In the book A.D New Orleans After The Deluge, By Josh Neufeld is about Hurricane Katrina and how it affected the people of New Orleans. This book was about real people that escaped and lived through the storm. Most people lost everything including their houses, all personal belongings, and jobs. As I was reading the book was shocked that in the beginning most of the characters were not worried about the storm they just wanted to wait it out. No one was expecting such a big storm and thought it would turn east like they normally did.
Stephen Maloney claimed that krewes such as Rex has done some charitable work in the passage “Caring krewes in New Orleans.” For example, Rex has created a foundation aimed at the rebuilding of New Orleans after Katrina. He informed us that the foundation by Rex was called “Pro Bono Publico Foundation” which is Latin "for the public good" and has been their motto since 1872. Rex has always been compiled with civic leaders who spend a lot of time working with nonprofits. Rex decided to put their resources together and create an effort that would help with the Mardi Gras spirit and city recovering.
In her book, Building the Devil’s Empire, Shannon Dawdy reflects on the development of New Orleans from 1718 until 1768 during the revolt against Spanish rule. She depicts imagery describing to the reader what it was like in New Orleans and even paints a picture of what it was through others point of views. Throughout the book, Dawdy explains what a rouge colony is through historical people. Their ideas and experiences serve to back up the concept of Louisiana the “rouge colony.” The examples from the people show the nature of a rouge colony and the development of not only New Orleans but also Louisiana.
Both the ocean waves and hurricanes accelerate erosion, which is a main cause to the marshes disappearing. Something New Yorkers should realize is that "80% of oil and natural gases produced in the U.S. travels through our marshes" as according to page 12. America 's economy could go so wrong if the marshes the oil processes through suddenly disappears. Also, a huge percentage of marine life loves in Louisiana 's marshes.
This news article implies that FEMA should be disbanded. The author states that when the federal government gets involved in natural disasters, especially hurricanes, more harm may be caused than good. The federal government has been involved in responses at a much higher rate than in the past due to an increase in declared federal disasters averaging 139 a year. There are an abundance of federal guidelines that must be followed when a disaster occurs that often makes it difficult for officials to make clear and concise decisions. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina FEMA spent an excess of money that was not allocated correctly so much of the money was wasted.
“The Atchafalaya” is an article by John McPhee, concerning the flow of the Mississippi River into the Atchafalaya region. McPhee interviews several people who have jobs related to the river and the maintenance of the Atchafalaya’s water flow. The location of the Mississippi River is crucial because if it moves, it could potentially destroy all of New Orleans and Baton Rouge, and, subsequently, their status as major shipping channels. Reading this article, I gained more insight on the importance of the river for the state of Louisiana and New Orleans. A quote in the article summarizes the reoccurring theme of society versus Mother Nature: “Man against nature.
A wetland is an area where the land is saturated with water and has wetland plants. Wetlands are important because they reduce the damages of flooding. The Everglades is a very large shallow wetland in south Florida. Tens of thousands years ago, glacial retreat submerged portions of the Florida peninsula and water level rose. Today, water discharges from Orlando through the Kissimmee River and to Lake Okeechobee.
Without the flow of fresh water to the Everglades fish wouldn 't be able to live, the Florida Bay wouldn’t be able to survive and we wouldn’t have clean water to drink. On page 113 paragraph 1 it states “ These wetlands were once home to many rare, endangered, and exotic species. However, this is no longer the case due to
My understanding of the anchor essay of my subject, Voodoo in New Orleans, is that the author is fascinated by the extravagant display of the extent of voodoo practices, the build up, the mystery, the secrecy that voodoo is brimming with, the cloud of ethereal and trance like darkness it supposedly exudes. He has knowledge about voodoo that has been the theme of a lot of literary pieces, what he is confused about, or unsure about, is the authenticity or the undisputable facts that will back up whatever he has read up on regarding voodoo. He seems satisfied with the associations that are linked with voodoo and the reasons for its emergence. The author has accounts of incidents investigating voodoo meetings; he has read articles written in that
The cultural resources and structures aren’t the only things harmed by a disaster; the amount of environmental impacts can lead to the destruction of many ecosystems such as marshlands, lakes, and forests. Hurricane Katrina caused over 320 million trees to be killed and/or stripped bare, and thousands of litres of oil leaked from over a thousand pipelines and pumping stations. Researchers had claimed that a “significant surge” of oil was spilt into nature, polluting marshes, lakes, and even the ocean. The flood was so great that wetlands were ripped from their place and were floated out into the ocean. The organisms in the marshes could not live under such different conditions, so this led to many fish and bugs’ death.
As the text states, “Canals, Gene believes, cause almost all of Louisiana’s wetland losses.” I don 't agree with Turner because as I mentioned in
Flood hazards are present in all types of environments ranging from deserts to tropical rainforests and even developed cities, however what distinguishes the three are their individual ability of naturally preventing floods and mudslides from occurring. In deserts, most of the ground absorbs the rain and in the forests tree roots keep the ground from turning into mudslides but cities have to route the rain into reservoirs, basins and drains because impermeable pavement denies the soil access to soak up the rain. Location is important when choosing where to buy a home and it is useful to know the flood prevention systems your watershed uses to protect homes. The Los Angeles watershed is eight-hundred and thirty-four square miles and makes use of the Los Angeles River as a storm drain that leads to the Pacific Ocean.
We also see that areas of the Mississippi have a lower elevation than that of other rivers. This means that cities like New Orleans, Baton Rouge, etc, will be more susceptible to flooding. All of this flooding has driven a need for increased response, mitigation, preparation, and recovery efforts. The way we increased efforts was done through policy. If you remember
From the previous chapters one may conclude that engineering role had a significant impact on occurrence and scale of Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. According to ASCE report (2007), major part of the damage from hurricane was caused by the failure of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to provide reliable flood protection system. However, despite this fact the role of the government should not be omitted since it has a major power when it comes to funding of such kind of urban projects. McGee (2008) considers Hurricane Katrina to be a “classic example of government failure”. Thereby, he places the blame for sporadic funding of the flood protection system on the federal government represented by the US Congress.
2.8.2 Urbanization Urbanization led many areas becomes more modernized. Lowland areas have been reclaimed by taking land from the hills. There are also small rivers that filled up to be used as a building site. Activities such as these are a common factor of flooding. In the past, creeks and valleys turned into water flow, now the area has been covered with soil.
