Irma's Recovery

One of the major hurricanes that made headline news was Hurricane Katrina. It was said that Hurricane Katrina was one of the most deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States. The damages done by Katrina was absolutely devastating. Costing at about an estimated $75 million dollars in repairs, Hurricane Katrina is one of the most costliest hurricanes in the history of U.S. hurricanes. The disaster lasted about eight days, starting on August 23rd and ending on August 31st of 2005. On August 28th, 2005, the tropical storm turned into a category five hurricane with winds of 175 miles per hour. The storm took away the lives of approximately 2,000

There are many people who, after they have endured the trauma of a hurricane, refuse to return to their old houses, or even the area in general. People have different experiences with these traumatic disasters and all deal with them differently. If there is one thing for certain, it’s that they all deal with some sort of loss. Hurricanes are a gigantic setback financially. According to AcuWeather, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the average cost of damages jumped from $1.8 billion to $9 billion. Hurricane Katrina’s damages cost $145 billion and therefore increased the average cost of damages of a hurricane (www.acuweather.com).

time of crisis by R. David Paulison, who unlike Brown, has had a career focused on disaster

In 1992, Hurricane Andrew hit south Florida destructing thousands upon thousands of homes, killing people, leaving south Florida completely destroyed. The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew took roughly two weeks until people started

Ships were left stranded and wrecked miles away from moorings. Thousands of homes were washed away into the sea. Approximately 3,600 buildings were destroyed. Everything that was destroyed was bulldozed 15 blocks from the beach. The damage cost was 20 million (700 million today). It was the third costliest hurricane in U.S. history. 8,000-12,000 of the 37,000 people that lived in Galveston, Texas died, which was 20% of the population that was lost. From the remaining survivors, 30,000 were left

A Navy aircraft carrier was due to anchor off Key West to help in search-and-rescue efforts. Drinking water supplies in

a billion in losses to boats in southeast Florida. The damage to Louisiana is estimated at $1

In the article “Pummeled Florida Staggers Toward Long Recovery” by Alexander Burns, informs the reader that Florida took most of the hit from hurricane Irma and it will take a long time for everything to be better. Beside Florida, three other states were on alert of strong winds and a tornado. To start with, hurricane Irma cause heavy rains, so that caused severe damages with the water and an amount of people weren’t able to evacuate. Due to this, the damages are going to cost repairs. Also, it turned off power lines. In consequence places are on alert. This is a awful event and it will take about a week, so we need to be alert.

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

The New York Times article “Pummeled Florida Staggers Toward Long Recovery” by Alexander Burns informs readers on the controversy surrounding the power outages in Florida. The author explains how right after Hurricane Irma weekend it had started to head north of florida, being that it was just leaving somewhere between Miami to Jacksonville. In the meantime florida has power outages throughout the cities, there are people are without no electricity, and to even get back electricity it could take days to months. In this case florida has so many damages with houses being in pieces, homes flooded, every thing ruined with only some things are salvageable and storm damages costing between $20-$50 billion. For other people in florida who didn't believe they needed to be evacuated and who thought they could wait it out, it soon will be necessary for some residents to evacuate. As there may also be tornado warnings because of the historical levels of flooding. With the storm later heading north it's is cautioned to residence when they return home because the powerlines

According to a news article I found "impacts of hurricane Charley ten years later," explains that the damage of hurricane Charley was more than about $13 billion in damage. Also according to another article quotation another $1 million would go to DeSoto memorial hospital and Arcadia and Osceola regional medical center in Kissimmee. Also some money went to provide services to the senior citizens that went through hurricane Charley. Also money was used for

Hurricane Irma is moving very far inland and has hit a lot of area mainly in Florida. Some authorities are saying that 65% of Floridians are without power, and some power could be out for weeks. In some cities, there is no cell service, electricity, or running water. The Miami Airport and some Miami streets are closed because of water damage. I can connect with this article because I know some people who were affected by the storm. This could affect me because I could have lost those people in the storms.

According to CNN (2017), FEMA released its cost estimate on the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina which was around 108 billion dollars and a total of 1,833 people have died.

Then last week we hear about the category five hurricane Irma that was destroying the Caribbean Islands and was now coming for Florida. The meteorologists were predicting it to hit the east side of Florida, the other side of the coast of Florida. Everyone thought the west side was going to be safe. The east side was boarding up their windows and getting

Millions were made homeless by the huge waves that swept houses and cars away. It was estimated that the costs to repair all damage would be at approximately $5 billion.