Danny Glover once stated‚ “When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf and the floodwaters rose and tore through New Orleans‚ it did not turn the region into a Third World country…it revealed one” (Glover). As the winds reached speeds of 100 to 140 miles per hour‚ water crashed against the levees‚ breaking them‚ and flooding 80% of Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina’s peaked at a category five‚ but disintegrated into a category three. The third deadliest hurricane is what Hurricane Katrina achieved. In the
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English Language AA/BB 1 September 2012 Corruption in New Orleans In Zeitoun written and published by Abdulrahman Zeitoun and Dave Eggers‚ the most powerful assertion made is that the government was corrupt during the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. This allegation is unfortunately accurate. Many citizens were left stranded in their homes‚ while the government gave orders to arrest innocent men and women who were still in the city of New Orleans‚ which also lead to the establishment of many corrupt
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It flooded almost 4/5th part of New Orleans‚ which resulted in the destruction of a large number of houses which made millions of people to get homeless. Large portion of New Orleans was under 20 feet of water due to the failure of the levee. When it comes to the estimation of the total number of losses led by Katrina‚ it is still unknown to get the exact
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Alabama‚ and Mississippi. By August 28th‚ Katrina become a Category 5 hurricane. However‚ when Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on August 29th‚ 2005‚ it was a weakened Category 3 hurricane. As Katrina made landfall‚ the levees in the greater New Orleans area began to fail causing large amounts of water to begin flooding the city. With the flooding of the city‚ came the communication failures causing a lack of communication throughout the city. As Katrina passed‚ the failure of the levees‚ caused
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Hurricane Katrina On Saturday August‚ 27th 2005 President Bush was notified about the news on Hurricane Katrina while on vacation at his ranch in Crawford‚ Texas‚ and after hearing the news remained on his vacation and took no action to help aid the people of New Orleans (Dyson 63-64). When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans it was at a Category 5 hurricane. Many unnecessary lives were lost in the hurricane and in the events after the disaster hit. What was the reason for the extreme amount of
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and class discrepancies in the social system were realized. Similarly‚ on the 25th of August 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit the gulf coast; leaving behind tremendous damage to multiple cities‚ specifically New Orleans. Along side infrastructural damage throughout the city‚ damage within the New Orleans race and class hierarchies was disclosed. In the documentary‚ directed by Spike Lee‚ “When the Levees Broke” it reveals that those heavily impacted were low income‚
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States. Hurricane Katrina was so powerful that it devastated the lives of the people of New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ as well as other Gulf Coast areas. On August 29‚ 2005 at 8:00 am‚ Hurricane Katrina reached Category 5 status. The storm hit the city hard and was the lead story on the national media stage for a number of weeks. The city was wiped out and the clean up and renovation of what is left of The City Of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina is continuing and might not be complete for many years. The storm
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In the immediate aftermath of hurricane Katrina‚ more than one third of the evacuees in Houston shelters reported that they had spent time in the Superdome in New Orleans. About forty percent of the evacuees said that they had spent at least one day on the street or overpass waiting to be rescued. Moreover‚ 34% had reported that they were trapped in their homes‚ and some of them were trapped and waited for 3 days to be rescued. The National Guard as reported by evacuees rescued most of the people
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Introduction President George W. Bush described Hurricane Katrina as “One of the worst natural disasters in our nation’s history.” In 2005‚ Katrina rampaged over the Gulf coast and several states‚ but completely devastated Louisiana and the city of New Orleans in particular. It formed over the Bahamas on August 23rd and continued its historic devastation through August 30th. The storm moved on but left a path of destruction behind it. There were a number of issues in the aftermath worth mentioning.
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August 23‚ 2005. It flooded and destroyed almost everything in it ’s path. The main place of destruction was located in New Orleans. The hurricane caused New Orleans to suffer great losses and the state was practically covered in just ruins and water. The remaining people had to travel in boats and other water transportation vehicles. The hurricane hit Louisiana‚ most of New Orleans‚ Mississippi‚ Florida and Alabama. Not including‚ other places outside of the U.S. The hurricane stopped and dissolved
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