Similarities Between Hurricane Katrina And Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Harvey had and environmental. Economic, social and political impact on the city of Houston as well as the state of Texas.

It is a fair comparison as both cities were left devastated and many people were left wondering how each city would recover and what the future would hold for each city. One major difference between the two in regards to how the government responded to the disasters is that in 2005 when Katrina hit there were federal disaster relief agencies in place to help with just that type of natural disaster where as in Galveston in 1900 there was pretty much no help from the federal government and everything was being coordinated at a local level. But perhaps the biggest difference between the two is that during Hurricane Katrina it was known well ahead of time that the storm was coming and roughly where it was going to hit the hardest, in Galveston one of the major failings was no one knew exactly what was going to happen and it was at one point predicted that the storm would not even hit Galveston and that they should only be prepared for high winds and some rain(3)(2), because of this New Orleans during Katrina had the advantage of being prepared for disaster while Galveston was struck by surprise. The initial efforts made to clean up each city differed in that Galveston put a lot more of its focus toward preparing defenses against future storms by attempting to raise the city above sea level as much as it could as well as building a wall to keep water out of the city where as New

Harvey known as an apocalyptic storm for many Houstonian’s who have described the scenery and event for that weekend. Many homes, businesses, and schools destroyed causing it to be one of the biggest recovery mission in the nation. A big flare of controversy between the government and the state happened as well. Even with many homes lost and so much sadness spread across south Texas and Houston many texans came together as one.

A major difference between the two hurricanes was the response before each hurricane. Hurricane Harvey struck Houston, Texas. However, citizens of Houston, Texas were not required to evacuate. Several families took it upon themselves to evacuate for their own safety. On the other hand, Citizens of Mississippi and New Orleans were required to evacuate immediately from their current area. Another difference between the two hurricanes was the strength of each Hurricane. Hurricane Harvey came out to be a category four when the hurricane breached land, and Katrina came out to be a category three when the hurricane breached land. A similarity of each response towards each hurricane was how the government seemed to be extremely concerned for the safety of their citizens.

Hurricane Harvey started on Thursday August 17th and ended on Sunday September 3rd. It was a category four Hurricane with 130 mph winds. Hurricane Harvey killed 31 people and left tens of thousands people displaced and many missing. Watts original goal was to donate $200,000 but at the end it exceeded 37 million. Watt sent multiple

While Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina had different impacts on people lives. Katrina's devastations were a result of a failure of government flood protection systems, violent storm surges, a chaotic evacuation plan and an ill- prepared city government. Harvey, on the other hand, has caused massive flooding at a slower pace, unlike Katrina's deadly surge. People had suffered from traumatic event that will seek help finding different ways to cope with their trauma.

Hurricane Harvey killed 82 people and Hurricane Katrina killed 1,833 people. Harvey was a very spread out hurricane hitting the Gulf Coast area, to Katrina was a very focused hurricane hitting mostly New Orleans. Both of the hurricanes were really bad, but after researching both closely, Katrina was a worse hurricane. In conclusion, natural disasters can happen and when they do, they can be truly devastating. When they happen though, it brings our whole country

Hurricane Katrina not only provided new response for natural disasters but also for terrorist response and mitigation. Hurricane Katrina helped the Department of Homeland Security to see the vulnerability of the nation and how bad a single storm could affect the communities. After Hurricane Katrina DHS started to plan and “imagine” the possibilities of future disasters both natural and manmade as if they were actually going to happen. After 9/11 FEMA was downsized and DHS replaced most of its disaster and planning operations. This became clear after seeing the poor response FEMA had with Hurricane Katrina and the thousands of people left stranded without help. The aftermath of Katrina showed how much we needed both counterterrorism along with

Hurricanes are formed over tropical waters. These intense storms consist of winds over 74 miles per hour (Ahrens & Sampson, 2011). The storms addressed here are Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy. This paper will explore the contrasts and comparisons between these two horrific storms.

There has been deaths from this tragedy about 30 or more(the weather company). People are packing up and leaving to go somewhere safe. There was a chemical plant flooded in Houston(hurricane Harvey ). The chemical plant is at risk of blowing up. Hurricane Harvey has left many people without homes, trucks, cars and family members. It is a terrible tragedy(CNN.com). There was a man who rescued a deer, the deer was in the flooded water and about drowned. The man picked up the deer, he put the deer in a little shopping parking lot, on a patch of grass(CNN.com). The people and the wild life of Houston Texas has been majorly affected (the latest on hurricane Harvey ). There is two more hurricanes heading to Florida . Hurricane Harvey is now over . There still very flooded . Some Texan drove a bus threw the water. So may deaths. So many thing that' cannot b described .So much money down the drain. Many animals are being affected.Many rednecks are playing in the flood with there trucks . Many volunteers and samertan purse are helping Texas

August 25, 2017 Hurricane Harvey hit the coast of Texas with absolute power. It was originally predicted that it would not surpass category 1, the elements combined and made Harvey extremely vicious. It hit the most populated areas on the United States becoming one of the most destructive. People did not have enough time to properly prepare for the unpredicted devastation ahead. However, the government and the people responded with strong efforts. Let’s start with the federal department. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (which is referred to as FEMA), with its government accomplices mobilized a work force and with many assets to help states affected. About 21,000 government assets were sent to help out during the vicious Tropical Storm. A lot of people sought refuge during the storm and the Federal government gave them many places to stay for example many government owned sites were converted refuge sites for the victims. The U.S coast guard played a huge role to aid victims. Thousands of coast guards were deployed in support of the relief efforts. They evacuated victims through government transport such as helicopters and big vehicles that could travel through the flooding. They are also opened various docks and waterways within Brownsville, Kentucky without any restrictions to the public. FEMA provided thousands of meals, medical and household items. Fema also paid rent for the victim’s short-term housing. Other ongoing Federal

Hurricane Katrina is a historical storm that hit the United States on August 29, 2005. The country experienced the storm exactly four years after the occurrence of the terrorist attack on 9/11/2001. This was three years after the establishment of a crucial department of Homeland Security. However, regardless of the intensified concentration to homeland security, response to Hurricane Katrina was a huge failure. The unfortunate response was due to lack of adequate planning and ability to take care of the risks. The possibility of New Orleans experiencing the effects of Hurricane had been put into consideration for quite a long time. There were enough warning signs of the hurricane. Declarations and deliberations were made days before the landfall. However, responders did not transfigure this information into the extent of preparedness suitable with the range of the imminent disaster.

These storms caused some of the most destruction our country has ever seen. Both storms caused catastrophic damage, physically, mentally, and emotionally across our nation. The respective cities of origin, Houston and New Orleans, are still recovering from the damage these storms left behind. With much of the country going through hard times for other reasons these past few decades, natural disasters have only made hard times worse for many people. Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Katrina are two of the most damaging and deadly hurricanes ever recorded, but they were somewhat different in terms of overall damages, the response to each storm by their communities, government, media attention, and cleanup efforts after the storm passed.

10 Years ago on the last week in August, one of the most brutal storms the United States has ever had hit Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. On August 28th and 29th, Fifty-five-foot waves crashed down the Mississippi coast leaving total destruction behind. In New Orleans a levee was built to protect the city but failed in 50 different places due to it being poorly designed. FEMA brought many survivors to their camps, but some weren’t that lucky. In New Orleans about 20,000 residents were trapped in the Louisiana Superdome without clean water, medical care, or working toilets. After the floodwaters receded, over 100,000 residents left the city of New Orleans to never return. 10 years later after the hurricane, most of the affected

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