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A Century of Disasters

Don’t miss the book reviews on major disasters throughout the 20th and 21st centuries: Children of the Dust Bowl • The Dust Bowl Through the Lens Deadly • Hitch • Earthquake at Dawn Dark Water Rising • Taken Away • Sandbag Shuffle

Table of Contents

News Sec1on:

Is the South Drowning?……………………………………………................………………..……pg. 7 Beach Groome

Hurricane Katrina Hits the Gulf Coast Hard…………………..............…………………..pg. 8 Grace Allen

Farming Leads to the Dust Bowl: an Economic Disaster……............………..……….pg. 9 Colleen Daly

Hadacheck was Tried for Building Bricks Inside City Limits…….............…..…….pg. 10 Sidney Charbonnet

Cops Shoot Survivors of Katrina……………………………………………...............…………….pg. 11 Isabella Hegquist

Katrina Destroys the South…………………………………………………………....................….pg. 12 Farrell Chatelain

Dwight Eisenhower's Help in Hurricane Hazel and Donna…………….……...........pg. 13 River Singley

What was Going on During Katrina?…………………………………………………..............…pg. 14 Beach Groome

Poli1cal Figures Failing to Make the Right Move…………………………….................pg. 16 Grace Allen

What Was it Like During the Dust Bowl?……..………………………...............……………pg. 18 Colleen Daly

Who Was Important During the San Francisco Earthquake?..…………...........…pg. 20 Sidney Charbonnet

Important Figures involved with the Typhoid Fever…………………….….............…pg. 22 Isabella Hegquist

Oil Pours Out a Broken Rig in the Gulf…………………………………................…pg. 21 Farrell Chatelain

President’s Role in Natural Disasters………………………………………................…..……pg. 26 Rivers Singley

Arts Sec1on:

Katrina Takes Away Children ………………………………………………..………..…................pg. 33 Isabella Hegquist

The Past Predicts the Future......……………………….…………….........................…pg. 35 Beach Groome

Leandro Erlich Sculpts the Storm……………………………………………………….................pg. 37 Grace Allen

Edith Irvine’s Photography during “The Great Earthquake of San Francisco”………...................................……………………………….……………...................pg. 39 Sidney Charbonnet

A Poem Responding to Tragedies...........................................................pg. 41 Farrell Chatelain

Galveston, TX Hurricane Kills Residents of St.Mary’s Orphan Asylum……………………………………………………………………………..…………………....................pg. 43 Colleen Daly

When the Levee Breaks by Led Zepplin……………………………………………………...pg. 45 Rivers Singley

Typhoid Fever served in Peach Ice Cream..........................................................pg. 47 Isabella Hegquist

Earthquake Hits San Francisco……………………………………………………….................…..pg. 48 Sidney Charbonnet

Li`le Girl Taken in a Crisis………………………………….………….……………..….................…pg. 49 Grace Allen

The Flooding of Galveston.............................................................................pg. 50 Beach Groome

The Adventure of a Life1me…………………………………………………………….…................pg. 51 Farrell Chatelain

A Trip Through the 1930’s Dust Bowl…………………….……………..……………...............pg. 52 Colleen Daly

Two Boys Surviving the Red River Flood 1997…………………………………..…............pg. 53 Rivers Singley

Galveston, Texas. Hurricane kills residents of St. Mary’s orphans Asylum in 1900. Dark Water Rising published 2006.

Affected the people of Galveston.

Typhoid fever, took place in 1906 in the U.S.A.. Deadly published 2012. Affected the entire U.S.A.

Hitch, 1929 Great Depression published in 2006. The Great Depression had caused the United States in a bad situation.

1900 1930

The Dust Bowl, 1930. A series of dust storms were destroying the South.

Earthquakes, 1908.

E a r t h q u a k e s i n t h e We s t caused severe damage to Cities and towns.

San Francisco earthquake, 1908. Earthquake at Dawn published 2003.

Affected the residents of California.

Hurricane Katrina took place in South Louisiana, in 2005.

Taken Away, published in 2010.

President George W. Bush. 5 Cops shoot survivors of hurricane Katrina, 2005.

Hurricane Katrina takes children away. Katrina had separated families and left some people in search for other family members in 2005.

B.P. Oil Spill, 2010.

Barack Obama and Mitch Landrieu helped stop the oil from completely killing the Gulf of Mexico.

2005 2010

Tropical Storms, Flash Flooding, Katrina, 2005.

George Bush had made some efforts to recover the South.

Sandbag Shuffle, published in 2007.

When the Levee Breaks, by Led Zepplin, in 1971.

News

Is the South Drowning?

By: Beach Groome

During President George Bush’s 2nd term August 5th, 2005 hurricane Katrina swept across southern states leaving areas flooded and demolished, not only were cities and towns being submerged, but our very own President seemed to have trouble keeping himself and the U.S. afloat. Wave after wave of complaints and concerns were sent to Bush’s office. Many citizens that had evacuated from the splash zone we call Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were without jobs, and they were the lucky ones. More than 50,000 people were left abandoned without shelter in the withering cities. Would these thriving towns become an archeological dig site, or would they

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President George Bush was

accused by many people of doing nothing to help the affected cities. Although the President had immediately fired many workers of F.E.M.A. (Federal Emergency Management Agency) for not preparing or showing much concern for the catastrophe the results were not improved. To Bush it seemed that every attempt Bush made to fix the problem was unsuccessful. The general public began arguing if he was the right person to be in charge during a disaster. Some would argue that he had control of what was going on but others had made their mind about what the best decision was.

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survive the the oncoming storm?

When I die, bury me in my JEEP. “Cause it's never been in a hole it couldn't get out of!”

By:Isabella

Hurricane Katrina Hits the Gulf Coast Hard By: Grace Allen

Hurricane Katrina formed in the

Bahamas as a tropical depression on August 23, 2005. She grew bigger and

A view of the flooded city of New Orleans.

bigger as she traveled and at one point she was a category 5. Before hitting the

she

Louisiana Mississippi area she had

was only a tropical depression, but as

gone back down to a 3. Slowly Katrina

she moved across the waters it gained

turned back into a tropical depression.

strength. When the storm hit the coast

Katrina was one of the deadliest

of Florida it had a category 1 rating and

hurricanes to hit the US because of the

killed 2 people along the way. While

damage caused by the breaking of the

she moved across the land it began to

levees in New Orleans. An estimated

lose it’s strength. Immediately when

1,836 people died from the hurricane

Katrina hit the waters again she was

and many of these deaths were

back to gaining strength and becoming

because people

deadlier by the second. She gained so

got stranded on

much strength that she turned into a

their roofs from

category 5 hurricane. Luckily, she lost

the flooding.

some of her strength before hitting the the Louisiana and Mississippi coast.

People Stranded on their roof trying to catch the rescue teams attention.

