Escape From Hurricane Katrina

Author : Judy Allen Dodson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781499813364

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Escape from . . . Hurricane Katrina by Judy Allen Dodson Pdf

"A satisfying read." --School Library Journal Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms in American history. In this fictional tale, daring twins Jo Jo and Sophie battle the raging floodwaters in a fight for their lives. For twins Jo Jo and Sophie Dupre, Hurricane Katrina isn't the most important thing on their minds-not compared their mother's cancer treatments, Sophie's swim meet, and Jo Jo's upcoming coding competition. But when the storm intensifies and there's only one seat their aunt's car, Mom has to be the one to evacuate. The twins and their father are stuck at home in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. The winds rise-and with them, the waves. The levees break and floodwater rages through the city. During the chaos, Jo Jo and Sophie are swept away. Together, they must find their way to the Superdome, where their father should be waiting-but can they escape the wrath of one of the deadliest storms in history?

Author : CHAYA SRA BEN. SHACHAR
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 161465672X

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ESCAPE FROM HURRICANE KATRINA. by CHAYA SRA BEN. SHACHAR Pdf

Author : Kate Messner
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338133974

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Hurricane Katrina Rescue by Kate Messner Pdf

In this historical adventure for middle grade readers, a dog travels through time and rescues a family in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Ranger, the time-traveling golden retriever with search-and-rescue training, arrives in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches and residents start to evacuate the city. Ranger meets Clare Porter, who is searching for her grandmother. Once Ranger helps Clare find Nana, he takes shelter with them at their home in the Lower Ninth Ward, and they wait for Clare’s father to return from the gas station. But there’s no sign of him as hours pass and the weather gets worse. The wind picks up and rain pours down. And when the levees break, floodwaters dangerously rise, and Clare and Nana are separated. Can Ranger help Clare navigate the flooded streets to safety and back to her family? Praise for the first book in the Ranger in Time series: “This excellent story contains historical details, full-page illustrations, and enough action to keep even reluctant readers engaged.” —School Library Journal “The third-person narration expertly balances Ranger’s thoughts between the appropriately doglike (squirrels! bacon!) and the heroic (Ranger’s drive to find and protect).” —Kirkus Reviews “McMorris’s richly rendered illustrations heighten the plot’s many moments of danger and drama, and Messner incorporates a wealth of historical details into her rousing adventure story.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309179898

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Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters by Institute of Medicine,Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice,Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine Pdf

Public health officials have the traditional responsibilities of protecting the food supply, safeguarding against communicable disease, and ensuring safe and healthful conditions for the population. Beyond this, public health today is challenged in a way that it has never been before. Starting with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, public health officers have had to spend significant amounts of time addressing the threat of terrorism to human health. Hurricane Katrina was an unprecedented disaster for the United States. During the first weeks, the enormity of the event and the sheer response needs for public health became apparent. The tragic loss of human life overshadowed the ongoing social and economic disruption in a region that was already economically depressed. Hurricane Katrina reemphasized to the public and to policy makers the importance of addressing long-term needs after a disaster. On October 20, 2005, the Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a workshop which convened members of the scientific community to highlight the status of the recovery effort, consider the ongoing challenges in the midst of a disaster, and facilitate scientific dialogue about the impacts of Hurricane Katrina on people's health. Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters: Hurricane Katrina is the summary of this workshop. This report will inform the public health, first responder, and scientific communities on how the affected community can be helped in both the midterm and the near future. In addition, the report can provide guidance on how to use the information gathered about environmental health during a disaster to prepare for future events.

Author : Bill Carey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0972568034

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Leave No One Behind by Bill Carey Pdf

One of the few inspirational stories that came out of Hurricane Katrina was the rescue of Tulane University Hospital and Clinic. During the days immediately following the New Orleans flood, Nashville-based hospital company HCA masterminded and financed the rescue of every Tulane patient, staffer and family member a total of 1,200 people in all. This is the inside story of how the company did it; what the administration knew and didnt know; how doctors and nurses cared for patients under difficult conditions; how dozens of helicopters executed the rescue safely. This book also tells the story of how Tulanes staff and administration helped rescue around 50 patients from other New Orleans hospitals, in spite of having almost no communication with those hospitals along the way.

