Hurricane Katrina Early Morning on August 29th 2005 the United States was hit by Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast. Hundreds to thousands of people in Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ and Alabama were affected. Making Hurricane Katrina one of the deadliest hurricanes to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina was rated a category 5‚ the highest rated category. Killing an estimate of 1‚833 people. After the hurricane Millions of people were left homeless along the Gulf Coast. The storm hit the New Orleans
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes start off as tropical depressions (centres of low atmospheric pressure) over tropical oceans. Three things must happen for a hurricane to form. A continuous evaporation and condensation cycle must take place; there must also be patterns of winds that are characterized by the converging winds‚ and a difference in air pressure between the surface and high altitude. In the warm waters of the eastern Atlantic‚ water vapour rises from the ocean and then cools forming clouds
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Dennis Viera Environmental Science Frey Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina On August 23rd the United States National Hurricane Center broadcasted a report saying that Tropical Depression 12’ had formed over the south eastern Bahamas. The next day it was upgraded to Tropical Storm Katrina’‚ and unfortunately following that‚ upgraded to the fourth hurricane for the year 2005. Hurricane Katrina was overall classified as a Category 5 with wind speeds up to 175mph; devastating effects followed
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New Orleans New Orleans Louisiana was a flourishing city in 2004. After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005‚ the impact of the storm diminished the people’s faith in government‚ but people’s faith in their religion strengthened. Despite their religion‚ the city itself was still diminished culturally and historically. A large portion of the New Orleans black residents were already living under the poverty line before Katrina even came to the city. Most of the poor didn’t have insurance‚ many waited
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Federalism in Action Part One: The Storm 1. According to Frontline‚ what problems were caused by the following groups: The Local and state officials? was unprepared‚ uncoordinated and overwhelmed in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina disaster The U.S. military? The U.S Military was not used to working with civilians on a daily close bases and lacked proper guidance from Washington. FEMA? FEME was not prepared to handle such a large number of people-lacked assets and lacked
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Since Hurricane Katrina‚ the recovery work faced many challenges. After the storm with few days and because of the flooding which prevents the access to many parts of New Orleans it was very difficult to start the rescue missions. Financial‚ emotional and health elements made each Katrina survivor’s recuperation story diverse and every component made remarkable issues for those people and their families. Protection tricks and temporary worker extortion made numerous individuals watchful and wary
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Hot. Humid. In other words‚ the usual New Orleans summertime day. Now all the local media were buzzing with the new Katrina tracking information. Many people were going about their usual Saturday routines. Some were still oblivious to what was happening. Greg had the kids. I got up‚ cleaned the house‚ and washed all the clothes‚ so if we left (I hadn’t decided for sure yet)‚ I wouldn’t have to do it when we returned. I filled up at a nearby gas station and went shopping. There was an eerie feeling
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During the Hurricane Katrina in 2005‚ it is believed that leaders decided to blow up the levees to save the cities and places that brought in the most money and instead try to direct the water towards the wetlands and marshlands. There are different ideas regarding this topic. It is said that leaders promised restitution to the people who would lose their homes. Many people heard explosions and reported it. Officials said they were transformers blowing up. There is more evidence that the levees were
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the United States‚ some worse than others. Hurricane Sandy is one that we will never forget about. Super Storm Sandy‚ a Category 3 storm‚ as known as Hurricane Sandy was a dramatic event that happened in October 2012. Sandy was a post-tropical cyclone that swept through the Caribbean and up the East Coast of the United States. Hurricane Sandy begun as a tropical wave but it quickly aroused into a tropical storm in just 6 hours. It upgraded to a hurricane when the winds arose 74mph. Many States prepared
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It struck on August 23rd‚ 2005 and was listed as a Category 5 hurricane. Much damage was made in New Orleans partly due to the fact that the levee’s broke because of the poor quality work done by the engineer. Not able to sustain any impact from the water bursting through in a matter of hours the city began to flood
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