W h e n

Katrina was first

Hurricane Katrina produced

created in the

massive waves some as high as 40 feet

Atlantic Ocean

and the water rise was between 26 and

near

the

31 feet. Katrina had the greatest

Bahamas on

recorded water rise in the US cause by

August 23, 2005

a hurricane. The waves would have

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Farming Leads to the Dust Bowl: an Economic Disaster

houses. Little did the the okies know the Dust Bowl had Just began.

" In 1930, the first dust storm hit the Oklahoma panhandle and filled the okies, residents Oklahoma, with fear and fascination. When the drought started and dust accumulated on the farms in 1930 the farmers took no notice, kept plowing. Then in 1931 the okies woke to a cloud of dust they called “Black Blizzards.” The blizzards blew dust into the houses, covering the front of the door, and the beds in dust. The dust also made its way on to the farms, choking the cattle and burying the crops. The farms were destroyed, and for the okies it was their only way to earn money. First, the blizzards ruined the farms then they went to the cities, ruining buildings and

Although the Dust Bowl’s specific economic losses are unknown, it caused a widespread of economic devastation in America. The reason was, the Dust Bowl and Great Depression happened at the same time.

This caused all parts of America to be affected by the losses of both these tragedies because they were happening in all the states. For that reason the WPA and FSA helped recover America from it’s economic challenges and rebuild us as a state. That is why The Dust Bowl and the Great Depression led to an economic Disaster in America that took a while to rebuild.

" In 1929 America was pulled into the Great Depression, when the stock market by: Colleen Daly failed. The great depression played a " In the 1930’s Panhandle, the wind part in the economic destruction because blew hard at the Okie men and women, the americans were losing buildings and and the air filled with enormous dust homes due to money loss. Soon, Franklin c l o u d s e v e r y d a y. T h i s w a s t h e Roosevelt was elected as the the new devastating time known as the Dust president, and he had to take on the Bowl, an economic disaster for the challenges the Great Depression and the Oklahoma panhandle, the western part of Dust bowl brought to him. Roosevelt Oklahoma. The land was given to the proved he was up to the people by the 1862 task when he created H o m e s t e a d A c t f o r Roosevelt proved he agencies to help rebuild f a r m i n g . T h e l a n d was up to the task the economy. Among became one of the most these were the Works efficient wheat-growing farms in America.

Progress Administration, the WPA, and The farmers soon created the disc plow, the Farm Security Administration, the to plow faster, but after being disc plowed FSA. The WPA hired over one million dust settled on the ground. In the late men who needed work to build buildings 1 9 3 0 ’s i t s t o p p e d r a i n i n g i n t h e such as schools and libraries. The FSA panhandle and the winds grew strong gave aid to any farmers that had lost their blowing the dust into the air. This created farms and needed money for food. the dust storms that raged the Together the WPA and the FAS helped panhandle. rebuild the Dust bowl area.

Hadacheck was Tried for building Bricks Inside City Limits

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Hadacheck’s land was very valuable

and he thought that his business was not hurting California, but helping California. To

by: Sidney Charbonnet

put it in perspective, Hadacheck’s land was

The petitioner named Hadacheck,

worth $60,000 without the clay and

who was a brickyard owner, was a was

$800,000 with the clay under it. Hadacheck

tried by the Chief of Police in the City of

bought the tract of land for the process of

Los Angeles, Sebastian, during October

brickmaking. Hadacheck was convicted of

22, 1915 - December 20, 1915. Hadacheck

a felony. Hadacheck knew that the

owned a piece of land in Los Angeles,

property would be useless without the brick

California. This piece of land had a very

making company, but he couldn’t do

valuable bed of clay under the property.

anything about it.

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Hadacheck thought it would be a smart idea to make machinery to process bricks

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with this clay for money. When Hadacheck

decided that the brickmaking business

bought the piece of land it was well outside

could be regulated. The California

of the city limits. Later on, his piece of land

Supreme Court knew that Hadacheck

fell in between the city limits, and there

started his business before his property

was a law prohibiting the process of

was inside the city limits. The California

building bricks in the city limits. His land fell

Supreme Court also knew that there was

inside of the city limits because over time

little pollution being done in this business.

the city limits changed. Hadacheck didn’t

Hadacheck believed that the decree was

know what to do because this was his way

directed to him because he had this

of making money and a living. Hadacheck

machinery without regulation through the

did not want his business to be shut down.

area. He didn’t understand what the

He was later on arrested because of the

problem was.

United States Supreme Court.

The California Supreme court

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Cops shoot survivors of Katrina By:Isabella Hegquist

also caught looting stores during Hurricane Katrina. Mayor Mitch Landrieu said he had inherited "one of the worst police departments in the country." People claim

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, five officers

the police departments are “going down to

shot innocent, unarmed, and panicked

new lows.” Is this statement true?

survivors of the hurricane. Two of the six died and the other four were injured. One of the two was 17yr. old James Brissette

and the second was Ronald Madison a

say the shooting was not wrong but, the

40yr. old mentally disabled man. The event

police still have a word in this. Some

took place on September 4th, 2005 at

claimed that the citizens were getting crazy

Danziger Bridge. Officers tried staging the

or that it never happened. The citizens

event to make the event look just, so they

views are that the police are harsh and

had a reason to shoot the citizens, but

unreasonable for this. Some citizens say

failed.

this is a “bitter pill to swallow.” Police have

Why did the cops shoot the

unarmed survivors?

Five cops, Kenneth Bowen,

Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso, Robert Faulcon, and Arthur Kaufman, were charged for murdering unarmed, panicked, and innocent citizens that survived this devastating event. The five cops were all charged and were sent to prison for 6-65 years. Kaufman was helping investigate

There are no view’s of this crime that

been known for staging events when shooting citizens. In some areas they would put drugs on the people shot to make the shooting reasonable! People think the cops planned out this event and planned how to cover it up but, the “cover up” was unsuccessful and sent the investigator of the crime to prison for 6 years.

the crime scene but instead he staged the scene to make it look like the cops had a

Was Mayor Mitch Landrieu reasonable

reason to shoot the citizens. He planted a

when he said, “I had inherited one of the

gun, fabricated witness, falsified reports to

worst police departments in the country”?

make the shootings justified. Officers were

Was it okay for the police to shoot a 17

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Katrina Destroys the South by: Farrell Chatelain

finally passed over Louisiana, there was nearly 100 billion dollars in damage and

In 2005 on August 29th, the Gulf

business were leaving in case of further

Coast was hit by the most devastating

storms like Katrina. The number of

hurricane ever on record in the United

business plummeted and with that so did

States of America. Hurricane Katrina hit

the number of available jobs for the

The Gulf Coast from Florida to Louisiana.

people who already lost theirs as a result

Katrina was expected to be a low range

of the storm. The city of New Orleans and

category three storm meteorologists

the state of Louisiana are still not back to

started to track it. When Katrina hit the

their former glory as they still have lots of

Gulf of Mexico the storm rapidly grew to a

work to do to fully repair it.