Author : Rodman Philbrick
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-25
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780545633475

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Zane and the Hurricane: A Story of Katrina by Rodman Philbrick Pdf

Newbery Honor author Rodman Philbrick presents a gripping yet poignant novel about a 12-year-old boy and his dog who become trapped in New Orleans during the horrors of Hurricane Katrina. Zane Dupree is a charismatic 12-year-old boy of mixed race visiting a relative in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hits. Unexpectedly separated from all family, Zane and his dog experience the terror of Katrina's wind, rain, and horrific flooding. Facing death, they are rescued from an attic air vent by a kind, elderly musician and a scrappy young girl--both African American. The chaos that ensues as storm water drowns the city, shelter and food vanish, and police contribute to a dangerous, frightening atmosphere, creates a page-turning tale that completely engrosses the reader. Based on the facts of the worst hurricane disaster in U.S. history, Philbrick includes the lawlessness and lack of government support during the disaster as well as the generosity and courage of those who risked their lives and safety to help others. Here is an unforgettable novel of heroism in the face of truly challenging circumstances.

Author : Judith Bloom Fradin,Dennis Brindell Fradin
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0761446974

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Hurricane Katrina by Judith Bloom Fradin,Dennis Brindell Fradin Pdf

A clear and concise description of Hurricane Katrina, one of the most critical moments in American history.

Author : Jesmyn Ward
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-12
Category : African American children
ISBN : 9781408827000

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Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Pdf

A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. He's a hard drinker, largely absent, and it isn't often he worries about the family. Esch and her three brothers are stocking up on food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; at fifteen, she has just realized that she's pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is sneaking scraps for his prized pit bull's new litter, dying one by one. Meanwhile, brothers Randall and Junior try to stake their claim in a family long on child's play and short on parenting. As the twelve days that make up the novel's framework yield to a dramatic conclusion, this unforgettable family - motherless children sacrificing for one another as they can, protecting and nurturing where love is scarce - pulls itself up to face another day.

Author : Paul Volponi
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-06-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781440632488

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Hurricane Song by Paul Volponi Pdf

When Miles's mother remarries, Miles decides to move to New Orleans to be with his father. But he and his father are very different—Miles's dad lives for jazz, while Miles's first love is football. Then Hurricane Katrina hits, and the two must seek refuge in the Superdome. What would normally be a dream come true for a football fan, this safe haven turns into a nightmare when the power fails and gangs take over. And when his father decides to rebel, Miles must make a choice that will alter their relationship—and their lives—forever.

Author : Gary Rivlin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781451692266

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Katrina by Gary Rivlin Pdf

Ten years in the making, Gary Rivlin’s Katrina is “a gem of a book—well-reported, deftly written, tightly focused….a starting point for anyone interested in how The City That Care Forgot develops in its second decade of recovery” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch). On August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. A decade later, journalist Gary Rivlin traces the storm’s immediate damage, the city of New Orleans’s efforts to rebuild itself, and the storm’s lasting effects not just on the area’s geography and infrastructure—but on the psychic, racial, and social fabric of one of this nation’s great cities. Much of New Orleans still sat under water the first time Gary Rivlin glimpsed the city after Hurricane Katrina as a staff reporter for The New York Times. Four out of every five houses had been flooded. The deluge had drowned almost every power substation and rendered unusable most of the city’s water and sewer system. Six weeks after the storm, the city laid off half its workforce—precisely when so many people were turning to its government for help. Meanwhile, cynics both in and out of the Beltway were questioning the use of taxpayer dollars to rebuild a city that sat mostly below sea level. How could the city possibly come back? “Deeply engrossing, well-written, and packed with revealing stories….Rivlin’s exquisitely detailed narrative captures the anger, fatigue, and ambiguity of life during the recovery, the centrality of race at every step along the way, and the generosity of many from elsewhere in the country” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). Katrina tells the stories of New Orleanians of all stripes as they confront the aftermath of one of the great tragedies of our age. This is “one of the must-reads of the season” (The New Orleans Advocate).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : UIUC:30112075655958

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The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina by Anonim Pdf

"The objective of this report is to identify and establish a roadmap on how to do that, and lay the groundwork for transforming how this Nation- from every level of government to the private sector to individual citizens and communities - pursues a real and lasting vision of preparedness. To get there will require significant change to the status quo, to include adjustments to policy, structure, and mindset"--P. 2.

