Hurricane Harvey Hurricane

In the last century, there have been approximately 13 hurricanes to hit the United States’ landfall (Citation). Many of these hurricanes don't only have a social impact, but also have an economic impact on the United States. However, the question is how impactful does a natural disaster have to be to cripple the United States, or can it help improve the economy? One crucial factor in the economy is the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is a common measurement for determining the health of an economy. Unemployment has a negative effect on the economy because it leads to higher payments from state and federal government for unemployment benefits, food assistance, and Medicaid. Not only is the government helping unemployed individuals

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

Who pays for all these damages? People who live in hurricane prone areas obviously have insurance to fall back on when these disasters strike. It turns out that insurance companies also have insurance for instances like this. When insurance companies get stuck paying out large sums of money to a lot of people, they occasionally need a little help and

Often, the government responds to natural disasters with thorough preparation and planning. The federal, state, and local levels of government do this in an effort to help reduce injury and property damage as well as ensure the overall safety of the general population. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season saw the costliest and one of the deadliest storms in United States history. This storm was Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina displaced of an estimated 645,000 Louisiana citizens (Cepeda, Valdez, Kaplan, & Hill, 2010). This paper will examine…

Hurricane Katrina is the most expensive natural disaster in American history (Kates et al., 2006). This is supported by the statistics from August 2006, where the death total surpassed 1836 and the cost of the destruction was projected to be near $108 billion (Kates et al., 2006). On August 29, it made landfall in Louisiana as a category 3 Hurricane and its aftermath was devastating

Florida's workers were affected greatly by Hurricane Irma. They worked less shifts to properly prepare for the storm and lost productivity. The main industries that were affected in Florida were tourism

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,

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 I have read an article regarding the hurricane Harvey and Irma, I was shocked to know that 1.7 million students can’t go to school because of these disasters. It has been a very hard time for all of you to experience such disasters that caused devastating effects not only to the school but also to each and every one. This might be one of the events that all of you would not forget but I am hoping for guidance that teachers would continue to teach the students and students would have the courage to continue pursuing knowledge. You might be feeling unfortunate due to the unending challenges that you encounter, but always remember that there are thousands of people who are praying and wishing for your protection. May all of you conquer peace

The Hurricane Katrina disaster highly challenged the operations of FEMA thereby leading to great changes in the agency. The Storm that is ranked as the third most intense U.S. landfalling intense caught the FEMA and at large the Department of Homeland Security unprepared thereby leading to severe losses. The hurricane claimed more than 1200 individuals and a total property of around $108 billion, of which could have minimized if FEMA could have carried out its operations effectively (Bea, 2006).

During the months of both August and September of 2017, both the United States and the Caribbean have been ravaged by hurricanes and tropical storms. Record breaking storms such as Harvey and Irma have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands homeless. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report at the end of August with the statistics and significant events associated with these storms.

Moreover, it passed three states with great damage to each one of them. Despite the magnitude or the category of the hurricane, the effects are various depending on the density of population. Thus, the population of Louisiana decreased in 2006, more than a million people were displaced after hurricane Katrina. Some of the people returned to their homes within a few days, but more than 600,000 households were displaced for months. The hurricane evacuee shelters housed more than 273,000 people, and the Federal Emergency Management Agencies (FEMA) housed at least 114,000 households in its trailers. In 2000 the population of New Orleans dropped from 484,674 to an estimated 230,172. Furthermore, after Katrina the decrease was from 254,502 to the half of the city’s

Puerto Rico has all of these, injury, sickness, and disaster: but they are low on working hospitals. The hospitals are filling up fast because everyone is either sick, injured, or concerned. And because the hospitals are overflowing. They need a lot of power to keep all the equipment going and the lights to stay on. Plus most of the hospitals got destroyed so they are short on hospitals.

In order to respond to the contemporary issue of Hurricane Harvey, it is important that I am trained away from vainglory, avarice (greed), and sloth to respond in the way I believe is right. These vices can hinder my desired way of responding to this contemporary issue which is why I need to put them to death. I would need to be trained away from the vice of vainglory because I cannot be preoccupied with my own image or wanting people to acknowledge me for things I have not actually done. To put this vice to death, I must avoid thinking about what I will look like in the public eye if I succeed with the project I plan to do and do not seek the acknowledgment of people when I have not successfully completed my goals. I should not worry about

This editorial was drafted by the Los Angeles Times editorial board. The article is in response to the horrible events happening in Texas regarding Hurricane Harvey. In recent years the people of the United States have been disconnected. Whether it’s political views, racial views, religious views, or even sometimes jealousy. This editorial makes it clear that at time like this, there are no “red” or “blue” states. California and Texas are merely opposite states, no matter what the argument may be, if its capital punishment, gun restrictions, gay marriage, you can usually find these two states going toe to toe. The point the board is trying to make is, no matter how separated we are, or how much we dislike one another, it is time to set those