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category five and the New Orleans police and the Mayor told everyone in the city to

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The most damaged area of the

evacuate because it was going to be a

whole city of New Orleans and still to this

very deadly hurricane. The hurricane

day is the 9th Ward in the lower part of

covered 80% of Louisiana in water and

New Orleans. Nearly every house was

affected 90,000 square miles of land as

destroyed and thousands were left

well. Katrina was and still is the most

homeless and poor with next to no

destructive and devastating hurricane to

chance of getting a job. The storm was so

ever hit the U.S.

extreme that the water in the 9th ward raised as high as 20 feet (6 meters).This

When Katrina finally hit Louisiana,

caused many who didn’t listen to the

New Orleans was hit by the eye of the the

NOPD to have to sit on their roof and wait

hurricane and was severely damaged as

for an evacuation helicopter to get them

an effect. Many locals lost their houses

off their roof and into a safe place. The

and many of the locally owned business

amount of people that died in Louisiana

were destroyed or severely damaged to

as a result of the hurricane was 1,577 and

the point of no repair. When the hurricane

this was the biggest death toll in the south

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compared to any other on record.

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A Century of Natural Disasters Obituaries. by: Rivers Singley

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Between the years of 1900 and

President in office at the time was President Dwight Eisenhower, in 1960 when both hurricanes hit. He sent the American Red Cross and the Salvation army to the states devastated like

2014, hundreds of natural disasters

Florida, Georgia, North and South

happened in the  United States.

Carolina, Virginia, New York, Maryland,

Flooding, hurricanes, tropical storms, and

and some of New England. After the

windstorms took place and devastated

recovery, all of the states were to thank

people country-wide. People needed

President Eisenhower and to give their

help and who was going to help those in

gratitude towards him. The Red Cross

need? The United States Government.

and the Salvation Army also were owed

Specifically, the President would give the

some gratitude, but continued to help

authorization to organizations like the

those in need after the recovery of the

American Red Cross and the Salvation

two storms.

Army. So when people wanted to know who to thank for the supplies and the aid

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in times of need, the President would be

born 1890, and died in 1969. His

the one. The President was responsible

contributions to this country are not the

as the leader of his country, to help those in need and did as quickly as possible,

President Dwight Eisenhower was

most famous, but none the less, he was in charge for the two Hurricanes that hit in 1960. His command was to send the

thus receiving the fame and the glory of it

aid to the needy, and to recover quickly.

all.

He sent the Red Cross and the Salvation

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When Hurricane Donna and

Hurricane Hazel both devastated the Eastern Coast, it was of course, the President’s job to send need. The

army as well as other organizations to help recover those lost, in need, devastated or all of the above. The recovery was done quickly as he said for it to be. Families were reunited,

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What Was Going on During Katrina? by: Beach Groome

During the aftershock of Hurricane Katrina, President George Bush had received a large amount of disapproval from the public. He was accused of refusing to do anything helpful toward the situation in the South. Eventually he was forced by his collaborators to take action. After firing several employees, he finally sent groups such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency or F.E.M.A for short to asses the problem and supply supplies for those in need. Bush’s popularity began to plummet since his attempt to help came too late. The people had to rely on each other for protection and supplies necessary for survival. The truth was, no one knew what to do, or what was going to happen.

Locals are enraged about the lack of support they received.

President George Bush

The Former CEO. of F.E.M.A.

Political Figures Failing to Make the Right Move

By: Grace Allen During Katrina there were many

important political figures who tried to deal with the levees breaking in New Orleans during Katrina. Ray Nagin was the Mayor

Former President George Bush

of New Orleans at the time when Katrina hit

Homeland Security workers with only two

and he said during this time, “The city of

days of training to the disaster areas. He

New Orleans will never be the same." and

also waited for a direct appeal from the

he was correct. Kathleen Blanco was

state of local government to send out

another one of these important political

providing trucks or or emergency workers.

figures. Governor Kathleen Blanco failed to

President Bush was the leader of the

contact the military very quickly and it was

country when the governments failure to

considered a big disaster because the

effectively help the New Orleanians from Hurricane Katrina happened. Bush waited to have the federal government immediately take over the relief effort job in New Orleans. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said the government wasn’t prepared for the storm to be that bad and for the levees to break flooding the city. He also said Katrina was,”breathtaking

Director of the FEMA(Federal Emergency Management Agency) Michael Brown

in its surprise." Michael Chertoff could have requested the local or state officials to take

military couldn’t come in to make sure the

action during Katrina but instead he didn’t

mandatory evacuation happened which

do that and just escaped the blame which

she planned too late. Director of the

was put to Michael Brownie who was

organization known as FEMA(Federal

relieved of his duties after Katrina.

Emergency Management Agency) sent out

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

Former Governor Kathleen Blanco

Former Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin

What Was it Like During the Dust Bowl "

Many People ask what was it like during the Dust Bowl, and the answer lies

right here in these photographs. Many of the photographs show the sadness on the people’s faces like the one of the mother with her hand on her chin. That photo is called “Mother Migrant”, it was taken by Dorothea Lange and it is a very famous picture throughout America that is said to capture the people’s feelings during the Dust Bowl. The picture of the women and her children in the car also shows the worried expression of the mother that means they were going through rough times.

The other pictures show the situations that the people found themselves in like the one of the family sitting in front of the train. That picture shows how the family had to pack their things and leave their home to get away from the dust. The picture of the three kids shows how the children had to take many responsibilities that they normally wouldn’t like taking care of the youngest child. Finally the picture of the six kids standing in front of the car shows how most of the kids didn’t have the best clothing, most of them had makeshift outfits. That is a description of what it was like for the people during the Dust Bowl.

Many kids had raggedy clothes made out of curtains and had only a small amount of drinking water

During the Dust Bowl, the older kids had many responsibilities like taking care of the youngest siblings in the family.

Mother Migrant was a very influential photograph that captured the nations attention and showed them what it was like during the dust bowl.

When families left Oklahoma for California they often had to pitch camp and sleep on the side of the road

Families had hard times during the Dust Bowl, many had no food, water, or money and had to sell land to survive.

Who Was Important During the San Francisco Earthquake?

Many important people were in San Francisco during the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. John Barrymore, his screen director, and his film crew were all in San Francisco during the time of the earthquake. Jack London was also in San Francisco writing articles and news stories. Enrico Caruso was staying in the Palace Hotel because he was traveling with the New York Metropolitan Opera. Frederick Funston was responsible for dynamiting the buildings during this earthquake to make sure no more fires broke out. He was know as the person who saved San Francisco from completely burning down which is an amazing honor. All of these people were part of the book Earthquake at Dawn, and this book is entirely about the Earthquake occurrence in San Francisco.

