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Voices From The Storm
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Author : Lola Vollen
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2023-06-15
Voices From The Storm written by Lola Vollen and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06-15 with Political Science categories.
Hurricane Katrina inflicted damage on a scale unprecedented in American history, nearly destroying a major city and killing thousands of its citizens. With far too little help from indifferent, incompetent government agencies, the poor bore the brunt of the disaster. The residents of traditionally impoverished and minority communities suffered incalculable losses and endured unimaginable conditions. And the few facilities that did exist to help victims quickly became miserable, dangerous places. Now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina find themselves spread across the United States, far from the homes they left and faced with the prospect of starting anew. Families are struggling to secure jobs, homes, schools, and a sense of place in unfamiliar surroundings. Meanwhile, the rebuilding of their former home remains frustrating out of their hands. This bracing read brings readers to the heart of the disaster and its aftermath as those who survived it speak with candor and eloquence of their lives then and now.
Voices From The Storm
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Author : Lola Vollen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Voices From The Storm written by Lola Vollen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Disaster victims categories.
Voices In The Storm
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Author : Walter Kaufman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972-01-01
Voices In The Storm written by Walter Kaufman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with categories.
Mi Mar A Surviving The Storm
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Author : Ricia Anne Chansky
language : en
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Release Date : 2021-09-04
Mi Mar A Surviving The Storm written by Ricia Anne Chansky and has been published by Haymarket Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-04 with Social Science categories.
When Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico in September 2017, it left no part of the archipelago unscathed. The hurricane triggered floods and mudslides, washed out roads, destroyed tens of thousands of homes, farms, and businesses, caused the largest blackout in US history, knocked out communications, led to widespread food, drinking water, and gasoline shortages, and caused thousands of deaths. The seventeen oral histories collected in Mi María: Surviving the Storm share stories of surviving the storm and its long aftermath as people waited for relief and aid that rarely arrived. Zaira and her husband floated on a patched air mattress for sixteen hours while floodwaters rose around them. The road washed out in front of Emmanuel as he desperately tried to drive his pregnant wife who had begun labor to the hospital. Luis and his father anxiously counted the days that the dialysis clinic remained closed and lifesaving treatment was unavailable, while Miliana’s mother was sent home from the hospital —undiagnosed— only to fall critically ill in her own home. Weaving together long-form oral histories and shorter testimonios, the book offers a multivocal peoples’ history of disaster that fosters a greater understanding of the failures of governmental disaster response and the correlating perseverance of the people impacted by these failures, highlighting the colonial relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States. Ultimately, the ways in which these oral histories demonstrate the strength of community response to disaster in Puerto Rico are pertinent to other parts of the world that are being impacted by our current climate emergency.
Faith In The Eye Of The Storm
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Author : Janyce Jorgensen
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2013-11-01
Faith In The Eye Of The Storm written by Janyce Jorgensen and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-01 with Religion categories.
Silence…an unusual place to start in harrowing narratives about a hurricane. Yet, that is where “Faith in the Eye of the Storm: Katrina Stories in Four Voices” begins; in the surreal silence immediately following the passing of the destructive storm. What happens now? How do people respond to the extreme devastation of natural disasters, especially people of faith? Through candid conversations with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, through interviews with staff members of relief organizations and of volunteers, and through intense personal experience, this faith response is examined. The growth and healing that occurs as a consequence of this faith in action is as varied as the individuals who respond. Those who live here find hope. Those who come to serve, leave profoundly changed. Interspersed among these accounts are poems from Katrina: Poetry in Two Distinct Voices (Lincoln, NE: iPublishing, 2007) written by Cee Cee Jay Spencer, a Hurricane Katrina survivor. Enveloping all the narratives is one overarching voice – the voice of God, before, during, after, forever. Proceeds from this book will be donated to disaster relief and recovery efforts through Hope Builds, Inc., a non-profit organization.(Book study included.)
Faith In The Eye Of The Storm
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Author : Janyce Jorgensen
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-16
Faith In The Eye Of The Storm written by Janyce Jorgensen and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-16 with Religion categories.
