How To Prevent Hurricane Katrina

On August 29th, 2005, tragedy struck New Orleans, Louisiana, and the surrounding areas. After this day, New Orleans would never be the same. The tragedy that changed New Orleans forever is called Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina affected the culture, the government and the spirit of New Orleans. It also affected all of the citizens that evacuated and stayed at home.

On the morning of August 29, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana became the site of one of the worst natural disasters in United States history – Hurricane Katrina. Ranked as the single most costly natural disaster and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the United States, Hurricane Katrina was certainly not an average storm. The hurricane itself did not appear to be extremely abnormal, as Atlantic hurricanes of similar or greater magnitudes have made landfall in the gulf coast over the last 50 years (Keller, 329). However, none of them caused nearly as much damage and death as Hurricane Katrina. With monetary damages of over $125 billion and 1,833 fatalities, it is clear that the

During the early hours of the morning on 29 August 2005 5:10am, a hurricane of 205km/h struck New Orleans. She was named Hurricane Katrina. Katrina stretched over 400 miles across and was one of the deadliest hurricanes in the United States, killing 1,836 people and millions of others were left homeless. $16.7 million dollars was spent trying to rebuild infrastructure alone. Hurricane Katrina struck a levee in New Orleans so aside from the damage caused by the hurricane, flooding was also a problem. New Orleans levee walls were designed for category 3 hurricanes, and were not prepared for Katrina's category 5 winds. USA and many other country's pulled together to help in any way.

Hurricane Katrina resulted in massive loss of life and billions of dollars in property damage. There are many lessons worth learning from this event. Finger pointing started before the event was over. Most of the focus on Hurricane Katrina was on its impact on New Orleans; however, the storm ravaged a much wider area than that. This paper will briefly summarize the event, the impact on the city of New Orleans and the lessons learned to ensure preparedness today.

Their were storm shelters open to these people that had no other option. “It is estimated that around 1.2 million people evacuated the metropolitan New Orleans region and that about 100,000 people remained in New Orleans. Of those remaining, around 10,000 went to the Superdome shelter before the storm”(Hurricane Science). Due to their being so many people left behind, their were also a huge number in deaths from this tragic disaster. “Overall, more than 1,800 people lost their lives as a result of Hurricane Katrina. More than 1,500 death occurred in Louisiana”(Hurricane Science). This huge devastation affected many lives, not only in Louisiana but also Mississippi and Florida. People were shocked at how fast the water was rising and the weather conditions worsening. “Katrina is the third deadliest hurricane in U.S. history. In New Orleans, people were trapped in their houses and on their roofs as the rapidly rising water caught many people by surprise. The flooding and widespread damage from Katrina delayed rescue and aid efforts for days. Besides the death toll, hurricane Katrina left many people homeless as more than 800,000 housing units were destroyed or damaged in the storm”(Hurricane Science). Being one of the deadliest hurricanes in our history, Hurricane Katrina changed many

Hurricane Katrina is a category 4 storm which hit North America on August 23rd, 2005 and continued until the 31st. The great storm surges reached over 6 meters, destroying a number of buildings, houses, and killing a plenty of people. Hurricane Katrina reached category 3 on the 27th of August with top winds exceeding 115 miles per hour (185 km per hour). On the following day, with winds in excess of 170 miles per hour (275 km per hour), Hurricane Katrina reached category 4, becoming one of the most powerful Atlantic storms on record. Of the places that Hurricane Katrina passed; Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana (especially New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, New Orleans was the most affected, accompanied by an enormous flood. Due to its great

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005. It made landfall in New Orleans August 29, 2005. It was a separating storm between Grand Isle, Louisiana, and the Mississippi River. In these areas there were severe floods. When this tragedy happened I was three years old. I remember watching this on the news with my grandparents saying, “Wow, that’s crazy, I hope everyone is ok”. Even though I was very young, I still knew what was going on in the world at the time.

Hurricane Katrina was one of the deadliest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina started out as any other hurricane, as the result of warm moisture and air from the oceans surface that built into storm clouds and pushed around by strong forceful winds until it became a powerful storm. Hurricane Katrina formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005 and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico. The hurricane strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf water, but weakened before making its second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on the morning of Monday, August 29 in southeast

Hurricane Katrina turned from a natural disaster into a social disaster as pictures started to be exposed. As, few days after Katrina went by the Gulf Coast where “Hinders of thousands” of different race people crowded into the “New Orleans Superdome” and as in the “city’s convention center”, as they beached on the “rooftops”. Or even secluded on reinforcements of “dry highway” deprived of “any food” or other things to find a liberation of the hot sun”. Then flood came and a lot of bodies started to be seen floating everywhere. (172-173)

The United States commemorated the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina last August 29, 2015. Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale and brought sustained winds of 100 to 140 miles per hour, when it hit the Louisiana-Mississippi border it had a width of about 400 miles. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Katrina was initially a tropical depression that formed 200 miles southeast of the Bahamas on August 23, 2005.  Early morning of August 24, 2005, the tropical depression became Tropical Storm Katrina with winds as strong as 40 miles per hour. On August 25, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was already a Category 1 hurricane and made its first landfall on Florida. Hurricane

On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana as a category three storm and brought with it some of the most catastrophic effects that any hurricane has ever left behind. Twenty foot surges of flood water washed into New Orleans after the levees broke, and ended up flooding over 80% of the city. It was now in the hands of the United States government to help the millions of displaced Americans find proper shelter, food, water, and services that were required for their recovery.

On August 29, 2005, the third strongest and biggest hurricane ever recorded in American history hit the Gulf Coast at eight o’clock a.m. The interaction between a tropical depression and a tropical wave created a tropical storm later referred to as Hurricane Katrina (FAQS, 2013). Forming over the Bahamas, Hurricane Katrina gradually strengthened as it moved closer and closer to the Gulf of Mexico. Recorded on August 28th, 2005, Katrina jumped from a category three storm to a category five storm with maximum sustained winds up to 160 miles per hour. Although other hurricanes, such as Hurricane Rita and Hurricane Wilma, exceeded Katrina, this dominant storm was classified as the fourth most intense hurricane

Hurricane Katrina Is one of the costliest and deadliest hurricane that has approached the united states. It started as a tropical depression in the Bahamas. The interaction of a tropical wave is how hurricane Katrine was born. Hurricane Katrina hit the New Orleans august 2005, leaving major damages to the large city, to this day the city is still making repairs. Many have lost their homes, businesses, and worst loved ones from this devastating natural disaster.

Hurricane Katrina was a long-lived hurricane that made landfall three times along the United States coast and reached Category 5 at its peak intensity. The storm initially developed as a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. Two days later, it strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane a few hours before making its first landfall between Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach, Florida. After crossing the tip of the Florida peninsula, Katrina followed a westward track across the Gulf of Mexico before turning to the northwest toward the Gulf Coast. Hurricane Katrina made its second landfall as a strong Category 4 hurricane in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, on August 29, 2005. Wind speeds of over 140 miles per hour

Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina hit the United States. Hurricane Katrina was the most destructive hurricane and one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever hit the United States.