Why People Stick Together To Fight A Common Cause

Tourism was a large part of the economy in many areas hit and with buildings destroyed and tourist having been killed the tourist industry took a big hit. This affected people’s ability to earn a living and an income to support their families. The fishing industry was also greatly affected with an estimated 100 000 fishing boats damaged or destroyed.

Either their physical effects are felt by multiple communities in a region or the response to them draws support from a region’s communities. Communities like Joplin and those found along the Gulf Coast are typically called upon to assist when any disaster strikes close to home. In the case of Joplin, MO, the tornado affected people and business that were directly in the path of the tornado which physically leaves much of the remainder of the town undamaged as well as Joplin’s surrounding communities and therefore able to render response. Katrina’s, destructive effects were experienced by more people in more communities than who or what the Joplin tornado effected. Katrina’s effects quickly overwhelmed state and local response efforts and required Federal intervention. The magnitude of damage done to the Gulf Coast communities, including New Orleans, was the result of the hurricane exploiting vulnerabilities that were difficult, time-consuming, and prohibitively expensive to

Completely out of human control, natural disasters take their toll on people by destroying properties and crops, as well as killing people. There have been many tornadoes in the past, because of these events there are now better warning systems and rebuilding programs. After hurricanes, many people open up their homes for people in need. There are also many large-scale refugee centers that help people that have lost everything due to a hurricane. Adversity brings out a kindness and generosity that is not always present until a storm wakes people up to the needs of others. A man-made storm can also bring an awaking to American society.

Adams and Kostel, the authors, discuss the causes of the disasters and ways to minimize the effects of these type of disasters. The authors use physical data to help readers visualize the..causes..In...text..it..states,.“Total losses exceeded $150 billion.” The authors use monetary data to show the devastating effects of the hurricane.

Economic and development of any area is always and always will be interrupted by disasters big and small. These disasters can have a big impact on the economy by destroying businesses, homes, and damage property. As disaster pose a challenge to up and coming or existing developments or communities there are ways to possibly help damage and lose such as not building in a flood zone and moving to higher elevation. Disasters can have an effect on families to.

Natural disaster currently has become a large part of US economy, from tornadoes, fire, floods and hurricanes. These natural disasters have lead to death of people but also a billion dollar damage to several cities or states. According to National center of Environmental Information, in 2015 there were at least ten weather disasters that lead to property damages exceeding one billion dollar across United States. The natural disasters are found in many ways, the one most famous is Hurricane Katrina and another Hurricane Sandy. These two hurricanes are Atlantic hurricanes, Hurricane Katrina hit the Southern States and Hurricane Sandy hit near Atlantic City affecting many eastern States. Although the two hurricanes have occurred in separate years, yet they have caused a lot of damage in large cities leaving thousands of people without home. Furthermore due to these natural disasters has questioned the government how to prepare for natural disaster in near future. The hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy are both consider Natural disaster that has lead to heavy damages but one has more devastating effect than the other.

Junot Diaz once said “Disasters don’t just happen. They are always made possible by a series of often-invisible societal choices that implicate more than just those being drowned or buried in rubble” (Junot Diaz, 1). This quote introduces the idea of what is referred to as a social disaster. A social disaster can be a natural disaster such as earthquakes, tsunamis, or hurricanes etc. that are associated with some environmental, cultural, or political problem (Hovenac, 1). These societal problems can be a result of the natural disaster but more often issues that have always been there that are uncovered by the event of the natural disaster. When we look back at natural disasters that have occurred in United States, we notice that societal issues also arise with these events. A known example of this is when Hurricane Katrina hit the United States in 2005. As a result of the storm, researchers claimed that the socioeconomic status of those affected by the storm played a vital role in the damages that they face. This natural disaster brought attention to the pressing issue of the socioeconomic imbalance in our country and how it affects those in a natural disaster.

