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In the scientific article,’’Super Disasters of the 21st Century,’’ by Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel, used text structure to visualize and organize their text about the natural disasters, causes and effects. They achieved this by using the strategy subheadings, and one example is, in paragraph 10 titles,’’Sinking City.’’ This foreshadows what event will happen next about the disaster of hurricane Katrina and focuses on the causes and effects of thedsaster. Authors may use subheadings also for organizing their text and to present information in the article. Next what the authors used in the scientific article,’’Super Disaster of the 21st century,’’ is figurative language, and to prove that it states

Those who have lived through natural disasters view them differently than those who have not. Experience helps us understand circumstances in a new way. In the essays “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas, and “The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion, the authors perceive the mysterious Santa Ana winds that blow through California, and the deadly brush fires that it creates. Through the use of imagery, word choice, tone, and description the authors depict the beauty and destruction that they see from the point of view of a native or an outsider.

The media plays a massive role in the construction of crime, this includes the reporting of crime, the sensationalisation of stories, over-representation of different social groups and age of offenders. Construction of crime is also through stereotyping both ethnicity and gender. It is sometimes argued that the media is an ideological tool that is used to distort reality from its viewers. Female killers are often considered as ‘oxymoronic’, as they are seen as contradictory. Females are generally seen as caring beings but once they commit violent crimes, they are judged based individual circumstances and it is not taken into consideration that they could just as violent as male offenders in their own right. In this essay, I will be focusing on the gender stereotypes in media, specifically focusing on female killers.

In reading through Eric Klinenberg’s essay “Denaturalizing Disaster”, I was struck by passages that, although written over seventeen years ago, felt quite prevalent in today’s society. I was personally disturbed in reading the analysis and the deconstruction of the sociological impacts of the Chicago heat wave. (Klinenberg) The effects of the heat wave, an otherwise “natural” event, resulted in an unprecedented mortality rate, leaving me to question how something so seemingly natural could result in a fatality rate that is in itself, unnatural. The mortality rate of Chicago residence would imply that:

And it involves interaction with familiar faces, tasks, procedures, and organizations. (Auf der Heide, Erik. 1989) An emergency is generally personal in nature. A disaster is “an event associated with the impact of a natural hazard, which leads to increased mortality, illness and/or injury, and destroys or disrupts livelihoods, affecting the people or an area such that they (and/or outsiders) perceive it as being exceptional and requiring external assistance for recovery” (Cannon 1994, 29, fn.2). Finally, a catastrophe can be viewed as “…any disaster that overwhelms the ability of state, local, and volunteer agencies to adequately provide victims with such life-sustaining mass care services as food, shelter, and medical assistance within the first 12 to 24 hours.” (GAO, Disaster Management, 1993, p. 3).

In attempt to provide background on the impacts of past natural disasters, condensed case studies of two major natural disasters are summarized, outlining the damage – both financial and physical. The aftermath of any natural disaster highlights the weaker areas of emergency management and as a result, the federal government has made significant efforts to strengthen those areas through preparedness and mitigation measures. Additionally, emphasis on mitigation and preparedness has increased following the vast number of natural disasters that the United States has endured, not only in the federal sector but also in the education and research sector. Today,

A natural disaster is an event that causes great damage. Such as floods, hurricanes, or a loss of life. Speaking this there was a Wildfire in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In fact, there was a wild fire that occurred on June 23, 2012. Only four miles Southwest of Colorado Springs. Therefore, there were several locations that needed to be evacuated. Even though there was 18,247 acres burnt, the fire was 100 percent contained on July 10, 2012. All in all, 346 homes were burnt. Due to that fact, two families lost a loved one. Eventually the mystery of this wildfire, is still unknown.

Both text selections: “The Perfect Storm ” by Sebastian Junger and “Submerged City” express the cause and effects of disasters through text structure. Text structure refers to how the information within a

Thus, if we can identify where the responsibility lies (or more accurately, how responsibility is ‘distributed’ as it would be unfair for us to presume that the government is solely responsible), then we can push for changes to occur toward a more positive direction. After responsibility is identified and positive change occurs, the new model for disaster preparedness can be emulated by other local governments, especially those that are prone to hurricanes and other extreme weather phenomena such as New

Disasters are totalizing events, impacting and influencing every aspect of a community when they occur. As the anthropology of disaster grows, both in the number of publications and the number of researchers, the scope of topics related to disasters will also grow. Economic implications, vulnerable populations, and human ecology already contribute heavily to the

This book addresses the response to natural disasters, focusing on how the governments role changes, It traces the evolution of federal disaster assistance role and major programs, reviews constitutional law on the “taking issue” as it applies to hazardous areas and gives a summary of ideas for policy recommendations, Also the book goes along with the class because it has to do with hazards and the federal planning that goes along with the disasters. Rutherford is trying to prove whether Public policy helps or causes more problems with natural disasters by federalizing the disasters. “Disasters and Democracy” traces back throughout different case studies from different decades to analyze the effect of federalizing disasters. An example of a case study used is the Bay area and the disasters it went through in the 1900s. This book is intended to reach people who are interested in policy, and this is because first off this is what the book is mainly about, but Platt goes in through detail ways to move

Natural disaster occurs across the world and create damage across our nation. They have affected us mentally and physically. Natural disaster are event or accident created by the environment resulting in a lot of damage sometimes. Destroying Our house, lives and communities. Natural disaster can range from a flood to a hurricane or cyclone. Over the past twenty years there has been thousand even millions of damage created by disaster across the U.S. There are many ways a natural disaster occur. We focused on three main topics of Natural disaster which are the types of natural disaster, how they affect us and how we they have affected the US.

The San Francisco earthquake is one of the worst natural disasters to ever occur in history. The earthquake started at about 5:15 AM on April 18th of 1906 in San Francisco, California. The ground shook for only a minute but it ignited a fire that lasted three days, straight. The fires spread all around the area and caused so much damage that it killed hundreds of people and made over one-hundred thousand homeless. The damage also costed millions of dollars to repair. People panicked and someone even said, “The Lord sent it, the Lord!” Someone also got caught in the wreckage and knew he couldn’t make it out alive, so a policeman shot him in the head. Many tried to distinguish the fires but they didn’t put them out. Finally, three days after

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

Media mix means the advertising strategy encompasses the use of more than one type of advertising media to get its message across the target audience. A combination of media types is known as the media mix. No advertiser can rely only on one medium to reach his audience.