Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the
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1. The red color on the map indicates relatively high Sea Surface Temperature‚ a range from 27 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius‚ and also indicates the presence of warm currents. The temperatures show that that oceanic area is prone to hurricanes. The average temperature seems to be about 25.4 degrees Celsius because it is the middle of the range for the color gradient given with the map. 2. As the color turns from blue to white to red to yellow‚ as the wavelength gets longer‚ the SST increases
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The island of Hispaniola‚ which contains Haiti on the western side and the Dominican republic on the Eastern side is found in the Caribbean sea near Cuba‚ and has a population of 10.3 million (Ferguson and Christian Girault‚ 2017). It is the poorest country in the Americas with an average GDP per capita of $846 US and 59% of the population living below the national poverty line of US $2.42 a day (“Haiti Overview‚” 2017) Haiti is located on a convergent boundary between the Caribbean and North American
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In 1993 in Central Puerto Rico there was a huge hurricane with a magnitude of 4.7. There was also a earthquake with a magnitude of 8. The hurricane was named was named Hurricane Ching. The earthquake was called Chong. Ching was the biggest hurricane to ever hit Puerto Rico. It blew over houses‚ destroyed land‚ and flooded everything. Chong was the fourth biggest earth quake to hit Puerto Rico. There was a family hit by both disasters. There was a total of nine people in the Wang family. Lavar was
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Whenever you hear that there is any kind of hurricane you should not wait to let the alert happen again you should immediately check on your local forecast. According to the national hurricane center you should not wait to evacuate because when you’re driving out of town it puts you in risk because this is when everyone will be in there highest anxiety state. If you are planning on leaving plan ahead don’t wait‚ one of the highest risk people are for is storm surge. Storm surge is when the ocean
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst catastrophes in American history. I may have only been seven years old when it happened‚ but I still remember watching the events unfold like it was yesterday. What I saw in the media was extreme flooding and desperate people. I saw the coast guard make several rescues. Watching the events unfold in the film When the Leaves broke‚ I gained a different perspective. I believe the government failed its people. First and foremost‚ I believe classim was directly
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In this paper I will discuss about the deaths that Hurricane Matthews left in Haiti. I will provide reasons why this situation is critical for the country of Haiti‚ and how government officials are working hard to help families who have suffer the wrath of the hurricane. CNN reported that Hurricane Matthew has killed many people‚ including 15 people in Haiti. According to CNN‚ the Hurricane Matthew is a problem because Haiti is barely recuperating from many deaths due to cholera. Government officials
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HURRICANE: Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a horrific category five hurricane that stretched from Florida to New Orleans. However‚ the Hurricane didn’t start as an enormous hurricane that killed thousands of people originally‚ it was formed about 200 miles south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims
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Kayla Benson 4th Period 2nd Quarter Research Report January 3‚ 2017 Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy happened only four years ago‚ and caused lots of damage to the East Coast. I remember seeing all of the damage shown on TV‚ along with the newly homeless people. Hurricane Sandy included any details common to hurricanes ad caused damage and destruction to property that affected the region‚ but the area has been recovered its aftermath. Many parts of this disaster are common to Hurricanes. Many
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On the 23rd August 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. It was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. Due to the severity of this earthquake‚ much of the southern states of America were significantly devastated. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005‚ and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths
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