1. I’m currently working on the locality of Glenville, West Virginia. 2. One issue facing my locality is constant, yearly flooding that disrupts much of Glenville and the entire county. The Mayor of Glenville, Dennis Fitzpatrick, mentioned in an interview with me that “almost every year major flooding occurs,” and as someone who has lived near Glenville my entire life, I have also noticed the major issue of flooding as well. In Glenville, almost every ten years there is a major flood event that disrupts businesses and schools, while leaving much of the town with a mess to clean up afterwards. This is a pricey burden for a small town, and one that puts more and more local business at the risk of closing permanently. Once, my grandmother had
Case study: the flooding that occurred in Minden Hills in the spring of 2013, flooded the downtown core. The picturesque cottage town has the Gull River flowing through it. The river overflowed in April because of many reasons: a couple of days of rain, the third largest amount in over a century, but it also happened because the frost in the ground stopped the water from going into the Earth, the lakes and rivers being full from the spring thaw, and the rapid
In the year 1919, on January 15th, Boston experienced a strange disaster. This said disaster is now known as the Boston Molasses Flood. The disaster occurred when an above-ground tank filled with 26 million pounds of molasses burst and unleashed a wave of molasses from eight to fifty feet high and moving at 35 miles per hour killed people and destroyed buildings in the surrounding neighborhood. After the wave of molasses had slowed down, it settled at two to three feet in depth. Acting like quicksand, the molasses effectively suffocated people and animals. The massive cleanup of the molasses took over 87,000 man-hours. This is white textThe negative impact of the flood was tremendous as it killed 21 people, injured 150, lead to a civil lawsuit representing 119 families, caused great destruction to the buildings and stores, polluted the water, and led to a costly cleanup. Nevertheless, the resulting positive impacts of holding businesses accountable through civil lawsuits, creation of state licenses for engineering and architecture, advancing government regulations over big
McCullough presents a meticulously researched, detailed account of the Johnstown Flood of May 31st 1889, which provides arguments for why the disaster was both “the work of man” and “a visitation of providence”. However, it is apparent that McCullough believes that man was more responsible than nature/god for the extent of the catastrophe. In McCullough’s opinion, the storm that caused the flood was no more than the inevitable stimulus of the disaster, whereas the deferred maintenance and poor repairs on the dam were the primary reason that Johnstown was devastated in 1889. McCullough exposes the failed duties of Benjamin Ruff and other members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, whilst simultaneously questioning the responsibility of the Johnstown folk who were concerned about the safety of the dam but complacently trusted the wealthy, powerful club members to fulfil their responsibilities. McCullough clearly explains the debate that took place immediately after the flood, on what or whom was to blame for the disaster, by explaining the views of the press, the townspeople and the lawsuits that were filed. McCullough’s view is evident from the sub-title of his book. By placing the word “natural” within quotation marks, McCullough immediately suggests that the flood was unusual to any other, and implies that mankind has displaced its blame onto nature.
Emilie Durkheim described the concepts of social regulation and social integration, and how both are connected to suicide rates. Both of these concepts can also be used to analyze the effect that the Buffalo Creek flood had on individuals and the community. Using the ideas of social regulation and social integration as well as the book “Everything in Its Path” by Kai T. Erikson, we can see the consequences of the Buffalo Creek flood disaster.
The Johnstown Flood Stained the history of the United States. Over 2000 victims died and even more injured. The flood has been blamed on many people since it happened. One group individually brought about the flood. The South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club made selfish changes threatening the effectiveness toward holding back a water overflow. The renovation made to the dam brought about the destruction killing many people and causing millions of dollars in damages.
Furthermore, a local resident can travel to their local government, city hall, and file a complaint about the public school having brown water, they would help the resident faster and with ease to produce a cleaner environment. However if that same resident went to their local government but was in a high poverty state, they would not have the money to improve the situation for a public school without the money. For example, the elementary school in Albuquerque fixed their brown water problem before the school year (Goldsmith, News 13), but the Miami Sunset Senior High School had unacceptable conditions from water to the school lunches and the safety of the students, their problems took much longer and took viral pictures to get the attention of their local government to fix their
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Some solutions to the California’s Water Crisis would be to have the resident watch their
Hurstville Council drainage map record shown there is no Council’s drainage pipe or easement within the mentioned property.