John Barrymore was in San Francisco, for acting, during the earthquake.

Jack London, the author, was writing articles/stories in San Francisco during the earthquake.

Enrico Caruso was staying in the Palace Hotel in San Francisco during the earthquake.

Frederick Funston saved San Francisco because he decided that they needed to dynamite everything so nothing else would catch on fire

Enrico Caruso was in San Francisco for the New York Metropolitan Opera.

Important Figures of Typhoid Fever By:Isabella Hegquist

Mary Mallon being held at a hospital until she shows negative for Typhoid.

Mary Mallon, Walter Reed, and Frank McCourt all have something in common, Typhoid fever. Mary Mallon was an Irish lady that was spreading the Typhoid Fever (unintentionally).

She was a maid for many houses and got all of the

people sick by serving peach ice cream (which carried the typhoid). She was eventually sent to a hospital and was positive for Typhoid. She eventually died of pneumonia. Frank McCourt wrote Angela's ashes. Frank is the protagonist and author. The book is about his mom Angela’s struggles. She gives birth and the baby dies. She falls into a depression. Franks little twin brothers later die of pneumonia. His family shares one mattress infested with fleas. Angela has two more kids.

Frank gets typhoid fever and is hospitalized.

Basically he has a

rough life and almost starved to death. He saves enough money to go back to his birth place America. This book is a true story based on him (yes this actually happened to him). He is married with 7 kids in New York now. His book was

basically the story of his life.

Walter Reed

was a scientist that was known for curing the yellow fever and helping with typhoid fever.

He went his whole life trying to cure it but, he died eventually.

He is looked up to by

teachers and students because he never gave up. That is why

M a r y,

Walter, and Frank

play

important roles in Typhoid Fever.

Oil Pours Out a Broken Rig in the Gulf !

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By: Farrell Chatelain

In 2006, BP’s Deepwater Horizon Oil rig blew up as a cause from high pressure and fire. The CEO of BP at the time was Tony Hayward who said, “Leaders must make the safety of all who work for them their top priority.” but that was not the case when the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico blew up and 11 workers died. After the rig blew, Mayor Mitch Landrieu told the people of Louisiana that seafood should not be eaten until months after the spill was cleaned up. Mitch Landrieu as well as John Marks who was the Mayor in Florida contacted president George Bush in urgency to be given the go so they could start cleaning up and he did. The Coast Guard in the south began the clean up by putting floating barrier around the oil so the oil would be prevented from moving any farther across the water since it was on the surface. Soon after the cleanup began, a scientist named Ed Overton who worked for an oil spill clean up team discovered that the oil was emulsified and since it was now infused with water it would take much longer to evaporate and would infest the waters for a very long time. Now that the oil is out of the ocean and the population of animals are coming back strong as well as the business that left the coast during the hazard.

Mayor John Marks

Oil examiner Ed Overton

Mayor Mitch Landrieu

President George W. Bush Tony Hayward, CEO of BP

Presidents Role in Natural Disasters

By Rivers Singley

During the Hurricanes Donna and Hazel, Dwight Eisenhower was serving his

term as President. Calvin Coolidge was serving his term during the Miami Hurricane.

Theodore Roosevelt was serving his term in the Galveston Hurricane. Harry Truman president during the Holmstead hurricane. All of these presidents were responsible for the loss and devastation due to these hurricanes. Even though they served at completely different times, the storms still did the same damage and left the presidents to the responsibility. What was their message? Give the proper care to those affected and help recover the losses. President Eisenhower was president when two different storms devastated the country, so his responsibilities were held high. Roosevelt was president when one main, huge hurricane devastated Texas. Coolidge was responsible for a hurricane taking out the southern peninsula of Florida. These three, unrelated presidents all had one thing to do: help recover the losses. So they did so, and recovered the affected areas.

Above: President Calvin Coolidge, serving his term during the Miami Hurricane.

President Theodore Roosevelt, in office during the Galveston Hurricane.

President Dwight Eisenhower, serving his term during Hurricane Hazel and Donna.

President Harry Truman, President during the Holmstead Hurricane.

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When other states and countries got

back on their feet after years of poverty.

word of how Katrina devastated the south

Now that the Louisiana started to succeed

they began to donate money to the states

again, the new local business are starting

that were very affected by the storm. Over

to flourish and more are showing up all

5 billion dollars was donated to Louisiana

over the state which increased the

alone and they are still rebuilding to this

number of new jobs and will decrease the

day. Many business that moved away are

unemployment rate by a large percent.

slowly moving back and now job

The south has recovered very fast

opportunities are appearing all over

compared to how much damage was

Louisiana. This has been good for our

done but we still have a long ways to go

economy and now people are getting

to restore our former success.

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Hadacheck was, then, sent to the United States Supreme Court to see what they

thought of the situation. It was up to them to see if he would go to jail, remain with his business, or have his business shut down. the U.S. Supreme Court thought that the property would not be completely worthless without the kiln. Hadacheck said that the property produced too little of pollution for it to be considered a nuisance. Hadacheck was sent to jail because he was accused of treason. Later on everyone started to realize that the decree put in place that made Hadacheck go to trial was in violation of the 14th Amendment and the

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To show his remorse, he had built a

library that was dedicated to the nearly 1,800 people who had died during the event. It is titled the George W. Bush Memorial Library. Many were skeptical that it was more in honor of him than the tragedy. More thoughts and feelings were hurt as the year went on until finally the 2006 elections to place. The republic was basically crippled due to so much disapproval by the public. Future promises of help and aid toward the affected population rose and  became favored during speeches and promises to the people.

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When Barack Obama was elected

for president, he immediately began funding for the reconstruction and support toward the cities. One of his most favored statements is that F.E.M.A. needed to be updated and enlarged to handle bigger events. More and more funds went into precautions plans incase further mishaps occur. People agreed with his decisions and thoughts most of the way through 2008. Eventually he began to make mistakes that would cost him more than an apology.

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After the storm and levee system failing

are a few small islands of the Gulf Coast

people started to charge the federal

that managed to calm the waves a bit.

government for not meeting the needs of

Katrina also had winds moving at 100 -140

the people fast enough claiming its why the

miles per hour and was about 400 miles

levees didn’t work. When the levees first

across. Katrina herself caused a lot of

broke the initial pumps that keep the city

damage when she hit New Orleans but the

dry were so overwhelmed with the rising

real catastrophe was the levees breaking

flood water that they didn’t work.

and the and the whole city of New Orleans Louisiana was flooded.

