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I revisit Kamau Brathwaite’s concept of “tidalectics” just weeks after the largest triple hurricane system on record has pummeled the Caribbean. It is an awful reminder of the permeability between land and sea, particularly in small... more
A common practice uses funny and cute internet memes to describe natural hazards, such as hurricanes, to the general public. Emergency managers create an industry lacking credibility and seriousness when they use unrealistic and comedic... more
This description of a hurricane is transcribed from "A treatise on tropical diseases: on military operations; and on the climate of the West-Indies" written by Benjamin Moseley and first published in 1787.
The author conducted a ground damage survey after riding out Hurricane Elena in Pensacola, FL. We drove the Mississippi coast just after the storm and documented high wind and storm surge damage. High water marks were obtained using a... more
An Analytic model which describes properly the energy liberated or dissipated by a hurricane is presented. Nowadays exists some kind of information related to the energy liberated by a hurricane, which we can nd with a non safe source at... more
1 Laboratorio de Observación e Investigación Espacial, Universidad de Quintana Roo; Avenida Andrés Quintana Roo, S/N, Frente a colonia San Gervasio, Cozumel 77600, Quintana Roo, Mexico 2 Colegio de Geografía, Facultad de Filosofía y... more
https://preelit.com/2020/04/19/el-dorado-city-of-black-gold/.
Exxon oil drilling, hurricanes, flooding and climate change, and COVID-19 in Guyana 2020.
Pree: Caribbean Writing
Issue 5: ECOCIDE
Non-fiction literary magazine essay
Exxon oil drilling, hurricanes, flooding and climate change, and COVID-19 in Guyana 2020.
Pree: Caribbean Writing
Issue 5: ECOCIDE
Non-fiction literary magazine essay
El huracán del 59 es una reconstrucción de los daños originados por el meteoro más poderoso que impactó al estado de Colima en el siglo XX. En cuatro capítulo se plantean y contestan, entre otras, las siguientes preguntas: ¿cómo fue que... more
This is an unpublished essay that I circulated privately in September 2005, several weeks after Hurricane Katrina struck the City of New Orleans. Having lived in the Big Easy while in college and having made it and its culture and its... more
Este es un boletín que editamos con motivo del impacto del huracán Patricia en las costas de Colima y Jalisco los días 23 y 24 de octubre del año 2015, como parte de los trabajos colegiados entre integrantes de la REDESClim-Conacyt:... more
In September 2019, the islands of Abaco and Grand Bahama in the Bahamas were simultaneously hit by category 5 Hurricane Dorian and a king tide. The disaster resulted in mass displacement. Minority groups such as the Haitian and LBGTQA+... more
En este Apunte de Investigación presentamos los hallazgos principales de un análisis geográfico-temporal donde se determinó el cambio en la cobertura de mangle en el sector cercano a La Playuela en Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, durante un... more
Using a statistical relationship between simulated sea surface temperature and Atlantic hurricane activity, we estimate the skill of a CMIP5 multi-model ensemble at predicting multi-annual level of Atlantic hurricane activity. The series... more
The author conducted aerial and ground damage surveys along the Florida and Alabama coasts after Hurricane Ivan. The purpose of these surveys was to: 1) determine the height of the storm surge, 2) acquire wind velocity data, 3) determine... more
Wind damage to asphalt shingles is usually obvious. However, there remain a number of issues such as cupping, splitting, and lack of bonding which some people falsely attribute to wind. This paper discusses what wind damage is and is... more
The author had conducted a damage survey along the Gulf Coast from Freeport, Texas to Galveston Island to Baytown, Texas to determine the high water levels and storm surge caused by Hurricane Alicia. The eye of Hurricane Alicia came... more
Hurricane Maria has had devastating impacts in Puerto Rico. Yet this catastrophe has not been felt equally by all. The vulnerability to impacts and ability to recover from hurricanes and other disasters are directly shaped by existing... more
The forthcoming case study will detail the October 2012 critical incident response of Hurricane Sandy that made landfall on the 29th of October in the southern portion of New Jersey and directly affected the New Jersey, New York, and... more
The so-called Medicanes (Mediterranean hurricanes) are mesoscale and warm-core Cyclones that show great similarities with Tropical Cyclones. Due to the difference in sea-state conditions from one region to another during the passage of... more
The exceptional size, power, and duration of Hurricane Mitch dramatically exposed Honduras’ high level of social and environmental vulnerability and also made post-disaster reconstruction efforts particularly challenging. When Hurricane... more
The author conducted ground and aerial surveys of the Louisiana and Mississippi Coasts after Hurricane Katrina. The purpose of the survey was to document the extent of damage to buildings, determine the height of the storm surge, and to... more
After riding out the hurricane in Slidell, LA, the author conducted aerial and ground damage surveys along the Mississippi and Alabama coasts after Hurricane Katrina. The purpose of these surveys was to: 1) determine the height of the... more
Salah satu cabang ilmu meteorologi adalah ini. Meteorologi Maritim, yaitu mempelajari mengenai ilmu cuaca dan interaksinya dengan kondisi laut.
Semoga bermanfaat,
Salam,
Richard Mahendra
Semoga bermanfaat,
Salam,
Richard Mahendra
This article is intended for those needing an introduction to the climate of The Bahamas. Very little of the underlying meteorology is included. Additional statistics, mainly of rainfall, can be found in the Islands of The Bahamas... more
Hurricane Harvey prompted the generation of hundreds of Internet memes. This study draws from visual framing theory to conduct a content analysis of these memes. The purpose is to identify thematic markers that typify Hurricane Harvey... more
Coastal human settlements are becoming increasingly vulnerable to natural disasters such as tsunamis and cyclones. Recent events, including the Indian Ocean Tsunami in 2004 and Typhoon Haiyan in 2013, have brought the issue of coastal... more
Bibliographic essay on disasters in Colonial or Early Modern Latin America and the Caribbean
This essay serves as an introduction to the special section “States of Crisis.” Principally a meditation on political and ecological crisis in the Caribbean, this introduction revisits two concurrent events—the devastation of The Bahamas... more
In this dissertation, I consider the rhetorical ecology of architectural ruins, specifically those of natural disaster, as actors in a system of human and nonhuman intra-action that has rhetorical potential for material intimacy. I argue... more
A metáfora da metamorfose tem de certo modo um já longo percurso nas ciências sociais. Recordemos que Karl Marx (2017 [1863]) recorre a esta para se referir à transfiguração do capital circulante numa economia capitalista. Mais... more
Este libro presenta una perspectiva científica sobre el estado del arte del conocimiento de varios peligros naturales estratégicos - ciclones tropicales, inundaciones, heladas, sequías e incendios forestales - que año tras año se... more
Bu çalışmada, Osmanlı dönemi İstanbul'unda meydana gelen deprem, yangın, sel, kasırga, salgın hastalıklar ve benzeri tabiî âfetlerle ilgili kısaca bilgi verildik-ten sonra, bu tür felaketler üzerine yapılmış çalışmalar ve kaynaklar... more
This article argues that the disaster relief efforts following hurricanes in Puerto Rico in 1899 and Galveston, Texas, in 1900 represent a watershed in American military history. These two cases highlight a critical juncture where the... more
The authors have developed a procedure for assessing wind damage to wood-framed residences. This procedure has been utilized by the authors for the past twenty years when determining the extent of damage to buildings from tornadoes,... more
Roncador Cay is located in the western Caribbean within the Colombian maritime territory, a place with complex environmental conditions that have been a ship trap for centuries. On February 2, 1894, the United States Ship Kearsarge, a... more