Katrina

catastrophe is popularly known as Hurricane Katrina. However, in recent news it appears that we have another disastrous hurricane within our midst. Hurricane Harvey has since devastated the state of Texas, and more specifically the large city of Houston. This article helps to detail the comparisons between the two hurricanes. Although Hurricane Harvey is still in effect, there are many similarities and differences that we can already see between it and Hurricane Katrina. One main difference is the cities’

Significance of Hurricane Katrina • Katrina Significantly exceeded the Base Flood Elevation(BFEs) by as much as 15 feet along parts of Louisiana and Mississippi Gulf Coasts. Flooding extended well beyond the inland limits of the Special Flood Hazard Area(SFHA) and the highest storm surge in U.S. history was recorded on Mississippi coast. • The American red cross estimated that Katrina destroyed over 300,000 single-family homes throughout Louisiana and Mississippi. • Wind damage to both commercial

Datrel Johnson Professor Peter Johnson Geography 101 25 August 2013 Describe Hurricane Katrina 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

I choose this book hurricane Katrina by Peter Benoit because it looked interesting and I didn’t know a lot about it. In this book I learned about storm surges also I learned that the hurricane didn’t only hit New Orleans and how the government didn’t know how to deal with I t very well. I learned the most devastating part of hurricanes is storm surges. “A storm surge is the wall of wind-driven water that comes before a hurricane”. Storm surges as high as 19 feet washed into New Orleans. Katrina’s

Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and surrounding areas have been impacted the most. Katrina tough the people on the Gulf Coast that sometimes people have to go through the hard obstacles in life to learn new things about themselves as well as survival. I believe that no matter how broken thing appear you can overcome these devastating events such as Hurricane Katrina. Katrina survivors hard work and dedication with limited resources have overcame all obstacle that was in my way Hurricane Katrina had a

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage around Gulf of Mexico. Especially, New Orleans was flooded most severely, so once approximately 80% of the city was under the water. Many articles criticize the poor management for Katrina, on the other hand, some articles can positively accept the preparation for Hurricane Sandy in 2012. For example, GSN (Government Security News) released their article in 2015, and the title is “Response to Sandy shows Katrina lessons mostly learned, says former

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster that has affected many people in New Orleans as well as the surrounding areas. It had a stunning “death toll of 1300 people and damage over $100 billion ”( Davlasheridze 94 ). The communication were taken down hours after Katrina because of the unexpected fast winds and floods that broke down “3 million phone lines and 1,000 cellular towers in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.”( Joch ). Because of the millions of phone lines that were battered, contacting

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 the

When Hurricane Katrina slammed onto the gulf shores of Louisiana in 2005, few people understood what impact the storm would have on the city of New Orleans. According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Katrina caused an estimated $108 billion dollars of damage, displaced 250,000 residents and killed over 1800 lives, most being African-American and the poor ( Downey, 2011). To present a sociological view of how Hurricane Katrina affected the people of New Orleans, one must first

When I think about Hurricane Katrina, what first comes to mind is the overwhelming ineptitude of the federal, state and local authorities and agencies charged with planning for and dealing with the aftermath of such a disaster. On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. As a result of the hurricane force winds in excess of 140 miles per hour and the accompanying storm surge, the levee system in New Orleans was overwhelmed and many of the levees simply washed