Disaster Response
Reflection by Students Origin After the hurricane hit Texas, response came in. It was unequal and stilted - urban and minority areas were barely helped and often left to die. Before there could be much outrage over this unfair and harmful action, the Puerto Rico hurricane situation occured. Why is it important? The response to the hurricane in Texas had major issues Before the media reacted, however, the Puerto Rico hurricane situation was made worse by the hap-hazard and intentionally poor response. Despite the poor response for Texas, the actions on situation in Puerto Rico was obviously unequal. What can solve it? The people in charge have intentionally bungled the situation in order to increase inequality. In order to harm minorities, they have disrupted critical assistance in an emergency situation. The only solution is the replacements of the politicians causing the problem. Why is it important to you? Americans are dying because of the color of their skin. These are tax-paying, flag saluting individuals who happen to possess more melanin than I. If I do not speak up for them now, if they do not get help now, then eventually I will be “too brown” for someone's taste and suffer similar treatment. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/01/547817917/harvey-leaves-challenges-in-texas-from-drinking-water-to-paying-rent https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fema-administrator-puerto-ricos-politics-lack-of-unity-hindering-hurricane-response/2017/10/09/f1711996-ad10-11e7-9e58-e6288544af98_story.html?utm_term=.2c7a25a440b5 Critique Of Tale of Two Storms By Peer:
Bristol Bay Mining We’re going to be doing our claymation on Bristol Bay in Alaska and talking about some proposed mining there. The area is regarded as one of the world’s most important salmon fisheries, producing nearly half of the world’s annual sockeye salmon catch. Its ecological resources also support 4,000-year-old indigenous cultures, as well as about 14,000 full and part-time jobs according to the EPA’s 2014 report. The proposed mine would be two miles wide and a couple thousand feet deep-making it the largest open-pit mine in North America. The legendary salmon run has an estimated $1.5 billion economic impact on the community. Other species affected include pacific salmon, rainbow trout, greyling, pike, dolly varden, lake trout, arctic char, and white fish. Aktrekking.com Outsideronlin.com CNN |