Hurricane Katrina And Its Effects

known as Hurricane Katrina brought terrible side-effects to lower-class African Americans. A catastrophe like Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of the lower-class African Americans forever because of the devastation from several effects. People today are more prepared for a natural disaster because “Hurricane Katrina was one of the strongest storms to hit the United States coast within the last 100 years” in New Orleans (Brianna Frank). Most of these ramifications of Hurricane Katrina came from

concerning the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a massive natural disaster that consisted of high powered winds and immense amounts of water. The hurricane was initially a category 3, but gradually rose to the classification of a category 5 storm, which is the largest storm there is (“Hurricane Irene”). In fact, there were accounts of winds recorded at about 127 miles per hour in the Gulf areas such as Grand Isle, Louisiana, and near the Mississippi River (“Hurricane Katrina Statistics”)

The effects of Hurricane Katrina on the earth and the economy is a subject that is related to both geology and economics. Hurricanes are caused by a pre-existing disturbance, combined with warm ocean water, low atmospheric stability, sufficient Coriolis force, moist mid-atmosphere, and upper atmosphere divergence. On the morning of August 28, 2005, these factors combined to create Hurricane Katrina, which struck the southern coast of the United States. By August 31, 2005, eighty-percent of the city

course of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest and most costly hurricanes to date. The effects from the natural disaster have caused insurmountable damage to the affected families that range from one’s mental health to their economic standings. Furthermore, the preventative actions and recovery efforts that were implemented for Hurricane Katrina also exposed many deficiencies within the current natural disaster awareness programs. Due to the extreme impact that Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was the most horrific natural disasters in 2009. It was one of the most deadly disasters since 1928. In 1928 the hurricane that shocked everyone by having many fatalities was hurricane Okeechobee that hit Florida. Since hurricane Okeechobee Florida hadn’t experienced a hurricane like that one until hurricane hit in 2009. Hurricane Katrina was considered a category level five hurricane, which is the highest number of category levels for a hurricane. Only 3 category five level hurricanes

Terrence Mielus HES 210 Rough draft 11/17/17 Hurricane Katrina & it's effects on health care On a normal August day, Hurricane Katrina inflicted massive damage on 3 of the poorest states in the United States. Mississippi, with a poverty rate of 22 percent; Louisiana, with a poverty rate of 20 percent; and Alabama, with a poverty rate of 22 percent (Rodriguez, H. & Aguirre, B, E.). Katrina was the cause of one of the biggest evacuations of any major American city in history. These cities also

Hurricane Katrina was one of the greatest natural disasters of history. A 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. The economy suffered greatly after the hurricane. Body of Research Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23,2005 as a tropical depression. Katrina moved towards Florida and hit Florida as a category one hurricane

Hurricane Katrina may have occurred a decade ago, however, the effects of one of the most costly natural disasters in US history are still being seen (Weems, et al., 2007, pp. 2295). Irwin Sandler described, “The effects seen by the New Orleans community as adversities, which he described as things that can threaten the satisfaction of basic human needs and the acquisitions of competencies to carry out values social roles. He went on to say that they can be characterized in terms of their ecological

On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery

During 2005 Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest storms to hit the United States (Zimmermann, 2015). However, I have several friends as well as their loved ones who lost their lives due to the disastrous effect that was caused by hurricane Katrina. Due to the horrific impact of the hurricane more than eighteen hundred people lost their lives (Zimmermann, 2015). Not to mention the flooding that followed the storm, as well as millions that were homeless that lived along the Gulf Coast and