Oakdale, Louisiana

Help After the Hurricane Have you ever seen a hurricane? Many people have experienced a hurricane and it is a traumatic experience. When you see homes under water and stray animals that were left behind to die and suffer. Don’t you want to help? There are many organizations that have helped in hurricane relief. Three major hurricanes have hit multiple locations across the Gulf of Mexico and Florida in the past months. Organizations and people are donating supplies to citizens that have been…

Devastation, destruction, trauma. These are just three awful things that come from the hurricanes. Recently Hurricane Harvey left southern Texas torn into pieces, and many people terrified. This nine day hurricane left cities in shambles. Derrick Freeman, the mayor of Port Arthur said, “Our whole city is underwater.” These hurricanes can be ghastly, and many react differently. Hurricanes can also be utterly deadly. According to the New York Times, “At least 39 people have died…” Although…

Louisiana has faced many environmental problems throughout its history. Problems such as shoreline loss, wetlands being destroyed, and oceanic life dying. These problems are because of Hurricane Katrina, human population density, and the oil spill. The hurricane wiped out the region’s shoreline and the oil spill killed many of the oceanic life in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Marquina (2015), a storm like Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster waiting to happen for the state of Louisiana.…

WOOSTER — No matter the metric one uses, Wooster, Orrville and Wayne County continue to be a top performer when it comes to economic development among 18 counties in Northeast Ohio. Wayne Economic Development Council President Rod Crider and Project Manager Shawn Starlin met with the Wayne County commissioners to talk about some of the latest projects and the key success metrics released by Team NEO/JobsOhio. Wayne County was second in number of jobs created through the end of the third quarter…

Although the DHH, CMS, and JACHO, FEMA and guide Louisiana hospital emergency preparedness plans, before hurricane Katrina, many of these regulations were more apt to handle an influx of patients, potential chemical warfare, or an armed intruder. These state and federal programs were not prepared to handle the extreme conditions and restricted communication dealt by the levee breaches. In fact many health systems were more prepared for a volcanic eruption than the flash flooding that occurred…

In many ways, the recovery efforts from Hurricane Katrina were just as devastating as the storm itself. The United States currently uses a three-Tiered system consisting of State, Local, and National entities responsible for responding to natural disasters. Accordingly, these regional Commands have a responsibility to ensure that they are ready to respond to events of this magnitude. In the case of Hurricane Katrina, there can be faults found at every level. Perhaps the most telling fault…

The storm was stronger than many people expected. Siding came off houses, and wind scattered debris. Sheets of rain flooded the streets, Before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Governor Katrine Babineaux Blanco declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on August 26, 2005, and asked President Bush to do the same at the federal level the next day, a request with which he complied. This authorized FEMA to organize and mobilize resources as it saw fit to help the residents…

1,577 people dead, 5 states affected, thousands suffering, and an abundance of unanswered questions. These are the results of Hurricane Katrina. The initial reaction or lack thereof, by government officials showed an inefficiency and chaotic response. August 29,2005- August 29, 2015, ten years later and people are still trying to recover from the catastrophe. The dash (-) between the ten years could be a representation of those still trying to get back on their feet along with those…

Historical Essay: Tropical Storm Irma Hurricane Irma is the strongest basin hurricane ever recorded, no hurricane has ever maintained 185 mile per hour winds for as long as Irma, which was a total of thirty-seven hours. The winds were only 135 miles per hour when Irma hit the US. It also caused for the largest evacuation in the Bahamas history. It spent three days as a category five hurricane which is the longest recorded time period for a hurricane to stay that strong. The US has never had…

enormous damage in the Bahamas, Florida and Louisiana. While it made its first landfall at Key Largo in Florida, Betsy did its greatest damage after the second landfall on September 9 near the mouth of the Mississippi River, causing significant flooding of the waters of Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans. Seventy-six people were killed by “Billion-Dollar Betsy” but I survived. Izzy Hannah is my name and I moved to the Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1949 and bought my lot for $200.…