Essays on Disaster

Take a moment to close your eyes and picture yourself in this situation. It is a late March afternoon. The skies are as dark as night and the wind has been gusting all day, but suddenly it has come to a halt. The sky has...

On September 8, 1900 a hurricane hit Galveston, Texas. Also known as the “Great Storm of 1900,” killed an estimated 8,000 to 12,000 people. The dead bodies were burned for a week. It is not the deadliest from the size of the hurricane, but because...

The wind howls as it shakes the metal shutters against the sliding glass door like its knocking letting the occupancies know that Wilma is here. The rain slams against the roof adding to the many sounds of what hurricanes bring. Families huddled together praying that...

Since the first single-celled organism developed on Earth, life has found a way to survive on this green planet. When one organism becomes more prevalent than another, life corrects the error and tries to re-balance that particular ecosystem. Everything in life needs to be balanced...

The dramatic power of mother earth’s destructive capabilities suddenly stuck the nation of Haiti. This tragic natural disaster hit Port Au- Prince, Haiti causing devastating damage and loss of life that has been rarely seen before. On January 12th, 2010 the people and country were...

A flood is an emission of water that covers land that is usually dry. Floods are among Earth`s most common and devastating natural disaster. Some floods can occur unexpectedly, others take days or even months to build and discharge. A flash flood is a rapid...

Flood risks are dynamically changing over time. Over decades and centuries, the main drivers for flood risk change are influenced either by perturbations or slow alterations in the natural environment or, more importantly, by socio-economic development and human interventions. However, changes in the natural and...