A Century of Disasters

Don’t miss the book reviews on major disastersthroughout the 20th and 21st centuries:

Children of the Dust Bowl • The Dust Bowl Through the LensDeadly • Hitch • Earthquake at Dawn

Dark Water Rising • Taken Away • Sandbag Shuffle

Table  of  ContentsNews  Sec1on:Is  the  South  Drowning?……………………………………………................………………..……pg.  7Beach  Groome

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Arts  Sec1on:Katrina  Takes  Away  Children  ………………………………………………..………..…................pg.  33Isabella  Hegquist

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E a r t h q u a k e s , 1 9 0 8 . Earthquakes in the West caused severe damage to Cities and towns.

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

Galveston, Texas. Hurricane kills residents of St. Mary’s orphans Asylum in 1900. Dark Water Rising published 2006. A f f e c t e d t h e p e o p l e o f Galveston.

San Francisco earthquake, 1908. Earthquake at Dawn published 2003.Affected the residents of California.

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

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B.P. Oil Spill, 2010. Barack Obama and Mitch Landrieu helped stop the oil from completely killing the Gulf of Mexico.

Sandbag Shuffle, published in 2007.When the Levee Breaks, by Led Zepplin, in 1971.

Hu r r i cane Ka t r i na t akes children away. Katrina had separated families and left some people in search for other family members in 2005.

T r o p i c a l S t o r m s , F l a s h F lood ing , Ka t r ina , 2005 . George Bush had made some efforts to recover the South.

Hurricane Katrina took place in South Louisiana, in 2005. Taken Away, published in 2010. President George W. Bush. 5 Cops shoo t su rv ivo rs o f hurricane Katrina, 2005.

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News

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 thr iv ing towns become an archeological dig site, or would they

survive the the oncoming storm?

" 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

s h o w i n g m u c h c o n c e r n f o r t h e 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.

Is the South Drowning?By: Beach Groome

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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 bigger as she traveled and at one point she was a category 5. Before hitting the Louisiana Mississippi area she had gone back down to a 3. Slowly Katrina turned back into a tropical depression. Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the US because of the damage caused by the breaking of the levees in New Orleans. An estimated 1,836 people died from the hurricane and many of these deaths were

because people got stranded on their roofs from the flooding.

W h e n Katrina was first created in the Atlantic Ocean n e a r t h e B a h a m a s o n August 23, 2005

she was only a tropical depression, but as she moved across the waters it gained strength. When the storm hit the coast of Florida it had a category 1 rating and killed 2 people along the way. While she moved across the land it began to lose it’s strength. Immediately when Katrina hit the waters again she was back to gaining strength and becoming deadlier by the second. She gained so much strength that she turned into a category 5 hurricane. Luckily, she lost some of her strength before hitting the the Louisiana and Mississippi coast.

Hurricane Katrina produced massive waves some as high as 40 feet and the water rise was between 26 and 31 feet. Katrina had the greatest recorded water rise in the US cause by a hurricane. The waves would have

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

A view of the flooded city of New Orleans.

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Farming Leads to the Dust Bowl: an Economic Disaster

by: Colleen Daly

" In the 1930’s Panhandle, the wind blew hard at the Okie men and women, and the air filled with enormous dust c l o u d s e v e r y d a y. T h i s w a s t h e devastating time known as the Dust Bowl, an economic disaster for the Oklahoma panhandle, the western part of Oklahoma. The land was given to the people by the 1862 H o m e s t e a d A c t f o r f a r m i n g . T h e l a n d became one of the most efficient wheat-growing farms in America. The farmers soon created the disc plow, to plow faster, but after being disc plowed dust settled on the ground. In the late 1930’s i t s topped rain ing in the panhandle and the winds grew strong blowing the dust into the air. This created the dus t s to rms tha t raged the panhandle.

