Assignment 5A- Identify Local Opportunities
Opportunity
1:
Title of Article: Florida sends assistance; locals ready to help
Description of the story: Hurricane Harvey is doing a lot of damage
to the homes and towns on the gulf coast of Texas. The State of Florida and its
residents are helping in the relief effort as much as they possibly can. Rick Scoot
sent Command Centers and boasts to Houston to help in the relief effort. People
are unsure about the devastation of Harvey currently because they are not able
to get to the hardest hit parts of Houston and its surrounding suburbs
Description of the problem: Houston and the surrounding area
suburbs got hit with powerful Hurricane Harvey, and the town is currently
flooded and many of the homes and businesses have been destroyed, or damaged because
of this act of nature. Many people with connections to the Houston Area ay
there is not much you can do but pray.
Who Has the problem: The problem is not only those directly
affected by the hurricane but it reaches many people. Houston is the 4th
largest city in the USA, and a center for many businesses.
Opportunity
2:
Title of Article: Astros spring training home to collect Texas relief
Description of the story: The
Houston Astros, one of Houston’s major sports franchises conduct their Spring
training in Palm Beach. They are allowing the people of the surrounding area to
bring supplies that are for the relief effort to the stadium where spring
training is conducted that would be transported to Houston on Sept. 7th
for the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Description of the problem: Hurricane Harvey struck the Houston
Area with Cat.4 strength and flooded the much of the city and the surrounding
areas with over 40 inches of rain over a short span of time. There was much damage
that was done because of the Hurricane and its destructive forces. Some people
have lost everything, their house, car, etc.
Who Has the problem: Those
affected by Hurricane Harvey in the Houston surrounding area.
Opportunity
3:
Title of Article: Democrats for governor: Pull Confederate statues
Description of the story: Currently,
there are three (3) leading candidates to win the Democratic nomination to run
for the seat of Gov. in the State of Florida. In a recent Q&A at the Kravis center the 3
candidates fielded questions on a variety of topics. One of the candidates was
asked about confederate statutes, to which he replied “It's time and it's right to take down our Confederate
monuments across the state of Florida. All of them” -King. The other
candidates had similar stances on this.
Description of the problem: Recently,
there has been a huge uproar between both sides of the political spectrum when
it comes to Confederate Statues and monuments. Exhibit A, what happened in Charlottesville.
While, some people like these monuments because they show our history as a
country and what we came from to what we are to today others dislike the
monuments and think they should be taken down because they expressions of Hate
and racism.
Who Has the problem: Parks
or public places with Confederate Statues up, People who like having the
confederate statues, a showing of US history.
Opportunity
4:
Title of Article: Houston airport to stay shut until Thursday
Description of the story: Houston, which has been struck by
Hurricane Harvey is keeping its airport closed, along with its ports. Harvey
has brought 25+ inches of rain to texas.
Description of the problem: Because of the flooding in the Houston
Area, the GBI airport is going to be closed on Thursday, August 31. Before one
of the busiest travel weekends of the year, Labor Day weekend. They also closed
their port so cruise ships cannot dock to let off their passengers.
Who Has the problem: About 91,000 United passengers who use the GBI
airport daily basis, 20,000 cruise ship passengers who are “stranded on the
boats” due to the flooding, and the passengers of about 10,000 other flights that
somehow or another used the GBI airport in Houston.
Opportunity
5:
Title of Article: Local Aid for
Houston- Overwhelms stadium
Description of the story: There has been an overwhelming response
in the participation of the relief effort the Astros planned to aid the
Hurricane Harvey Victims. Normally, drives and donation efforts are begging
people to do more. But, in this case they asked donors to stop donating. Because
of logistical issues of getting the supplies to the flooded parts of Houston.
Description of the problem: Houston has been flooded by the wrath
of hurricane Harvey, and because of this flooding it is making it increasingly
harder to get the relief efforts to those effected. I-10 the main highway to get in and out of the
Houston Area is flooded and trucks cannot make it to the heavily effected parts
of Houston just yet.
Who Has the problem: This problem doesn’t pertain to those effected
by Harvey, but it pertains to those who are attempting to aid them and getting
the supplies to those effected.
Your format on this assignment was great, it was easy to understand and follow. I find it interesting that you kept the theme of Hurricane Harvey as your local opportunities. However, you were supposed to use only local newspapers and I don't think infoweb.newsbank.com counts. Our professor explains this in the video describing this assignment, check it out!
ReplyDeleteVery good post. All this hurricane news are really interesting. Hurricane Harvey hit really bad but I am glad that they are recovering and hopefully people over there are going to be back on their feet soon. Flooding was really impressive, I can't imagine what 25 inches of rain look like. Very interesting to read your post.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post. You did a good job of connecting all the hurricane related stories in the news to those who have the issues. The flooding that has taken place over all the country is so crazy to think about. I liked what you stated about the first article and how Harvey affects more than just Houston. It's so true. For instance, Houston is home to many domestic oil refineries and, with them being closed, gas prices could very well go up in the coming months.
ReplyDeleteHey Josh, I appreciate how you kept your articles tied to the recent hurricane since they have impacted so many of us. It is crazy to see all the damage that it has done, but the reaction from the world has been nothing short of amazing. You did a really good job describing the stories and breaking down the problems with them. Your assignment was easy to read and extremely informative. Great job!
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