Katrina may have began as a small tropical depression, but it grew and caused

The flooding caused by the levees

so much damage to anything in her path.

left New Orleans a complete wreck. People

New Orleans will always be remembered

were stranded on their houses and some

as the place that got the most damage

people in one story houses drowned if they

from Katrina because of the catastrophic

couldn’t find a way out. Many died from

levee system failure. All the cities and

heat, lack of water, severe stress, and lack

states that were affected by Katrina all

of medication form being stranded and get

know to never forget the storm and New

able to get any supplies. Boats came

Orleans can’t forget because there is still

through the city rescuing people and

unfixed

animals, and helicopters filled the skies coming to airlift people to safety. The Superdome and many hospitals became homes to refugees before all people in these places were forced to evacuate and almost everyone lost something in the storm including houses. Lots of people evacuated and some didn’t return or have anything to return to.

temporary homes were made until the insurance could cover it, and supplies and food were given to the people in

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During the 1960’s Hurricane Hazel

and Hurricane Donna both devastated the country. The President Dwight

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Eisenhower was on call, and was the first one to help those damaged, separated, or in any way hurt by these storms. He helped the needy, rebuild the damaged structures, and helped families come back together. By doing this, he had shown leadership, and his ability to help keep his country together.

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Katrina Takes Away Children

Landon was doing pretty good." After weeks

By:Isabella Hegquist

they were finally reunited. Preston's remains

Tyson and Landon are two premature

were later found but, beaten up pretty good.

babies (4 months early) that were separated

As they were getting ready to leave they found

from their parents during Katrina. The family

out that both sons were going blind and Tyson

is from Mississippi but they were transferred

was too unstable to travel. "They said, 'We

to New Orleans Children's Hospital. Laura

have to send Landon but not Tyson,' and my

and Jared Graham came with their babies but

knees buckled," Laura says. She had to

they were told they had to leave while their

choose which child she would stay with. She

babies, kept alive by ventilators, had to stay.

chose to go to Michigan with Landon. "The

Tyson had perforated intestines and they were

first time I ever got to hold Tyson was when he

"waiting for him to die," Laura says. "If our

was four months old," she says. While she

child is going to die, we want to be here."

had the little boy in her arms, hospital staff

Laura and Jared lost touch with their living son

brought Landon to her. "I got to hold both of

and horrifyingly found that Preston's (the third

my babies for the first time ever." During

son) body was lost in the storm. The boys

Christmas the family reunited in Utah.

were sent to another hospital with 140

Doctors were not able to save either boy's

premature babies. Laura learned that her son

sight and they continue to have severe

Tyson was kept alive during the ambulance

difficulties. Both have feeding tubes, and

ride to Baton Rouge by nurses who were

Landon has been suffering from long seizures

fighting to keep his heart and lungs working

for nearly a year.

and that the ambulances had been shot at by

talking, and Landon is vocal, he makes

unknown assailants as they left the city.

sounds," Laura says. "He is a happy kid. They

Tyson needed surgery. "When we got to

start kindergarten next week. It's pretty

Tyson he had been cut in half across his

exciting!"

"

stomach but he was alive," she says. "And

Tyson is walking and

Tyson and Landon both in their mothers arm’s for the first time.

Baby Tyson at a hospital getting surgery for his perforated intestines.

Baby Landon at the hospital in good condition unlike his brother getting surgery.

The Past Predicts the Future By: Beach Groome

"

In 2007, a movie named Flood

been released that also show natural

was released. Flood was based off of

disasters occurring. By looking back at

Hurricane Katrina. The directors tried

what has happened we are able to

to amplify the reaction it got by

prepare for what might come next.

choosing New England as its set. This movie helped people understand that storms could appear nearly anywhere in the world and become devastating to the society and people around them. Flood was not very popular at the beginning but quickly grabbed people's attention. Other movies have

2012 movie poster

Flood movie poster

Flood movie poster

Leandro Erlich Sculpts the Storm

understanding about the hurricane. Â One

By: Grace Allen

were all washed away, some with people in

Leandro Erlich made the sculpture

known as Too Late for Help in 2008. This sculpture was representing the people who died from the flooding that Hurricane Katrina

story houses in neighborhoods that flooded it. Rescue committees were driving in boats and helicopters trying to save as many people as they could but sometimes they were just too late.

brought. People were getting stranded on their roofs and drowning in their houses if people didn’t save them fast enough.

Leandro Erlich has made many other famous sculptures but the window and the ladder will always be the sculpture that really changes New Orleans and peoples

Leandro Erlich

A one story house that was flooded in the storm.

A rescue committee going through the city in a boat looking for survivors.

A sculpture made by Leandro Erlich in 2008 called Too Late for Help.

Edith Irvine’s Photography during “The Great Earthquake of San Francisco” By: Sidney Charbonnett

"

Edith Irvine’s photography explained, not

through words but through images, how horrible and terrifying life was in San Francisco during and after the earthquake.

Edith photographs made everyone understand exactly what happened without having to hear what happened. The first picture is of City Hall when it was still falling down. The second

picture is of dead horses, Edith’s mother started crying when she saw this picture because it showed “the horrors of the earthquake”. The third picture is of San francisco shortly after the earthquake had occurred. Each one of Edith’s photographs had great meaning and has impacted the world.

Edith took many pictures of the city while it was crumbling to the ground.

Edith’s photography made people mourn for days because it was so scary what people had to go through.

City Hall was falling down when Edith was taking pictures of it.

A Poem Responding to Tragedies By: Farrell Chatelain

you hear us cry for the homeless, the lost and hungry?” The people of

Katrina affects all people but some use poems to describe what it was like for the people who suffered. Marc Nelson, the writer of the Lament for

us cry for the poor of the city? Don’t

New Orleans can also relate to his writing because he addresses the common worries of parents, their children, “Creation groans because you are in the

“Don’t you hear us cry

orphaned child the poor man and the

reverend at the

for the poor of the city?

Third Christian

Don’t you hear us cry

thirsty woman.” All

Reformed Church

for the homeless, the

in

lost and hungry?”

New Orleans is a

Zealand,

Michigan that wrote his poem on June 1st 2005 in honor of the people who fought through Katrina in 2005. The poem states simply all the bad and most d e v a s t a t i n g e ff e c t s t h a t t h e hurricane had on New Orleans. One of his verses says, “Don’t you hear

people in New Orleans, Louisiana can relate to the

natural disaster called Katrina that destroyed buildings all over Louisiana just like the poem says.

All disasters occur for a purpose and there are always people that can write and relate about it and this poem is a prime example of it.

The homeless after Katrina

The lower 9th Ward

Homeless live at the Super Dome

Galveston, TX Hurricane kills Residents of St. Mary's Orphans Asylum

the country because the students that died

By: Colleen Daly

Although the number of people killed in the

"

orphanage is relatively small compared to the

On September 8th in 1900 , a terrible

were the sons and daughters of families that

lived in Galveston at the time the hurricane hit.

disaster struck Texas leaving it with great

whole hurricane it really devastated the

devastation throughout the country. This

country. That is how the Galveston TX

disaster was the Hurricane of Galveston TX,

hurricane destroying the St. Mary’s Orphan

which was one of the biggest hurricanes since

Asylum galvanized the country.

the 1900 till now. This hurricane was really devastating because it blew away the St. Mary's Orphans Asylum killing 10 teachers and over 90 kids in the school. This loss galvanized

St Mary’s Orphan Asylum was completely destroyed during the Galveston, TX Hurricane.

