Natural disasters have costed the government a massive amount in the past years. Hurricanes such as Katrina left people in Florida, Haiti, Louisiana and other parts of the gulf feeling helpless. Katrina ravaged states along the coast of the gulf making it the most expensive damage from a natural disaster, 108 billion dollars. However, in 2017, the disasters required over three hundred and ten billion dollars for repairs (Bowden, 2017). How will this be paid for? Will the government have to cut budgets from other programs? Over five natural disasters have struck the United States and surrounding countries this year. These disasters consisted of hurricanes, mudslides, wildfires, flooding, and earthquakes. Hurricane Harvey hit approximately “number” major cities in …show more content…
Hurricane Irma crippled Puerto Rico with one of the largest blackouts in history. CNN reported last month that only twenty six percent of the electricity in Puerto Rico had been restored since the hurricane ripped through in September (Levenson, 2017). It has been over three months and over half of their population is lacking electricity and clean water. By the time Irma reached Florida, it regained momentum and flooded Miami with over twenty inches of rain (Weather Channel, 2017). This resulted in a state of emergency and complete shutdown of the city. Also, Orlando and Walt Disney World experienced some aggressive winds and thunderstorms. Wildfires engulfing California reached ten billion dollars in repair costs. This estimated cost was shared before the fires roared into Southern California. Solutions to this continued problem could include reserving more funds into the natural disasters budget. This would provide a safety net for the citizens of the affected state along with the salaries of those helping such as firefighters and
Florida's workers were affected greatly by Hurricane Irma. They worked less shifts to properly prepare for the storm and lost productivity. The main industries that were affected in Florida were tourism
Natural disasters like hurricanes do not happen every day, but unfortunately, they do happen. A few weeks ago, Hurricane Harvey struck in Houston, Texas and caused serious havoc. Several scientists and weather meteorologists began to compare Hurricane Harvey to Hurricane Katrina, a hurricane 2005 that surrounded areas of Mississippi along with New Orleans. Harvey began in 2017 around the Houston area of Texas. Although, Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Harvey have a twelve-year time difference, they both have various similarities and differences.
As I have read an article regarding the hurricane Harvey and Irma, I was shocked to know that 1.7 million students can’t go to school because of these disasters. It has been a very hard time for all of you to experience such disasters that caused devastating effects not only to the school but also to each and every one. This might be one of the events that all of you would not forget but I am hoping for guidance that teachers would continue to teach the students and students would have the courage to continue pursuing knowledge. You might be feeling unfortunate due to the unending challenges that you encounter, but always remember that there are thousands of people who are praying and wishing for your protection. May all of you conquer peace
I believe people to be naturally good to others, because there is more kind-hearted people more than cold-hearted people in this world. In this world you will see a handful of people helping and giving to others no matter the situation. The percentage of evil and cruel people is a very low percentage. After everything people all over Texas is coming together, and it shows the good in people that we thought did not have a good heart.
In 2005 a storm of Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale known as Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast of the United States. Assumed to be the costliest hurricane in the history of the United States, Hurricane Katrina displaced hundreds of thousands of people and cost roughly $100 billion in damages. The city of New Orleans was particularly damaged because of its low average elevation and because it is almost completely surrounded by water. Many had little idea of how bad things were in New Orleans and surrounding regions with president George W. Bush and the Federal Emergency Administration (FEMA) seemed without an action plan for the devastation. The government was unprepared for the event and the masses of people it
August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas with absolute power. It was originally predicted that it would not surpass category 1, the elements combined and made Harvey extremely vicious. It hit the most populated areas on the United States becoming one of the most destructive. People did not have enough time to properly prepare for the unpredicted devastation ahead. However, the government and the people responded with strong efforts. Let’s start with the federal department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (which is referred to as FEMA), with its government accomplices mobilized a work force and with many assets to help states affected. About 21,000 government assets were sent to help out during the vicious Tropical Storm. A lot of people sought refuge during the storm and the Federal government gave them many places to stay for example many government owned sites were converted refuge sites for the victims. The U.S coast guard played a huge role to aid victims. Thousands of coast guards were deployed in support of the relief efforts. They evacuated victims through government transport such as helicopters and big vehicles that could travel through the flooding. They are also opened various docks and waterways within Brownsville, Kentucky without any restrictions to the public. FEMA provided thousands of meals, medical and household items. Fema also paid rent for the victim’s short-term housing. Other ongoing Federal
On August 25, 2017 around 11 P.M., businesses, houses, cars and trees were swallowed by flood waters. Debris started building up and copious amounts of water started to over flow the drainages causing dams, levees and bayous to exceed anything beyond their conceptual holdings. Areas that have never come close to flooding found themselves suddenly become "lakefront properties." The storm churned out water, lightning, and wind and went back over the gulf to start the cycle again. The destruction that Hurricane Harvey caused to my beautiful hometown Houston, Texas including a large portion of south Texas, wester Louisiana and other parts of the country has been extremely surreal. Watching the destruction of this beautiful city that I love dearly,
The Hurricane Katrina disaster highly challenged the operations of FEMA thereby leading to great changes in the agency. The Storm that is ranked as the third most intense U.S. landfalling intense caught the FEMA and at large the Department of Homeland Security unprepared thereby leading to severe losses. The hurricane claimed more than 1200 individuals and a total property of around $108 billion, of which could have minimized if FEMA could have carried out its operations effectively (Bea, 2006).
