Louisiana Superdome

Volunteers and troops were deployed to the site where houses, restaurants, and businesses once stood. The hurricane left millions of people homeless, more than the superdome and other shelters could hold. Not only was this a disaster physically to the many towns destroyed in the hurricane, but it took a toll on many emotionally. Many were relatives, friends, and or neighbors to the 1836 people who died, some had just…

demonstrated us that this nation is not ready for a tragedy such as the one it surrounded upon New Orleans. In late August 2005 Hurricane Katrina caused vital destructions in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Of all the cities crashed by this category five hurricane, New Orleans and Louisiana saw the most extensive destruction. An approximate of 20 percent of the society of New Orleans endured in the city when the hurricane made landfall. After when the hurricane strike the town,…

Mayor Nagin made relief decisions from his hotel, and he backed up all decisions of General Honorae. As Governor Kathleen Blanco called for a full evacuation of the Superdome, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fish began rescuing stranded civilians. The U.S Coast Guard, National Guard, and FEMA Search and Rescue Teams, were also of relief/rescue missions. Offers from President to Governor Blanco to take over relief efforts…

pollution. And mold growth inside still remains a health problem louisiana was losing 12 to 14 square miles per year before Katrina came along but Katrina storm surge only lasted a couple of hours unlike rita which happened a few months later the waves for that one lasted weeks both hurricanes lost anywhere from 204 to 252 square miles of wetland shore line And also added…

Introduction Children of all ages experience all types of trauma before, during, and after a natural disaster. For the purpose of this paper, the focus will be on children between the ages of (5 -18). The trauma they may experience are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and a whole range of other types of stressors. Natural disasters are hurricanes, tornados, floods and fires, and earthquakes. The focus of this paper will be limited to disasters that have…

Katrina made its second and third landfalls in the Gulf Coast area on August 29, 2005 as a Category three hurricane. A neighborhood TV channel reported New Orleans was encountering broad flooding due to a few levee breaks, the city was without electricity, and there were a few cases of massive damage in the area. In brief timing, whole neighborhoods were engulfed in water. Due the rapid flooding, numerous residents became stranded, long after Hurricane Katrina had passed, and could be seen on…

Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a category 3 storm with winds over a hundred twenty-mile winds between Grand Isle, Louisiana and the mouth of the Mississippi River. Katrina went down in United States history as the single most catastrophic natural disaster. The damage caused by Katrina were estimated at $108 billion. The most costly hurricane in U.S. history. Fatalities in Louisiana alone were 1,577 people. There were fatalities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi had 1,833…

The dominant impression left by Helvarg is the pure devastation that the hurricane had on Louisiana. Helvarg stated that entire towns got washed away in the flood waters which helps in describing the dominant impression that Helvarg wants left on the audience. Helvarg also selected specific details to include into the story that were the most relevant…

miles southeast of the Bahamas on august 23rd, 2005, as a tropical depression. (Complex) as Katrina progressed it struck the gulf coast with devastating force at daybreak on august 29,It 2005. (Complex) It hit five southern states: Mississippi,Louisiana,Georgia, alabama, and Florida.Hurricane Katrina was a Category 3 with 127 mph winds. The experts who studied it said it was like four storms, but in one big storm. It storm surge produced a 29 ft. wall of water and was the highest ever measured…

Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale–it brought sustained winds of 100–140 miles per hour–and stretched some 400 miles across. The storm itself did a great deal of damage, but its aftermath was catastrophic.” (“Hurricane” 1) Homes that had stretched from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama had been demolished by this cataclysmic storm. When atrocious events like this one occur, society's dependence on the government increases yet the government is not always going to be able to respond as fast as…