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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Did you know that a hurricane is basically a small tornado? When warm air and cool air collide over a large water source such as a sea or ocean‚ a hurricane is made. Hurricane Katrina just happened to be the second largest hurricane in United States history. Being formed in the Caribbean Sea‚ it was at first a category 1 hurricane. It gained strength in the Gulf of Mexico‚ placing it’s rank at category 5. After hitting Louisiana at it’s highest peak‚ it decreased to category 3. Winds at 120 miles
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the melancholic day‚ but suddenly‚ Hurricane Sandy struck New York City. As soon as I was chilling at home‚ more news reports were pouring in about the tragedies Hurricane Sandy has brought such as extreme howling winds up to 90 miles per hour at Islip‚ extreme flooding at Seaside Heights‚ power outages‚ and fire at Breezy Point. Because of these extreme effects Hurricane Sandy has brought to us‚ it was a sign that people were to blame for strengthening Hurricane Sandy because of the emission of carbon
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First Reaction Paper: Hurricane Katrina It was the storm that everyone saw coming but no one did a thing to stop it‚ Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating hurricanes to strike the United States. The category 5 storm struck a wide swath of destruction in Florida‚ Mississippi and Louisiana. Katrina is estimated to have caused close to $81 billion in damages (NHC‚ 2005). A category 5 storm has wind-speeds greater than 155 mph and typical storm water surges are greater than
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A hurricane is a type of severe tropical storm that forms in the southern Atlantic Ocean‚ Caribbean Sea‚ Gulf of Mexico‚ and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. This is the "scientific" meaning if we could state it that way‚ but for plebeians‚ a normal woking class it means being reclutantly taken away from home. This people that for what they have are left with zilch. This happens at least one a year for tropical countries such as Honduras‚ Nicaragua and Mexico‚ for islands such
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around 5 pm on a Tuesday evening when the National Hurricane Center in Miami‚ Florida‚ issued a warning to its citizens that a tropical storm would soon become a hurricane. Being only 350 miles from the populated city‚ Floridians didn’t have much to fear. At age four‚ I was one of them. But we and the residents of New Orleans‚ Louisiana and Mississippi didn’t know just how wrong we would be. Hurricane Katrina was the third deadliest hurricane in the United States history‚ claiming over a total
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On September 11‚ 1992 at exactly 5:15 am‚ the sound of sirens filled the island of Kauai. This was the day that the category 4 hurricane Iniki hit Hawaii. Iniki was the most powerful storm‚ the deadliest‚ and by far the costliest storm ever to strike Hawaii. The death toll of six was remarkably small for such an intense hurricane‚ however the cost for damage repair was insanely high. Iniki caused roughly $3 billion in damages. More than 14‚000 homes were affected‚ with 1‚421 completely destroyed
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-Work left to complete: To be completed by 24th September 2015 and emailed to assessor Unit 030: 2.1 - Identify the positive outcomes for children and young people that practitioners should be striving to achieve. (Talk about Every Child Matters – these are five outcomes that practitioners should be striving to achieve) 2.2 - Explain the importance of designing services around the needs of children and young people 2.3 - Explain the importance of active participation of children and young people
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Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster that had never been experience in the history of the United States. Therefore‚ we as Americans could only hope that we had efficiently plan for the worst‚ and expect the best outcome. As it turns out‚ August 29th‚ 2009 the worst did in fact happen‚ and America as a whole was less than prepared. A Category 5‚ Hurricane Katrina ultimately devastated the lives of millions of Americans‚ costing billions of dollars in damage and changing the way we viewed our reliability
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In 2008‚ Hurricane Ike made landfall to the east coast line in Galveston Texas. The storm surge water that Ike produced by flooding the east coast region of Houston and Galveston. It has been estimated over billions of dollars in damage to homeowners‚ business owners‚ and cause numerous of deaths. The mass destruction that Ike caused had people coming up with ideas to prevent or lessen the effects if a storm like this would ever occur in the future. A storm surge project have been drafted and
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