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Introduction The Blocker Burn Unit is a six bed Burn Intensive Care Unit located at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston. It has a long and storied history of providing innovative burn care to its patients. The Burn unit was initially founded after a massive explosion in Texas City Harbor that injured hundreds of people in 1944. Since inception, the unit has dealt with disaster both fabricated and natural. In 2008, the BBU was one of only a handful of services to remain open

bawl. I would not know until years later that he cried too, not because I had lost my game, but because he felt powerless to help me feel better when I needed him to fix something the most. I was eleven years old after hurricane Ike had devastated Galveston Island. Before that point, I never realized how much the seemingly silly game that my cousin had introduced me to meant to me. I thought back to the times before Ike came, before I lost my game, before the storm that destroyed cartridge that I

Minorities experience homelessness compared to white counterparts. Minority groups experience countless discrimination in employment, housing and criminal justice system. Those who have a criminal history experience difficulty in finding a job and a home, which leads to homelessness if they fail to do so. African Americans are imprisoned at higher rates than other groups. Their place in education justifies are racial inequality because they have to be put into overcrowded and under-resourced school

10 Advanced studies 15 December 2016 How the Galveston Hurricane affected Texas “Human bodies bobbed facedown in the water, bumping against the boat” (“Anderson vii”). By September 7, 1900, Galveston was the 4th largest city in Texas (“Galveston”). It was a growing and flourishing port city of 37,000 (resources); and one of the wealthiest cities in the country (“Galveston”). On September 8, 1900 a powerful hurricane slammed into Galveston (“Galveston”). Its’ highest wind speed recorded before

September 7, 1900, many of the 37,000 residents of Galveston, Texas, were settling down to dinner, few if any of them concerned about the steady 15 mph northerly wind rattling their windows. Within 48 hours, at least 8,000 of the townspeople would be dead, victims of the single worst natural disaster in U.S. history. Relatively few people are aware that the deadliest natural disaster in the United States was the hurricane that struck Galveston Island on September 8, 1900. One of the best resources

from a peasant ancestor.” (elizabethan-era.org) “By 1528, he was appointed treasurer underneath the explorer Panfilo de Narvaez which reached what is now Tampa Bay, Florida later in the same year.” “By September of that year, all of the members of the expedition except for 60 of de Vaca’s men had died near the shore of present-day Galveston, Texas.” (Biography.com Editors). Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca was a Spanish explorer who was the first historian of Texas, and one of the four survivors of the

Final Course Project Erica M. Lanier DeVry University HIM 410-60895 Course Project On the coast of Texas just outside of Houston is a county called Galveston County. People like to vacation here throughout the year even if it is just the Houstonians getting away from the city. There is plenty for people to do here from walking the beaches of Galveston, enjoying the recently built Pleasure Pier on the seawall, or the Boardwalk Plaza located in the town of Kemah to name a few of the most popular.

Heather Green Wooten’s The Polio Years in Texas: Battling a Terrifying Unknown chronicles the history of polio in Texas in a very extensive timeline. The book goes all the way back to the beginning of the polio epidemic and essentially progresses to the present. The time in this book certainly exceeds that of, The Captured and Isaac’s Storm. The Captured chronicled a long period of captivity, but did not appear to exceed a decade. Isaac’s Storm traced the initial development of Weather Bureau and

survivors out of a crew of 250 on the expedition Cabeza de Vaca was a part of, was not a walk in the park. Cabeza was on a ship setting sail for the New World, in 1527, when his ship was blown off course and landed him in Galveston Island, Texas. The Native Americans living in Galveston eventually became his slave owners for two years before he escaped. He encountered many obstacles including starvation, thirst, unfamiliarity, slavery, etc. He endured all of these over a course of seven years, before

Good afternoon, I hope this message finds you well! Dow Chemical Company Foundation has graciously awarded the Dow Community/Helping Hands: Houston’s Hallmark on Hurricane Harvey (H6 Project) Grant to San Jacinto College. The purpose of this grant is to provide a Mind Trekkers-style experience for middle school teachers from school districts we serve that were impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Eight middle school teachers will be trained by San Jacinto College science faculty on eleven different science