Who pays for all these damages? People who live in hurricane prone areas obviously have insurance to fall back on when these disasters strike. It turns out that insurance companies also have insurance for instances like this. When insurance companies get stuck paying out large sums of money to a lot of people, they occasionally need a little help and
During the months of both August and September of 2017, both the United States and the Caribbean have been ravaged by hurricanes and tropical storms. Record breaking storms such as Harvey and Irma have left hundreds dead and tens of thousands homeless. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report at the end of August with the statistics and significant events associated with these storms.
Often, the government responds to natural disasters with thorough preparation and planning. The federal, state, and local levels of government do this in an effort to help reduce injury and property damage as well as ensure the overall safety of the general population. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season saw the costliest and one of the deadliest storms in United States history. This storm was Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina displaced of an estimated 645,000 Louisiana citizens (Cepeda, Valdez, Kaplan, & Hill, 2010). This paper will examine…
Puerto Rico has all of these, injury, sickness, and disaster: but they are low on working hospitals. The hospitals are filling up fast because everyone is either sick, injured, or concerned. And because the hospitals are overflowing. They need a lot of power to keep all the equipment going and the lights to stay on. Plus most of the hospitals got destroyed so they are short on hospitals.
are invested. In Puerto Rico’s case, preparing the island for the next natural disaster will require significant foresight and proactive resource management by the federal government. 32 While the local government may feel the need to implement disaster relief plans, it is hard to do so with little control over where resources are allocated. As of April 1, FEMA has allocated more than $10.5 billion in aid to Puerto Rico from the agency’s disaster relief fund as the island recovers from Hurricanes Maria and Irma, according to FEMA spending reports. It’s given more than $1.1 billion of that funding to hurricane survivors for rental assistance, home repairs and other individual recovery efforts, and spent $1.4 billion in grants to rebuild infrastructure,
Moreover, it passed three states with great damage to each one of them. Despite the magnitude or the category of the hurricane, the effects are various depending on the density of population. Thus, the population of Louisiana decreased in 2006, more than a million people were displaced after hurricane Katrina. Some of the people returned to their homes within a few days, but more than 600,000 households were displaced for months. The hurricane evacuee shelters housed more than 273,000 people, and the Federal Emergency Management Agencies (FEMA) housed at least 114,000 households in its trailers. In 2000 the population of New Orleans dropped from 484,674 to an estimated 230,172. Furthermore, after Katrina the decrease was from 254,502 to the half of the city’s
In the last century, there have been approximately 13 hurricanes to hit the United States’ landfall (Citation). Many of these hurricanes don't only have a social impact, but also have an economic impact on the United States. However, the question is how impactful does a natural disaster have to be to cripple the United States, or can it help improve the economy? One crucial factor in the economy is the unemployment rate. The unemployment rate is a common measurement for determining the health of an economy. Unemployment has a negative effect on the economy because it leads to higher payments from state and federal government for unemployment benefits, food assistance, and Medicaid. Not only is the government helping unemployed individuals