Hurricane Katrina On August 29‚ 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans and Morgan City‚ Louisiana‚ Biloxi‚ Mississippi‚ and Mobile‚ Alabama. At landfall it was a category 3‚ and it increased to a category 5. This was one of the strongest and most destructive storms to ever hit the US. It left thousands dead‚ homes and buildings destroyed‚ and the cities underwater leaving a negative impact on America socially‚ economically and politically. Socially‚ America was impacted because of how much damage
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In August 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastated thousands of families in New Orleans and contributed to the social issue of class division and race within the communities of this city. When this storm hit many people didn’t think that it would be as dangerous or harmful like Hurricane Andrew‚ so just to be on the safe side‚ most did take precaution and prepared for the storm responsibly. Hurricane Katrina caused a lot more damage than expected. Homes and buildings were destroyed and flooded out‚ people
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Effect of hurricane katrina on insurance industry stock prices Abstract This study tests the efficient market theory by measuring the effects of Hurricane Katrina‚ one of the most deadly and destructive natural disasters to occur in the United States‚ on stock prices in insurance industry. It hypothesizes that insurance providers who offer services in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina should incur a loss in the market-price of their stock following the natural disaster. This event
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating events that has ever happened in the U.S History. Katrina started out in the Atlantic Ocean as a small rotation at the beginning of August 20th and in 4 days crossed over the southern tip of Florida. At this point it was considered a category 1 hurricane‚ but it didn’t do to much damage and took approximately 20 lives. Four days later the U.S Government issued an evacuation of the city because the hurricane had grown to a category 3 and predicted
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Orleans’s Recovery After Hurricane Katrina‚” Campbell Robertson (2015) portrays the racially separate views of New Orleans’s healing process after the hurricane Katrina was hit in 2005. A recent survey taken of the residents of New Orleans shows a racial difference in the view of the recovery from the hurricane Katrina. About 4 out 5 residents that are white believes that the city has recoiled from the damages while nearly 3 out 5 blacks say otherwise. Hurricane Katrina caused about 1‚800 deaths and damaged/
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Citizens during Hurricane Katrina. (10191108) Throughout the countries brief‚ yet eventful History there has been many recorded incidents of black oppression in the United States of America. A nation built on the notion that all men are created equal. However‚ this is not a view shared by a large number of the African American population‚ past or present. A prime example of this is the aftermath and controversial treatment given to many in the wake of Hurricane Katrina‚ one of the deadliest and
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Hurricane Sandy was a superstorm that affected many people and their homes. This hurricane had very strong winds and lots and lots of flooding. Many people struggled a lot after this storm. Hurricane Sandy even took lives of many people. This hurricane started off as a tropical wave in the Caribbean and quickly turned into a tropical storm in only six hours. The total death toll reached 285 including at least 125 deaths in the United States. As you can see Hurricane Sandy was a very severe tropical
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By doing some research I have been able to find out what it was like for the people of New Orleans when it was hit by a strong hurricane‚ called Katrina. The hurricane lasted 7 days‚ in between the dates of the 23rd of august and the 30th of august‚ 2005. There were an estimated value of 1833 causalities between those dates and wind pressures managed to hit up to 280 km/h‚ making it a category five hurricane‚ the highest you can go. The official city‚ state and the federal plan was basically
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think everything was done the way it should have been done. All the nurses and physicians did what they could to keep the hospital running as smoothly as they possibly 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
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Hurricane Katrina was a man-made and natural disaster. The hurricane‚ of course‚ was a natural disaster. The after effects like the levees breaching‚ people starving and dieing in the streets‚ how the government handle the situation were all man made. The reason being a man made were ‚ The man-made part of the disaster is that the government knew the levees wouldn’t hold up in a Category 3 hurricane‚ and they didn’t shore them up anyway. What was also man-made was the fact that the government
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