" 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

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

" In 1929 America was pulled into the Great Depression, when the stock market failed. The great depression played a part in the economic destruction because the americans were losing buildings and homes due to money loss. Soon, Franklin Roosevelt was elected as the the new president, and he had to take on the challenges the Great Depression and the Dust bowl brought to him. Roosevelt

proved he was up to the task when he created agencies to help rebuild the economy. Among these were the Works

Progress Administration, the WPA, and the Farm Security Administration, the FSA. The WPA hired over one million men who needed work to build buildings such as schools and libraries. The FSA gave aid to any farmers that had lost their farms and needed money for food. Together the WPA and the FAS helped rebuild the Dust bowl area.

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.

Roosevelt proved he was up to the task

Hadacheck was Tried for building Bricks Inside City Limits

by: Sidney Charbonnet

" The petitioner named Hadacheck, who was a brickyard owner, was a was

tried by the Chief of Police in the City of Los Angeles, Sebastian, during October

22, 1915 - December 20, 1915. Hadacheck owned a piece of land in Los Angeles,

California. This piece of land had a very valuable bed of clay under the property.

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

with this clay for money. When Hadacheck bought the piece of land it was well outside

of the city limits. Later on, his piece of land fell in between the city limits, and there

was a law prohibiting the process of building bricks in the city limits. His land fell

inside of the city limits because over time the city limits changed. Hadacheck didn’t

know what to do because this was his way of making money and a living. Hadacheck

did not want his business to be shut down. He was later on arrested because of the

United States Supreme Court.

" Hadacheck’s land was very valuable

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

put it in perspective, Hadacheck’s land was worth $60,000 without the clay and

$800,000 with the clay under it. Hadacheck bought the tract of land for the process of

brickmaking. Hadacheck was convicted of a felony. Hadacheck knew that the

property would be useless without the brick making company, but he couldn’t do

anything about it.

" The Cali fornia Supreme court decided that the brickmaking business

could be regulated. The California Supreme Court knew that Hadacheck

started his business before his property was inside the city limits. The California

Supreme Court also knew that there was little pollution being done in this business.

Hadacheck believed that the decree was directed to him because he had this

machinery without regulation through the area. He didn’t understand what the

problem was.

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Cops shoot survivors of KatrinaBy:Isabella Hegquist

Shortly after Hurricane Katrina, five officers shot innocent, unarmed, and panicked 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 40yr. old mentally disabled man.  The event took place on September 4th, 2005 at Danziger Bridge.  Officers tried staging the event to make the event look just, so they had a reason to shoot the citizens, but failed.   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 the crime scene but instead he staged the scene to make it look like the cops had a reason to shoot the citizens.  He planted a gun, fabricated witness, falsified reports to make the shootings justified.  Officers were

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 the police departments are “going down to new lows.”  Is this statement true?

There are no view’s of this crime that say the shooting was not wrong but, the police still have a word in this.   Some claimed that the citizens were getting crazy or that it never happened.   The citizens views are that the police are harsh and unreasonable for this.  Some citizens say this is a “bitter pill to swallow.”  Police have 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.  

Was Mayor Mitch Landrieu reasonable when he said, “I had inherited one of the worst police departments in the country”?  Was it okay for the police to shoot a 17

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Katrina Destroys the South by: Farrell Chatelain

" In 2005 on August 29th, the Gulf Coast was hit by the most devastating

hurricane ever on record in the United States of America. Hurricane Katrina hit

The Gulf Coast from Florida to Louisiana. Katrina was expected to be a low range

category three storm meteorologists started to track it. When Katrina hit the

Gulf of Mexico the storm rapidly grew to a category five and the New Orleans police

and the Mayor told everyone in the city to evacuate because it was going to be a

very deadly hurricane. The hurricane covered 80% of Louisiana in water and

affected 90,000 square miles of land as well. Katrina was and still is the most

destructive and devastating hurricane to ever hit the U.S.

" When Katrina finally hit Louisiana,

New Orleans was hit by the eye of the the hurricane and was severely damaged as

an effect. Many locals lost their houses and many of the locally owned business

were destroyed or severely damaged to the point of no repair. When the hurricane

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

business were leaving in case of further storms like Katrina. The number of

business plummeted and with that so did the number of available jobs for the

people who already lost theirs as a result of the storm. The city of New Orleans and

the state of Louisiana are still not back to their former glory as they still have lots of

work to do to fully repair it.

