Hurricane Katrina Narrative Essay

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane, as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf water, but weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast

Hurricane Katrina came ashore the Gulf Coast and New Orleans and caused not only physical damage but psychological/mental anguish. This was at the end of August 2005. As a result, there was a lot of PTSD cases that were as a result of this catastrophic event. People across the United States witnessed the event unfolding on television and word of mouth but had no idea of the tremendous amount of emotional toll that the people of these communities went through and were going to continue to go through.

Katrina went to college at the University of Florida. Her professors told her that she had “a way with words.” So then she began to dream about becoming a writer, telling stories for a living was what she wanted. Katrina wandered around from job to job. Such as selling tickets at Circus World, planting philodendrons in a greenhouse, calling bingo at a campground, running rides at an amusement park -- and the whole time, she talked incessantly about being a writer and reading books. At the age of 29 Katrina had an epiphany. She realized that she could spend all her life dreaming or she could follow her dream. So Katrina thought very seriously about what it takes to be a writer. She came to a conclusion the one thing that is required is writing.

Hurricane Katrina, one of the most destructive hurricanes to whirl through the southern states of America in 2005, is probably one of the worst natural disasters of the United States in the 21st century. Damages from the storm were estimated at more than $100 billion . People living in the southern states fled north to reach safety from the storm after hearing about it being a category five hurricane on the news a few mornings before Katrina hit the shore. Authorities were doing what they were supposed to be doing, telling everyone to seek shelter, board up windows, head north and prepare for the storm. Everything in the beginning appeared to be just another

Imagine just coming back from evacuation to your house looking great on the outside but when you walk in it is a horror. When hurricane Katrina was on her way here, my family and I evacuated to Chattanooga, Tennessee, which only took about a good eight hours, but with traffic it took about twelve. Once we were cleared to go home we came back, which thankfully only took about ten hours. I will be writing about how after Katrina my family and I had to stay in one house for about a week and a half.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest and costliest hurricanes to hit the United States in decades. The economic losses were extraordinary; however, it was the human losses that stuck Americans at their core. The media brought into our homes graphic images of the destruction of New Orleans. Its mayor had ordered a mandatory evacuation of the city and yet 150,000 citizens are said to have stayed. Like most of the nation I asked myself, “Well why did they stay? If a mandatory evacuation is issued, it stands to reason that state officials considered the situation to be precarious.” It is only recently, when I’ve seen reports of New Orleans slow rebuilding, that I have really given thought to the undisclosed factors that lead to such

One of the hardest things for me is moving to Georgia. I was going to miss my grandma, dad, and my sisters. The trip was long and hot it. There were five of us in the car plus a We were almost out of gas and there wasn’t a gas station for miles I was terrified then we finally made it. We were living

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the United States, causing damage across the entire Southeast, with the harshest conditions falling on the city of New Orleans. This hurricane began as the consequence of a tropical wave encountering the traces of an earlier tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico. Once the wave and depression interacted, a new depression formed, located right near the Bahamas. This depression intensified exponentially, developing into a complete hurricane. Katrina wreaked havoc for slightly less than a week before subsiding over the eastern Great Lakes. This hurricane had catastrophic social and economic effects on the Southeast requiring a lengthy reconstruction period.

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

When I was nine, Hurricane Katrina was making its path towards my city and much of the states bordering the Gulf of Mexico. Being as young as I was, I really thought nothing of it because I had already been through a few and my family and friends were always ok after the storm passed. A few days before Katrina was supposed to make landfall the path changed and turned directly towards New Orleans, which was a city that was not prepared to handle such a big storm. Even at that point, we still did not imagine that it was going to have an impact as big as it did. When Katrina finally hit, it caused more damage than ever before, and it really opened our eyes to seeing how powerful of a storm it was and what devastation it created for New Orleans and the people who lived there.

The news article “ Houston Floodwaters are Tainted with Bacteria and Toxins, Test Shows” by New York Times, Sheila Kaplan and Jacky Healy, explains how Hurricane Harvey has left many contamination in the water. To begin with, it is not clear how far the toxic waters have spread and many treatment plants have died by cause of the contamination of the water. That’s not it many people have been infected by the contamination, which have harmed them in a sort of way. Also, many people aren’t able to return home because of the destruction of Hurricane Harvey. People aren’t able to be in their homes because of the contamination and they start coughing or aren’t able to breath. In that case it’s suggested for elderly people and people with immune problems to try and keep out of their homes. Although if you get infected like in some cases it can just be treated with antibiotics you should take precautions and try not getting infected. Also, you should avoid any cuts

Mrs. Ramirez kneeled to examine the dog’s paws. Katrina inched forward, her eyes on the only female in the litter. Another command and the girl with a gray and white coat like her sire, and the smartest in the pack, came over to sit at my feet.

Hurricane Matthew was one of the great sadness we experienced here in Beaufort county. During the time of Matthew we had to miss school evacuate and leave our homes behind not knowing what we may come back home to. Most people also experienced loss from trees falling on their houses or cars and spending money while having to evacuate. One thing I can say is I found wisdom during that storm because now I know what to do when hurricane season starts to approach in the Lowcountry.

“Mom! A hurricane is on it's way!” Screamed 5 year old Irene Wington, “We need to get underground, mommy! The winds are going to be big!” As Irene ran to the cellar, stumbling over her dolls, she yelled and yelled for her mom to follow her. Little did she know, she was not behind her.

I woke up early morning and turned on the TV. I could not see anything