Along with the rest of Galveston, St Mary’s Orphan Asylum was knocked down leaving the city with wood pieces everywhere.

St Mary’s Orphan Asylum was a orphanage that was destroyed during the Galveston, TX Hurricane killing 10 teachers and 90 kids.

When the Levee Breaks by Led Zepplin By: Rivers Singley

“When the Levee Breaks” by Led

Zepplin, having been a world famous

Zepplin demonstrates the floodwaters

band, wrote a song about floodwaters

pouring into cities. Levees are

in hurricanes. This song galvanized

designed to hold back water to protect

public attention, and brought

cities, homes, people, or any other

awareness to the flooding. More

object that is worth saving from

people heard about this song, and

floodwater. During hurricanes, if water

attention was given to the levee

gets too high, it could go over the

system and to those affected due to

levee or “break” the levee. Led

the levee breaking.

Led Zeppelin’s album featuring “When the Levee Breaks”

A shot of the band at the time the song made its debut.

A levee broken due to floodwaters overflowing.

the disease.

Typhoid Fever Served in Peach Ice Cream By:Isabella Hegquist

They

end up catching her and test her. She is positive for Typhoid

Deadly is a book written by Julie Chibbaro and published in 2012 by Scholastic. Deadly is about the spreading of the Typhoid Fever.

Deadly’s time period is 1906-1907. The main character, Prudence, is a 17 year old girl.

When she was young, her father ran away to go to the army and never came back. Her brother Benjamin died of a sickness at a young age and left the family mourning. She is different from everyone else in her school.

She wants to be a scientist and study the human body. She helps Marm (Prudences mom) with child labor.

They see deaths, new lives, and the struggles of being a y o u n g m o t h e r .

and has to remain in captivity till she is cured. Mr.Soper is a main person in the health department

Deadly by Julie Chibbaro

that shows Prudence

around and helps her. Prudence is in love with him but knows he will not return the affection. Dr.Baker is a scientist. Prudence looks up to her because she is a lady scientist and proved that men are not the only scientist. She is important because she gives

Prudence the idea to go to medical school.

Prudence worries Marm can’t afford it but if Prudence does good on the test to get in she will get a scholarship. Dr.Baker want’s to help so she tutors Prudence.

Prudence needs to

Julie Chibbaro

find a job for money

The tone of the book is “deadly.” The

so she gets a job the

genre of the book is historical fiction. The

health department.

Typhoid fever is a natural disaster because it

Her case is on the

kills and enters people’s system through food

Typhoid Fever. Mary Mallon, an Irish lady,

and water that is not clean.

The major

carries the Typhoid. Mary is a maid working

historical theme is spreading of the Typhoid.

at many different houses. Every one loves her

History influences this book greatly to make

especially her peach ice cream, the ice cream

the book seem real. Back then women would

is what carries the Typhoid. Every were she

get married and pregnant around the age of

goes she spreads it but will not admit she has

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Earthquake Hits San Francisco

be dynamited so nothing else would catch on

By: Sidney Charbonnett

fire. This meant everyone had to evacuate to

Earthquake at Dawn is a breathtaking

Golden Gate Park, and this made it even

historical fiction novel by Kristiana Gregory.

harder to look for Mr. Irvine. The entire novel

The novel was published by Houghton Mifflin

is about Edith and Daisy trying to get home

Harcourt on September 1, 2003.

safely and with Edith’s father. Also, Edith was

Photographer, Edith Irvine, and her assistant,

taking pictures the entire time because she

Daisy Valentine, were going to travel to Paris

decided that if they were stuck there then she

to see some photographs that Edith took of

wanted to make use of their time. This was a

Yosemite National Park. Daisy and Edith had

dangerous risk to take because taking

a stop in San Francisco right before they

pictures of San Francisco at that time was

boarded a ship to Australia. Once they arrive

illegal. It was illegal because the mayor didn’t

in San Francisco, a very unexpected

want people all over the world to see how

earthquake occurs. This novel is based on a

messed up San Francisco was after the

true story of the real San Francisco

e a r t h q u a k e . T h e r e w e r e fi r e s , r a t s

earthquake of 1906.

everywhere, and people were dying. It was not safe in San Francisco and Edith and

Edith and Daisy arrived in San Francisco and

Daisy were scared for life after the incidents

they were very excited for their trip, but then

they saw. It is easy to say that everyone was

“The Great earthquake of San Francisco”

traumatized after the earthquake. Daisy was

occurred. Daisy and Edith then go on an

absolutely devastated when she knew that

amazing journey through San Francisco

they were not going to be able to continue

looking for Edith’s father, Mr. Irvine, who

their trip to Paris, but she knew that Edith had

became separated from them

they needed to go home to

during this earthquake. Edith

see the fate of Mr. Irvine.

and Daisy meet very

Daisy wanted to go on the

interesting and friendly people

trip more than anything

on the way. Mayor Schmitz,

because she didn’t want to

mayor of San Francisco,

go back to work for Mrs.

decided that everything had to

Irvine in their home.

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Li#le Girl Taken in a Crisis By: Grace Allen "

Taken Away by Patty Friedman is a

historical fiction novel published by Tiny Satchel Press in 2010. Taken Away is about a girl named Summer whose 2 year old sister, Amalia, disappeared from the hospital during Hurricane Katrina. On the books cover there is a picture of a baby doll floating in algaed water missing clothes, an arm, and a leg. This doll represents Amalia, because she disappeared during Katrina just like this baby doll which was lost by a little girl in the storm. The image also represents the losses that came because of Katrina, like houses, clothes, toys, and lives. "

years

The cover page of Patty Friedmann’s book Taken Away.

a n d

ever since her sister Amalia was born she has been kind of jealous because her parents don’t give her any attention. Amalia has openheart surgery right before Hurricane Katrina

The setting of Taken Away starts off in

New Orleans and moves to Houston and

and is in the ICU during the storm. So when Amalia disappears Summer gets accused.

Summer is a determined girl and doesn’t want to leave it up to the FBI to prove her innocence. So she begins her own search with her two best friends Robert Jeanfreau and Haydn Glade. Robert Jeanfreau is the son of a doctor at the hospital where Amalia was taken.

