the year MADD had reached 330 chapters nationwide while helping pass over 129 laws against drunk driving. Not only did MADD make the most successful pushes for anti-drinking laws in last century but they remained true to why the organization was formed in the first place, to comfort victims of the crime. In Kentucky of 1988 the nation watched as a drunk driver took the lives of 41 children and 3 adults, while injuring 30 more. The driver had slammed head on with a bus returning from a church outing.
Just like these two there were many people who did not even like that there was a war in the first place but there was really no choice. Lincoln at one point did not even feel that he was capable enough of completely getting rid of slavery because he knew that it would cause problems in the future. He knew that abolishing slavery would turn the north and south against each other even more than it already had. (Pederson, Estell, & Kenneth, 1994). Just because he did not immediately take advantage of his position, probably do what any other would do today, and abolish slavery does not mean he supported it.
Twenty-thousand young lives saved. Twenty-thousand families kept whole. Over the past 20 years, the number of 15 to 20 year olds killed in alcohol-related traffic crashes has been cut in half. The number of 15 to 20 year olddrinking drivers involved in fatal crashes also has been cut in half. This does not even take into account the huge number of drownings, burns, sexual assaults, suicides and homicides that have been averted by the "21" law.