" The most damaged area of the whole city of New Orleans and still to this

day is the 9th Ward in the lower part of New Orleans. Nearly every house was

destroyed and thousands were left homeless and poor with next to no

chance of getting a job. The storm was so extreme that the water in the 9th ward

raised as high as 20 feet (6 meters).This caused many who didn’t listen to the

NOPD to have to sit on their roof and wait for an evacuation helicopter to get them

off their roof and into a safe place. The amount of people that died in Louisiana

as a result of the hurricane was 1,577 and this was the biggest death toll in the south

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A Century of Natural Disasters Obituaries.

by: Rivers Singley

" Between the years of 1900 and

2014, hundreds of natural disasters

happened in the  United States. Flooding, hurricanes, tropical storms, and

windstorms took place and devastated people country-wide. People needed

help and who was going to help those in need? The United States Government.

Specifically, the President would give the authorization to organizations like the

American Red Cross and the Salvation Army. So when people wanted to know

who to thank for the supplies and the aid in times of need, the President would be

the one. The President was responsible as the leader of his country, to help those

in need and did as quickly as possible, thus receiving the fame and the glory of it

all." When Hurricane Donna and

Hurricane Hazel both devastated the Eastern Coast, it was of course, the

President’s job to send need. The

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 Florida, Georgia, North and South

Carolina, Virginia, New York, Maryland, and some of New England. After the

recovery, all of the states were to thank President Eisenhower and to give their

gratitude towards him. The Red Cross and the Salvation Army also were owed

some gratitude, but continued to help those in need after the recovery of the

two storms.

" President Dwight Eisenhower was born 1890, and died in 1969. His contributions to this country are not the most famous, but none the less, he was in charge for the two Hurricanes that hit in 1960. His command was to send the aid to the needy, and to recover quickly. He sent the Red Cross and the Salvation 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 of New Orleans at the time when Katrina hit and he said during this time, “The city of New Orleans will never be the same." and he was correct. Kathleen Blanco was another one of these important political figures. Governor Kathleen Blanco failed to contact the military very quickly and it was considered a big disaster because the

military couldn’t come in to make sure the mandatory evacuation happened which she planned too late. Director of the organization known as FEMA(Federal Emergency Management Agency) sent out

Homeland Security workers with only two days of training to the disaster areas. He also waited for a direct appeal from the state of local government to send out providing trucks or or emergency workers. President Bush was the leader of the country when the governments failure to effectively help the New Orleanians from Hurricane Katrina happened. Bush waited t o h a v e t h e f e d e r a l g o v e r n m e n t 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 in its surprise." Michael Chertoff could have requested the local or state officials to take action during Katrina but instead he didn’t do that and just escaped the blame which was put to Michael Brownie who was relieved of his duties after Katrina.

Former President George Bush

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

Former Mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff

Former Governor Kathleen Blanco

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

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

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

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

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

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. Enrico Caruso was in San

Francisco for the New York Metropolitan Opera.

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

Important Figures of Typhoid FeverBy:Isabella Hegquist

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

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

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

w h y M a r y ,

W a l t e r , a n d

F r a n k p l a y

important roles in

Typhoid Fever.

Oil Pours Out a Broken Rig in the Gulf! ! ! ! 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

Mayor Mitch Landrieu

Oil examiner Ed Overton

President George W. Bush

Tony Hayward, CEO of BP

Presidents Role in Natural DisastersBy 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 Harry Truman, President during the Holmstead Hurricane.

