How Did Hurricane Ike Affect Houston

Economic Impact Industries were forced to move to Houston (“Martinez”). This caused a loss on huge sources of money for Galveston that otherwise would have been able to give Galveston a little bit of recovery. Individual losses plus public property losses such as paving, water works, schools, hospitals, and churches totaled to around, if not over, 30 million (“Resources”). Most of these losses would have had to been rebuilt immediately to keep the future of the younger people in the correct road to success. Because of all of the losses in the hurricane, Galveston never recovered economically (“Martinez”). Galveston is still at a large loss of money that it will probably never recover in our lifetimes. “The Texas Legislature agreed to a tax and sale of bonds to pay for raising the elevation of the city” (“Martinez”). Using the money raised from this tax, a 3 mile long seawall was built to protect the city from future floods

A study performed by Mary C. Waters called the The Resilience in Survivors of Katrina Project (RISK) project showed the psychological effects Hurricane Katrina had on 1,019 poor, young African American women who were single parents living in the New Orleans area when Katrina struck. The RISK project used information and surveys before Hurricane Katrina and after, with followups happening two different times after the hurricane, in order to evaluate physical and mental health. The goals of the RISK project included two major points: “to scientifically study the impact of the hurricane, the trauma that the mothers and their children experienced, and the effect of their

Galveston, Texas is located 50 miles southeast of Houston. It is known as a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States. The city Galveston, Texas was the home of around 37,000 residents in the early 1900’s. This island grew from being a small settlement into one of the wealthiest cities in the country. It was normal for people to visit Galveston, Texas for it was known as a "tourist attraction". There was always the idea of building a seawall to protect Galveston from future hurricanes but it was never built. Although many hurricanes had hit the city several times in the past (before 1900) no one would have thought that a hurricane that would

Survivors say there were more than 100 bodies. This was a category 4 hurricane wiping out thousands or people. Hurricane in Galveston, Texas is the hurricane that changed people’s lives, the worst hurricane of all time… The Galveston Hurricane was a strong force of nature that affected many people.

The catastrophic hurricane marked its aims on galveston on september 8, 1900 on the day of saturday. It did a huge amount of damage, trees were uprooted, city was flooded with high speed wind that tor off blinds, frames and all kinds of debris in the air which destroyed most of the houses. This deadliest hurricane in the U.S history took lives of 6000 to 12000 people. Inhabitants of Galveston were warned of the storm but not of the severity of it. My reason behind this would from, Ida smith Austin who was also a resident of Galveston was aware of the storm but never thought of the storm to be this bad, that that water will reach her house as it had never come close to it.

Not only was was the grade of the entire city raised, but a 50 ft. seawall was built to protect it. Within a decade, five hundred city blocks had been raised with sand from the Galveston ship channel. These new improvements later proved to be up to standard in 1915 when a Category three hurricane made landfall in Galveston. This Hurricane had winds up to 193 mph, making it a repeat of the Hurricane of 1900, although with new city improvements, it passed without devastation. But what effects did this hurricane have on the residents in 1900, and today's current residents?

The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 145 mph (233 km/h), which made landfall on September 8, 1900, in Galveston, Texas, in the United States, leaving about 6,000 to 12,000 dead. It remains to the present day the deadliest single day event in US history.

As for the benefits I will examine the benefits of recovered losses when comparing pre Katrina data to post Katrina dat. The areas where I will be examining are tourism recovered, port operations recovered, wages recovered,

On August 26th, 2017, Hurricane Harvey crashed into Texas and devastated Houston and the surrounding area. Harvey battered cities along the Gulf of Mexico, hitting primarily low income communities, and leaving 52 inches of rainfall, destroying about 22,000 homes, and displacing thousands in its wake. The image discussed in this essay depicts a Red Cross relief center in Houston providing shelter for residents unable to evacuate. The aforementioned image is of a domestic event, but the people, objects, and context demonstrate the complex social processes of globalization. Details in this image of Hurricane Harvey illustrate the harmful effect of the globalizing market in leading developed nations to be more focused on short term economic gain rather than long term environmental protection.

Discussion Questions: It has been over 10 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated communities in the gulf coast region. Many people were relocated and were never able to return to their own communities.

Austin is the largest city in the southern part of the United States, the capital of Texas. The city's population is growing rapidly, and in 2014 there were more than 912 000 inhabitants. Together with suburbs it is 1,7 million. In 1839, the village named Waterloo was renamed in Austin, in honor of Stephen Fuller Austin - a man who played an important role in the history of Texas. In 1846, Austin became the capital of Texas.

I believe people to be naturally good to others, because there is more kind-hearted people more than cold-hearted people in this world. In this world you will see a handful of people helping and giving to others no matter the situation. The percentage of evil and cruel people is a very low percentage. After everything people all over Texas is coming together, and it shows the good in people that we thought did not have a good heart.

August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas with absolute power. It was originally predicted that it would not surpass category 1, the elements combined and made Harvey extremely vicious. It hit the most populated areas on the United States becoming one of the most destructive. People did not have enough time to properly prepare for the unpredicted devastation ahead. However, the government and the people responded with strong efforts. Let’s start with the federal department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (which is referred to as FEMA), with its government accomplices mobilized a work force and with many assets to help states affected. About 21,000 government assets were sent to help out during the vicious Tropical Storm. A lot of people sought refuge during the storm and the Federal government gave them many places to stay for example many government owned sites were converted refuge sites for the victims. The U.S coast guard played a huge role to aid victims. Thousands of coast guards were deployed in support of the relief efforts. They evacuated victims through government transport such as helicopters and big vehicles that could travel through the flooding. They are also opened various docks and waterways within Brownsville, Kentucky without any restrictions to the public. FEMA provided thousands of meals, medical and household items. Fema also paid rent for the victim’s short-term housing. Other ongoing Federal

The calamitous natural phenomenon known as Hurricane Katrina brought terrible side-effects to lower-class African Americans. A catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of the lower-class African Americans forever because of the devastation from several effects. People today are more prepared for a natural disaster because “Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to hit the United States coast within the last 100 years” in New Orleans (Brianna Frank). Most of these ramifications of Hurricane Katrina came from the phycological, economic and medical effects due to this natural disaster,

Understanding the psychological impact of this hurricane has taken place on some minor level of research, but the long lasting implications and effects are still under review. The mental health arena are still trying to get a grasp of the long term effects of the hurricane and more specifically what are the PSTD outcomes are for the inhabitants of these