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Author: Donald L. Canney
Publisher: New Perspectives on Maritime H
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780813035109
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Tremendous. Canney describes how a service smaller than the New York City police department was able to rise to the occasion with near perfect execution of its missions."---Vincent W. Patton III, Master Chief Petty Officer of the U.S. Coast Guard (retired) --
Author: Bob Ogley
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780951301913
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Rosalind Ashe
Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
Published: 1978-02-01
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780446894487
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Salvador Gómez-Colón
Publisher: WW Norton
Published: 2021-10-05
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1324016663
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young man shares how he combated Puerto Rico’s public health emergency after Hurricane Maria. Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn’t ignore the basic needs of his homeland, and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so much. With unstoppable energy and a deep knowledge of local culture, Salvador founded Light and Hope for Puerto Rico and raised more than $100,000 to purchase and distribute solar-powered lamps and hand-powered washing machines to households in need. With a voice that is both accessible and engaging, Salvador recalls living through the catastrophic storm and grappling with the destruction it left behind. Hurricane brings forward a captivating first-person account of strength, resilience, and determination, and heralds the start of a new series of compelling narrative nonfiction by young people, for young people.
Author: Donald L Canney
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 2010-08-29
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 0813047080
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Of all the Homeland Security agencies operating in New Orleans before, during, and after Hurricane Katrina’s landfall, no agency performed its duties with the same level of diligence and heroism as did the U.S. Coast Guard. Tirelessly, Coasties in helicopters and small boats pulled survivors from rooftops, floating debris, and high ground and ferried them to safety as the rest of us watched live on CNN. Only a few days later, disaster struck again in the form of Hurricane Rita, which left even more people in desperate need of rescue and assistance. In the aftermath of the storms, some 5,000 Coast Guard personnel rescued 33,735 individuals--six times more than the annual average number rescued by the service nationwide. Then, unobserved by the media, the Coast Guard successfully restored the vital navigation aids in the region, preventing further death and destruction. In Katrina’s Wake presents a riveting account of the astounding operations undertaken by the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters ever to strike America. While other government agencies struggled to mobilize and failed to provide real solutions, one small, decentralized agency stepped forward and performed above and beyond the call of duty.
Author: Rosalind Ashe
Publisher:
Published: 1977-01-01
Total Pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780091311308
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 870
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →November issue includes abridged index to yearly volume.
Author: Virgil Henry Storr
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-02-10
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1137314893
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Rebounding after disasters like tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods can be daunting. Communities must have residents who can not only gain access to the resources that they need to rebuild but who can also overcome the collective action problem that characterizes post-disaster relief efforts. Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster argues that entrepreneurs, conceived broadly as individuals who recognize and act on opportunities to promote social change, fill this critical role. Using examples of recovery efforts following Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Hurricane Sandy on the Rockaway Peninsula in New York, the authors demonstrate how entrepreneurs promote community recovery by providing necessary goods and services, restoring and replacing disrupted social networks, and signaling that community rebound is likely and, in fact, underway. They argue that creating space for entrepreneurs to act after disasters is essential for promoting recovery and fostering resilient communities.