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

" When other states and countries got word of how Katrina devastated the south

they began to donate money to the states that were very affected by the storm. Over

5 billion dollars was donated to Louisiana alone and they are still rebuilding to this

day. Many business that moved away are slowly moving back and now job

opportunities are appearing all over Louisiana. This has been good for our

economy and now people are getting

back on their feet after years of poverty. Now that the Louisiana started to succeed

again, the new local business are starting to flourish and more are showing up all

over the state which increased the number of new jobs and will decrease the

unemployment rate by a large percent. The south has recovered very fast

compared to how much damage was done but we still have a long ways to go

to restore our former success.

year old, a mentally disabled man, anyone?  Will police continue doing crimes like this or take their job seriously and use the gun at appropriate times?  How will the families of the 6 that were shot feel about the police, or even the officers family?

" 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.

" 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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caused much greater damage but there are a few small islands of the Gulf Coast that managed to calm the waves a bit. Katrina also had winds moving at 100 -140 miles per hour and was about 400 miles across. Katrina herself caused a lot of damage when she hit New Orleans but the real catastrophe was the levees breaking and the and the whole city of New Orleans Louisiana was flooded.

The flooding caused by the levees

left New Orleans a complete wreck. People

were stranded on their houses and some

people in one story houses drowned if they

couldn’t find a way out. Many died from

heat, lack of water, severe stress, and lack

of medication form being stranded and get

able to get any supplies. Boats came

through the city rescuing people and

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.

After the storm and levee system failing

people started to charge the federal

government for not meeting the needs of

the people fast enough claiming its why the

levees didn’t work. When the levees first

broke the initial pumps that keep the city

dry were so overwhelmed with the rising

flood water that they didn’t work.

Katrina may have began as a small

tropical depression, but it grew and caused

so much damage to anything in her path.

New Orleans will always be remembered

as the place that got the most damage

from Katrina because of the catastrophic

levee system failure. All the cities and

states that were affected by Katrina all

know to never forget the storm and New

Orleans can’t forget because there is still

unfixed

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

" During the 1960’s Hurricane Hazel and Hurricane Donna both devastated the country. The President Dwight 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 ChildrenBy:Isabella Hegquist

" Tyson and Landon are two premature babies (4 months early) that were separated

from their parents during Katrina.  The family is from Mississippi but they were transferred

to New Orleans Children's Hospital.   Laura and Jared Graham came with their babies but

they were told they had to leave while their babies, kept alive by ventilators, had to stay.  

Tyson had perforated intestines and they were "waiting for him to die," Laura says.   "If our

child is going to die, we want to be here."  Laura and Jared lost touch with their living son

and horrifyingly found that Preston's (the third son) body was lost in the storm.   The boys

were sent to another hospital with 140 premature babies.  Laura learned that her son

Tyson was kept alive during the ambulance ride to Baton Rouge by nurses who were

fighting to keep his heart and lungs working and that the ambulances had been shot at by

unknown assailants as they left the city.  Tyson needed surgery.   "When we got to

Tyson he had been cut in half across his stomach but he was alive," she says. "And

Landon was doing pretty good."  After weeks they were finally reunited.  Preston's remains

were later found but, beaten up pretty good.  As they were getting ready to leave they found

out that both sons were going blind and Tyson was too unstable to travel.   "They said, 'We

have to send Landon but not Tyson,' and my knees buckled," Laura says. She had to

choose which child she would stay with.  She chose to go to Michigan with Landon.   "The

first time I ever got to hold Tyson was when he was four months old," she says. While she

had the little boy in her arms, hospital staff brought Landon to her. "I got to hold both of

my babies for the first time ever."   During Christmas the family reunited in Utah.  

Doctors were not able to save either boy's sight and they continue to have severe

difficulties. Both have feeding tubes, and Landon has been suffering from long seizures

for nearly a year.   Tyson is walking and talking, and Landon is vocal, he makes

sounds," Laura says. "He is a happy kid. They start kindergarten next week. It's pretty

exciting!"

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.

" In 2007, a movie named Flood was released. Flood was based off of

Hurricane Katrina. The directors tried to amplify the reaction it got by

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

been released that also show natural disasters occurring. By looking back at

what has happened we are able to prepare for what might come next.

