Johnson City Tragedy

One of the most horrific storms that ever hit the United States was Hurricane Katrina. Katrina was classified a category five hurricane, which is the worst category a hurricane can be. Since the winds in this category storm will go faster than 157 miles per hour, a category five hurricane means appalling damage will occur. When such a deadly disaster occurs, people look to their government and local officials for help, however, the local police, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD), did not do its job. A great number of people disagree with how the NOPD participated in the relief efforts and are criticized for not being ready to handle a disaster of this magnitude.

On August 29th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic damage and flooding in Mississippi, Louisiana, New Orleans and areas in between. It destructed the lives and homes of thousands of people, with a total of 1,883 fatalities (Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts, 2015). Hurricane Katrina left many homeless and hospitals unprepared for the challenges posed to the healthcare system as a whole. Some of these challenges included gaining access to healthcare facilities, providing expedited care to those most in need, and preventing spread of disease that commonly occurs during natural disasters. Many facilities did not evacuate in time and many were left stranded in flooded waters as patients conditions worsened and access to essential medications and treatments became limited.

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In the 1930’s disaster struck the Midwest. The tragic event, known as the Dust Bowl, records the worst man-made and natural ecological disaster in American history. The phenomenon lasted about a decade, ruining over 100,000,000 acres in the panhandles of Oklahoma and Texas touching neighboring sections of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. These areas are known for having little rainfall, light soil, and high winds, which was a potentially vicious mixture. The Dust Bowl required thousands of families to abandon their farms, which for most of them was their life. Leaving behind livestock to suffocate, crops to die, and homes to be deserted. This disaster affected American history ecologically, socially, and even medically.

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MILLERSBURG — The budget, school funding, infrastructure and a growing heroin epidemic top the list of issues for candidates seeking election to Ohio's 98th House District.

Is it ever okay to burn an American flag as means of challenging the rules? In 1984 at a republican national convention in Dallas, Texas a man named Gregory Lee Johnson burned a flag in protest of the newly appointed Reagan administration policies which led to his arrest and prosecution. By looking at the Texas v. Johnson case, one can see it was right for Johnson to challenge the rules by burning the flag in protest of the reagan administration policies which is important because it represents freedom of symbolic speech in the first amendment.

After it was over, the flood had destroyed 507 homes, damaged 936 homes, left over 4,000 people homeless, swept away 30 trailers and 600 automobiles, destroyed 30 businesses, washed out sections of the railroad and 10 bridges, and knocked out telephone, sewage, water and power services (Nugent 146). Over 1,000 residents sustained injuries and 125 people were killed, 7 bodies were never found (Nugent 146). “Victims lay crushed against bridges, wedged between railroad cars, swinging grotesquely from tree branches” (Nugent 151). In the days following the disaster, as the extent of the devastation unfolded, Pittston “remained silent, without even a word of condolence for the victims” (Nugent 156). When an official finally made a statement, he

Six months after the Columbine shooting in October, the sheriff's department agreed to share the evidence the have gathered. The killing was carefully planned, the boys put a small decoy bomb 3 miles away from the school in a field hoping to distract people from the events happening at the school. They got to the school at 11;15 with two duffel bags holding propane bombs. THe boys placed the bombs in the cafeteria and went back to their cars and waited. When the bombs didn’t go off as planned, they climbed to the top of the steps outside of the schools west entrance and started shooting. Once the two boys got back into the school hallways, they started throwing pipe bombs and shooting amnously. Once getting into the library, they shot at the

On the morning of June 17, 1933, a mass murder committed in front of Union Railway Station in Kansas City, Missouri shocked the American public into a new consciousness of the serious crime problems in the nation.Kansas City mass murder was committed by This murder took place on Union Station railroad Depot in Kansas City this gun battle occurred when a game glad by Brandon Miller attempted to free Frank Kelly Nash a federal prisoner the Kansas City Massacre shocks the American public into a new currency of the serious crime problems in the nation the killings which took the lives of our 4 peace officers in the prisoner involved the attempt by Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd Nash was in the custody of several law enforcement officers who was

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Ten years ago this August, a category five hurricane ripped through the Southern United States, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. New Orleans’ native Joni Pavlik is more familiar than most with tragic event, as many of her family members had to evacuate their home town to avoid the storm. Unfortunately, the devastation inflicted by Katrina left them without a home. “They evacuated, as always, when a bad storm heads that direction,” Joni remarked. “When they knew there was no home to go to, they turned to Ray and me for safe shelter.” She and her husband, along with the community, gladly welcomed the twelve family members and six pets with open arms. Now, years later, some have moved away and others have passed on. And while memories

There is no doubt that Victim Rights have dramatically changed for the better since the 1960s, and that also applies to the State of North Carolina. North Carolina is not where it needs to be in terms of Victim Rights, but it is has certainly advanced in the topic over the years since it was first established. North Carolina, along with every other state in the United States, has recognized that victims need assistance when they are or a loved one is involved in a crime. Our textbook has shown that victims experience all different types of emotions when they are in fact victims. These emotions include: fear, guilt, loneliness, powerlessness, isolation and helplessness, just to name a few (Wallace & Roberson, 2015). Victims also face direct property loss, medical and mental health care, needed victim services, lost workdays, lost school days, pain and suffering, loss of affection, death, and legal costs associated with tort claims and second-generation loss (Wallace & Roberson, 2015). It is ridiculous that “violent crime and its resulting injuries account for 3 percent of all US medical spending “(Wallace & Roberson, 2015). “Victims usually suffer three types of losses. They are as follows:

In the year 2005, New Orleans was famously hit a major natural disaster that took lives and destroyed the homes and civilians. This wrath of Mother Nature became to be known as Hurricane Katrina, a category 5 hurricane with gusts peaking at 174/mph according to the Safir- Simpson wind scale (SSHS). With this Hurricane having its path directly on a city only being on average 1-2 feet below sea level, it created conditions for serious havoc (NOAA, 2012). The aftermath left a serious physical imprint on the city, which has the potential to never be removed. This imprint left by Hurricane Katrina caused extensive damage to 134,000 housing units, destroying multiple bridges along the Gulf Coast, as well as various buildings across the city, which led to harmful chemicals leaking into the water system, such as petroleum and natural gas. Finally, Hurricane Katrina also caused the main power grid to be disoriented for a number of weeks. As a result, the damage costs from the storm added up to be about $108 billion (2005 USD), which according to Eric Blake was the costliest storm ever to hit the United States (Blake et al. 2011). Hurricane Katrina perpetuated all of these tribulations, as it drastically altered the lives of the many inhabitants of New Orleans and they continue to face the repercussions of the storm in their day-to-day lives.

The Revelation of the Values in Life and Spiritual Beliefs In Denis Johnson’s “Emergency” the distinction between the characters involved in the story helps the author give readers a deeper analysis of the characteristics of the two main characters, F***head and Georgie. It is apparent that the two share the habit of abusing drugs, but it is the only similar characteristic that the two friends share. As the plot progresses, the conversations the two share appear limited, and in most instances, never seem to agree or listen to one another. F***head’s carefree mind-set, in terms comparable to Georgie, also creates this gap in the characters’ friendship and contributes to the interpretation of the story’s theme.