Hurricane Katrina Essay

thinking when Hurricane Katrina hit in August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Its effect on the United States consisted of flooded streets, many dead and injured. Katrina was a category four storm that later became a tropical storm. On August 23, 2005, a hurricane formed 200 miles southeast of the Bahamas as a tropical depression. Katrina started to make its way towards Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25. Next, Katrina re-intensified

obstacles as there are obstacles to overcome. Hurricane Katrina was a major obstacle for the residents of Grant Isle, Jefferson Parish, LA, I witnessed the aftermath of its destructive force first hand. It was amazing to see the widespread destruction of hurricane Katrina, but the physical and emotional tolls placed on the community, residents, police, fire rescue and those that were sent down to assist were enormous. “Nearly a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated southeast Louisiana, the state's

Probably one of the worst natural disasters to happen on U.S soil during the 2000’s, hurricane Katrina ruined most of what use to be the historical city of New Orleans. Thousands were left stranded on roof tops for days at a time, most people drowned when the levees broke, and some starved to death, and history has shown time and time again the first people to die when any natural disasters occur the elderly and children are the first to die. The events that followed, civil unrest, looting and the

Hurricane Katrina turned from a natural disaster into a social disaster as pictures started to be exposed. As, few days after Katrina went by the Gulf Coast where “Hinders of thousands” of different race people crowded into the “New Orleans Superdome” and as in the “city’s convention center”, as they beached on the “rooftops”. Or even secluded on reinforcements of “dry highway” deprived of “any food” or other things to find a liberation of the hot sun”. Then flood came and a lot of bodies started

Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was one the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the united states, definitely the most devastating to hit the small state of Louisiana. There are many factors that led up to how intense this hurricane was such as the trees and houses breaking, people refusing to leave their home, and the majority of people left going into survival mode. On August 23, 2005 hurricane katrina hit land a lot harder than U.S. citizens ever thought would happen, reaching

Bahamas and this storm was called Hurricane Katrina. Once it had formed, the citizens along the Gulf Coast were warned a storm was heading their way and were told to evacuate. Among the states that were warned was New Orleans and this state was at risk. The day before Katrina hit, the mayor of New Orleans had declared evacuation and if this was not possible the citizens would go to a stadium called the Superdome. Katrina hit New Orleans August 29 as a category 3 hurricane. The National Weather Service

writing to you in regards to the recent disaster that hit New Orleans, Louisiana “Hurricane Katrina.” Besides the death toll, hurricane Katrina left many people homeless as more than 800,000 housing units were destroyed or damaged in the storm. Katrina is the costliest U.S hurricane, with estimated damage over $81 billion and costs over $160 billion (2005 US dollars). I believe that the socioeconomic impact of “Katrina” was not felt equally amongst the different classes. Those who were wealthier typically

(Wisner & Adams, 2002). These disasters can be natural or man-made; one type of natural disaster are those of hurricanes. Hurricanes are large, powerful storms that can create winds of 74 miles per hour or higher. Swirling winds can cause significant damage to buildings and trees, heavy precipitation can result in severe flooding, and the emergency situations that arise during and after hurricanes can greatly impact the health and well being of many individuals, particularly the vulnerable population

was watching, whether you were the news or if you were watching a cartoon, when Hurricane Katrina hit the southern part of the United States it would impact the United States in a way that no other natural disaster has in the past couple decades. Katrina had a lot of individuals scared because at first when hurricanes were being discussed it was being discussed in a distant manner. Almost all the cases of hurricanes were occurring thousands and thousands of miles away from United States soil, so

2305 10/18/17 Modern Federalism: Hurricane Katrina Federalism is a system of government in which things likes states share power with a national government. The United States government functions according to the principles of federalism. There are a lot of things that happen in the world that cannot be explained. Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters in American history that raises this question like why or how did this happened. Hurricane Katrina was an extremely destructive and