The Past Predicts the FutureBy: Beach Groome

2012 movie poster

Flood movie poster

Flood movie poster

Leandro Erlich Sculpts the StormBy: Grace Allen

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 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

understanding about the hurricane.   One story houses in neighborhoods that flooded were all washed away, some with people in 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.

Leandro Erlich

A one story house that was flooded in the storm.

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

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

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.

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

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.

A Poem Responding to TragediesBy: Farrell Chatelain

Katrina affects all people but

some use poems to describe what it

was l ike for the people who suffered. Marc Nelson, the writer of

the Lament fo r New Orleans is a

reverend at the Th i rd Chr i s t i an

Reformed Church i n Z e a l a n d ,

M i c h i g a n t h a t 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 devasta t ing e f fec ts tha t the

hurricane had on New Orleans. One of his verses says, “Don’t you hear

us cry for the poor of the city? Don’t you hear us cry for the homeless,  

the lost and hungry?” The people of 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

orphaned child the poor man and the

thirsty woman.” All peop le i n New

Orleans, Louisiana can relate to the

natural disaster called Katrina that dest royed bui ld ings a l l 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.

“Don’t you hear us cry for the poor of the city? Don’t you hear us cry for the homeless,   the lost and hungry?”

The homeless after Katrina

Homeless live at the Super Dome

The lower 9th Ward

Galveston, TX Hurricane kills Residents of St. Mary's Orphans AsylumBy: Colleen Daly

" On September 8th in 1900 , a terrible disaster struck Texas leaving it with great

devastation throughout the country. This disaster was the Hurricane of Galveston TX,

which was one of the biggest hurricanes since 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

the country because the students that died were the sons and daughters of families that

lived in Galveston at the time the hurricane hit. Although the number of people killed in the

orphanage is relatively small compared to the whole hurricane it really devastated the

country. That is how the Galveston TX hurricane destroying the St. Mary’s Orphan

Asylum galvanized the country.

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

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.

“When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zepplin demonstrates the floodwaters

pouring into cities. Levees are designed to hold back water to protect

cities, homes, people, or any other object that is worth saving from

floodwater. During hurricanes, if water gets too high, it could go over the

levee or “break” the levee. Led

Zepplin, having been a world famous band, wrote a song about floodwaters

in hurricanes. This song galvanized public attention, and brought

awareness to the flooding. More people heard about this song, and

attention was given to the levee system and to those affected due to

the levee breaking.

When the Levee Breaks by Led ZepplinBy: Rivers Singley

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.

Typhoid Fever Served in Peach Ice CreamBy:Isabella Hegquist

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 .  Prudence needs to find a job for money so she gets a job the health department. Her case is on the

Typhoid Fever.   Mary Mallon, an Irish lady, carries the Typhoid.  Mary is a maid working at many different houses.  Every one loves her especially her peach ice cream, the ice cream is what carries the Typhoid.  Every were she goes she spreads it but will not admit she has

the disease.   They end up catching her and test her.   She is positive for Typhoid and has to remain in captivity till she is cured.  Mr.Soper is a main person in the health department 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.  

The tone of the book is “deadly.”  The genre of the book is historical fiction.   The Typhoid fever is a natural disaster because it kills and enters people’s system through food and water that is not clean.   The major historical theme is spreading of the Typhoid.  History influences this book greatly to make the book seem real.  Back then women would get married and pregnant around the age of 18 like in this book.  Everyone thought women

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Deadly by Julie Chibbaro

Julie Chibbaro

Earthquake Hits San FranciscoBy: Sidney Charbonnett

Earthquake at Dawn is a breathtaking historical fiction novel by Kristiana Gregory.

The novel was published by Houghton Mifflin H a r c o u r t o n S e p t e m b e r 1 , 2 0 0 3 .

