The Impact Of A Current Manmade Disaster

The political fallout was immediate. President Wilson protested strongly to the Germans. In September, the Germans announced that passenger ships would be sunk only with prior warning and appropriate safeguards for passengers. However, the seeds of American animosity towards Germany were sown. Within two years, America declared war.” (2000).

Does anyone remember the Republican predictions of disaster during the last eight years? They warned us what could happen if Obama was elected President and if Congress was controlled by Democrats. Let me list my personal top ten:

The tragic events of 9/11 were emotionally damaging for everyone. Children lost their parents, people lost their friends, and spouses lost each other. While all of these cases are rich with psychological themes, it is the impact on the fully formed mind of the adult that is most interesting. While the specific reaction of each adult is hard to explain under one large theory, a lot of their behavior is due to flashbulb memories, classical conditioning, schemas, heuristics, and normalization.

The year 2017 has seen a plethora of deadly disasters. Disasters, natural or man-made, are extremely disturbing events that cause hardship, suffering, injury, and death. A disaster can be detrimental to human societies and their way of life. Natural disasters, such as hurricanes, mudslides, and wild fires can cause everlasting changes to humanity, biomes, and the planet. Likewise, man-made events, such as war, terrorist attacks, or toxic spills can be just as damaging. One job of the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN) is to insure that humanitarian aid is provided to relieve the pain and suffering caused by all types of disasters. In addition, saving lives by utilizing our resources is the main goal of the UN. Norman Borlag once stated, “The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.” Therefore, the issues that will be addressed using the $50,000,000 plus anonymous contribution will involve providing humanitarian aid to disaster torn areas in order improve the standard of living and preserve human dignity. This is the most important dilemma facing the international community today.

The massive hurricane that decimated large areas of the southeastern coast originated as a small category 1 hurricane. The state and federal government received lots of criticism for their minimal preparation and their ineffectual evacuation procedures. The storm shed light on the role of the government in natural disasters and its need for serious evaluation.

There was a family early in the morning at 9ish there was a big black cloud coming towards they all huddled in the middle of the room. They got wet towels and covered there mouth and cracks in the door and windows. When they looked at the black cloud they saw birds flying away and animals running away from the cloud. It was total darkness and there small house was getting hit with dirt really hard. They were in the middle of the room till the sandstorm ended. This happened to a lot of people in different places they were most common in Texas, Kansas, New Mexico and colorado they were hit with hundreds of storms. These big storms are one of the biggest natural disasters in America's history. These big storm threatened so many people of the population.

Before I looked into this topic of these crazy natural disasters I did not know that much about Hurricanes and all that imply. When Br. Little gave me the option to choose whatever natural disaster case I want this was easily my first choice. I have used information from cites but will probably will most likely be quotes because I cannot summarize science all that much so if it looks like plagiarism it was not intended to be. As we were talking about it in class it really interested me and how much it can impact a city or a country. Hurricanes are so fascinating to me. As we were talking about it in class it really interested me and how much it can impact a city or a country. We get the term Hurricane from the word ‘Taino’ a Native American word meaning “evil spirit of the wind” (40 Facts About Hurricanes - Conserve Energy Future).

When it comes to natural disasters we know people are going to be hurt and killed but what we don’t know is what type of people are affected by it the most. In the article, the author uses many examples of natural disasters that had a very high number Black African Americans death. Is no coincidence that in many of these disasters is the ones that are poor, black, minorities that are being affected. Is a misconception that racism and segregation have lessened it actually is being done in other methods that are not as obvious. The government is not making any effort if it involves poor black citizens why because there are no interests by the ones that are in power to do so. The U.S. has had many issues with African Americans from slavery to

Natural disasters have struck the hearts of many, causing injury, devastation, and fatalities. When a natural disaster occurs the feeling of uneasiness, survival, and humanity is tested during these times. Hurricane Katrina is one of many, the deadliest, damaging, and expensive Hurricanes that struck the nation. Hurricane Katrina hit the southern coast affecting Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana on August 29, 2005. Hurricane Katrina’s powerful wind and extreme flooding took a major toll on New Orleans Louisiana. The biggest impact of the Hurricane ravaged homes, businesses, and organization, leaving thousands dead, and millions homeless. Days before the tropical storm reached landfall, Governor Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana

Various catastrophes strike the world. There are natural disasters that displace people and destroy everything in its path, mass murders that take innocent lives, and terrorist attacks that ensue a particular nation in fear. While mass tragedies seem to have the similar psychological effects, these all have their own unique story and aftermath.

When an epidemic or catastrophe affects a community or nation depending on the resilience of the-the community there can be different outputs that help limit the aftermaths of the disaster.How the group of people respond or deal with the situation at hand will have a big impact on how it will affect their lives moving on. As humans the direr the situation we find ourselves in, the more likely we are to make a rush or unsound decision.These decisions shape how our lives may be impacted moving on whether for the duration of the catastrophe or many years to come.When the black death hit Europe in the late 1340’s to early 1350’s the Europeans did not know how to react or respond to it the because its victims nor physicians did not know the cause

On May 12, 2008, in the Sichuan Province in China, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9

While natural disasters such as floods, drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather, climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large, if not equal, contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues, there is both a physical and human dimension to ‘natural disasters’. The extent to which the natural occurrence of a physical process, such as a flood or earthquake, impacts on society is constructed by that society, creating a ‘disaster’ as measured by a

Tropical storms are an incredible threat to humanity. The International Disaster Database (EM-DAT) “recorded 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, which claimed 1.35 million lives or almost 68,000 lives on average each year”(The Human Cost of Natural Disasters 2015). Although shelters are of great use, this form of relief requires days and often weeks to establish. Additionally, shelters must be built by people and assembling teams of volunteers is not always easy or time efficient. This pertinent issue combined with the leftover metal containers from the shipping industry is a blessing in disguise. This “trash” scattered across the world has allowed some individuals to make elaborate designs. For example, incorporating multiple containers to mimic a permanent house. To quickly provide assistance to those negatively affected by tropical storms, mobile relief shelters shall be made from recycled shipping containers.

After a disaster strikes most people feel unprepared because they were never educated on those circumstances. "We have fears that we admit to openly and ones that we never discuss. We carry around this half-completed sentence, filling in the different scenarios depending on the anxiety of the times: I wonder what I would do if..."(Ripely xi). When those “what if” statements come true, most people deny what is actually happening. Therefore, individuals go through three stages when disaster strikes: denial, deliberation, and the decisive moment. “Real life doesn't usually follow a linear arc, or course. Sometimes the path to survival is more like a looping roller coaster, doubling up and back upon itself as we struggle to find the true north. But it's rare that anyone survives a disaster without pushing- or being pushed - through each of these