Hurricane Katrina Introduction Did you know that 705 people are still missing after Hurricane Katrina took place? Hurricane Katrina was a fierce hurricane that hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. Time Hurricane Katrina lasted for days. It originally formed on the south eastern part of the Bahamas on August 23‚2005 according to‚ Kim Ann Zimmermann‚ an author of live Science. Hurricane Katrina then made its way to the southern parts of Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25‚2005. On
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In August of 2005 the strongest hurricane ever recorded to make landfall‚ struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana in the early morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina was thought to be a Category 3 Hurricane bringing winds sustained at 100-140 miles per hour‚ but when landfall was made it peaked at a Category 5 hurricane with winds up to 175 miles per hour and was measured about 400 miles across (history.com). On August 29‚ 2005 the New
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ecosystem of the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city ’s sewage‚ chemicals‚ medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina‚ water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination‚ as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc‚ one of the
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Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1‚ 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29‚ 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana‚ and also stimulated
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Mike Mulally 10-11-19 In 2005 Hurricane Katrina swept through the city of New Orleans and destroyed the lives of thousands. Katrina was one of the largest hurricanes and natural disasters in the history of the United States (Wikipedia‚ 2009). While most of the casualties’ occurred during the actual storm‚ still a many took place days after‚ and were do to the fact that the local‚ state‚ and national government were slow to respond. This slow response was due to the nature of federalism
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Eggert/5th In August 2005‚ my life changed. What was home to me‚ New Orleans‚ became a memory. I was forced by the natural disaster‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi
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HURRICANE KATRINA Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane‚ as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before
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Since Hurricane Katrina‚ the recovery work faced many challenges. After the storm with few days and because of the flooding which prevents the access to many parts of New Orleans it was very difficult to start the rescue missions. Financial‚ emotional and health elements made each Katrina survivor’s recuperation story diverse and every component made remarkable issues for those people and their families. Protection tricks and temporary worker extortion made numerous individuals watchful and wary
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. One of the five deadliest hurricanes‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. 1‚836 people died in the actual hurricane and in the subsequent floods. Property damage was estimated at $81 billion. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida‚ causing
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Hurricane Katrina is one of the worst natural disasters in the history of the United States of America. It took thousands lives of citizens of New Orleans‚ left them without homes and families‚ and changed their lives forever. Many of those who survived the hurricane died waiting for help to come. Hurricane Katrina exposed the existence of ’’two Americas’’. It took government several days to get help to the victims of Katrina in New Orleans. After watching Spike Lee’s documentary ’’When The Levees
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