Impacts Of Hurricane Sandy

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.

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.

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 are formed over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds over 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms addressed here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This paper will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms.

The whole world observed as the administration responders appeared incapable to provide essential protection from the effects of nature. The deprived response results from a failure to accomplish a number of risk factors (Moynihan, 2009). The dangers of a major hurricane striking New Orleans had been measured, and there was sufficient warning of the threat of Katrina that announcements of emergency were made days in advance of landfall (Moynihan, 2009). Nonetheless, the responders were unsuccessful to change this information into a level of preparation suitable with the possibility of the approaching disaster. Federal responders failed to recognize the need to more actively engage (Moynihan, 2009). These improvements include improved ability to provide support to states and tribes ahead of a disaster; developed a national disaster recovery strategy to guide recovery efforts after major disasters and emergencies; and the Establishment of Incident Management Assistance Teams in which these full time, rapid response teams are able to deploy within two hours and arrive at an incident within 12 hours to support the local incident commander (FEMA,

Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The winds got up to 115 miles per hour. This hurricane affected the Greater Antilles, Eastern United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Eastern Canada (Sharp). I already knew that Hurricane Sandy was in 2012.

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster that has affected many people in New Orleans. The communication broke 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 broken down, 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).

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,

Hurricane Sandy pushed across New York coast and left a devastating trail behind. There devastation was so great that it caused federal, local, and regional levels to develop plans and strategies for future crisis. An emergency situation on a magnitude as Hurricane Sandy created a collaboration of many emergency services. FEMA, Red Cross, Department of Transportation, and many local agencies were involved with managing the chaos caused by the storm. Collaboration was utilized during the occurrence of the storm and after the storm. Several of the agencies and their involvement will be described.

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.

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.

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.

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

Every emergency or disaster, from a small house fire to a hurricane that devastates entire communities, have a distinct cycle. This is