Hurricane Harvey Case Study

Hurricanes Harvey and Irma could have a major negative impact on both Texas and Florida's economies and the United States' overall economy.

Hurricane Harvey had and environmental. Economic, social and political impact on the city of Houston as well as the state of Texas.

According to the National Hurricane Center (Knabb, Rhome, & Brown, 2005, p. 1), Hurricane Katrina was a major hurricane, a tropical storm reached Category 5 hurricanes in the Saffir-Simpson. The hurricane winds reached over 280 km / h, and caused major damage in the coastal region of the southern United States, especially around the metropolitan area of New Orleans, on August 29, 2005, where more than a million people were evacuated. The hurricane caused 1,833 deaths and is therefore considered one of the most destructive hurricanes have hit the United States. The event much paralyzed the oil extraction activity and US natural gas, since much of the US oil is extracted in the Gulf of Mexico. More than five million people were without power in the region of the Gulf Coast, having taken weeks for the power was partially restored because the neighborhoods most affected the basic service framework provided slowly to be regularized.

As FEMA’s funds were rapidly depleting, two more hurricanes and disasters were set to ravage the United States. “The administration is already anticipating the need for more hurricane relief funding: The White House has requested an additional $6.7 billion in Harvey funding as part of the spending bill that Congress must pass by the end of September to keep the government open. Greg Abbott said on Sunday that the Harvey recovery could ultimately cost as much as $180 billion” (Khimm, 2017).

After Hurricane Harvey ravaged the coast of Texas, a countless number of families found themselves with nothing; their homes, which once housed cherished memories and treasured possessions, were left in ruins. Though my family and I were fortunate to have remained unaffected by the hurricane, many others in our city could not say the same. By the third day, the rapidly-intensifying storm had already devastated several neighborhoods.

As a Houston based law firm with deep ties to the community, we have been devastated to witness the destruction caused by Hurricane Harvey. While the stories of heroic rescues and the kindness of strangers make us beam with pride at the magnanimity of our great City, we grieve over the unimaginable toll this hurricane has already taken on our friends, clients, neighbors, and colleagues.

Hurricane Harvey was the only major hurricane to hit Texas since 2005, which was Hurricane Wilma. Estimates were put at as much as about 75 billion dollars worth of destruction.That is a lot of damage! Hurricane Harvey dropped about 40-52 inches of rain. Harvey was a category 4 hurricane with a diameter of 280 miles, and had wind speeds up to 130 mph during its first landfall. This was the longest lasting hurricane in Texas ever to happen. About 30,000 people are needing temporary shelter. Although this hurricane did a lot of damage, it didn’t kill to many people. Hurricane Harvey’s killed a total of 82 people. Harvey was truly one of the worst hurricanes to hit hit Texas, and definitely one of the worst to hit America!

more flooding( the weather company). Many towns in Houston Texas have been overflown by the rain. People are trapped in there houses. Some areas in Houston Texas have had up to 50 inches of rain(the weather company). Several out of state people are brining there own boats to Houston Texas, because there helping people who are trapped indoors by the flood(extreme weather). Many people who live there in Houston are rescuing animals, there risking there own life's to save save animals (CNN.com). Houston is setting up many shelters so people can get, clothes, water and food and etc. And Houston is providing places to sleep at the shelter(hurricane Harvey ). It will be a while before Houston Texas can fully recover from this terrible tragedy.

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

On August 25, 2017 around 11 P.M., businesses, houses, cars and trees were swallowed by flood waters. Debris started building up and copious amounts of water started to over flow the drainages causing dams, levees and bayous to exceed anything beyond their conceptual holdings. Areas that have never come close to flooding found themselves suddenly become "lakefront properties." The storm churned out water, lightning, and wind and went back over the gulf to start the cycle again. The destruction that Hurricane Harvey caused to my beautiful hometown Houston, Texas including a large portion of south Texas, wester Louisiana and other parts of the country has been extremely surreal. Watching the destruction of this beautiful city that I love dearly,

Economic Factors :Hurricane Harvey did not let produce anything since they got alot of flooding and wind. Wind destroyed light transformers making people not able to have light in their houses. Also people weren't able to received stuff like food or any important materials. Social/Cultural Factors:an impact hurricane Harvey made was not letting people go to stores and buy anything of important materials. Another impact was in some people's religion some people though god was punishing us for fighting or like racism .Some

In the year 2005, New Orleans was famously hit a major natural disaster that took lives and destroyed the homes and civilians. This wrath of Mother Nature became to be known as Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane with gusts peaking at 174/mph according to the Safir- Simpson wind scale (SSHS). With this Hurricane having its path directly on a city only being on average 1-2 feet below sea level, it created conditions for serious havoc (NOAA, 2012). The aftermath left a serious physical imprint on the city, which has the potential to never be removed. This imprint left by Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to 134,000 housing units, destroying multiple bridges along the Gulf Coast, as well as various buildings across the city, which led to harmful chemicals leaking into the water system, such as petroleum and natural gas. Finally, Hurricane Katrina also caused the main power grid to be disoriented for a number of weeks. As a result, the damage costs from the storm added up to be about $108 billion (2005 USD), which according to Eric Blake was the costliest storm ever to hit the United States (Blake et al. 2011). Hurricane Katrina perpetuated all of these tribulations, as it drastically altered the lives of the many inhabitants of New Orleans and they continue to face the repercussions of the storm in their day-to-day lives.

Texas has received record amounts of rainfall, causing serious flooding all throughout the state of Texas. According to an article published on June 3rd, Houston is looking at an economic impact of roughly 550 million dollars. This interests me greatly because I live in Texas, and seeing prices going up, especially on local produces, is something that will directly impact me. Because of the record rain falls, local farmers are especially in a world of hurt as their crops were destroyed by the rain. For local farmers markets, and local grocery stores that support local farmers, I think you'll start to see a raise in prices as the farmers will be having to make up their margins somewhere. Also, I think you'll start to see Texas lean on other

Have you ever wondered exactly how bad a hurricane can get? Hurricane Andrew was the costliest hurricane in United States history.

The damage from Irma has been recorded to be of at least $200 thousand. With approximately 6.5 million people under evacuation orders. In an area of the US that is a hotbed for hurricanes it would be likely to assume that there would be proper precautions taken for