He has known his way around the hospital since he was a child. He meets Summer when

The author of Taken Away, Patty Friedman

she and her family evacuate to the hospital for

Baton Rouge, and it occurs during August and

Katrina and to be with Amalia. His father helps

September of 2005. Summer Elmwood is 15

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The Flooding of Galveston

Josiah also works here. Farrell pairs him

By: Beach Groome

three were notably fast workers. When

with Josiah and a man named Zach. The

Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale

he returns home at the end of every day

is a sub fiction genre about the

his family is either asleep or his brothers

Galveston Flooding on september 9th,

are playing around. Seth is always given

1900. This novel is narrated from realistic

the responsibility of watching his little

first person point of view of a fictional

sister Kate. Seth has conflicts with his

teenager named Seth during the dreadful

father about his future. When the day

catastrophe. The reader follows Seth as

finally comes that the storm is supposed

he moves into his new home in

to hit, Seth is working on a house during

Galveston, Texas. Throughout the novel

work hours. Ella Rose runs to them and

Seth is acquainted with some of the

hurriedly informs them that a storm is

town’s residence and finds a job as a

coming and they should all prepare for

carpenter. His Uncle is wealthy and has

the worst. Mr. Farrell allows everyone to

hired servants that attend to Seth’s

go home early, Seth asks if Ella will walk

family. While the family becomes

home with him. The next morning was

comfortable in their new home a storm

stormy and unpromising. Seth decides

warning is broadcasted around the town

he will go to work and see what the boss

that warns people be cautious of the

says. The streets had filled with water

weather for the next 72 hours.

and had streams were rushing through

Seth meets many people who he

them. At work Mr. Farrell says that they

befriends and even falls in love. He often

should make sure their houses are

spends time with one of Uncle Nate’s

secure and to come to work once the

servants named Josiah. Seth finds

storm is done. Josiah walks back home

himself in love with the girl who lives

with Seth through flooded streets. People

across from him named Ella Rose. Uncle

are going into shelters and the winds

Nate finds Seth the job that has been

have grown so strong that slate is flying

wanting for all his life, the job of a

off the roofs of buildings and hitting

carpenter. During his first day at work he

people. The water was rising fast and

meets his boss Mr. Farrell and sees that

buildings were falling apart. The water Jump to page

president Roosevelt's

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Civilian Conservation

Corps in Montana so

By: Farrell Chatelain

he can have steady

Moss Trawnley is a young teenager

pay and be able to

that lives in Muddy Springs, Texas that has to

support his family.

go on an adventure across the country so he

When Moss finally

can support his family in the depression.Hitch, Jeanette Ingold

a piece of fiction written by Jeanette Ingold and published in 2006 and published by Harcourt Inc. that addresses the hard times in the 1930s. This novel is based right after the stock market crashed and everyone was in depression as a result of it and a young teenager, Moss Trawnley, has to find a way to provide for his family so they don’t get thrown out on the street for not paying taxes Hitch Book Cover

to

the

government. The book

is set in the time of the Dust Bowl right after the stock market crash and now Moss must go find his father who is now a worker for the WPA but stopped sending money to the family so they don’t get thrown out on the street.

Moss signs up for a six month hitch with

arrives in the CCC

encampment that the troops plan to stay at Moss learns that the camp in Monroe,

Michigan is not yet built and they are going to

have to build it. When the CCC finishes the Michigan encampment president Theodore

Roosevelt writes a speech to congratulate the

members of the CCC that helped build it and

to promote the new idea he had in mind called

the New Deal program which the CCC was a

small part of the big idea that became a big success. "

Throughout the novel, the narrator

conveys a tone of admiration and respect to

Moss as he continuously works to perform

actions for not only the better of his family and

himself but also saving the Sam Lundgren’s

farm from flooding. Moss prevents the act from

happening by rallying the troops and opening

the spillway in another angle so the water Jump to p.

A Trip through the 1930’s Dust

Bowl

By: Colleen Daly

!

reader about the the okie families that left

through the Route 66 Mother Road that led

them to California. The book tells the reader

how the okies were unwelcome in California,

The books Children of the Dust Bowl and

but it also talks about how they were helped

The Dust Bowl Through the Lens will take the

when they needed a place to live or a school

reader back to the Dust Bowl era and tell the

to learn in. The book focuses on the building of

reader about the tragedies it left the americans

the Weedpatch School for okies, where they

with. Both of these books will show the reader

taught the basic classes along with basic skills

what it was like to live in Oklahoma during the

like building and plumbing. The school was run

time of the Dust Bowl through the work of

by Leo Hart who is remembered for his part in

photographs and first-hand stories. These

helping the okies recover from the Dust Bowl.

books will also tell the reader about the lives of

This books tone suggest pity towards the okies

the men and women, called okies, and what

that endured the pain of leaving home and

they did to survive the Dust Bowl. Children of

going somewhere they were unwelcome. This

the Dust Bowl will talk to the reader about the

Book will drag the reader in and make the

lives of the children while The Dust Bowl

reader also feel bad for the okies and what

Through the Lens will tell the reader about a

they had to go through during the Years of the

wide variety of topics.

Dust bowl

"

"

Written by Jerry Stanley, Children of the

The Dust Bowl Through the Lens, a

Dust Bowl, a nonfiction novel, was published

nonfiction book, was written by Martin W.

by Crown Publishers in 1992. The book is set

Sandler and published in 2009 by Walker &

in the 1930’s when the dust bowl had just

Sandler. The book is set in the 1930’s

begun and okies were beginning to migrate

Oklahoma panhandle, when the Dust Bowl

out of Oklahoma and go to California. The

had just begun and the farms were in bad

book first talks about the rain stopping in 1932

shape. This book has many topics, one of the

and the winds growing stronger every day until

many recurring ones is that fact that many of

one day when it blew dust into the air creating

the okies chose to stay in Oklahoma and not

the first dust storm. The book then tells the

leave. The reason they stayed was that they Jump to page

The Survival of Two Boys in the Red River Flood By: Rivers Singley

The fiction novel, Sandbag Shuffle, written by Kevin Marc Fournier, is an exciting story about two friends, Andrew and Owen, whose friendship, courage, and survival, takes them through a perilous journey during the 1997 flood of the Red River Valley in North Dakota and Canada.

Andrew is the main character and protagonist who is introduced to the reader and takes the role as a leader. Owen is the foil to Andrew, and creates problems throughout the novel. Owen is missing both of his legs, and his only means of getting around is by wheelchair. The Novelist never explains how he lost his legs.

Owen and Andrew choose to set out on their own, after their bus is stranded on a flooded highway. They take the matter of their personal survival into their own hands by quietly sneaking away from the bus.

They believed they could save themselves rather than waiting for authorities to rescue them. In doing so, they found an abandoned boat on the Red River, and crossed the border from the United States to Canada. They first looked for refuge in evacuated homes. Andrew and Owen were later discovered by a female member of the

Canadian Military. Her name was Cuba, and she brought them to a Red Cross camp in St. Agathe, Canada, a city just outside of the Red River Valley. As a coincidence, they met Cuba’s sister in a café. Her name was Apple. Owen and Andrew were invited to take shelter with the family of Apple and Cuba as the Red River continued to rise. The entire town of St. Agathe became flooded, so the newly formed group evacuated to Winnipeg.

