Hurricane Harvey produced record breaking rainfall throughout Houston and other regions. This is the third 500-year flood for Houston in the past three years. Climate scientist warn that extreme rainfall events will be more frequent in the future due to global warming.
Houston is familiar with flooding. But, Houston’s 1940 flood control network was not able to handle the extreme rainfall from Harvey. Harvey dumped record breaking rainfall, over 20 inches of rain across the entire Houston Metro area. Total rainfall for the storm hit over 50 inches and a new record for the U.S. As Houston begins to plan for recovery, climate scientists warn that urban planners need to prepare for more severe rainfall. “Surface waters in the Gulf of Mexico are 2 degrees Fahrenheit warmer at this time of year than they were three decades ago” (Wehner, 2017) and warmer temperatures create stronger storms. In addition, there is more
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After watching the devastating news on TV, I wanted to learn more about the ways we can control future flooding and understand why more powerful storms are becoming more frequent. I found the most interesting fact in the article to be that climate change is going to continue producing more violent storms. As the article states, society needs to prepare for more extreme rainfall and know that everyone is at risk. I would like to know some of the exact areas that need better flood prevention systems. After reading this article, I read another article in the New York Times entitled “As Climate Changes, Southern States Will Suffer More Than Others” (Plumer and Popovich, 2017). It explained in greater detail, that warmer areas like Texas will see a greater flooding impact from warming patterns. If I was in charge of the research, I would have included some of the New York Times data to provide greater detail on areas that are at greatest risk for epic
Three weeks ago, Houston experienced one of the largest and costliest natural disasters in American history. The storm impacted all, regardless of socioeconomic or immigration status. Thousands of people were under water and many became homeless. Harvey produced a record 49 inches of rain since it came ashore. It caused many unexpected destructions along with death of some people.
The New York Times writers explains all the events happening during Harvey’s next landfall in “Harvey Live Updates: Trump Heads to a Flooded Texas”. In case you’ve been living underneath a construction site for your whole life, Harvey made hard landfalls in Corpus Christi and Houston, TX along with other cities in Texas. With hundreds of thousands of people under evacuation orders, shelters in Houston filled to bursting with people who craved some news about the safety of their loved ones and the state of their homes. Parts of the Houston area set a record for rainfall from a single storm anywhere in the continental United States, with a top reading on Tuesday afternoon, since the storm began, of 51.88 inches. Jeffrey Lindner, a meteorologist for the Harris County Flood Control District, said 25 to 30 percent of Harris County's 1,800 square miles of land was flooded.
Hurricane Harvey had and environmental. Economic, social and political impact on the city of Houston as well as the state of Texas.
Harvey known as an apocalyptic storm for many Houstonian’s who have described the scenery and event for that weekend. Many homes, businesses, and schools destroyed causing it to be one of the biggest recovery mission in the nation. A big flare of controversy between the government and the state happened as well. Even with many homes lost and so much sadness spread across south Texas and Houston many texans came together as one.
Amenably, in Galatians 5, 6, Paul explicates the outcome of justification by grace through faith is spiritual freedom. Paul appealed to the Galatians to persevere in their freedom, and not become ensnared in the slavery of Mosaic Law. Christian independence is not a justification to appease one’s lower nature, rather a prospect to love one another. Such freedom does not isolate one from life’s struggles. In actuality, it may strengthen the battle concerning the Spirit and the flesh. Nonetheless, the flesh remains crucified with Christ, consequently the Spirit bears His fruit as in love, joy, and peace in the natural life of the believer.
While Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina had different impacts on people lives. Katrina's devastations were a result of a failure of government flood protection systems, violent storm surges, a chaotic evacuation plan and an ill- prepared city government. Harvey, on the other hand, has caused massive flooding at a slower pace, unlike Katrina's deadly surge. People had suffered from traumatic event that will seek help finding different ways to cope with their trauma.
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People have different views on different things. For example, culture; people think many things about different cultures like “What culture are they from?”, or “Where did they come from?” Culture is expressed in ways such as, clothing, language, religion, family values/beliefs, holidays and much more. One’s culture greatly influences the way people see them and the world. In “By Any Other Name”, the school headmistress already makes the girls; Premilla and Santha feel different by giving them different names… “Oh, my dears, those are much too hard for me. Suppose we give you pretty English names (Rau 44)”. Just because those names were too hard to pronounce, the headmistress changed the girls name to somethings else which affected the girls greatly. Culture consistently influences the way one views another and the world as conveyed in these stories, “An Indian father’s plea”, “Multiculturalism Explained in One Word: HAPA”, and “By any other name”.
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.
As of September 1, Texas is still being impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Along with all the destruction that Texas has to deal with, now they are dealing with downpours, winds, and flooding. Fifty-two inches was recorded in rainfall in Houston in the matter of five days, which broke a historical record. Billions of dollars was given to relieve some of the financial need, as most of the people in Texas didn’t have flood insurance.
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,
(Ref. 4) On April 28, 2009 Houston, TX experience yet another flood and it was caused by the aftermath of a Tornado. People, houses, vehicles and roads were affected. Many people had to rescued and cars along with ambulances were submerged under water. Highways were forced to be closed and people were captured canoeing or walking to get to places due to high waters in the area. In just 24 hours about nine inches of rain were being reported in areas in Houston.
On April 18, 2016 Yahoo reports Houston, Texas have flooding that forces residents to move out their homes and live in a nearby shelter. The flooding causes damage to the electricity lines, foreclosures of freeways, and forcing schools to close down because of the weather. One million students got the day off including workers. It’s deeply saddened that five victims were dead in this weather. There is over 450 water rescue and victims were transported to the mall to shelter away until the storm passes. It’s hard for people to drive in the freeway because the water can be up to 15 feet deep. The weather causes frustration toward the Houston resident.
On Sunday August 28, 2005 the National Weather Service warned the storm would make southeast Louisiana “uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer” and also warned of “human suffering incredible by modern standards.” This same
Do you remember going or taking your child to the pediatrician office for booster shots? Do you remember getting a flu shot or chicken pox shot? Do you remember how sore your arm felt? How nervous, you felt? Scared, even? Were you one of the few who got sick after getting a shot? Did you expect to be immune to getting the flu after going for the shot, but still got the flu anyway? Were you one of the few who suffered severe complications because of the misinformation spread by the CDC , Center for Disease Control? What if you were told you didn't need some of those shots you were forced to take? Did you know it's against your rights to be forced to get a vaccine? Before we talk about vaccination, you should know how vaccines work.