Katrina Tornado Essay

Journal Article Write Up On May 22nd 2011 an EF-5 tornado struck Joplin Missouri, leaving houses destroyed and cars thrown through the air this was a devastating event. This devastating tornado was only on the ground for 38 minutes and had only traveled for roughly 22.1 miles. At the widest point, the tornado was around a ½ mile long with other distances measuring about a ¼ mile. When looking at the EF-5 devastation of the storm, the most destruction took part right through the middle of Joplin. Looking at the damage done “around 7,000 houses were destroyed, this is not including any businesses or public buildings, 158 people died and around 1,000 were injured” (Wheatley) as a result of this event. When the tornado was on the ground it had
“Hurricane Katrina was the 3rd strongest and largest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the US” (dosomething.org), with storm surges up top 20ft and wind speeds up to 175 miles per hour the final death toll was 1,577 in Louisiana and another 238 in Mississippi for a total of 1,836 deaths. Hurricane Karina reached up to a Category 5 hurricane, hurricane levees set up in New Orleans were only made for a Category 3. At one point up to 80% of New Orleans was 20ft underwater, this alone impacted almost 90,000 square miles. Total damages from this storm to New Orleans was around $81billion but was estimated for both Louisiana and Mississippi exceeded $150 billion dollars. Around 70 countries had pledged monetary donations or other needed items to the hurricane relief funds set up for the survivors of
With Joplin Missouri having been torn apart to a total of 75% damages and hurricane Katrina devastating 80% of New Orleans it is clear that Katrina was just a little more powerful. Hurricane Katrina caused roughly $79 billion dollars more in damages. Both of these storms are very devastating and dangerous but some natural disasters are more dangerous than others. When it comes down to it water does more damage than that of the wind, however both of these are still very damaging to the nature and human made structures. In my opinion I think tornadoes are more dangerous than that of a