Summary: The Devastation Of Hurricane Katrina
Running Head: The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina
The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina
Gregory Forbes
Our Lady of the Lake College
Abstract:
A Hurricane is a storm with a violent wind where it forms from ranges of categories 1-5 through large areas of rainfall. Hurricanes can also turn into tornadoes depending on the category it is in. Hurricane Katrina (2005) is one in particular that has left the Nation in devastation where many will never forget. The Levee in New Orleans led to massive flooding which caused a catastrophic aftermath and is known as one of the five deadliest Hurricanes in the United States. All in all, Hurricane Katrina had over 1,833 deaths which resulted in an estimation of $108 billion in property damage.
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As a result, the city went into shambles and caused many to evacuate and caused some to turn into being homeless. Hurricane Katrina destroyed one of the nation’s main ports that controlled the nation’s energy. “The Gulf accounts for 17% of the country’s refining capacity and one-quarter of its daily crude output” (Coy 2005). This resulted in 92% of Oil Production to be shut down for weeks. In addition, Power outages caused distribution problems for oil and natural gas companies. As a result, Pipelines could not flow properly because the power outages shut down the pumps that made materials …show more content…
The extent of damage varied greatly from one part of town to another. For example, some areas received little flooding while others were submerged by feet’s of water. Many citizens were left without homes. Evacuees were trapped in flooded houses and rooftops waiting to be rescued. According to McMahon and Bronwyn the levees were poorly reinforced, or built on substrata with low shear strength (2014). In addition, the levee sections were often not interlocked, which would have increased their strength, and some of the levees were built over dirt or peat levees which were severely eroded by the floodwaters, causing those levees to break. When rescue workers came to New Orleans, they pushed the dead bodies aside to get to the live ones. Hundreds of thousands of evacuees from the New Orleans area, stranded in overcrowded hotels, motels and makeshift shelters and on highways across much of the South. This was the worst hurricane in years (2006). According to Treaster and Kleinfield, the flooding was rising more than 3 inches in an hour (2005). They did not want to alarm the citizens of New Orleans because they did not want to tell them the worst
The Devastation of Hurricane Katrina
Gregory Forbes
Our Lady of the Lake College
Abstract:
A Hurricane is a storm with a violent wind where it forms from ranges of categories 1-5 through large areas of rainfall. Hurricanes can also turn into tornadoes depending on the category it is in. Hurricane Katrina (2005) is one in particular that has left the Nation in devastation where many will never forget. The Levee in New Orleans led to massive flooding which caused a catastrophic aftermath and is known as one of the five deadliest Hurricanes in the United States. All in all, Hurricane Katrina had over 1,833 deaths which resulted in an estimation of $108 billion in property damage.
Hurricanes …show more content…
As a result, the city went into shambles and caused many to evacuate and caused some to turn into being homeless. Hurricane Katrina destroyed one of the nation’s main ports that controlled the nation’s energy. “The Gulf accounts for 17% of the country’s refining capacity and one-quarter of its daily crude output” (Coy 2005). This resulted in 92% of Oil Production to be shut down for weeks. In addition, Power outages caused distribution problems for oil and natural gas companies. As a result, Pipelines could not flow properly because the power outages shut down the pumps that made materials …show more content…
The extent of damage varied greatly from one part of town to another. For example, some areas received little flooding while others were submerged by feet’s of water. Many citizens were left without homes. Evacuees were trapped in flooded houses and rooftops waiting to be rescued. According to McMahon and Bronwyn the levees were poorly reinforced, or built on substrata with low shear strength (2014). In addition, the levee sections were often not interlocked, which would have increased their strength, and some of the levees were built over dirt or peat levees which were severely eroded by the floodwaters, causing those levees to break. When rescue workers came to New Orleans, they pushed the dead bodies aside to get to the live ones. Hundreds of thousands of evacuees from the New Orleans area, stranded in overcrowded hotels, motels and makeshift shelters and on highways across much of the South. This was the worst hurricane in years (2006). According to Treaster and Kleinfield, the flooding was rising more than 3 inches in an hour (2005). They did not want to alarm the citizens of New Orleans because they did not want to tell them the worst