Category 3 hurricane on the morning of Monday‚ August 29 in southeast Louisiana. It caused severe destruction along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas‚ much of it due to the storm surge. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed; in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. This caused 80% of the city and large neighboring parishes became flooded‚ and the floodwaters lingered for weeks.
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formed on August 23‚ 2005 over the Bahamas as a moderate Category 1 hurricane. The storm weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 storm on August 29 in southeast Louisiana. The majority of lives lost and property damage happened in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. The storm was estimated to be responsible for $ 81.2 billion in damage due to its destructive
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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 at the events during and immediately after the storm hit New Orleans‚ LA. By the time the storm hit Louisiana on August 29‚ 2005‚ the storm had lost some intensity and been downgraded to a category 3 storm‚ a storm with winds of 127 mph. The storm hit during high tide which intensifies the water surge swell. Though
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van der Woude Natural Disasters EES:1400:A08 2/19/2015 Once the storm finally passed‚ the flood waters finally receded‚ and the levees were put into some sort of repair‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ through its path of destruction left New Orleans and the surrounding areas in one of the costliest states of disrepair ever seen from a natural disaster in U.S. history. From the damage to infrastructure‚ to the lost jobs‚ to the loss of life‚ Hurricane Katrina left a devastating impact causing
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Minh Vu University of New Orleans 2000 Lakeshore Drive New Orleans‚ LA 70148 April 15‚ 2012 Jack Baggenstoss 5296 Midway Road Metairie‚ LA 70001 Dear Mr. Baggenstoss: Here at the University of New Orleans‚ we try to maintain a strict‚ yet fair academic curriculum for all our respective students. With that said‚ all of our semester objectives are clearly stated in the course syllabus and my policy regarding extra credit work will not change‚ so your request for extra credit work will
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peers understanding and clarify that the origin of the shotgun house lies in African culture. He wants to prove that the shotgun house does not originate from New Orleans‚ but traces back further‚ dating back to the sixteenth century. By using the evidence of immigration patterns into the United States‚ rise of free black communities in New Orleans‚ understanding of the Atlantic Slave Trade route‚ development of Architectural traditions‚ and adoption of vernacular architecture‚ Vlach will prove his objective
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the city of New Orleans. Betsy drove strong storm surge waters into the city of New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain causing the in the industrial canal fail on both side. It took more than ten days for the water level in New Orleans to go down‚ and people could return to their homes. After hurricane Betsy the 89th congress enacted the flood control act of on October 27‚ 1965. Why New Orleans is Vulnerable to Hurricanes? Since its founding in 1718‚ the city of New Orleans and its surrounding
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As Hurricane Katrina ravaged the South and drowned large parts of New Orleans this past September‚ the ugly reality of our nation’s continuing problem with class‚ poverty‚ and race became apparent. Many Americans began to question the possibility of racism being a deciding factor in the fate of many New Orleans citizens who were black and who lived in the poorest‚ most low-lying portion of the city‚ the Ninth Ward. Many‚ including First Lady Laura Bush‚ denounce critics who say race played a role
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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 Hurricane centre detects earthquakes using many different methods from aeroplanes to balloons that fly into the atmosphere and record the weather. This diagram shows where hurricanes form and what they are called in different areas of the
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in New Orleans in August 29‚ 2005. Hurricane Nargis happened in Myanmar in April 27‚ 2008. Both hurricanes left a lot of damage but hurricane Nargis had more damage. This is so because America was more prepared unlike Myanmar. Before Katrina‚ the tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. New Orleans was informed but didn’t take it seriously. In Myanmar‚ Cyclone Nargis warning was given but failed to inform in time to those in the path of the storm. The people in New Orleans were
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