The Damage Of Hurricane Katrina

On August 23, 2005, Katrina was formed merely as a tropical storm that the people of the United States thought wouldn’t do any damage. On August 28, 2005, cities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi started to demand a mandatory evacuation, but numerous people were stranded with no form of transportation or anywhere to go. Thousands were left waiting to see if Katrina would really strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day, the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm hit, ‘most of the [Gulf Coast] area will be uninhabitable for weeks…perhaps longer’” (History.com 1). “For example, some 112,000 of New Orleans’ nearly 500,000 people did not have access to a car” (History.com 1). “By nightfall, almost 80 percent of
I can easily recall the memories of my uncle later on being deployed and my dad going on trips to work. I can without difficulty think back to the stories that my uncle told me about being deployed to help. He had to leave early from deployment because it was that horrid of a scene. He explained the gruesome scene and how awful it was to clean up the bodies and search for the missing people. “The Coast Guard, for instance, rescued some 34,000 people in New Orleans alone, and many ordinary citizens commandeered boats, offered food and shelter, and did whatever else they could to help their neighbors” (History.com 1). My family never knew when we would hear from, see, or get a letter from my uncle. Thankfully, he did not stay long. My dad also went to work on the damage caused due to this disaster. He left only a few days after Hurricane Katrina to depart to Biloxi to work on the damage caused there. My dad worked to repair the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems within the
This horrific occurrence has affected the United States of America. Katrina not only caused physical damage but also emotional damage. Even though some people were evacuated on August 28th, not all people had left. This caused many to experience loss of their loved ones. Katrina killed almost two thousand people and affected around ninety thousand square miles of the United States Gulf Coast. People became scattered thousands of miles away due to relocation from the evacuation. My family went through the emotional damage of this event, due to my uncle having to be deployed for the devastation that this traumatizing experience and my dad having to deal with the