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 18 feet (ASCE‚ 2007). This paper will look
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erupted in 1755‚ The flood discharge at the peak of the eruption is estimated at 200‚000–400‚000 m3/s (7.1-14.1 million cu ft/sec)‚ comparable to the combined average discharge of the Amazon‚ Mississippi‚ Nile‚ and Yangtze rivers (about 266‚000 m3/s (9.4 million cu ft/sec). With a current population of around 300‚000 a flood of that magnitude would be disastrous. Typically the flood burst (jokulhlaup) would flow south toward the sea. But there is also a possibility that the flood burst could flow west
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One of them is that the settings are very much the same as they both take place on the Mississippi River. Actually when I was reading Huck Finn‚ I couldn’t get the picture of the setting of Puddn’head out of my head. Another similarity is that the twins and the King and Duke are similar characters since they are together in pairs all the time
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The biggest-budgeted movie ever produced at Germany’s UFA‚ Fritz Lang’s gargantuan Metropolis consumed resources that would have yielded upwards of 20 conventional features‚ more than half the studio’s entire annual production budget. And if it didn’t make a profit at the time -- indeed‚ it nearly bankrupted the studio -- the film added an indelible array of images and ideas to cinema‚ and has endured across the many decades since its release. Metropolis had many sources of inspiration‚ including
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that a large portion of the seafood consumed in North America is from the wetlands. Wetlands Growth and Delta Switching The wetlands of Louisiana are part of a deltaic system that is fed by the multiple rivers. Three rivers converge on the Mississippi River as it flows south into the Gulf of Mexico. These rivers courier silt and materials downstream into the wetlands. When materials begin to block different routes the river path will redirect itself. As the sediments change direction and span
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one rules by a different warlord. Around this time‚ two political parties formed. One was a Nationalist Party‚ the KMT‚ founded by Sun Yat-sen. The other was a Communist party‚ the CCP. From 1925‚ to 1927‚ the CCP and the KMT were united in efforts to unify China‚ and defeat the warlords. However in 1927 Chiang Kai-shek‚ the KMT leader‚ decided that the Communists were a threat to National unity. He ordered members of the Kuomintang to turn their guns on the Communists. 5 600 Communists were killed
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Case Study: Hurricane Katrina 2005 What are hurricanes? Hurricanes are storm with violent wind‚ they are also known as typhoons or cyclones that form in specific conditions. Some hurricanes are more violent than others‚ the Katrina Hurricane in the year of 2005 was the one of the most strongest‚ deadliest and most destructive hurricane recorded in the U.S. Where‚ When‚ Why‚ Causes? * Hurricane Katrina affected more than just one area. It was formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd 2005 and
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it was dangerous. Without these facts it would be awful to be in a hurricane or tornado. However‚ hurricanes don’t do much damage by their winds‚ but they can break flood walls and that is what does the damage. The reason one of the worst hurricanes to ever happen was hurricane Katrina‚ the reason that was so awful is because the flood walls broke according to "National Geographic Hurricanes
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for this scenario. 2.2 Partial Series FFA – Scenario 2 Chart 2.3 Palmen & Weeks Method - All tabulated data and formulae for this scenario. 2.4 Design Discharge Comparison - All tabulated data and formulae. 3. Annual Series Flood Frequency Analysis ANNUAL SERIES SCENARIO 1 Table the Annual Series discharges and plotting position estimates‚ ranked in order. Rank (m) Q (m3/s) AEP (m-0.4/N+0.2) 1 335.31 0.777% 2 294.029 2.073% 3 225.822 3.368% 4 206.587 4.663%
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has effected millions. Economically‚ Katrina has absolutely demolished structures that cost hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars to build. The most extreme cases of damage with the storm happened in Alabama‚ Kentucky‚ Louisiana‚ and Mississippi. For example‚ in Christian County‚ Kentucky‚ Christian County Highschool actually collapsed. Not only is this a highly expensive facility to rebuild‚ but it furthermore has effects mentally on the children who now probably have to attend other
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