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This is from the hurricane Katrina memorial in Biloxi, Mississippi. This was taken in the part of the memorial that was encased in glass. My cousins survived this terrible natural disaster but lost everything in doing so. They have all rebuilt and moved on but this memorial symbolizes what they went through that tragic day.
Here is the story regarding the memorial:
On Monday August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina, the worst national disaster in the United States history, struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
In February 2006, Roy Anderson Corp partnered with the ABC reality television show, "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," to build the Hurricane Katrina Memorial on the Biloxi Town Green.
Roy Anderson Corp's construction team, including 130 employees and subcontractors, broke ground on Saturday, February 11, 2006. The Hurricane Katrina Memorial was unveiled during a public ceremony just five days later on Wednesday, February 15, 2006.
The granite wall titled "Katrina" with the date August 29, 2005 stands 12 feet tall and symbolizes the height of Hurricane Katrina's powerful tide surge.
At the base of the granite wall is the sculpture encased in glass. The sculpture is made of personal keepsakes donated by victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Thanks to Pareeerica for the use of A Touch Of Lace 1 texture, for the contest in Texturing The World.
These two lovely ladies want you to buy a portable generator for your favorite Father's Day recipient. They are greeting passing traffic from outside the Upland California Prep And Save store.
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Well, shortly after I posted my last upload yesterday, some pretty crazy stuff went down; first, our entire neighborhood suddenly lost all power. Luckily the rain had stopped by this point and the sun was gorgeously shining. Within 10 minutes, there were emergency crews coming to our door saying that the local power station had been completely submerged, power was lost, and that the river was rising dangerously fast, and that we needed to start getting out of there.
So we gathered up enough provisions for a few days, moved anything really important out of the basement (which would be the first part of the house to flood), and took off for an old friends house.
First, though, we stopped by over where the power station was to get some photos. There was a large crowd of bystanders there, but I was able to get some really cool shots of the power station submerged by the Bow River, which has reached heights never before seen! This power station sits beyond a large golf driving range and tennis court, and was itself raised up about 20 feet further than the surrounding terrain, and the water had gotten right to the base of it and was still rising!
Much of Calgary has become massively flooded; our entire downtown core has been evacuated and business has been shut down until probably at least middle of next week.
The people of Calgary are truly pulling together to help each other out, though; people were posting to kijiji and craigslist and facebook and twitter saying they had food to give out, rooms in their homes for evacuees to stay, offering to use their vehicles to help haul debris or transport people, police and other emergency services were literally working 24 hour shifts while their own homes were getting flooded to help get people out of harms way and restore vital services to the city...it was truly inspiring!
As of now, Saturday morning, the worst of the flooding is believed to have passed, the evacuation notice on our area has been lifted, and power to our area has been restored, so we have returned home, but many parts of the city are still under huge amounts of water, and at least 100,000 people are currently between homes.
This is definitely a historic event; the worst flood southern Alberta has ever seen. At first it was doubtful whether it would rival the flooding of 2005, or the worse flooding of 1995, but it has eclipsed both those events in its severity!
As the Chinese proverb says, may you live in interesting times!
Anyways, my friends, I hope you are all having a wonderful and safe weekend and I will keep you all updated about the situation here in Calgary!
More flood photos to come over the course of the weekend!
Women involved in community meeting to discuss village reconstruction. Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Project: JRF. Photo: Nugroho Nurdikiawan Sunjoyo / World Bank
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Kuakata, Bangladesh.
Humans explored the moon more than 40 years ago. They are now heading towards the Mars, and digging dip into Martian meteorites in search of extraterrestrial life. While they continue to explore their boundaries and try to find their purpose in this universe, nature continues to test the limits of human strength to fight back, on this very planet. Being the most vulnerable yet the most intelligent species of this earth, human race try to push their limit in an effort to survive the odds imposed by decimating natural disasters.
In November 2007, cyclone 'Sidr', an unruly son of nature swept off the coastal region of Bangladesh. 'Kuakata', a small seaside community in the district "Patuakhali" was completely devastated by the cyclone. The retreating tidal waves took thousands of souls into the vastness of the ocean and left most of the people homeless. Most of the families lost their close ones who were involved in deep sea fishing at that time. The frighteningly fierce waves rose so high and entered so deep into the habitable lands that the map of this coastal region changed forever. At least a kilometer of the coastline permanently submerged under the sea. The Sundarbans, world's largest mangrove forest was largely devastated while trying to absorb the shock of the cyclone.
It has been more than four years since the harsh reality of the nightmare called 'Sidr', and the wound it left on the community is still raw, evoking sharp pain every time it is touched by the memories. However, although Sidr stripped away the community off close relatives and resources, it could not rob the undaunted spirit that the people of this area protect in their hearts. The community is turning back again, venturing deeper into the same sea for fishing, which snatched away all their hopes. They've rebuilt their homes, mosques and boats. Sundarbans, the century old guardian, is sprouting new leaves and regaining its vigor.
Ernest Hemingway said “A man can be destroyed, but cannot be defeated." While you think of evidences for such extraordinary claims, take a look at Kuakata. You'll get your answer. Kuakata, with all its relentless and courageous fighters proudly stands there, as the epitome of human resilience.
Sorry to bore you if you're only hear for the birds and nature, but here's more EF2 tornado damage in Wilkes-Barre, PA. This is the last one I promise!
I recently acquired some rather special vintage photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - including this velox print of the fiery aftermath by "J.D. Givens PHOTO S.F. CAL 167".
This photo illustrates what a "bad day" looks like.
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Strange times.
Excessive heat warnings in most of California, as well as Oregon.
The La Tuna Fire is the largest in Los Angeles history.
