Essay On Hurricane Katrina

For millions of people living near the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of the United States, a team of weather experts in Miami were helping make a difference between another hurricane disaster and safe evacuations in the wake of the oncoming storm. These experts are trained to interpret data from satellites, weather stations and specialized computer equipment to give the public advance warning of hurricanes barreling toward any shores (Treaster, 2007, p. 26).

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

When we hear about hurricanes on the news or how one might be closing in on where we live we mostly think of how we are going to protect our self. However, there is one thing that I think most people do not stop and ponder, which is how does a hurricane even get forecast? From the direction it is going to be headed, to how it is categorized. The group that preforms all forecasting for tropical cyclone activity is the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and they cover the Atlantic and Eastern Pacific basins throughout North America. To start it begins with visual observations of the hurricane using reconnaissance airplanes, satellites, ships, buoys, radars, and an assortment of land-based equipment. Likewise, most of the storm’s projected path and

Natural disasters occurring from the climate change could be on the rise. Global warming has been rumored to be causing more hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones, heavier monsoonal rains that cause major flooding, mud slides, and other disasters worldwide. A tropical cyclone, also referred to as hurricanes, typhoons, or cyclones, depending on where in the world the cyclone is occurring, are one of the world’s grandest shows of energy provided by nature. Hurricanes are large, swirling, low pressure storms that have sustained winds of over 74 miles an hour and are formed over warm ocean waters (NASA, n.d.). The purpose of this paper is to discuss hurricanes

“When communities are rebuilt, they must be even better and stronger than before the storm,” (“Bush”). This is what former president George W. Bush said during his speech in New Orleans 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”). All of these factors are made

A flight instrutor grabbed Lieutenant Ralph O'Hair and flew the two-seated aircraft into the eye of the storm. The two were flying till they hit a storm. The U.S. Weather Bureau and the U.S. Air Force. Two U.S. government agencies scout hurricanes. Between altitudes of 1,000 and 10,000 feet, Hurricane Hunters fly through three parts of a hurricane. Although hurricane season usually finishes around November 30th, the end of the season does not signal a vacation for the Hunters; they fly winter months. One siginificant weather system starts as a warm, low pressure center off Florida's coast. The system gathers moisture as it moves up the easthern seaboard. In winter, the low pressure system can meet a frigid, dry Arctic air

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When it comes to predicting a Hurricane obviously the earlier it’s predicted the better the outcome will be, it will give the government and citizens more time to prepare and evacuate city’s or even a state if necessary. “Once a hurricane has formed, it can be tracked. Scientists can usually predict its path for 3-5 days in advance” (Samsot). Giving a city to a state possibly only 3 days to evacuate is not long enough for everyone to pack up as many belongings as they can and leave the area. If meteorologists are able to predict when a hurricane is going to form and project the path the time to prepare will increase significantly. What the

Hurricane Katrina. One of the most devastating hurricanes in the history of the US. It had social, political, and economic consequences. It mostly hit Louisiana. The hurricane destroyed a lot of homes and other buildings while it was going on. The flooding had a huge impact itself also. It left millions of people homeless in New Orleans and along the gulf coast. There were so many homeless that they allowed some to live and sleep in a football stadium. It was full with beds everywhere. You could imagine how people were feeling when they were stuck in the areas affected. Anyways, around that time there were looters. They would break open stores and steal the stuff that they needed to survive. It became apparent that as they were receiving barely

The tragedies caused from the failure of people to listen to others views can be represented in the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina had struck the Gulf Coast of the United States and directly hit the states of Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia and Alabama. However, it mostly targeted the poverty stricken city of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina was the costliest natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States. The death toll was almost 2,000 people. However, the immense death rate was caused from the failure of people to listen to authorities and evacuate. Many lower class citizens didn’t evacuate because they didn’t own cars, which in turn would cause an expensive evacuation

As Hurricane Katrina approached New Orleans in late October 2005, federal and local officials as well as residents of the city underestimated the power of the storm. Since the storm was misjudged, a concrete plan was not established in case of an emergency (Morris, Morris & Jones, 2007). As the tropical storm traveled across the Atlantic Ocean towards the United States, it went from category five, extremely destructive, to category three and gathered enough wind to migrate towards New Orleans, Louisiana on

In all of the models and predictions of future hurricane activity examined, the influence of rainpower on hurricane intensity was never mentioned or considered. Although the ways in which rain might affect future hurricane intensity are not well understood and there have been very few studies conducted on the subject, it is a factor that should be considered in future models and forecasts for the future of hurricane intensity because of its large influence on hurricane intensity.

Storms like Katrina can be tracked and measured by satellite, radar, aircraft, and other means. The NOAA National Hurricane Centers study the behavior and paths of every storm they spot. Their main job is to provide an early weather warning system. Then people can be prepared for what might be coming their way.

Two primary features spiked increased storm activity. First, a strong Atlantic equatorial trough and steering currents. The National Hurricane Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) both issued predictions in advance for an increased season, but a westward steering current associated complimented a stable subtropical high-pressure system and caused unexpected effects. This pushed many of the hurricanes to track westward across the U.S.

Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast with tremendous force at daybreak, August 29, 2005, severely punishing regions that included the city of New Orleans and its neighboring state Mississippi. Resulting in a total of just over 1700 people killed, and hundreds of thousands missing. When we think of Hurricane Katrina stories, we think of stories that were published by the media such as, “Packing 145-mile-an-hour winds as it made landfall, the category 3 storm left more than a million people in three states without power and submerged highways even hundreds of miles from its center. The hurricane's storm surge a 29-foot wall of water pushed ashore when the hurricane struck the Gulf Coast was the highest ever measured in the United States.