Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc throughout the Houston School District – the largest public school district in Texas and the seventh-largest in the U.S. – forcing schools to close and disrupting the lives of thousands of students, teachers, and education officials.
As of September 1st, district officials reported that each of the 200 school-related facilities they inspected after the disaster sustained damage from the hurricane, which was later downgraded to a tropical storm. It’s also expected that an additional 100 facilities will likely face similar problems, but have been inaccessible due to flooding, mold, or other circumstance.
School in other Houston-area districts have also suffered damage from the hurricane; but if Hurricane Katrina (which struck the Gulf Coast in 2005) is any sign, the worst of Harvey’s effects on education is yet to come. Hurricane Katrina, for instance, displaced more than 370,000 students in Mississippi and Louisiana, creating the lost generation of students who were forced to move from their homes and local schools. Meaning that children who frequently move or who live in poor circumstance (such as communities that’s been hit by a natural disaster) have a higher chance of dropping out of school compared to those who don’t. Needless to say, this is a big deal. Especially since this is only one of the five most common learning disabilities seen in schools today.
That being said, since Katrina hit Mississippi and Louisiana, both state's
The hurricane affected Houston in an economic way by stopping production because without oil wen cannot make gases without gas some people cannot go to work because they do not have gas in their car. Another way the hurricane affected Houston in an economic way is by taxes because some place in Houston are destroy by the hurricane so people don’t have enough money to pay taxes. The hurricane affected Houston in a Social/Cultural Factors way is by food because a lot of markets were flooded by water so there were not much of good for people to buy and their prices were a little bit high because of the hurricane, another way the hurricane affected Houston in a Social/Cultural Factors way is by clothes because weather in your house or a market
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.
Because of this hurricane, people are being forced out of their homes, left with no food, left with nothing, and being forced to see this natural disaster thrash at their city. Not only will this hurricane affect the people in Houston and south Texas, but it will also affect those across the nation who have loved ones going through this tragedy. This event is important because lives have been lost and many people are losing many of their possessions. This hurricane is bringing devastation to people in this county, who just a few days ago were living
Seeing that some neighboorhoods in the low land were effected even more than those on high land will help the city see which parts of the city to start evacuation procedures to also avoid so much commotion or traffic around town. Loise Rose talks about how she realized that this storm was different from any regular rainy day when she saw that Harvey did not discriminate did make perfect sense. Her explanation of where she was at at the George R. Brown where she saw all social classes and all types of race gave a perfect description of what Houston is. Many came together as one at the time of help, so it helped to show and prove even with all the controversy in politics that separate us in society. It was the last thing we had on our minds and we just cared and worried for one another. I believe that we should work together as a city or even a state and prepare for future emergency like this one.Build a charity that will helps us with situations like Harvey. Any charity that would take donations specifically for any losses of home or businesses that will be promising for the city and state. From other sources and talk going around seems like people cant seem to trust the red cross or any government help after
Natural disasters like hurricanes do not happen every day, but unfortunately, they do happen. A few weeks ago, Hurricane Harvey struck in Houston, Texas and caused serious havoc. Several scientists and weather meteorologists began to compare Hurricane Harvey to Hurricane Katrina, a hurricane 2005 that surrounded areas of Mississippi along with New Orleans. Harvey began in 2017 around the Houston area of Texas. Although, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey have a twelve-year time difference, they both have various similarities and differences.
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
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They are going to different schools to work with the children who have experienced the hurricane.
New Orleans public schools were struggling before hurricane Katrina and after the storm hit more than half of these schools were physically wiped out, paving the way for privatized schools to swoop
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.
These psychological disturbances may negatively affect child growth and development, and may last beyond one year after the disaster. McLaughlin et al. (2010) showed around 11% of children to have ongoing emotional disturbance even 3 years after the Katrina hurricane, with aggression, excess fear, withdrawal and signs of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) being displayed.
(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.
The American red cross estimated that Katrina destroyed over 300,000 single-family homes throughout Louisiana and Mississippi.
Nine years ago the massive storm known as Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans and other parts of Louisiana. That hurricane in turn affected a multitude of aspects, those being; economy, tourism, employment, housing etc. Out of all those aspects I’m going to further dive into the initial impact of hurricane Katrina on education and schools in New Orleans, and how students and teachers were affected by this natural disaster. Initially after Katrina, 110 out of the 126 public school were completely destroyed. Previously all the schools were run by a board that was corrupt and didn’t manage the schools efficiently and used them incorrectly which led to corruption. It was bad enough that even the FBI had to intervene by placing a satellite system
On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery.