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I think it is interesting how there were more foreign born immigrants on the western side of the disaster area of Hurricane Rita in the South.

An explanation for why the west side of the disaster area has more foreign born immigrants could be because those areas are located close to a large city.

It is interesting that most of the foreign born immigrants were born near the west. This is probably because the west suffered from less hurricane damage than the rest of the region, so migrants decided to move to the west.

How do this article show natural culture in the way that the Hawaiian people are responding to a natural disaster?

Thank you for your post about the nature culture theme of geography, Lydia! Your questions reminds me of another ... why were news reports stating that people were buying as much water as they could in the supermarkets? Could this be part of the nature-culture theme? Great job Lydia. Keep up the posts and comments to your peers via new posts, APHUG.

The amount of foreign born babies is relatively low with most counties having less than 1% of the babies being foreign born. This is most likely due to the hurricane which caused the area to not be an attract location for migrants.

This makes sense because areas of natural disasters tend to be major push factors for migrants.

Sarah Johnson yells for help outside the convention center in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina on Sept. 1, 2005. Which of the five themes of geography relate to this natural disaster?

I took a look at this map and wasn't surprised to see that many immigrants to America settle along the coasts/borders of the United States. The map legend indicates that regions with darker blue have higher a high percent of foreign born citizens within their county. Much of the south west border is dark blue, evidently due to is proximity to Mexico, a country undergoing violence from the eternal drug wars. In addition, major cities here and there, such as New York City, display dark blue. This is logical, as these cities provide job opportunities and serve as major ports, historically and in the present today.

Also look at the area around Louisiana. It's interesting that there is a small amount of migrants there knowing that the islands off the coast are not too far away. I would figure that there is a small amount of immigrants there, because of Hurricane Katrina, and the thought that that area is more vulnerable to natural disasters than other areas.