Author : Lauren Tarshis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-10-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338766950

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I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005: A Graphic Novel (I Survived Graphic Novel #6) by Lauren Tarshis Pdf

The story of a boy, a dog, and the storm of the century is brought vividly to life in this graphic novel adaptation of Lauren Tarshis's bestselling I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005, with text adapted by Georgia Ball. Barry's family tries to evacuate before Hurricane Katrina hits their home in New Orleans. But when his little sister gets terribly sick, they're forced to stay home and wait out the storm. At first, Katrina doesn't seem to be as bad as predicted. But overnight the levees break, and Barry's world is literally torn apart. He's swept off by the floodwaters, away from his family. Can he survive the storm of the century — alone? Lauren Tarshis's New York Times bestselling I Survived series comes to vivid life in graphic novel editions. Perfect for readers who prefer the graphic novel format, or for existing fans of the I Survived chapter book series, these graphic novels combine historical facts with high-action storytelling that's sure to keep any reader turning the pages. Includes a nonfiction section at the back with facts and photos about the real-life event.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : America Star Books
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1627726039

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Katrina Blues by Anonim Pdf

Our story, Katrina Blues begins around the time when Hurricane Katrina plunged the city of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast into pure agony. Katrina Blues is the story of a storm and its aftermath that became the worst natural disaster in a century. Our story centers on Rose Parker and her family, her husband, two young boys and a baby girl. They watched on television day after day of images depicting the harsh existence, showing exhausted families and children stepping around corpse while they begged. With total chaos and no sign of law and order, the Parker family made their decision to leave the area. The city had become a watery nightmare. It was a rainy night when they left, while driving down a wet and slippery highway, suddenly there's a lighting flash, a tree falls onto the pavement and a car out of control plunges into a rising river stream and is suddenly caught up in a strong current which carries the car further downstream. The Parker family in their attempt to escape the effects of the hurricane now find themselves a victim, pull into a vortex of misery that would shatter their dreams and tear their lives apart. Katrina Blues is a story that will take you beyond the comprehensible; it will defy your imagination and expose the unthinkable. Katrina Blues is about affairs of the heart, an exciting thrilling mixture of love, family values, romance, heartbreak, humor, suspense, drama and tragedy. Katrina Blues is a thriller that will sweep you away and take you on an adventure unlike any you've ever experience without leaving the comfort of your own home.

Author : Phyllis Montana-Leblanc
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 141656618X

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Not Just the Levees Broke by Phyllis Montana-Leblanc Pdf

Called "one of the rawest specimens of classic Nawlins spitfire you'll ever find" by Newsweek, and featured in Spike Lee's HBO documentary When the Levees Broke, Phyllis Montana-Leblanc gives an astounding and poignant account of how she and her husband lived through one of our nation's worst disasters, and continue to put their lives back together. New Orleans Hurricane Katrina survivor Phyllis Leblanc reveals moment by moment the impending doom she and her family experienced during one of the greatest disasters in contemporary American history. The initial weather forecast, the public warnings from officials, and then the increasingly devastating developments -- the winds and rain, the rising waters -- Not Just the Levees Broke begs the question, What would you do in a life-and-death situation with your family and neighbors facing the ultimate test of character? Not Just the Levees Broke is a portrayal of the human spirit at its best -- the generosity of family, neighbors, and strangers; the depth of love that one can hold for another; the power to help and heal others.

Author : Gregory Squires,Chester Hartman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136084829

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There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster by Gregory Squires,Chester Hartman Pdf

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government’s inept and cavalier response. But it is also a huge story for other reasons; the impact of the hurricane was uneven, and race and class were deeply implicated in the unevenness. Hartman and. Squires assemble two dozen critical scholars and activists who present a multifaceted portrait of the social implications of the disaster. The book covers the response to the disaster and the roles that race and class played, its impact on housing and redevelopment, the historical context of urban disasters in America and the future of economic development in the region. It offers strategic guidance for key actors - government agencies, financial institutions, neighbourhood organizations - in efforts to rebuild shattered communities.