San Francisco beats its all-time heat record.
We're expecting a record heat for this date here today, in Denver.
And flooding. Harvey may be the most expensive natural disaster in United States history.
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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Tacloban City, in the Leyte Province of the Philippines, to assess the relief and rehabilitation efforts for the survivors of Super Typhoon Yolanda/Haiyan.
Two girls from Tacloban stand in front of some of the damage and debris left by the storm.
UN Photo/Evan Schneider
21 December 2013
Tacloban City, Philippines
Photo # 575652
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: A child plays with a ball at a UNICEF-supported child friendly centre in Nowshera district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
© UNICEF Pakistan/2010/Marta Ramoneda
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The Garden of The Fugitives in Pompei, Italy.
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The southern edge of Long Gully fire plume, two months ago....the country has been burning ever since.
Half the forested country between the Gwydir Highway to the north and the Waterfall Way on the south has been consumed in the past three months...over 250,000 hectares of tall forest, woodland and rainforest.
North of the east west line of the Gwydir Highway, the Long Gully fire burned 75,000 hectares over a month, destroying scores of structures, eating into the Ewingar rainforest on its south edge and charring the Timbarra Plateau's heath and woodland to the southwest.
It flared and jumped the Clarence to join with another 50,000 ha superfire in the Richmond Range.
With other smaller outbreaks, still ongoing, and the devastating fires earlier in late summer north of Tenterfield, at least 460,000 ha of national park and state forest estate has been consumed in the Clarence and Richmond River catchments.
This may be unprecedented, though the Northern Rivers super drought of 1915 perhaps approached it.
There is no rain in sight for a week, strong winds on many days, and relentlessly low humidities...fools and careless people travel the roads, deliberately ignorant politicians have been caught flat-footed...we are not out of the woods yet, but we may run out of them.... this ongoing disaster will reshape the biosphere.
Crazy and stupid as it looks, but I walk these beautiful Bosnian and very dangerous mountains every weekend. I wish that nobody goes through what my country went through. This is the consequence of human stupidity.
If you don't see any more images from me in future, that means I was blown up by land mine :).
Children jump rope in a rubble-strewn street in the Delmas 32 neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) is continuing to work with national and international agencies to clear Port-au-Prince of the piles of debris left over from the earthquake that struck the city on 12 January, 2010.
Photo ID 464702. 12/08/2010. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. UN Photo/Marco Dormino. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/
After days of continuous rains, parts of Haiti's north, including Cap Haïtien, suffered serious flooding, leaving more than a dozen dead and thousands homeless. The Haitian government with the support of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and UN agencies including the World Food Programme (WFP), responded with evacuations, temporary shelters and food and supplies distributions.
Community members begin to emerge as the rains and flooding subside
UN Photo/Logan Abassi
City: Cap Haïtien
Country: Haiti
NICA ID: 616788
11/11/2014
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We will face multiple risk in the near future like a new disease, Extreme weather events, Natural disasters, Cyber attacks, climate change, weapons of mass destruction, water crises,… and to be honest, it’s « US » Humans who did this damage, disasters and all this chaos.
So we still have one solution to have again a real world, we must be one, united, and leave aside our GREED, because at least, everyone that is thereon will pass away.
So please try to protect what we all have in common.
18/ Containment period.
The earth is going through an unconventional time where a virus touch almost the whole world. The majority of countries are under lockdown, and stick everyone in their home.
I will take advantage of this quarantine and try to share every day a picture with you throughout this period where we could discuss different subjects…
Inchaelah everything will be alright as soon as possible.
H.Ammor - Y'a Ssaken 🎧
For image licensing or collaboration, please contact me at: karim.achalhi@gmail.com
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UNION BEACH, NJ - NOVEMBER 18: A house on the waterfront, nearly cut in half by Hurricane Sandy. Hundreds of homes in the small town were destroyed by the storm.
About the house and its owners:
matawan-aberdeen.patch.com/articles/hurricane-sandy-takes...
I recently acquired some rather special vintage photos of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake - including this 3.75" x 5.75" albumen print simply inscribed "Call Bldg." on the back.
After days of continuous rains, parts of Haiti's north, including Cap Haïtien, suffered serious flooding, leaving more than a dozen dead and thousands homeless. The Haitian government with the support of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and UN agencies including the World Food Programme (WFP), responded with evacuations, temporary shelters and food and supplies distributions.
A woman carries supplies through a flooded street in Cap Haïtien.
UN Photo/Logan Abassi
City: Cap Haïtien
Country: Haiti
11/11/2014
NICA ID: 616784
A newly built house is being dismantled to be moved to further inland to save it from river erosion. This is just one example from thousands that take place every year.
2015, Chauhali, Sirajganj, Bangladesh.
An unexpected side-effect of the flooding in parts of Pakistan has been that millions of spiders climbed up into the trees to escape the rising flood waters.
Because of the scale of the flooding and the fact that the water has taken so long to recede, many trees have become cocooned in spiders webs. People in this part of Sindh have never seen this phenonemon before - but they also report that there are now less mosquitos than they would expect, given the amount of stagnant, standing water that is around.
It is thought that the mosquitos are getting caught in the webs, which would be one blessing for the people of Sindh, facing so many other hardships after the floods.
UK aid - in response to the Pakistan floods - is helping millions of survivors return home and rebuild their lives.
Find out more about the UK government's response to the Pakistan floods at www.dfid.gov.uk/pakistan-floods-six-months
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK: A young girl child washes her face at a UNICEF-supported hand pump in Mullah Wazir Chukhro village, Jacobabad district, Sindh province.
© UNICEF Pakistan/2011/Asad Zaidi
To learn more:
www.facebook.com/unicefpakistan
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