Essays on Natural Disasters

Introduction Hurricanes are known for their potentially destructive nature, and with that comes an economic impact that can halt the productivity of most coastal cities . The east coast of the United States is especially prone to major hurricanes, which is made evident ever year a storm affects the region. According to the official information...

Abstract— Floods are common catastrophic events that cause extreme devastation of any nation. They are usually brought about by precipitation and overflow of waterways, particularly during periods of excessively heavy rainy season. This project aims to monitor the flood condition and send alert if there is an occurrence of risk through IoT. The measurement of...

Humor centered around loss and tragedy is often used as a coping method. McGraw, Williams and Warren (2014) conducted a correlational study on the mechanisms of humor in which researchers determined whether an increase in time and distance would result in either a decrease or increase in humorous responses to tragedy. Independent variables are identified...

The terms El Nino and La Nina talk over with the periodic changes within the Pacific Ocean surface temperatures that impact the weather. close to the equator, the western pacific surface ocean is generally terribly heat and therefore the Japanese pacific is incredibly cool. This keeps the coastal southern comparatively dry. This ‘normal’ pattern of...

Abstract: When assessing any natural disaster, it is very common for scientists to develop uniform processes for identifying, classifying and studying these events. This uniformity in assessing a disaster is both beneficial and necessary so that as the history of these events are studied, we are able to more accurately evaluate past events and compare...

Evolution of FEMA According to the Emergency Management textbook, Rubin wrote how the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA was founded on April 1 1979. When President Jimmy Carter enacted one of his executive orders in 1979 he merged, essentially all disaster related organizations into the oversight of FEMA. This gave FEMA an enormous amount...

1. Review the key phases of disaster recovery as outlined in chapter 10 of the textbook. Disaster Recovery is an important process in Information Security, when it occurs, we need system to get back on track as quickly as possible. There are five phases of disaster recovery as outlined in chapter 10 by authors (Whitman,...

Australia is known to be the 6th largest country in the world, with an area of 2,969,907 sq. miles. Also, it is considered as having the largest island in the world and sometimes called an “island continent”. Some neighboring countries of Australia include East Timor, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands. The country...

Introduction Broad Topic: Drought Narrowed Topic: The economic cost/value of drought on the agricultural sector. Research Question: What are the socio-economic implications of drought on Jamaica’s Agricultural sector? Over 2.5 billion people worldwide are dependent on agriculture. Why is agriculture important in Jamaica? Agriculture provides employment, it helps to reduce the country’s trade deficit, increases...

At the peak of the 2019 winter season Southern California was hit with a deadly Pacific Storm. The Storm hit with heavy rainfall and snow that was followed by strong winds. Road conditions were very slippery due to heavy rain, a total of 4 deaths and 15 injuries due to vehicle crashes on roadways. According...