Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster waiting to happen to the state of Louisiana. Katrina formed from the interaction of tropical waves and tropical depression. What was the most severe impact about Hurricane Katrina? It had one of the worst oil spills in history from Louisiana to Alabama. Katrina caused a long-term environmental and health impact. What effects were caused in state of Louisiana? In John Levine research about Hurricane Katrina (2005) he stated‚ “in the city of New Orleans‚ pollution
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Hurricane Katrina 800‚000 Houses‚ This is the sum of how many homes were destroyed and lost. I’m sure no person could imagine waking up with everything they needed and then the next day wake up with absolutely nothing. Hurricane season if from the beginning of June and until the end of November. In this time in 2005 one of the world’s worst natural disasters occurred on August 23 and ended August 31 and it destroyed everything in it’s path like office buildings‚ local restaurants‚ businesses‚ many
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Hurricane Katrina was the most dangerous‚ deadly‚ and horrifying storm to ever hit United 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
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Media’s Negative Impact on Hurricane Katrina As technology advances we increasingly use news media as a means of communication‚ when all else fails. Immediately after Hurricane Katrina‚ the news and internet media took on the responsibility as a main source of information. This essentially made them responsible for unfolding many unnecessary events. Many news reporters and journalist contributed to the spread of false rumors and overstatements that have been proven to have negative impacts on relief efforts
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In the morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ a Category 3 hurricane‚ named Hurricane Katrina‚ hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It started forming over the Bahamas on August 23 and peaked at a Category 5 hurricane. Katrina had winds up to 140 miles per hour. It went on for 400 miles. It’s force was felt in 5 states‚ such as Mississippi and Alabama‚ but the biggest hit was to Louisiana. More specifically‚ New Orleans. New Orleans has an average elevation of six feet below sea level. Since many neighborhoods
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Hurricane Katrina was a devastating disaster‚ which killed more than 1‚800 people‚ engendered the displacement of thousands of people‚ and occasioned severe damaged to properties (Russell‚ 2015). According to the same source‚ more than 80% of New Orleans was flooded during the event in 2005. The geomorphologic situation of the city (altitude -1m‚ location on the bank of the Mississippi River)‚ and the protection barriers failure are the main sources of its vulnerability. The reconstruction of many
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ecosystem of the nearby lakes from Hurricane Katrina. The failure of the levees caused the water to rapidly breach the area and become contaminated with the city ’s sewage‚ chemicals‚ medical wastes and human remains which the city then pumped into the nearby lakes greatly destroying much of their ecosystem. During and following Katrina‚ water carrying all types of contaminants was pumped in to any available destination‚ as long as it didn’t submerge the city. Aside from Katrina wreaking havoc‚ one of the
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HURRICANE KATRINA Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane‚ as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths and flooding there before
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Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Katrina Jackson SCI/362 May 1‚ 2013 Dr. Lesia Williams Case-In-Point Analysis: Hurricane Katrina Introduction It was an extremely devastating morning on August 29‚ 2005 when Hurricane Katrina affected southeast Louisiana and caused what would become one of the worst tragedies that ever happened to any American city. The hurricane caused water to overtop the floodwalls and levees along the coast throughout southeast Louisiana‚ and also stimulated
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Eggert/5th In August 2005‚ my life changed. What was home to me‚ New Orleans‚ became a memory. I was forced by the natural disaster‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ to move to Houston. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 5 hurricane that was very devastating. It ruined on sight everything it passed through. Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic hurricane[->0] of the 2005 Atlan[->1]- tic oil platforms[->2] and caused the closure of nine refine- ries. The forestry industry in Mississippi
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