Impacts Of Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Irene has passed and though the extent of the damage is still being assessed, we know many thousands have been affected by flooding, wind damage, power outages, mass evacuations and more. There has been loss of human and animal life and extensive property damage. As rescue professionals work to determine the impact, and our country ultimately reviews the preparations and the response, we must pause to remember another disaster that began six years ago today – Hurricane Katrina.

As Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma successively lashed the gulf coast starting in late August 2005, nature’s fury exposed serious weaknesses in the United States’ emergency response capabilities. Not all emergencies pose this magnitude of challenge. In the United States, the initial—and usually major—responsibility for disaster response rests with local authorities. This “bottom-up” system of emergency management has a long history and continues to make sense in most circumstances. Core Challenges for Large-Scale Disaster

Have you ever driven down the Garden State Parkway and seen car magnets that have “Jersey Strong” written on them? To summarize what “Jersey Strong” means in a few words is that no matter what obstacle strikes the Garden State, the people who live in New Jersey can get through anything together. In the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, New Jersey was hit by a deadly hurricane that left southern parts of the state in complete ruins. Not only were thousands of homes and businesses destroyed, but also over one hundred people were killed nationwide. This hurricane was a natural disaster that thousands of people could never forget about. The history making hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, did not only leave destruction in New Jersey, but also personal and economic troubles.

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster that has affected many people in New Orleans as well as the surrounding areas. It had a stunning “death toll of 1300 people and damage over $100 billion ”( Davlasheridze 94 ). The communication were taken down hours after Katrina because of the unexpected fast winds and floods that broke down “3 million phone lines and 1,000 cellular towers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.”( Joch ). Because of the millions of phone lines that were battered, contacting the government for help was difficult hours after hurricane Katrina. Not only that, the people of New Orleans underestimated the power of Hurricane Katrina causing many to be “ stranded with no food or water” ( Narrator, “The Storm”,PBS ).

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…

In August 2005, Hurricane Katrina left a path of destruction down the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico. It was the worst natural disaster that the United States had encountered up to that point. Even with warning signs before the storm hit, local and state governments failed to adhere to the warnings. Katrina’s worst devastation came in New Orleans where thousands lost everything due to massive flooding. New Orleans was in desperate need of assistance. Unfortunately, due to difficult circumstances at every level of government, the relief would have to wait. “Breakdowns in communication and confused emergency and law enforcement responses from local, state, and federal officials in the hours and days after Hurricane Katrina led to chaos and panic in the affected areas, endangering citizens’ property and lives.” (Tkacz, 2006, p. 1) Command Relationships were a complete failure in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina due to the absence of Command and Control, training for that type of situation, and the lack of resources.

Have you ever felt as though the current summer is hotter and more intense than the one you experienced the year prior? The winter is colder, has more blizzards and is longer? Does it seem like fall starts later and is shorter than just a few years ago? More heat waves are causing you to spend your summer trapped inside, or sudden and intense snow and ice storms are keeping you out of school? Hurricane Sandy was a phenomenon that took place in October of 2012 and wreaked havoc along the East Coast causing homes, boardwalks, and businesses to be demolished and even caused 285 fatalities.

The insurance companies in this video showcases the exercise and abuse of power. After hurricane Sandy hit many individuals were negatively impacted. Many of their belongings and houses were destroyed along with the chaotic storm. Even though the impacted individuals had home insurances, they did not benefit from it, because the insurance companies were not paying their policy holders the promised amount. Regardless of how much their home insurance policy was worth, they were not given enough money for the damages caused by the storm. That is because the insurance companies were not agreeing to pay and cover homeowners all the costs for all the disasters has caused because they believe the disaster was not “not structurally damaged by hydrodynamic

Hurricanes usually form over ocean areas near the Equator during summer months, since the ocean surface is at its warmest. The heat and moisture from the ocean provides the hurricane energy, and maintains it after its been formed. In this case, Hurricane Sandy travelled up north, growing colossal and relentlessly from the energy. However, if the supply of heat or moisture from the ocean is cut off, it will weaken the strength of the hurricane. Therefore, a hurricane is usually most destructive when it first moves over land. When a hurricane passes over land or cold ocean water, it loses its energy source of evaporating water and slowly dissipates.

Approximately three and a half years ago, Superstorm Sandy made landfall in southern New Jersey, becoming the second largest storm in U.S. history. The effect of the storm left “millions of residents without powers, causing widespread flooding, and significant gas shortage throughout New York and New Jersey. The storm caused tens of billions of dollars in damage to hundreds of thousands of homes and killing at least 162 residents” (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2013). The FEMA effectively coordinated a Federal response plan that contributed a national effort to support communities and states in affected areas. Before the storm hit, emergency officials evacuated the community. More than 900 staffs were sent to shelters. FEMA coordinated

On October 11th 2012, a tropical wave formed off the coast of West Africa that would soon be associated with embodying one of the Atlantic’s largest and deadliest tropical cyclones. A cyclone so large that it spanned over 560,000 square miles, and so destructive that the National Hurricane Center retired it’s name, alongside notable Hurricane Katrina and 75 other historical cyclones. A cyclone known under many aliases such as Frankenstorm and Superstorm, only described the sheer complexity and oddity of this late October phenomenon. The 18th named tropical cyclone of the 2012 Atlantic Hurricane season, that packed quite a punch, was officially known as Hurricane Sandy. Sandy affected one of the most populated regions of the U.S mainland, the

This case study covers the response efforts of government officials and volunteers after hurricane Sandy to help restore services in certain locations. The main focus was on the Rockaway peninsula in New York city. Based on the economic status determined how soon they were able to receive recovery assistance for their basic needs. (Subaiya, S., Moussavi, C., Velasquez, A., & Stillman, J.2014) Low income households worried the most about the essentials,

As Hurricane Sandy approaches, Jill sets up for a teleportation science experiment, but when nature mixes with science, teleportation becomes time travel. Jill travels through time, as herself, helping people along the way. In the present scientist work on trying to bring her home and mysterious messages from the future helps her navigate this past.

More than ten years ago, Hurricane Katrina bouldered through the southern coast of the United States. The deadliest hurricane in seventy years, this tropical storm swiftly caused the evacuation of over 500,000 people and 90,000 square miles to be declared a disaster zone (Kessler et al. 930). There were 1600 recorded deaths, and 1000 people remain missing (Kessler et al. 930). Once the water subsided, close to nothing remained. No homes, schools, bridges, or vehicles. Hurricane Katrina forced the victims to start from scratch,

On August 29, 2009, Hurricane Katrina struck the United States Gulf Coast. It was a Category 3 Hurricane, according to the Saffir Simpson Scale. Winds gusted to up to 140 miles per hour, and the hurricane was almost 400 miles wide . The storm itself did a tremendous amount of damage, but the storm’s aftermath was cataclysmic. Many claimed that the federal government was slow to meet the needs of the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the storm. This paper will examine the four elements of disaster management – preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation – as well as an analysis on the data presented.