Hurricane Andrew In South Florida

The Andrew Hurricane situation in Louisiana was destructive, but handled properly by all governmental levels. Hurricane Andrew was devastating and left thousands of individuals homeless. The milling process was implemented early and it ended quickly. In Louisiana the hurricane did not destroy most communication and transportations systems like in Florida. The local government followed the strategic plan that was established and was prepared to react quickly. After Florida, government of Louisiana prepared for the worst and created a plan after seeing reports from Florida. The people of Louisiana worked together and the Cajun culture had a major part of the reconstruction process. Louisiana has a very strong united Cajun community that is strong

Hurricane Andrew was an unusually compact system. Although it caused an estimated $25 billion in property damaged and directly caused 15 deaths, a larger

One of the major hurricanes that made headline news was Hurricane Katrina. It was said that Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States. The damages done by Katrina was absolutely devastating. Costing at about an estimated $75 million dollars in repairs, Hurricane Katrina is one of the most costliest hurricanes in the history of U.S. hurricanes. The disaster lasted about eight days, starting on August 23rd and ending on August 31st of 2005. On August 28th, 2005, the tropical storm turned into a category five hurricane with winds of 175 miles per hour. The storm took away the lives of approximately 2,000

One of the biggest hazards created by hurricane Katrina was the flooding it produced. Louisiana was hit the hardest, but both Alabama and Mississippi also had large areas left under water following the storm. The area that was seriously affected by Katrina was New Orleans.

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida destructing thousands upon thousands of homes, killing people, leaving south Florida completely destroyed. The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew took roughly two weeks until people started

system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have

In my research I found that this hurricane was the worst hurricane ever to to make landfall on US soil. But it is not the worst, Andrew is the third worst tropical storm to make landfall. Hurricane charley is 2nd, and Katrina is the number one. Something cool I found in my research Andrew all started because of a big wave that came off the coast of Africa. Andrew was a category 5 hurricane which is the biggest a hurricane can get. That big of a storm can cause a lot of damage $26.5 billion worth. Andrew claimed 23 deaths in the US and 3 more in the Bahamas; Wind speeds topping out at 167 MPH when it made landfall. Mrs. Gaskill said “The traffic was backed up for miles because nobody could go anywhere the damage was to great”. The hardest hit area was the southern portion of florida; And Mrs. Gaskill said, “I was terrified when all of this happened because I have family and friends that live down there and I was terrified

Hurricane Katrina hit the southeastern coast of the United States in August of 2005. The eye of the storm went through the city of New Orleans and caused thousands of casualties and more than eighty billion dollars in damage (Schwartz). However, poor engineering and design allowed the immense flooding to breach the levee system and flood most of the metropolitan area. Despite the Delta Service Corps admitting that they knew of the possible failures for over twenty years, they claimed that insufficient budgets set by Congress and local governments prohibited them from restructuring and preserving the levees (Can We Save New Orleans?). Katrina was the third most intense land falling tropical storm in United States history. The combination of

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.

Have you ever experienced a huge storm that caused the loss of many peoples' lives? Hurricane Camille, a category five storm on the Gulf Coast of the United States, caused damage of $1.42 billion, mass evacuations, and took many peoples’ lives. Camille caused more than 200 deaths and billions of dollars' worth of damage, after this chaotic storm, it was called the greatest catastrophe ever to strike the United States and the most significant economic event in worlds history.

The massive hurricane that decimated large areas of the southeastern coast originated as a small category 1 hurricane. The state and federal government received lots of criticism for their minimal preparation and their ineffectual evacuation procedures. The storm shed light on the role of the government in natural disasters and its need for serious evaluation.

An event is only correctly identified as a disaster when the damage is too great for an affected region or city to handle or respond to the event with their own resources. To be more direct, a disaster is an actual event that results in more disruption and losses than a community is capable of handling on their own and they must therefore rely on assistance from other communities, the state or federal government (Smith 2012). A disaster, regardless of the nature of the event, in one region or city, may not qualify as a disaster in another region or city. It is all based on the impacted area’s capability to cope with the event on their own.

They damage people’s houses and belongings. The most destruction can be caused by the wind. The wind tears apart houses, uproot trees, and causes other severe damage. The wind can cause debris to fly and that is a hazard to people who not that smart and are outside. Another way the storm can ruin objects is rain. Rain can cause bad floods and severe mudslides. The most dangerous phenomenon that a hurricane can produce is a storm surge. A storm surge is when waves from the oceans are being pushed to shore by the hurricane’s wind. They can go to about fifteen feet or higher. A storm surge isn’t the only dangerous phenomenon though. A hurricane can produce more than a dozen tornadoes in that same area that can cause a lot of destruction. All these dangerous phenomenons can all lead up to deaths. There can be a lot of deaths, it all depends on the size and category of the hurricane. The hurricane can cause money loss because of all the damage it is making. Someone has to pay for the ruins houses that have been torn to pieces. Hurricanes can leave a huge impact on people for many

Recently a devastating tragedy has happened. Hurricane Matthew tore through Haiti the Bahamas and parts of the US. The storm was crucial. Both ABC News and the washington post reported the Hurricane. The washington post talked about the hurricane's impact on the US itself. ABC news focuses on Jacksonville forida itself.

Hurricanes are among the costliest and the most destructive of natural disasters. Since 1995, the United States has witnessed more intense activities by hurricanes with Mobile County in Alabama experiencing hurricane Ivan and hurricane Dennis in 2004 and 2005 (Link, 2010). In 2005, Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to have hit the United States and was rated category three in Mobile County (Marchi, 2007). The response to the disaster was poor owing to the lack of proper disaster preparedness as