Winnfield, Louisiana

The population is 201,332 and it is the capital of the U.S of Alabama and it got its name by the founder of the Alabama River Richard Montgomery, it is located in the Gulf Coastal Plain. It was founded in 1871 and has a population is 212,113 and the name Birmingham came from one of the UK’s major industrial cities. During the post-Civil War Reconstruction period, through the merger of three pre-existing farm town. Has the population of 95,334 people and also it is located in the Black Warrior River

ordered the day before, while listing the Superdome as a shelter for those who couldn’t leave town. More than 70 percent evacuated, while the rest stayed at their homes, or took to shelters, to wait out the storm. The aftermath of Katrina was felt in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi, but New Orleans was affected the most by far. In the end, more than 2000 were either seriously injured or killed, while those who survived were very short on food, water, first aid, and had very few areas for shelter. A

Creek! Crack! Boom! The window shatters into thousands of pieces spraying razor sharp shards of glass everywhere, I realized that I was in big trouble. A few hours earlier on that mid July day we were getting ready to go outside. It was a warm sunny afternoon by the crystal clear lake in my backyard so, me, and my brother Beck, Decided to play baseball on this beautiful afternoon. After a short while, we started the long grueling search for the bat, and baseball our first place to check was

As the storm subsides and the sun peeks through the clouds, murky water flows through the once beautiful scene of the San Marcos River, destroying property, displacing families, and disrupting businesses. Recent flooding in San Marcos has had a profound effect on the city and its surrounding area. The City of San Marcos must consider a more sustainable approach to development in order to prevent future flooding. The City of San Marcos often approves development projects in flood-prone areas despite

Because of the mass number of Hurricanes that have hit Texas, Puerto Rico, and Florida a majority of AMericans are focused on cleaning up the damages caused by the hurricanes and hoe to be better prepared when the next one comes. Because of this the American population is too preoccupied to focus on other matters at hand. If we pay attention to the recent earrthquake that took place in Mexico City we can see that the hurricanes aren't the only thing we should be worried about. The United States

“A strong hurricane normally has three factors that make it so destructive, Death, Destruction and the area impacted”(the great new england hurricane). The great hurricane of 1938 certainly had three factors, but what factors made the hurricane’s impact so powerful, and what was the impact like The first of three hurricanes that had a large effect on the New England area is considered a strong hurricane for three particular reasons. The conditions that made it so powerful, the absurd amount of human

Several US States hit by tornadoes and floods – Over 40 dead At least 9 tornadoes, accompanied by flash floods and extreme blizzard conditions claimed more than 40 lives, and destroyed thousands of homes and properties in a number of US states from south of the country to the Midwest, knocking off power, closing roadways and putting lives in complete disarray. Over 1000 flights were called off and 2500 more were either postponed or delayed till Monday morning, with more flight cancellations very

Disaster Paid Volunteer Responders A disaster is natural or man-made. Disaster such, as flood has been catastrophic across the United Sates, as they are occurring at unusual time. Therefore, local, states and federal government should begin preparing, planning and create a policy for such times as these, because it is becoming more and more normal for cities to flood. According to Flood Facts, in terms of lives lost and property damaged, floods are just behind tornadoes as the top natural disaster

The case that I have chosen to write about stage one of the disaster in 1889 in Johnstown flood, Pennsylvania. The reason is my background is heavy in mitigation and something as disastrous as this could have been mitigated completely out of the history books. At the same time without this horrible technological disaster we would not have the emergency management system that we have in place today. However, just like a lot of our nation's laws and systems we have in place they are written because

The Acadia, launched in 1913 out of Newcastle, England was the first vessel that was designed to handle the cold, ice filled waters to specifically survey Canada’s northern waters, such as the Hudson Bay or the south shore of Novia Scotia. This ship helped pioneer hydrographic research by taking measurements around Canada’s Arctic waters at the beginning of her career. The last operation this ship was used for was to chart the coast of Newfoundland, and these up to date charts replaced those that