Again, Andrew and Owen found themselves as refugees at another Red Cross Camp.

Once again, the boys decided to take the matter of their survival into their own hands. Andrew created a loud diversion, collected their bag of belongings, and escaped with Owen to an area where people were building sandbag dikes. A volunteer invited them to stay at his home.

While they were there, Owen found several donation forms for the Salvation Army. He stole the forms, and went door to door asking for donations. Instead of returning the cash donations to the Salvation Army, he kept them as a way to pay for bus tickets out of Winnipeg.

In this novel, the writer shows how selfish young boys can be. Each character’s

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couldn’t be a scientist or any medical jobs.

around the time when Typhoid fever was an

That is why men would tell Prudence that

issue due to lack of unclean water. The

she should not have gotten the job. An

other character are not real so, that is why

example is when a boy told Prudence his

this book is historical fiction. This book is

friend is smarter than her and should have

important to the theme of the magazine

gotten the job. Typhoid fever was spread

(natural disaster) because the Typhoid fever

from unclean food and water in the

was a disaster that killed people. It is natural

1800-1900’s.

It is not a modern issue

disaster because it is not man made like a

anymore. The only places today are in Africa

bomb. I recommend this book to teens or

due to lack of unclean water.

people interested in natural disasters. The

book tells so much about Typhoid that most Deadly is historically accurate because Mary

people don’t know. It is great for people that

Mallon was a real person that did spread the

love history because it lets you know what it

disease as a cook. The time of the book is

was like around that time.

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help you. This book is based off of the realEarthquake at Dawn is an adventurous novel

life experience of Edith Irvine. This novel

about the San Francisco earthquake. The

captures the astounding experience of Edith

novel is about two girls finding lifelong friends

Irvine. Some of Edith’s photographs of the

to help each other survive. These friends stick

earthquake had been printed out and

together 24/7 and they don’t let each other

everyone knew, right then and there, what

down. The book teaches you about how

they went though. Her photographs captured

tough it was trying to survive having no

what it was like during the earthquake so no

shelter, no food, and no protection. Edith and

one needed an explanation about what

Daisy learn that sometimes all you need are a

people went through.

few friends that can stand by your side and

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search. Haydn Glade and Summer have

everyone was forced to evacuate if they

been best friends since they started

weren’t trapped in their homes.

Newman where Haydn, Robert, and

Throughout the book there is an urgent

Summer all go. Haydn evacuates for the

tone because everyone is in a rush to find

first part of the book, but he helps Summer

Amalia. There is also a sense that

through the whole investigation.

everything has been lost or damaged. The

"

Amalia is Summer’s little sister who

destructive tone also suggests that nothing

is 2 years old, she has a weak heart and

will ever be the same because the storm.

so right before Hurricane Katrina she has

Taken Away really tugs at the heart strings

to have open heart surgery. Her parents

of the reader when Amalia is taken and

adore her she is well taken care of after

also when Summer is accused of killing

the surgery. She is in ICU for a while after

her. Little Amalia has also just been

her surgery and her family isn’t allowed in

through a heart surgery and Katrina is

to see her. When they finally get in the

going on right outside her window.

room Amalia is gone. When Amalia is

Because of the catastrophic mess Katrina

taken it makes the search to find her much

left behind it changed the character’s

harder because New Orleans is closed

mindset on finding Amalia because it just

after the levees broke from Katrina. The

made the search so much harder.

paralysis of Katrina was developed a lot throughout the book and especially while Summer was looking for information about Amalia in New Orleans. The whole city was shut down after the levees broke and

Summer’s Parents were just giving up and hoping the FBI would find her. The book really captures the aspect of all the damage that happened to the city and also all the hardships the people had to face.

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had risen up to their knees as they walked.

lack of water. Without water one is not able to

When the two arrived at Uncle Nate’s house

function properly and will die very quickly.

they had to prepare for a major flood.

During hurricanes governmental agencies

This novel helps readers understand

such as F.E.M.A. are sent in to supply water,

how severe storms and floods are. The

food, and also rescue stranded survivors.

general flood is second compared to the

This novel goes in depth to tell how

destruction of homes and shelter. Many

devastating floods and storms can be. This

people are left homeless and without food.

novel is a must read to anyone who would

The other danger that seems smaller is the

like to learn more about natural disasters.

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disregard for authority and trust is used to fulfill their own desire to set out on their own.

The only precaution to be aware of is the use of swear words in this exciting, and wel written novel.

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won’t destroy the crops. Because of the hilly

fire you, you see my cousin is out of work and

country in the area of Monroe, the water is

he has children to take care of so he needs

able to wash to the sides and not directly flush

this job.” Later in the novel, since they were in

out and pull up all of the crops on the Lundgren’s farm.

the time of the Dust Bowl which was a time in the U.S. where sandstorms kicked up frequently and were violent and dangerous,

Throughout Hitch, the reader learns

this allowed Moss to get on the train without

about how the stock market crash affected the

the guards seeing him so he could make it to

entire country and how almost all people that

the CCC sign up in time by hitchhiking. This

had good steady jobs were fired because

book is recommended for all ages as an easy

companies couldn’t afford to keep them.

read and a great informative fiction book that

When Moss is fired from his job in the Muddy

that shows people what it was like in the

Springs airport the head of the branch says

1930s Great Depression.

"

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thought the storms would end soon and they

of Franklin Roosevelt and his creations of the

thought they didn’t have a reason to leave the

different agencies that helped rebuild the Dust

land they grew up on. The book also talks

Bowl area. It also talks about how Franklin

about how the children were forced to work

Roosevelt proved he was up to the challenge

and not go to school, and what labors they

he had to deal with by saying “The only Thing

had to do to make money for food. One day

we have to fear is fear itself.” This book has

during school a teacher noticed a pale girl and

many photographs that help show what the

told her to get some food the girl replied

book is trying to get across through their tone

saying: “Oh I can’t do that, today is my sisters

of sorrow at times and rejoicing at others. This

turn to eat.” One of the other topics the book

book will definitely attract people who admire

talks about was how the okies would make

photographs and will give the reader a better

jokes and listen to music to distract

understanding of what happened during the

themselves from the problems. Another topic

nine years of the Dust Bowl.

that was very important, was the presidency

Both books, Children of the Dust Bowl

The storms that made the dust bowl

and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens,

devastatingly ruined the farming land a

perfectly capture the theme of disasters in

temporarily stopped the growth of crops. The

America because of the effect they had on

Dust Bowl also hurt the lives of many humans

our Country. The Dust Bowl was a disaster

that lost their houses, land, and money during

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because the area it hit was one of the worlds most efficient wheat-farming lands in the time.

this time, leaving them with nothing when it was all over. That is why these books perfectly represent the theme of Disasters in America.

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