Early morning of August 29‚ 2005‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of the United States. When the storm reached land‚ it had a Category 3 rating on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale bringing winds of 100–140 miles per hour. The Hurricane ran some 400 miles across. Hundreds of thousands of families in Louisiana‚ Mississippi and Alabama lost their homes‚ and experts estimate that Katrina caused more than $100 billion in damage. By the time Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans‚ it had already
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Homelessness is not just a poor person’s problem‚ its everyone’s problem. Introduction: Any person in this country‚ or anyone in this world could be unfortunate enough to suffer through a natural disaster‚ or a catastrophe. Lets take Hurricane Katrina as one example‚ that was a natural disaster that put most of the city of New Orleans in that state of homelessness. The Earthquake in Haiti‚ or the Tsunami In South East Asia‚ what about the mudslides in Guatemala‚ or the wild
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Tennesse Williams who was born in march 26th 1911 and died in February 25th 1983‚ wrote this play which was played for the first time in Chicago in 1944 and won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1945 The first movie adaptation was made in 1950 by Warner brothers and was in black and white. It was produce by jerry wald and Charles k. feldmann Being a very critical man‚ Williams attended to many theatre representation of his play but he used to interrupt the play by commenting the actor
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Trouble the Water is not solely about Hurricane Katrina and its calamitous aftermath‚ but it is an honest‚ raw footage that displayed how America treats its poor and displaced citizens‚ particularly in time of dire need. Given U. S impressive response to humanitarian crises‚ and use of the top of the line gadgets to combat enemies in war-torn zones‚ the disappointing non-governmental response in New Orleans begs to question the capability of the U.S to response to disaster within its own country
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ABSTRACT Never before in the history of the United States‚ had this nation witnessed and suffered from such a costly and severe hurricane like Katrina‚ which occurred in August‚ 2005. This paper‚ based on secondary research‚ discusses the influences of Katrina on the American life. In particular‚ the findings explore and answer three questions of what this hurricane was‚ how it damaged the most developed country in the world and what responses were given by the authorities and the non-governmental
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What is a disaster? Disaster‚ in this article‚ a sudden‚ accidental event that causes many deaths and injuries. Most disasters also result in significant property damage. Common natural causes of disasters include earthquakes‚ floods‚ hurricanes and typhoons‚ and tornadoes. Tsunamis (popularly‚ but incorrectly‚ known as tidal waves)‚ volcanic eruptions‚ wildfires‚ and landslides and avalanches rank among the other natural forces that sometimes create disasters. Man made Not all disasters are
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School Based Assessment for Social Studies on Hurricane preparedness‚ kindly complete the following questionnaire on hurricane preparedness. Thank You. Gender: Male Female Age range: 18-25 26-35 36-50 50 and over 1. How many people live in your home? 1(you alone) 2-4 5-7 above 7 2. Are you the head of your home? Yes No 3. What months do we experience hurricanes? January-April May-August
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authorization to U.S Army Crop of Engineers (USACE) to design and construct a flood protection system to protect south Louisiana from hurricanes. It was called the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project‚ the reason for this project was prior to 1965. The state of Louisiana design and built its own flood protection‚ but on September 9‚ 1965 hurricane Betsy a category five‚ hit the city of New Orleans. Betsy drove strong storm surge waters into the city of New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain
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Many engineers and other people have asked the question whether or not the present levee system in New Orleans could withstand a huge wave or a direct hit from a powerful hurricane. These questions were answered when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans as a Category 3 hurricane which isn’t even the most powerful. After the hurricane hit the levee system failed and there were many breaches in the system‚ which lead to the flooding of most of the city. My question is what could have been done to stop
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Living in the sunshine state of Florida can be a beautiful and warm adventure‚ but it also can be a storm filled season of tropical storms‚ and hurricane madness. One thing that has happened because of the destruction that “Hurricane Katrina” caused in New Orleans is that it brought attention to the importance of preparedness. States ramped up their informational flyers‚ websites‚ and other ways of getting information out more quickly to their areas during these powerful storms. One important
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