Gulf of Mexico

hurricane Katrina. Due to the horrific impact of the hurricane more than eighteen hundred people lost their lives (Zimmermann, 2015). Not to mention the flooding that followed the storm, as well as millions that were homeless that lived along the Gulf Coast and in New Orleans (Zimmermann, 2015). Nonetheless, leaders and disasters are closely intertwined phenomena when catastrophes such as a massive hurricane affect their cities. Not to mention, when a leader is faced with such a tragedy, the leader

Deepwater Horizon oilrig owned by Transocean and leased by British Petroleum (BP) blew up in 2010. It caused spewing of at least three million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. This incident is considered as the most deadly industrial accident and the greatest environmental disaster. Prior to this incident BP had major industrial accidents that killed employees and/or spilled oil in the environment. Reports suggesting that the top management of BP gave importance to operating cost cutting

along with the health effects it had on the community. The New England Journal of Medicine mentions in their article that " Louisiana reported 415 self-identified health problems believed to be related to the Gulf oil spill" (Goldstein et al). The oil spill has had a profound effect on the gulf coast community and will continue to for many years to come. Hopefully, this horrible event can be a lesson for the future, so that more precautions are taken to benefit nature and

change forever. A vicious storm called Hurricane Katrina was about to sweep through the Gulf Coast. Not only was this storm big, but it was the 5th greatest hurricane in the history of the United States, and took millions of people by surprise. This storm ruined people’s homes, and lives in less than 24 hours, and nothing would ever be the same again. It seemed like any normal day for people all over the Gulf Coast, until they get the news of a soon coming hurricane that is ranked at a category 3

This week’s case study, The BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill, examines the devastating tragedy of the Deepwater Horizon. The case study calls upon established safety protocols and evacuation plans implemented by the Deepwater Horizon. Ownership of blame was continually passed from one organization to another. The tragic events of April 20, 2010 forever changed crisis response strategy. Ironically, BP employees, contractors, and other visitors were on the rig to celebrate their safety record (Crandall

working on a oil rig. Just another day, everything is going fine. Right? Later on, you try to get ready to go to sleep and stuff, and then..BOOM. The rig has just exploded. What would you do to survive? Deepwater Horizon was an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico that exploded, leaving eleven dead and seventeen injured. The eleven people’s bodies were never found. These eleven people were platform workers. Imagine that. Deepwater Horizon exploded because the workers had a plan that they thought would

of New Orleans, Louisiana, has already suffered the consequences of this gradual depletion of wetland buffer zones. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in the entire history of the United States, hit the Gulf Coast. There were more than 1,800 casualties, with the greatest number of them concentrated in New Orleans. Eighty percent of the city was flooded, and there were more than 700 dead. Many blamed the destruction of New Orleans on the failure of the

On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery

gemstone. The gemstone is derived from Crassotrea Virginica Mollusk. The most commonly known gem in Louisiana is the Petrified-Wood. Found in the Catahoula Formation, this gem is a sedimentary rock formed in the plains and swamps in the Oligocene Gulf

On the morning of August Twenty-ninth, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region. The storm brought the water to about twenty feet high, swallowing eighty percent of the New Orleans city immediately. The flood and torrential rainstorm wreaked havoc and forced millions of people evacuate from the city. According to the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration, Katrina caused approximately one hundred and eight billion dollars in damage. Hurricane Katrina was one of the