One way in which impacts can be reduced is through responses. Responses include both preparation and how the country reacts once the disaster has occurred. In the case of Katrina there were advanced warnings in place 2 days before the storm and a state of emergency declared 1 day in advance. Additionally risk assessments had also been published and an evacuation of New Orleans was ordered on the day. Whilst many argued that this was too late the majority of the population still did manage to leave in private cars with 150,000 remaining the majority by choice. The ability of many being able to evacuate so easily is another aspect that differs as in a country of high development such as the US private car ownership is high whilst it is significantly lower in an LEDC. The combined effect of advanced warnings and efficient evacuation thus aided in a significantly lower death toll in the US. In Myanmar however the government was significantly less prepared, whilst systems were in place to detect flooding

I personally have not experienced a disaster. However, I have heard about a lot of megadealths from the media. The most recent is Hurricane Matthew. Hurricane Matthew affected the Caribbean, Florida and North Carolina. It is known that hundreds of people have died and over one thousand people remain without houses and clean water in Haiti, four people have died and one million people lost power in Florida and seven people have died, about 760,000 people still remain without power and over 880 people had to be rescued in North Carolina. I am sadden by the destruction that this hurricane has caused. I have a lot of friends in Florida and a lot of family in North Carolina all whom are safe. It took a couple of days to ensure everyone was safe.

The wildfires will have an impact on scarce resources because many buildings and thousands of acres of trees have been burned to the ground. It not only hurts the land category, but it hurts labor and capital categories. Labor includes the physical actions and mental activities that people contribute to the production of goods and services. Capitol includes all factory, storage, transportation, and distribution facilities. The people affected by the disaster will begin to act in self-interest. Self-interest simply means that each economic unit tries to achieve its own particular goal. The wineries will try to rebuild fast in order to have tourists return and begin to make profits. People will try to find a place to live until their homes are rebuilt. Natural disasters can destroy factories and cripple supply chains. This means the market system must develop methods for assessing and managing risk. In most cases, people would have insurance to cover the risk of a natural disaster so it does not have to solely rely on out of pocket money.

Some places that hurricane hit made billions of dollars for the state economy like the tourism industry of New Jersey that made $65 billion per year (O'Connor). If a place that were destroyed and it very important for the economy of that state or country they need to rebuild because it is the main source of money. The government would probably not let the area be left alone if it made a lots of money for them. Some people they are really curious about the life of the people who live in an area that were destroyed, so they will go visit. If they want people to go visit and see how they live after hurricane they need to clean up little bit. People will come little by little and it will make the money for the economy. If they just keep rebuild with the money they get from the tourist visited, the place will be normal in no time. Tourist will continue to come as before or even more because it a land that were once destroyed but they get together and rebuild together as a

It is hard to call the destruction lying in the wake of several natural disasters of 2017 anything but adverse. However, as early as 2008, some have stated these tragedies may hold a bright side. In fact, an entirely new field of study has surfaced; disaster economics. The New York Times writer Drake Bennett explored this in his article, Do natural disasters stimulate economic growth? Bennett stated that “some economists argue that despite the widespread destruction they leave behind… [disasters] can spur economic growth”(Bennett 2008) and went on to explore several historic examples. Horrible

We humans unite for various reasons. It could be to celebrate a holiday or important occasion or to raise money for a charity. But no matter why we unite, the general answer is to accomplish something together as a group. This is the overall image in Anna Quindlen’s argument “Quilt of a Country”, Nadine Gordimer’s short story “Once Upon a Time”, and Alberto Rios’ poem “The Vietnam Wall”. All three of these texts present an image of unity. When people join together, their actions could potentially lead to strong results such as

Some things are no help to the community, like hurricanes. The disaster happened in South Florida which was turned into a wasteland. It started of the west coast of Africa and hit Florida 20 years ago. 1,187,000 people had to flee from the category 4- category 5 hurricane, with waves up to 4-6 feet in height.

People have a home but once the home is destroyed, there is no roof to stay under. Everything such as money and belongings will be all gone meaning everyone will have to start over. People would become greedy and criminal like since no one has anything left. If people see things that are valuable, people will fight and argue to win that valuable thing causing war leading to death. Everyone will starve because of hunger. No one will have the utensils and time to cook. If there were things to cook with, there will be no crops or animals left to cook/eat. In conclusion, natural disasters have a huge effect to the environment and people. War will start since everything would be extremely valuable, everyone will fight to get what they need and want.