After Hurricane Sandy Crisis Summary

time of crisis by R. David Paulison, who unlike Brown, has had a career focused on disaster

Recently and historically hurricanes have caused catastrophic amounts of damage to individuals, property, and society as a whole. Given this immense amount of destruction caused by hurricanes, a president’s response to these storms is not only extraordinarily significant but necessary for society to recover from the damage. Not only does the president need to provide aid and support to the victims affected directly by these hurricanes, but also unite America in these times of crisis. A president’s ability to deal with these dire situations is crucial to their success and a representation of their leadership skills. Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Sandy were both similar storms that resulted in contrasting results. Two deadly storms with two very different responses: one from Obama and the other from Trump. President Obama’s response to Hurricane Sandy was swift and respectful, while Trump’s to Maria was sluggish and demeaning to the people of Puerto Rico, demonstrating the contrast between Obama’s heart and intellect and Trump’s idiocy and heartlessness.

Have you ever driven down the Garden State Parkway and seen car magnets that have “Jersey Strong” written on them? To summarize what “Jersey Strong” means in a few words is that no matter what obstacle strikes the Garden State, the people who live in New Jersey can get through anything together. In the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, New Jersey was hit by a deadly hurricane that left southern parts of the state in complete ruins. Not only were thousands of homes and businesses destroyed, but also over one hundred people were killed nationwide. This hurricane was a natural disaster that thousands of people could never forget about. The history making hurricane, Hurricane Sandy, did not only leave destruction in New Jersey, but also personal and economic troubles.

Hurricanes are formed over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds over 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms addressed here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This paper will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms.

Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season. The winds got up to 115 miles per hour. This hurricane affected the Greater Antilles, Eastern United States, Bermuda, Bahamas, and Eastern Canada (Sharp). I already knew that Hurricane Sandy was in 2012.

The Independent introduces this article with a harrowing statement, disclosing that certain insurance policies in Louisiana may not cover the damages caused by Hurricane Katrina. The article reveals that "more than half of the properties in the city are understood to be insured only for hurricane damage, with insurers insisting that it was a flood that forced the evacuation of the city". This quote is not making any negative implications about the insurers, the author is attempting to clarify . There is no blatantly evident form of bias in this article. Any omission of facts is understandable, due to the fact that the chosen news source is not based in the United States. Some facts may be omitted due to the fact that the Independent media source is known for being centrist and they do not want to insert too much bias into the articles. The authors of this article, Jason Nisse and Tim Webb, provide the reader with well-rounded, unbiased information. There is no specific diction used to target any certain person, political group, or idea, which can be applied as tactic to influence a reader’s opinion on a topic.

On August 29th, 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic damage and flooding in Mississippi, Louisiana, New Orleans and areas in between. It destructed the lives and homes of thousands of people, with a total of 1,883 fatalities (Hurricane Katrina Statistics Fast Facts, 2015). Hurricane Katrina left many homeless and hospitals unprepared for the challenges posed to the healthcare system as a whole. Some of these challenges included gaining access to healthcare facilities, providing expedited care to those most in need, and preventing spread of disease that commonly occurs during natural disasters. Many facilities did not evacuate in time and many were left stranded in flooded waters as patients conditions worsened and access to essential medications and treatments became limited.

Emergency Management - Hurricane Sandy Case Study Name Institution   Hurricane Sandy Case Study - 6801 VI Emergency Management The crucial roles played by a vibrant civil society in disaster relief efforts were realized from Hurricane Sandy disaster. The groups involved were faith-based organizations and churches, Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), businesses and they assisted the government accomplishes tasks that it could not have achieved on its own. The groups are among the first responders during disasters like the Hurricane Sandy, and they also play a role in rebuilding efforts and longer relief strategies. Therefore, the Heritage Foundation Emergency Preparedness Working Group recommended that the incorporation of these organizations

On May 12, 2008, in the Sichuan Province in China, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.9

This paper gives us information about “Hurricane Sandy”. It is known as “Super storm Sandy”, off the record. It was the most disastrous hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season along with being the second hurricane that created financial crisis in United States history. In 1953, the National Weather Service started naming the storms after women. As a matter of fact, there are six lists of names for naming storms in the Atlantic. It was the eighteenth storm in the list, tenth hurricane and second large hurricane of the year 2012. It was a Category 3 storm according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, when it made landfall in Cuba. While it was a Category 2 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the

As the Assistant Administrator of National Preparedness with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (F.E.M.A.) when Super Storm Sandy made landfall on October 29, 2012, in New Jersey it brought with it storm surges of more than 11 feet, killing more than 100 people (including 43 in New York of which 34 occurred in Queens and Staten Island), destroying or damaging thousands of homes, and leaving more than 8 million people without power.

The devastating Hurricane Katrina left Louisiana, and the rest of America, distraught. The mighty category 5 hurricane left thousands of Louisiana residents without food, water and shelter. The devastation of the storm led the levies of the flood-protecting dam to break leaving the city underwater during the catastrophe. This natural disaster will go down in American history as the worst of its kind. Although all the unfortunate natural events that made this tragedy possible, the supervision of the event was almost as bad as the hurricane itself. There are many fingers to point at the different people handling the situation but one this is clear, it was not handled properly.

As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans, federal and local officials underestimated the severity of the storm. Once the storm hit, they believed that it was not horrible and that it would be easy to recover from the storm. They were not expecting the levee system to fail and that 80% of the city would be under water hours after the storm passed. Once the levees failed, it took days before residents of New Orleans to get the help that they needed and many people lost their lives waiting for help. Since many New Orleans police officers lived in the city, they were the first to respond to the crisis. Due to the lack of electricity, it was hard for officials to communicate with each other, making crisis response difficult. People reported acts of violence without actually having proof. The media publicized the inaccurate information without getting evidence.

Hurricane Sandy was a devastating storm that affected Countries in the Caribbean as well as the Eastern Seaboard of the United States in late October 2012. From Florida to Maine, sensors along the coast measured the storm surge, and the accompanying winds felt as far inland as Michigan and Wisconsin. The pinnacle of its life it was a Category 3 storm while crossing Cuba, soon after it downgraded to a Category 1 storm. It climaxed once more as a Category 2 hurricane and the winds covering over 1,000 miles across the diameter. Even though the storm was not as strong as it could have been, the effects were severe due to the location of where it made landfall.

Hurricane Sandy was a tropical cyclone that devastated portions of the Caribbean, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States in late October 2012. The eighteenth named storm and tenth hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles. Sandy is estimated in early calculations to have caused damage of at least $20 billion. Preliminary estimates of losses that include business interruption surpass $50 billion, which, if confirmed, would make it the second-costliest Atlantic hurricane in history, behind only Hurricane Katrina.