The stressor I chose was natural disaster.
About six years ago, my city was under water and it was very disturbing. Hurricane Katrina did so much damage, she was
one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of the United States during the
last 100 years. With sustained winds during landfall of 125 mph (110 kts) (a
strong category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scales) and minimum central
pressure the third lowest on record at landfall (920 mb). Katrina caused
widespread devastation along the central Gulf Coast states of the US. Cities
such as New Orleans, LA, Mobile, AL, and Gulfport, MS bore the brunt of
Katrina's force (National Climatic Data Center, 2005). My family and I lost everything in my home and our city was damaged severely. I had to evacuate to
Baton Rouge where I had family members. I did not care for that at all.
My family members were there to help, but only a few of them did not mind our
family staying with them. I was able to cope with it because I had my
family (the ones I evacuated with to Baton Rouge) around me. So, I didn't feel
lonely at all. We actually did more and became closer to one another after we
evacuated. The only thing that I missed
was being at school with my friends.
I chose to talk about America as a
whole. In America, we deal with hunger
just as well as some of the second and third world countries. This impacts the
development of the children because when some children are starved, they exhibited seven to twelve times as many symptoms of conduct disorder (such as fighting, blaming
others for problems, having trouble with a teacher, not listening to rules,
stealing) than their at-risk or not-hungry peers (American Psychological
Association, 2012). Also, children that
are starved, become depressed, have poor self-esteem and they suffer from
chronic health problems. There is a domestic
hunger-relief charity, which are the food bank network members that supply food
to 14 million children.
Reference:
American Psychological Association. (2012).
Hunger. Retrieved May 25, 2012, from http://www.apa.org/pi/families/poverty.aspx
National Climatic Data Center, 2005). Hurricane Katrina. Retrieved May 22, 2012,
from http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/special-reports/katrina.html
Myisha,
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting to read what some of the statistics here in America are; so often we think about the other countries and overlook are own when it comes to statistics like poverty and hunger. Thank you for reminding us all.
I cannot imagine losing everything in a hurricane. I mentioned living in Florida and having to evacuate my home since I lived in a trailer everytime a hurricane came through, but somehow my home survived each time. I am very sorry for your loss but am glad through it all relationships grew stronger.
Wow Myisha I am sorry to here about what happen to you I am glad that you and your family are safe I donot know how it is to be in a hurricane but I have heard how torrible it can be. I encourage you to keep looking up and let people know where you have com and where you are now.
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