Silence...an unusual place to start in harrowing narratives about a hurricane. Yet, that is where "Faith in the Eye of the Storm: Katrina Stories in Four Voices" begins; in the surreal silence immediately following the passing of the destructive storm. What happens now? How do people respond to the extreme devastation of natural disasters, especially people of faith? Through candid conversations with survivors of Hurricane Katrina, through interviews with staff members of relief organizations and of volunteers, and through intense personal experience, this faith response is examined. The growth and healing that occurs as a consequence of this faith in action is as varied as the individuals who respond. Those who live here find hope. Those who come to serve, leave profoundly changed. Interspersed among these accounts are poems from Katrina: Poetry in Two Distinct Voices (Lincoln, NE: iPublishing, 2007) written by Cee Cee Jay Spencer, a Hurricane Katrina survivor. Enveloping all the narratives is one overarching voice - the voice of God, before, during, after, forever. Proceeds from this book will be donated to disaster relief and recovery efforts through Hope Builds, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Through A Night Of Horrors
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Author : Casey Edward Greene
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2002
Through A Night Of Horrors written by Casey Edward Greene and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In this work, witnesses to this deadly disaster describe, in many never-before-published accounts, their encounters with this monstrous storm.
Nursing In The Storm
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Author : Denise Danna, DNS, RN
language : en
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Release Date : 2009-12-14
Nursing In The Storm written by Denise Danna, DNS, RN and has been published by Springer Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-14 with Medical categories.
2010 PROSE Award Winner for Nursing & Allied Health Sciences! 2010 AJN Book of the Year Award Winner in Public Interest and Creative Works! "The accounts are vivid, colorful, descriptive, intense, and often horrific and give cross-sectional views of life in the trenches during this disasterÖThis book is a rich primary source for both historians and disaster preparedness planners. It's not only a tribute to the courage of the nurses, but should also serve as a guide for policy planners hoping to avoid less than optimal responses to future crises."--AJN "[T]he book...fascinates simply for its raw documentation of the dreadful events and conditions endured by nurses, doctors, and ancillary staff as they struggled to care for critically ill patients without electricity, running water, air conditioning systems, and other resources. Five years after the levees broke, the horror and chaos of Katrina is still fresh in these accounts. Through the stories, readers are transported into the hospitals as nurses heroically work together to evacuate babies from NICUs and vented patients from ICU, try to calm patients, family members, and coworkers, and make do with the equipment and supplies theyíve got."--National Nurse "Don't ever think that this can't happen to you. You are going to read this and it's going to sound like we created this scenario, but this is a real scenario that happened." --Pam, Memorial Medical Center "Everything that was battery operated eventually died. There were no monitors...we tried to take care of people in the most humane way possible." --Lois, Lindy Boggs Medical Center Nursing in the Storm: Voices from Hurricane Katrina takes you inside six New Orleans hospitals-cut off from help for days by flooding-where nurses cared for patients around the clock. In this book, nurses from Hurricane Katrina share what they did, how they coped, what they lost, and what they are doing now in a city and health care infrastructure still rebuilding, still in jeopardy. In their own words, the nurses tell what happened in each hospital just before, during, and after the storm. Danna and Cordray provide an intimate portrait of the experience of Katrina, which they and their colleagues endured. Just a few of the heroic nurses you'll find inside: Rae Ann and twenty others, including her husband and children, who wait on a hospital roof for help to come Lisa, in the midst of caring for patients, who has not heard from her husband in 5 days Roslyn, who has 800 people in her hospital when the power generators shut down Linda, who uses bed sheets to write out help messages on a hospital roof, hoping someone will see them The book also discusses how to plan and prepare for future disasters, with a closing chapter documenting the "lessons learned" from Katrina, including day-to-day health care delivery in a city of crisis. This groundbreaking work serves as a testament to nurses' professionalism, perseverance, and unwavering dedication.
Voices In The Storm
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Author : Jim Farfaglia
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2015-07-04
Voices In The Storm written by Jim Farfaglia and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-04 with categories.
A look back at the historic winter storm that hit the Northeastern United States in January 1966. Using stories told by those who lived through the blizzard, the book covers topics such as road conditions, school and business closings, food shortages, and the use of the largely-known snowmobile as a rescue vehicle.
The Approaching Fury
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Author : Stephen B. Oates
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1997
The Approaching Fury written by Stephen B. Oates and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with History categories.
This unique approach shows the crucial role that perception of events played in the sectional hostilities that bore the United States irreversibly toward a national smashup.