I survived Hurricane Katrina‚ 2005 By‚ Lauren Tarshis In New Orleans‚ Louisiana lived a boy named Barry Tucker. He was 11 eleven years old and lived with him mom‚ dad and baby sister. Hurricane Katrina was getting ready to land in New Orleans. All families had to evacuate. Barry’s family had boarded up there house and packed up there car. They started heading for Texas. They were stuck in major traffic backed up for two hours. Barry’s little sister became very sick. They decided that all
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Hurricane Katrina started a tropical depression on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 27th‚ President George W. Bush declared a state of emergency for the states of Louisiana‚ Alabama‚ and Mississippi. By August 28th‚ Katrina become a Category 5 hurricane. However‚ when Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29th‚ 2005‚ it was a weakened Category 3 hurricane. As Katrina made landfall‚ the levees in the greater New Orleans area began to fail causing large amounts of water to begin flooding the city
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive storms to ever hit the United States and left behind much devastation to the south coast‚ particularly New Orleans‚ Louisiana. However‚ there were many ways that some of this physical and emotional damage could have been prevented‚ particularly by the government systems and engineers. When the Levees Broke‚ a movie directed by Spike Lee‚ clearly showed this and the interviews of those who lived through the storm were truly heart wrenching. However
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Rico‚ 3.4 million Americans are without electricity after Hurricane Maria‚ like a 50-mile wide tornado‚ virtually obliterated the island’s infrastructure. Essentials like food and water are nearly impossible to distribute‚ especially to the parts of the island that were hit the hardest. Local officials worry they may not reach everyone in time. Yet Donald Trump remained silent all weekend on the worst U.S. humanitarian crisis since Hurricane Katrina crushed New Orleans. Instead‚ the president obsessed
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dangerous; thus creating more damage. However no storm in U.S history has caused more damage than hurricane Katrina. It’s estimated that the destruction caused by the storm cost over 125 billion. From the destruction of building‚ resources ‚ jobs ‚ businesses‚ and relocation of citizens; some areas are still facing the repercussions of hurricane Katrina. Unlike most storms‚ hurricane Katrina affected the nation as a whole . This largely had to do with
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could. The hospital went through a devastating natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina. It was so devastating that it was hard to believe it really happened. No one could stop it only mother nature. It happened and it was real. Memorial hospital became like an island of only the hospital as the flood waters rose around it(Anna Pou 60 minutes youtube.com). The hospital lost all power and was running on generators after the power was lost (Anna Pou 60 minutes youtube.com). When the generators started
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The Attic Satyajit ray While returning from their new factory at Deodarganj‚ the writer with his friend and business partner Aditya were driving along National Highway 40. As they reached a point of bifurcation‚ the author asked his friend about his willingness to take the road‚ that deviated to the right. That road leads to the ancestral home of Aditya‚ at Bramhapur. His father was a landlord there and later shifted
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Matter in the plasma state has variable volume and shape‚ but as well as neutral atoms‚ it contains a significant number of ions and electrons‚ both of which can move around freely. Plasma is the most common form of visible matter in the universe.[1] ------------------------------------------------- The Four Fundamental States [edit]Solid A crystalline solid: atomic resolution image of strontium titanate. Brighter atoms are Sr and darker ones are Ti. Main article: Solid The particles (ions
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Possible Solutions to prevent another Hurricane Katrina Sea gates are another option that have proven very affective in other areas of the world such as Holland‚ Britain‚ and Venice‚ which is also below sea level and has a large number of canals. Sea gates are simply giant air-filled walls that cut off water flow. These gates would most likely be placed on Lake Pontchartrain’s two narrow outlets and would be only be closed if a storm was approaching. Such structures have been considered since
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Katrina the eye opener Help! That word help was running from many lips when hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005. Help‚ was the very thing that many people in New Orleans needed‚ but didn’t receive. In the graphic novel “Dark Rain” Mat Johnson’s illustrate the events that happen to those individual in such a way that makes the reader understand the stories that many had endure. However‚ even though the graphic novel “Dark Rain” may pock fun at some of the situation that happened
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