Hurricane Katrina

One of the many problems that the world has recently had to face was Hurricane Katrina. In this devastating storm, “nearly 1000 people perished, and hundreds of thousands were left homeless” (O'Neill, 2005). Not to mention “the financial cost [that] may top $100 billion” (O'Neill, 2005). The area that we mainly affected was Louisiana in the United States. This is where the hurricane caused the most damage and destruction. The major event was of course the actual hurricane, but there were other effects that lasted over a very long extensive period of time and still continue to affect people today Though Louisiana is where most of the destruction occurred, this was not the only place that was affected by Hurricane Katrina. One of the other places that was affected by this tragic event was Texas, as well as the other surrounding states. They were greatly affected because they took in all of the people who had lost everything in the hurricane. They greatly helped the people to get back to their normal standards of living. The hurricane not only affect Louisiana and the surrounding states but it affected the whole country and the whole world. One of the places that it affected was Texas. Houston, Texas helped out by housing many of the people who had nowhere to go after their homes were destroyed (Campo-Flores, Wolffe, Hosenball, & Childress, 2006). The country was affected because everyone in the United States wanted to help out and to do all that they could to prevent this situation from happening again. The majority Southern East coast was greatly damaged by the hurricane. The world also wanted to help and to make sure that this did not occur in their own county. Thus, many people and places were greatly affected by the devastating affects of hurricane Katrina. Most people would believe that the greatest concern of the people in the affected areas would be where they would take up shelter, and how they would support their families and