Photographer, Edith Irvine, and her assistant, Daisy Valentine, were going to travel to Paris

to see some photographs that Edith took of Yosemite National Park. Daisy and Edith had

a stop in San Francisco right before they boarded a ship to Australia. Once they arrive

in San Francisco, a very unexpected earthquake occurs. This novel is based on a

true story of the real San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Edith and Daisy arrived in San Francisco and

they were very excited for their trip, but then “The Great earthquake of San Francisco”

occurred. Daisy and Edith then go on an amazing journey through San Francisco

looking for Edith’s father, Mr. Irvine, who became separated from them

during this earthquake. Edith a n d D a i s y m e e t v e r y

interesting and friendly people on the way. Mayor Schmitz,

mayor of San Francisco, decided that everything had to

be dynamited so nothing else would catch on fire. This meant everyone had to evacuate to

Golden Gate Park, and this made it even harder to look for Mr. Irvine. The entire novel

is about Edith and Daisy trying to get home safely and with Edith’s father. Also, Edith was

taking pictures the entire time because she decided that if they were stuck there then she

wanted to make use of their time. This was a dangerous risk to take because taking

pictures of San Francisco at that time was illegal. It was illegal because the mayor didn’t

want people all over the world to see how messed up San Francisco was after the

ea r thquake . The re we re fi res , r a t s everywhere, and people were dying. It was

not safe in San Francisco and Edith and Daisy were scared for life after the incidents

they saw. It is easy to say that everyone was traumatized after the earthquake. Daisy was

absolutely devastated when she knew that they were not going to be able to continue

their trip to Paris, but she knew that Edith had they needed to go home to

see the fate of Mr. Irvine. Daisy wanted to go on the

trip more than anything because she didn’t want to

go back to work for Mrs. 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.

" The setting of Taken Away starts off in New Orleans and moves to Houston and

Baton Rouge, and it occurs during August and September of 2005. Summer Elmwood is 15

years 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 open-

heart surgery right before Hurricane Katrina 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 she and her family evacuate to the hospital for

Katrina and to be with Amalia. His father helps get records of nurses and patients to help the

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

The author of Taken Away, Patty Friedman

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The Flooding of Galveston By: Beach Groome

Dark Water Rising by Marian Hale

is a sub fiction genre about the

Galveston Flooding on september 9th,

1900. This novel is narrated from realistic

first person point of view of a fictional

teenager named Seth during the dreadful

catastrophe. The reader follows Seth as

he moves into his new home in

Galveston, Texas. Throughout the novel

Seth is acquainted with some of the

town’s residence and finds a job as a

carpenter. His Uncle is wealthy and has

hired servants that attend to Seth’s

family. While the family becomes

comfortable in their new home a storm

warning is broadcasted around the town

that warns people be cautious of the

weather for the next 72 hours.

Seth meets many people who he

befriends and even falls in love. He often

spends time with one of Uncle Nate’s

servants named Josiah. Seth finds

himself in love with the girl who lives

across from him named Ella Rose. Uncle

Nate finds Seth the job that has been

wanting for all his life, the job of a

carpenter. During his first day at work he

meets his boss Mr. Farrell and sees that

Josiah also works here. Farrell pairs him

with Josiah and a man named Zach. The

three were notably fast workers. When

he returns home at the end of every day

his family is either asleep or his brothers

are playing around. Seth is always given

the responsibility of watching his little

sister Kate. Seth has conflicts with his

father about his future. When the day

finally comes that the storm is supposed

to hit, Seth is working on a house during

work hours. Ella Rose runs to them and

hurriedly informs them that a storm is

coming and they should all prepare for

the worst. Mr. Farrell allows everyone to

go home early, Seth asks if Ella will walk

home with him. The next morning was

stormy and unpromising. Seth decides

he will go to work and see what the boss

says. The streets had filled with water

and had streams were rushing through

them. At work Mr. Farrell says that they

should make sure their houses are

secure and to come to work once the

storm is done. Josiah walks back home

with Seth through flooded streets. People

are going into shelters and the winds

have grown so strong that slate is flying

off the roofs of buildings and hitting

people. The water was rising fast and

buildings were falling apart. The water

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The Adventure of a LifetimeBy: Farrell Chatelain

Moss Trawnley is a young teenager

that lives in Muddy Springs, Texas that has to

go on an adventure across the country so he

can support his family in the depression.Hitch,

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

t e e n a g e r , M o s s

Trawnley, has to find a

way to provide for his

family so they don’t get

thrown out on the

street for not paying

t a x e s t o t h e

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

president Roosevelt's

Civilian Conservation

Corps in Montana so

he can have steady

pay and be able to

support his family.

