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    disasters come in many forms and that is when the concept of pro social behavior is put to the test. Hurricane Harvey proved that concept to be true as helped poured in from all over Texas and the United States. Movies, books and TV shows such as the Walking Dead show what most likely won’t happen during a pandemic or natural disaster. Hurricane Harvey happened on August 25-29 as a category 4 hurricane and devastated the Texas coastline with wind speeds of up to 130 mph, along with heavy rainfall and

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    burning fossil fuels is that the byproduct is a release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere which traps solar radiation and warms the Earth, called the greenhouse effect. The impacts of climate change include but are not limited to sea level rise, hurricanes, tornadoes, ice storms, heat waves, droughts, and flooding. In this paper the focus will be on flooding and its impacts on society including the economy, and ecology, as well as potential solutions. 2.0 Causes of Flooding Flooding is a very common

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    dual-status commanders appeared after inadequate path and direction between state and federal forces throughout Hurricane Katrina restrict response efforts (Bucci 1). In Katrina incident, active duty and National Guard tasks, even those that were obviously same in practice, were supervised by two different series of command. The dual-status arrangement of the National Guard during Hurricane Sandy, despite, allow state and federal military responders to have the directives from the workforces and function

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    Introduction Most emergency services organizations are subordinate to an itinerant government structure, which often means that new ideas and policies are continually presented. This constant call for change can present many challenges to the organization. Other challenges whether the change in leadership is temporary or permanent becomes placing trust in leadership. Although there are many challenges to a public safety agency that can present change; change can be extremely smooth when it is presented

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    Hurricane Katrina A disaster is a sudden, catastrophic event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources. Natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, typhoons, and hurricanes inflict serious damage and so seem to be bad for the economy. This topic will give the example of Hurricane Katrina, deal with its different effects and

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    On September 11, 2001, also referred to as 9/11, nineteen al-Qaeda militants commandeered 4 airplanes to target major U.S. structures. Two planes flew into the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City. The third plane crashed into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The final plane, that was possibly flying to the White House or U.S. Capitol, plunged into a Pennsylvania field. The events of this day led to the deaths of two thousand, nine hundred ninety-six people. (History.com Staff, “9/11

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    Natural disasters like hurricanes do not happen every day, but unfortunately, they do happen. A few weeks ago, Hurricane Harvey struck in Houston, Texas and caused serious havoc. Several scientists and weather meteorologists began to compare Hurricane Harvey to Hurricane Katrina, a hurricane 2005 that surrounded areas of Mississippi along with New Orleans. Harvey began in 2017 around the Houston area of Texas. Although, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey have a twelve-year time difference, they

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    1 QUEBEC BRIDGE COLLAPSE -1907 1.1 INVESTIGATE ALLOCATED EXAMPLES OF ENGINEERING FAILURE: The Quebex Bridge was a long time in planning, the original design come from the Quebec Bridge Company in 1887, of which Hon. N. S. Parent is president and M. P. Davis, of Ottawa, was the leading contractor for the masonry and the Phoenix Bridge company for the steelwork [2]. The Quebec Bridge was estimated to cost $8,000,000 USD and have a span of approximately 550 meters this was the longest bridge by 30

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    utilized for disaster aid and response, this agency is as much a direct extension of the current presidential administration as it is a crisis agency for social good. This simple description clearly suggests a detailed understanding following the Hurricane Katrina disaster that left the Gulf Coast and New Orleans, in particular, as a study in social failure. But as an agency emboldened by an administration concerned with climate change, FEMA has shown as an agent for change in how it addresses and refocuses

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    regarding disasters. Will be looking at some hurricanes that have hit the United States and see how the partnership between the three governments took place. The hurricanes that we will look at are Katrina, Sandy, Harvey and, Irma. Also see how the partnership is effecting the people of the United States. Also, some other things that is happening to government money that is for disasters. Katrina which hit New Orleans in 2005 as a Category 3 hurricane. First off, the people should have been made

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