Gulf Coast of the United States

1. Introduction As it stands today the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico is losing more and more land; the amount of land lost each year may seem relatively small to the average person, but to scientists who understand the unprecedented rate at which this is happening, there is reason to be alarmed. On the U.S. coast of the Gulf of Mexico there are more reasons for the rising sea level than simply global warming and melting ice sheets or ice caps. In the Mississippi delta, for example, the oil

Horizon, exploded and set fire. The results were devastating. Eleven people lost their lives, and approximately seventeen were injured (“BP Oil Spill Timeline”). The explosion caused oil pipes to rupture and spill thousands of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The BP oil spill has since turned into one of the worst disasters in recent memory. The damage that it has caused is insurmountable, and it has taken its toll on a wide range of people (Walsh). Making Matters worse, the spill has spawned

communities in the Gulf Coast. Vulnerability is made up of two dimensions: sensitivity and adaptive capacity. The total disaster risk is based on the intersection of the hazard, the assets exposed to the hazard, and a system’s vulnerability to the hazard (Figure 1). In our study, OA is the environmental hazard and it is projected to change over time. Methodology to estimate Hazard, Exposure, Vulnerability and Risk Hazard: We will use in situ data collected from the northern Gulf and data from the

future, with an exploration as to those implications on fiscal outlook and provision of care. Current Realities of the Blocker Burn Unit (BBU) Burn Care Hospitals The American Burn Association (ABA) is the accrediting body for burn centers in the United States. Currently the number of ABA verified centers listed is 64. Other ABA verified center sin Texas include the Hermann Memorial Burn Unit in Houston, the Parkland Burn Unit in Dallas, the San Antonio Burn unit at Brook Army Medical, University Hospital

Name: Vikrant R. Bhakta Where are you from? Goliad, TX (Gulf Coast Region) Educational Experiences? Goliad High School Major: Human Resource Management Org. Exp.: SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management) and DallasHR International Experiences: I’ve taken trips to India, France, and Germany Current job: College Student at The University of Texas at Dallas Occupational Goals: Make at least an A in your class, Have above a 3.8 GPA for this semester, make tons of network connections/friends

explosions slaying 15 and injuring 170 individuals. Another happening occurred during 2010 in form of an oil spill as some parts that the company was using on the oil rig, failed. The spill took 87 days, releasing 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This leak had a huge effect on the area’s wildlife. Numerous animals killed and their homes ruined. According to the individualistic business theory which highlighted that a company’s only obligation is to generate revenue. And for that

Sustainability Review 2010 bp.com/sustainability 2 A letter from our group chief executive / 4 How BP is changing 6 Gulf of Mexico oil spill / 14 How we operate / 22 Energy future 30 Safety / 34 Environment / 38 Society Within hours of the Deepwater Horizon accident, BP teams were working to stop the leak. We also acted to minimize the spill’s impact on the environment by containing, removing and dispersing oil offshore, protecting the shoreline and cleaning up oil that came ashore. And we

billions of dollars every year. Millions of Americans use gasoline and petroleum products in their daily lives but rarely give much thought to how these fuels get refined, or which states or nations do the majority of the reining. Even fewer people give thought to the impact that the lack of refineries has on oil-producing states, and/or oil-rich nations. This research paper examines the current status of the refining industry, the domestic and global locations of oil refineries, the impact of the aging

Coast Jaguarundi is an extremely rare subspecies of the Jaguarundi family. This cat is mainly found in certain parts of Northern America, in the Western Gulf coastal grasslands of southern United States and Northwestern Mexico. This subspecies of Jaguarundi have a reddish or a charcoal gray fur, short ears, and short legs. As a predatory cat, the Jaguarundi is a great swimmer and can also climb very well. The Gulf Coast Jaguarundi eat fish they catch in rivers, as well as small mammals, such as;

explosion on an oil ridge of the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, was the cause of the greatest environmental disaster in history of the United States. This explosion took the lives of eleven men who were working on the ridge, and also ruptured an oil line, which dumped more than 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This oil spill significantly affected the wildlife of the gulf coast, killing hundreds of fishes, birds, and reptile that call the gulf coast home. The spill also affected global