Moreover, Rainsford wouldn’t need to worry about anything because he can outsmart them. He most likely felt accomplished because of the trail he retraced. He did a “series of intricate loops” he retraced them over and over “recalling all the lore of the fox hunt and all the doges of the foxes” (Connell 32). He did this due to the fact in which he thought retracing the path will cause Zaroff to get confused and lost. This shows he's creative. Meanwhile around the same time, he was being careful. In this case, he was “at a big tree with a [wide] trunk and outspread branches was nearby, and [being careful] not to leave any marks” (Connell 32). Once again he was trying to outsmart the cays to where they wouldn’t sense him so he climbed up the
To begin, people need homes and shelter but, in this nation, we have a lot. When construction companies create new communities and build up cities, they have to put roads in. In the article, "Local Government Should Place Limits on New Building Developments" by Liz Phillips and Tom Warhol it states, "When rain falls on a forest or field, if soaks into the soil and eventually trickles down to the aquifer; but when it falls on an asphalt parking lot or city street, it typically runs off to a sewer and eventually to a river or lake, preventing the recharge of the aquifer" (3-3). As these cities and towns are built up, the aquifer, where many cities get their water, is not being recharged like it used to. Statistically, "About 40 percent of Americans get their water from aquifers"(Phillips 3-3) so, if the...
Agenda setting is when “public attention focuses on a public problem or issue” (Cardinal, 2018). The TDSHS saw the issue that arose from Harvey’s flood waters and sought out measures to resolve this specific health issue. In the second phase, development, policy makers in the “legislature and the bureaucracy take up the issue: they create legislative, regulatory or programmatic strategies to address the program” (Cardinal, 2018). After the TDSHS consulted with branches of government, which include legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. After the polices in which to resolve the issues of Harvey’s flood waters created and presented in front of the government branches the third and fourth phase, adoption and implementation occurs next. Adoption is when “policy makers formally adopt a policy solutions usually in the form of legislation or rules” and implementation occurs when “government agencies begin job making the policy work by establishing procedures, writing guidance document, issuing grant-in-aid to the other governments” (Cardinal, 2018). An example of the government actions is when the TDSHS issued health precautions for people in suffering from the flood waters. In regards to the environmental hazards the TDSHS recommendations such as protecting yourself form mosquitoes bites an EPA- registered insect repellent, returning home in daylight for best visibility to be aware of any unsafe power sources, and to always were shoes in post-flood areas to reduce the chances of punctures or cuts from nails and other sharp objects (Texas Department of State Health Service, 2018). An example of government aid the Federal Emergency Management Agent (FEMA) had pre-positioned supplies and personnel in the state, ready to join the Texas Division of Emergency Management, local agencies, nonprofit and faith-based organizations and the private sector in responding to the devastation
Flooding is an ongoing challenge in regional Victoria and it is expected to affect Victoria every 10-20 years. Victoria consists of 39 drainage basins and each of the basins comprises of rivers and streams (Comrie, 2011, pp.17). These rivers and streams are susceptible to flooding, which may impact various regional towns and communities within close proximity to water courses (Comrie, 2011, pp.17). The discussion of flooding is vital, as it is the most frequent occurring natural hazard, which affects approximately 520 million people per year Moore et al.2012, pp.1). Additionally, flooding is responsible for the lives of approximately 25,000 people every year and cost the global economy approximately $50- 60 billion per year (Moore et al.2012,
One primary audience member is Mr. Michael Carmichael, a storm water management and maintenance inspector within the campus facilities management office. Mr. Carmichael has the responsibility of inspecting and evaluating the state of storm water management practices that are in use on campus. It is important to address Mr. Carmichael because he will have the experience needed to identify how drainage problems being presented should be addressed. He will be able to understand the urgency behind the storm water drainage problems presented in this proposal and will also have the influence necessary to speak to others within the Facilities Management department in order to put them into action. Due to his experience, it is likely best to use technical terms when describing the problems with the sites on campus and how I plan to address them. I will also need to demonstrate that I understand the full range of effects that each of my ideas can have on the entire campus environment.
Since 1900, New York City’ s average annual temperatures, measured from Central Park,have increased by over 1.67 degrees Celsius, and the sea levels surrounding the cities have risen by over a 30 centimeters. In addition, sea levels could rise additionally up to 2 meters by 2100 (Gerken, 2015). Resultantly, more extreme precipitation events are expected to occur in the future, such as hurricanes and flooding. Currently, 11 percent of the city’ s area is currently included in the 100-year flood plain, affecting over 400,000 residents, and that number could increase to 20% by 2100 (Gerken, 2015). The mayor of the city, Bill de Blaiso, had announced a sweeping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by the year 2050, allegedly make neighborhoods safer from disaster.