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    city. But New Orleans was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina‚ because of its proximity to the coast and low elevation the city was completely flooded under water. It changed the population‚ traditions‚ and economy. Village de L’est is an Eastern New Orleans neighborhood where people live at an average elevation of -3 feets above the sea level. Because of death‚ trauma‚ and damage to property

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    1. The red color on the map indicates relatively high Sea Surface Temperature‚ a range from 27 degrees Celsius to 28 degrees Celsius‚ and also indicates the presence of warm currents. The temperatures show that that oceanic area is prone to hurricanes. The average temperature seems to be about 25.4 degrees Celsius because it is the middle of the range for the color gradient given with the map. 2. As the color turns from blue to white to red to yellow‚ as the wavelength gets longer‚ the SST increases

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    HURRICANE: Katrina Hurricane Katrina was a horrific category five hurricane that stretched from Florida to New Orleans. However‚ the Hurricane didn’t start as an enormous hurricane that killed thousands of people originally‚ it was formed about 200 miles south-east of the Bahamas on August 23rd‚ 2005. On August 25th the hurricane hit Florida it was a small category 1 hurricane that was so small that after weakening slightly on land it was re-classified as only tropical storm; it had two victims

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    Hurricane Katrina swept away the gulf coast on August 25‚ 2009. Katrina was the most monstrous storm that has ever visited the coast and was considered an amalgam of tropical waters and dusty winds. It was the deadliest hurricane of category five causing horrendous damage and traumatizing scenes. Many lives were taken away and many lives have changed. I was nine years old running around playing. I heard a loud banging noise and walked outside to see my dad hammering nails into wood to cover the

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    I survived Hurricane Katrina‚ 2005 By‚ Lauren Tarshis In New Orleans‚ Louisiana lived a boy named Barry Tucker. He was 11 eleven years old and lived with him mom‚ dad and baby sister. Hurricane Katrina was getting ready to land in New Orleans. All families had to evacuate. Barry’s family had boarded up there house and packed up there car. They started heading for Texas. They were stuck in major traffic backed up for two hours. Barry’s little sister became very sick. They decided that all

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    the 23rd August 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. It was the costliest hurricane‚ as well as one of the five deadliest‚ in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes‚ it was the sixth strongest overall. Due to the severity of this earthquake‚ much of the southern states of America were significantly devastated. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23‚ 2005‚ and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane‚ causing some deaths

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    exceeded 20 inches in multiple parishes causing catastrophic flooding that submerged over 100‚000 homes and businesses and killed 13 people. In portions of Baton Rouge and Lafayette accumulations peaked at 31.39 inches‚ which was more than during Hurricane Katrina and Isaac The National Weather Service rates it a 1-in-1000-year event! Governor John Edwards‚ called the disaster a “historic‚ unprecedented flooding event” and declared a state of emergency. Oh the wonderful‚ beautiful‚ loving‚ extremely exciting

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    Thursday evening‚ July 23‚ 2015 hits a bit close to home for me‚ as this was the evening when a gunman opened fire in a local movie theater in Louisiana. The Grand Theater 16‚ in Lafayette‚ LA was the place where three people were killed along with nine others injured during the evening showing of the Amy Schumer film‚ Trainwreck. Shortly after the 7:00 pm‚ a gunman stood up during the film and began to open fire. He started firing on patrons as they sat unexpectedly of any such heinous act. As the

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    Hurricane Katrina. The World Trade Center Attacks on 9/11/01. Daily responses to critical incidents across the nation. Each of these things is a unique incident‚ in itself‚ but they all have something in common: those responding to incidents like these need to have a plan in order to be successful. Benjamin Franklin has been credited with saying‚ "by failing to prepare‚ you are preparing to fail. ” A good‚ organized plan can often mean the difference between failure and success‚ or even life

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    Why is Katrina living from paycheck to paycheck? Here you should address the social structural (societal) factors (i.e.‚ legal‚ economic‚ health care‚ etc.) that influence her life. To what extent‚ if any‚ does/did her own behavior and personal choices affect her life? Throughout the documentary‚ it is clear that Katrina has been through a lot of hardships in the past few years. Her husband of many years was addicted to prescription pain killers. She had to support him and their three children‚ but

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