When Moss finally

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

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Jeanette Ingold

Hitch Book Cover

A Trip through the 1930’s Dust BowlBy: Colleen Daly

! The books Children of the Dust Bowl and

The Dust Bowl Through the Lens will take the reader back to the Dust Bowl era and tell the

reader about the tragedies it left the americans with. Both of these books will show the reader

what it was like to live in Oklahoma during the time of the Dust Bowl through the work of

photographs and first-hand stories. These books will also tell the reader about the lives of

the men and women, called okies, and what they did to survive the Dust Bowl. Children of

the Dust Bowl will talk to the reader about the lives of the children while The Dust Bowl

Through the Lens will tell the reader about a wide variety of topics.

" Written by Jerry Stanley, Children of the

Dust Bowl, a nonfiction novel, was published by Crown Publishers in 1992. The book is set

in the 1930’s when the dust bowl had just begun and okies were beginning to migrate

out of Oklahoma and go to California. The book first talks about the rain stopping in 1932

and the winds growing stronger every day until one day when it blew dust into the air creating

the first dust storm. The book then tells the

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,

but it also talks about how they were helped when they needed a place to live or a school

to learn in. The book focuses on the building of the Weedpatch School for okies, where they

taught the basic classes along with basic skills like building and plumbing. The school was run

by Leo Hart who is remembered for his part in helping the okies recover from the Dust Bowl.

This books tone suggest pity towards the okies that endured the pain of leaving home and

going somewhere they were unwelcome. This Book will drag the reader in and make the

reader also feel bad for the okies and what they had to go through during the Years of the

Dust bowl

" The Dust Bowl Through the Lens, a nonfiction book, was written by Martin W.

Sandler and published in 2009 by Walker & Sandler. The book is set in the 1930’s

Oklahoma panhandle, when the Dust Bowl had just begun and the farms were in bad

shape. This book has many topics, one of the many recurring ones is that fact that many of

the okies chose to stay in Oklahoma and not leave. The reason they stayed was that they

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The Survival of Two Boys in the Red River FloodBy: 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. A g a i n , A n d r e w a n d O w e n f o u n d 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 sel f ish young boys can be. Each character’s

couldn’t be a scientist or any medical jobs.  That is why men would tell Prudence that she should not have gotten the job.   An example is when a boy told Prudence his friend is smarter than her and should have gotten the job.   Typhoid fever was spread from unclean food and water in the 1800-1900’s.   It is not a modern issue anymore.  The only places today are in Africa due to lack of unclean water.  

Deadly is historically accurate because Mary Mallon was a real person that did spread the disease as a cook.  The time of the book is

around the time when Typhoid fever was an issue due to lack of unclean water.   The other character are not real so, that is why this book is historical fiction.   This book is important to the theme of the magazine (natural disaster) because the Typhoid fever was a disaster that killed people.  It is natural disaster because it is not man made like a bomb.   I recommend this book to teens or people interested in natural disasters.   The book tells so much about Typhoid that most people don’t know.  It is great for people that love history because it lets you know what it was like around that time.

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Earthquake at Dawn is an adventurous novel

about the San Francisco earthquake. The novel is about two girls finding lifelong friends

to help each other survive. These friends stick together 24/7 and they don’t let each other

down. The book teaches you about how tough it was trying to survive having no

shelter, no food, and no protection. Edith and Daisy learn that sometimes all you need are a

few friends that can stand by your side and

help you. This book is based off of the real-life experience of Edith Irvine. This novel

captures the astounding experience of Edith Irvine. Some of Edith’s photographs of the

earthquake had been printed out and everyone knew, right then and there, what

they went though. Her photographs captured what it was like during the earthquake so no

one needed an explanation about what people went through.

