Comparisons Between Hurricane Sandy And Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina began as tropical Depression twelve, which formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005. On August 24, the storm strengthened and became known as Tropical Storm Katrina, the 11th named storm of the 2005 hurricane season. A few hours before making landfall in Florida on August 25, Tropical storm Katrina was upgraded to Hurricane Katrina (Category1, 74mph winds). An analysis by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA’s) climate prediction center

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Hurricane Katrina hit the southern coast of the United States on August 28, 2005. The center of Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans on the morning of August 29, 2005. The devastating effect of this hurricane resulted in more than 1,800 citizens losing their lives, as well as more than an estimated $81 billion dollars in damages occurred. By August 31, 2005, eighty-percent of the city became submerged under water because the storm surge breached the city's levees at multiple points. If the levees are damaged massive water will flood Louisiana from the Gulf Coast, the Mississippi River, and other surrounding bodies of water. Some areas of New Orleans were 15 feet under water. Winds of Hurricane Katrina reached an astounding category 3 as

“Life is a hurricane, and we board up to save what we can and bow low to the earth to crouch in that small space above the dirt where the wind will not reach. We honor anniversaries of deaths by cleaning graves and sitting next to them before fires, sharing food with those who will not eat again. We raise children and tell them other things about who they can be and what they are worth: to us, everything. We love each other fiercely, while we live and after we die. We survive; we are savages” (Ward, 2013). Before Hurricane Katrina in August of 2005 and Hurricane Sandy in 2012, New Orleans and New Jersey both boasted a thriving tourism industry. Hurricane Katrina and Sandy devastated the cities they wreaked havoc on. Thousands

Early on October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy started its massive destruction on the North East of the United States of America. Many people referred to this Hurricane as "Superstorm Sandy" and "Frankenstorm". This was a storm like no other for many North Eastern people. It was unexpected and unprepared for. Millions of people were left homeless and without electricity.

Hurricane Katrina is considered as one of the worst hurricanes ever recorded in the history of the United States. It was the sixth strongest Atlantic hurricane ever and the third strongest on record that had reached the United States (Chambers, 2007). According to Brinkley (2006), the hurricane occurred on August 29th, 2005, and had a massive physical impact on the land and to the residents of New Orleans City .Before the hurricane; there was massive destruction of the wetlands besides construction of canals which increased the erosion rates in the lands. After the floods, much of the city’s water was contaminated leading to the loss of the aquatic lives and indigenous plants (Galea & Brewin, 2007).

Hurricane Katrina started as a tropical depression Twelve in Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and then intensified into a tropical storm on August 24 (Graumann et al. 2006). The tropical storm progressed towards Florida and

Sandy reached speeds up to 74 mph and Sandy expanded up to 175 miles around.When Sandy was a tropical storm Sandy reached speeds up to 39 mph and Sandy expanded up to 485 miles around.Sandy had many nicknames, frankenstorm,blizzacane,snore-eastercane,but the name we most know is Superstorm Sandy the hurricane that devastated the east coast.

One of the most significant natural disaster that hit the region was the Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina 11th named tropical storm by scientists, fourth hurricane, third major hurricane and first category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. On the day of August 5, 2005 hurricane Katrina made a land fall as a category 1 hurricane north of Miami, Florida, as a category 3 storm on August 29 along the central gulf coast near Buras-triumph then Louisiana. The Katrina eventually destroyed the levee system that acted as a protection to New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain as well as the Mississippi river (Stewart& Stacy, 2005). There was massive flooding experienced especially resulting from the water from the lake being swept into the cities. The coast of Mississippi and Alabama were heavily damaged resulting to Katrina being the most destructive and costly disaster in the history of the USA, the damage estimated at $100 billion.

On October 22th of 2012 Hurricane Sandy started to evolve into a tropical storm inside the Caribbean Sea. On the 23rd it then developed into a Category 1 hurricane, and on the 24th it finally hit land in Kingston Jamaica with winds up to eighty miles per hour. Until the 29th of October this storm continued on and hit Cuba, Haiti, Canada, and the Northeastern part of the United States with winds up to one hundred and fifteen miles per hour. One reason that Hurricane Sandy was so devastating are because of how large the storm was. Some people called it “Super Storm Sandy” because of its size. Another reason was because of the lives it took. It killed nearly two hundred people and affected millions of other people’s lives as well.

Hurricane Sandy was a devastating storm nicknamed “The Frankenstorm”. The Frankenstorm happened from October 19-October 31. Hurricane Sandy was very catastrophic and damaged lots of properties. The cost of repairs was billions of dollars. Hurricane Sandy is the second most costly hurricane behind hurricane Katrina.

Typhoon Haiyan and Hurricane Sandy both formed in low pressure systems over hot waters, but Typhoon Haiyan’s path to the Philippines was a lot quicker than Hurricane Sandy’s path to New York. On November 4th Haiyan changed from a tropical depression into a storm, with the fast, spiralling winds causing this. Only a day later it turned into a hurricane, with a unique case of rapid intensification occurring, causing the hurricane to rapidly gain power and energy. On November 6th, only two days after it first formed, it struck the Philippines classed as a Category 5

Hurricane Katerina and Hurricane Sandy were both major weather events in United States History. Causing millions of dollars in damage and 1000’s of lives lost. Could these events have been different with proper planning and preparation or would the outcome still be the same. I will talk about some of the silmarties from both events. The weakness and the strengths and what are the lessons learned for future events and how Emergency Management will help in the

Hurricanes occur over low pressure areas above warm water. They fuel off warm water vapour that is evaporated over the ocean, and slowly die as the water gets colder. This would justify Hurricane Sandy’s path, as it began near Caribbean, where the air is moist and the water is warm, providing plenty of fuel

This article gives some facts to show how devastating Hurricane Sandy was. Some of the facts included in this article was that there were one hundred and forty-seven casualties that was caused by the hurricane. (“Hurricane Sandy Fast Facts” 1) The surge level that was reached at Battery Park