Bermuda Hurricane Crisis

Numerous different aspects were altered due to the ruckus of Hurricane Katrina. The first major aspect was housing and location. Katrina nearly demolished 300,000 homes. The ascending sea level along the coast resulting from onshore winds is a storm surge. With a twenty-two foot storm surge in New Orleans and a twenty-seven foot storm surge in Mississippi, Hurricane Katrina averaged a shocking twelve foot storm surge. As a storm surge’s footage increases, the surge will continue to move inland farther and farther. Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge is documented as moving inland a total of twelve miles into the state of Mississippi (FAQS, 2013). Hurricane Katrina impacted a total of seven states. Five of these states were Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Kentucky and Ohio were two more states affected but in a different way. Because of the tremendous amount of water, Kentucky and Ohio were victims of the Mississippi River flooding. Some states experienced more extreme destruction than others. Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana experienced Hurricane Katrina’s wrath firsthand. These three southern states were affected the worst by the massive storm (FAQS, 2013). Mississippi’s forest industry experienced a great amount of destruction losing 1.3 million acres of valuable forest land. The main cause of destruction in New Orleans was blamed on the failure of the levee system to stand its ground

Beginning in the 1950s, the United States have witnessed two Category Five Storms and seven Category Four Storms naming Hurricane Katrina as one of the most deadly Category Four hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina dismantled several sections of the levee which caused it to collapse. The storm then breeched the New Orleans’ levee system allowing Lake Ponchartrain and the Mississippi River to flow in the heart of the city. Furthermore, a tremendous amount of damages occurred throughout the coast of Mississippi and Alabama. The state of Louisiana sustained most of the damages not just from Hurricane

Sandy developed from a tropical wave in the western Caribbean Sea on October 22, quickly

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

August 19, 2005 will always be one of the most devastating days in American history because of Hurricane Katrina and its effect on the south. Hurricane Katrina was a category 5 hurricane that struck New Orleans, Alabama, and Mississippi; its force hitting New Orleans and the Lower Ninth Ward the hardest. Levees previously built by U.S. Army Corps engineers were only strong enough to withstand a category 3 hurricane, which the government had knowledge of. These were in place to control flooding caused by nearby rivers such as the Mississippi and

system, or one making landfall just a few nautical miles further to the north, would have

On August 26, the storm was getting weaker everyday. A cold front was moving east and downgraded the storm to tropical. Soon when the Hurricane got to Pennsylvania, the storm faded away. Some people tried to dismantle their houses to see what was left (Sherrow, 1998). After the storm over, 11 inches of rain had fallen in Louisiana, and 7 inches in Mississippi (Rappaport, 1998). 275 small planes were no longer functionable. Over 325 trees looked like they had been smacked off. Power boats were stacked on top of each other. Power lines were down because trees were on top of them (Provenzo JR. & Provenzo,

Monday, August 29th: The second landfall occurred at Buras-Triumph, Louisiana. Wind speeds were peaking at 125 mph. The third landfall was shortly after this taking place near Pearlington, Mississippi and Slidell, Louisiana. By the third landfall, winds had depressed to 120

On Sunday, August 28, 2005 the National Weather Service warned the storm would make southeast Louisiana “uninhabitable for weeks, perhaps longer” and also warned of “human suffering incredible by modern standards.” This same agency also warned in capital letters

Katrina mostly affected the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama. A lot of people were displaced out of their homes and were told to evacuate the area. Many people had to crawl to the highest places they could to be kept safe. The city of New Orleans was 80% under water. FEMA said that Katrina is “the single most catastrophic natural disaster in US history.”

The storm caused massive flooding because levees were breached. Also, hundreds of thousands of people from Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi were displaced from homes. Experts on the matter say that the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina amounted to around $108 billion dollars. The effect of the storm was catastrophic and the victims felt that the government was not fast enough in delivering the aid and relief supplies that they needed.

When hurricane Katrina started forming in late August, 2005, no one thought it would be the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the U.S. but our minds quickly changed. Hurricane Katrina hit all along the gulf coast, hitting New Orleans the hardest, and leaving flooding everywhere she touched. 80% of New Orleans was flooded, which caused nearly 500,000 people without access to their cars. The flooding lasted two whole weeks before the city of New Orleans was able to get it under control. Hurricane Katrina was originally named a category one hurricane, but completely destroyed the Gulf of Mexico and was renamed a category five. When the storm reached Louisiana, it had weakened and was then a category three, but still sustained winds of 120 mph. The death toll estimated was about 1,833 people, and the estimated amount of people injured was about 7,243

Hurricanes are one of nature’s most natural occurrences and intense phenomenal storms. Yet, as phenomenal as they are, they are still one of the deadliest and disastrous natural occurrences that continue to plague costal residents with fears of their homes being destroyed, their towns wiped out, and loved ones either disappearing or dying.

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.

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.