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search. Haydn Glade and Summer have been best friends since they started

Newman where Haydn, Robert, and Summer all go. Haydn evacuates for the

first part of the book, but he helps Summer through the whole investigation.

" Amalia is Summer’s little sister who is 2 years old, she has a weak heart and

so right before Hurricane Katrina she has to have open heart surgery. Her parents

adore her she is well taken care of after the surgery. She is in ICU for a while after

her surgery and her family isn’t allowed in to see her. When they finally get in the

room Amalia is gone. When Amalia is taken it makes the search to find her much

harder because New Orleans is closed after the levees broke from Katrina. The

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

everyone was forced to evacuate if they we ren ’ t t r apped i n t he i r homes .

Throughout the book there is an urgent tone because everyone is in a rush to find

Amalia. There is also a sense that everything has been lost or damaged. The

destructive tone also suggests that nothing will ever be the same because the storm.

Taken Away really tugs at the heart strings of the reader when Amalia is taken and

also when Summer is accused of killing her. Little Amalia has also just been

through a heart surgery and Katrina is going on right outside her window. Because of the catastrophic mess Katrina left behind it changed the character’s mindset on finding Amalia because it just made the search so much harder. 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.

When the two arrived at Uncle Nate’s house

they had to prepare for a major flood.

This novel helps readers understand

how severe storms and floods are. The

general flood is second compared to the

destruction of homes and shelter. Many

people are left homeless and without food.

The other danger that seems smaller is the

lack of water. Without water one is not able to

function properly and will die very quickly.

During hurricanes governmental agencies

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

food, and also rescue stranded survivors.

This novel goes in depth to tell how

devastating floods and storms can be. This

novel is a must read to anyone who would

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 well written novel.

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won’t destroy the crops. Because of the hilly

country in the area of Monroe, the water is

able to wash to the sides and not directly flush

out and pull up all of the crops on the

Lundgren’s farm.

" Throughout Hitch, the reader learns about how the stock market crash affected the

entire country and how almost all people that had good steady jobs were fired because

companies couldn’t afford to keep them. When Moss is fired from his job in the Muddy

Springs airport the head of the branch says “Moss, I hate to tell you like this but I have to

fire you, you see my cousin is out of work and he has children to take care of so he needs

this job.” Later in the novel, since they were in the time of the Dust Bowl which was a time in

the U.S. where sandstorms kicked up frequently and were violent and dangerous,

this allowed Moss to get on the train without the guards seeing him so he could make it to

the CCC sign up in time by hitchhiking. This book is recommended for all ages as an easy

read and a great informative fiction book that that shows people what it was like in the

1930s Great Depression.

thought the storms would end soon and they thought they didn’t have a reason to leave the

land they grew up on. The book also talks about how the children were forced to work

and not go to school, and what labors they had to do to make money for food. One day

during school a teacher noticed a pale girl and told her to get some food the girl replied

saying: “Oh I can’t do that, today is my sisters turn to eat.” One of the other topics the book

talks about was how the okies would make jokes and listen to music to distract

themselves from the problems. Another topic that was very important, was the presidency

of Franklin Roosevelt and his creations of the different agencies that helped rebuild the Dust

Bowl area. It also talks about how Franklin Roosevelt proved he was up to the challenge

he had to deal with by saying “The only Thing we have to fear is fear itself.” This book has

many photographs that help show what the book is trying to get across through their tone

of sorrow at times and rejoicing at others. This book will definitely attract people who admire

photographs and will give the reader a better understanding of what happened during the

nine years of the Dust Bowl.

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" Both books, Children of the Dust Bowl and The Dust Bowl Through the Lens,

perfectly capture the theme of disasters in America because of the effect they had on

our Country. The Dust Bowl was a disaster because the area it hit was one of the worlds

most efficient wheat-farming lands in the time.

The storms that made the dust bowl devastatingly ruined the farming land a temporarily stopped the growth of crops. The Dust Bowl also hurt the lives of many humans that lost their houses, land, and money during 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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