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    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. Katrina started out as a tropical storm close to the Bahamas in August of 2005. It was then named Tropical Storm Katrina. Tropical Storm Katrina was heading to the United States and by the time it reached Florida, it became a hurricane. After passing over Florida it weakened to a tropical storm. Katrina rapidly gained

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    concerning the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina was a massive natural disaster that consisted of high powered winds and immense amounts of water. The hurricane was at first a category 3, but gradually got bigger making it into a category 5, which is the largest storm that there is (“Hurricane Irene”). In fact, there were accounts of winds recorded at about 127 mph in the Gulf areas such as Grand Isle, Louisiana, and near the Mississippi River (“Hurricane Katrina Statistics”). All of these

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    Hurricane Katrina You think hail is bad? Try a hurricane, but not any hurricane, hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina is from a tropical wave and it hit the Bahamas in2005. It was the 11th tropical storm in the 2005 hurricane season. A hurricane is a violent wind and water storm that causes tons of damage and death. The fuel for hurricanes is water vapor. Hurricanes are formed by water vapor and hot air the reason for hurricanes is to cool down the ocean. How did this disaster change society

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    Easy on August 23, 2015. This named storm is better known as Hurricane Katrina. The damages that Hurricane Katrina still sit very well with the people that experienced the storm first hand. Personally I have never been to New Orleans, I have no family members or friends at all down south and although I am not very familiar with the south region of the UNited States at all that does not mean that exploring the effects that the hurricane caused can’t be underlined through climate change, but that is

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    state, and local levels of government do this in an effort to help reduce injury and property damage as well as ensure the overall safety of the general population. The 2005 Atlantic hurricane season saw the costliest and one of the deadliest storms in United States history. This storm was Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina displaced of an estimated 645,000 Louisiana citizens (Cepeda, Valdez, Kaplan, & Hill, 2010). This paper will examine… This storm took a grave toll on the city of New Orleans. The

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    Hurricane Katrina was one of the most popular disaster’s that devastated the area in which it affected. Many lives were lost in the storm itself and in the after math. Said to blame by many is FEMA and the U.S government. The two were blamed for their lack of response time, pure carelessness, and the inability to properly communicate. Emergency responders rushed to the Gulf Coast. The response teams struggled due to the land lines and cell phones faultiness. Also devastating, the mobile radio systems

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    Hurricanes cause a lot of damage, but not many compare to the most destructive hurricane to ever hit the United States, Hurricane Katrina. Hurricanes are storms with violet winds, in particular, a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. They usually sustain winds of 150 mph. Hurricane Katrina included many details common to hurricanes, and caused damage and destruction to property and lives that effected the region, but the area has recovered in its aftermath. Hurricane Katrina included many details

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    On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina battered the central Gulf States, namely Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the cyclone of the Category 3 storm, which is rated according to the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale, traveled through the southern Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana with a maximum wind velocity of 125 miles per hour. Furthermore, over eighty percent of the metropolis of New Orleans was inundated by

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    thinking when Hurricane Katrina hit in August, 2005. Hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the United States. Its effect on the United States consisted of flooded streets, many dead and injured. Katrina was a category four storm that later became a tropical storm. On August 23, 2005, a hurricane formed 200 miles southeast of the Bahamas as a tropical depression. Katrina started to make its way towards Florida as a category one hurricane on August 25. Next, Katrina re-intensified

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    Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Katrina was one the most devastating natural disasters to ever hit the united states, definitely the most devastating to hit the small state of Louisiana. There are many factors that led up to how intense this hurricane was such as the trees and houses breaking, people refusing to leave their home, and the majority of people left going into survival mode. On August 23, 2005 hurricane katrina hit land a lot harder than U.S. citizens ever thought would happen, reaching

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