Why Was Hurricane Katrina So Destructive? Introduction The geographical theme I have cosen to write about is Hurricanes as this is a topic we have been studying in class and has intrested me to learn more about this natural hazard. The geographical location I will be studying is New Orleans and Florida where hurricane Katrina was most destructive. Katrina struck the state of Louisianna at 10am on the 29th of August 2005. What I have learned in Class In class I have learned how the National
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impression in my life. Among them‚ Oprah Winfrey is a person I admire and have admiration for‚ she had determination to be great‚ very informative and is a humanitarian to the world. Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29‚ 1954 in Kosciusko‚ Mississippi-USA. Oprah is a famous black writer‚ producer‚ talk show host and actress. She is also well-known for winning the American multiple-Emmy Award winning host of The Oprah Winfrey Show‚ the highest-ranking talk show in television history. She
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How I Remember Hurricane Katrina By: William Ford Thesis: How Hurricane Katrina changed my life. On Saturday August 27th 2005‚ my wife and I had a lot of things on our minds. I was home from an eight hour overtime outcall‚ at my new job with Cable One in Long Beach‚ MS. Having only been there five days and also in the middle of packing to move from Bay St. Louis‚ MS over to Long Beach‚ only a little over six miles away‚ the stress level
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Orleans was in so much water that the only way of transportation for weeks was just by boat or helicopter. When the storm hit New Orleans it destroyed almost all the levees that kept the city safe from flooding‚ but it didn’t entirely destroy the Mississippi levee and that is a great thing because if the storm did destroy the levee New Orleans would’ve been under 30 feet of
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William Faulkner’s was an American writer born September 25‚ 1897 in New Albany‚ Mississippi. Faulkner is primarily known for his novels and short stories. One of his best known short stories was wrote in 1939‚ “Barn Burning”. Faulkner’s Southern Gothic style of writing in “Barn Burning” closely reflects and has vas similarities to the short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”. Which was wrote be an American writer known as Flannery O’Connor. O’Connor was born March 25‚ 1925 in Savannah‚ Georgia
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places than others. One of the first places hit by Hurricane Katrina Southern Florida. Katrina hit Florida as a category 1 Hurricane. So far‚ only 12 deaths have been reported there. Florida’s estimated damage is between $1 billion and $2 billion. Mississippi and New Orleans were hit the hardest. Apart from those two‚ other states that were partially hit from the hurricane were Georgia and Alabama. In Alabama‚ after the hurricane‚ more than 584‚000 people were left without power. Tornados were also
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Hurricane Katrina has hit many parts of the southeast region of the U.S. It is one of the most disastrous forces that we have seen in years. Many parts of Louisiana and Mississippi have been hit the hardest and the remains of the states are very little. Almost everything that has not been destroyed is under water. One of the big problems that the young residents of these areas are now facing is where to go to school. Grammar schools‚ high schools‚ and colleges have been destroyed‚ leaving thousands
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hurricane. Well they guessed wrong‚ because once it had went over water it had picked up speed and had became category 3 hurricane. This had then caused over 80 percent of New orleans to be flooded. Katrina then became a category 1‚ once it had hit Mississippi. Floodwater did not recede for weeks. This had left them with no water and no
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William Cuthbert Faulkner was born September 25‚ 1897 and died July 6‚ 1962. His hometown was New Albany‚ Mississippi where he spent most of his life. Faulkner was in fact very intelligent‚ but never earned his high school diploma. He really enjoyed reading‚ writing‚ and art. Eventually‚ he made his way to the University of Mississippi. In his life there were two major influences that affected his writing. His mother was a “colored” woman and Faulkner really “held tightly to her ways”‚ according
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famous prolific writer who has been regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Faulkner came from an old southern family‚ growing up in Oxford‚ Mississippi. He joined the Canadian‚ and later the British Royal Air Force during World War I‚ and studied for a while at the University of Mississippi. He also temporarily worked for a New York bookstore and a New Orleans newspaper. He is remembered for being both a Southern gentleman and an arrogant alcoholic‚ perhaps shedding
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