New Orleans

The Federal government says it has plans if there is ever a disaster in the country, When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans it was a massive disaster that caused $180 million dollars in damages, displaced 777,000 residents, and killed 1,836 people. The federal government failed to help New Orleans when the hurricane struck, until days later when The President sent 7,200 active duty troops to help. According to the Constitution the government’s job is "To lay and Collect taxes, duties,…

Wack! Wack! Wack! That might have been you if you lived in New Orleans in 1918. But fortunately, it wasn't. Instead, it was 6 other innocent people from the area of New Orleans were murdered. There was much evidence collected but no one found a real suspect that fit the crime. Still today, researchers study the evidence and keep trying to come to a conclusion to who the dangerous Axeman of New Orleans was. Many people noticed that the Axeman used the ax that the victims owned. He would…

Hurricane Katrina was a horrifying Category 5 Hurricane in New Orleans, with about $81 billion of property damage. Hurricane Katrina had help from beginning to after the hurricane.I believe the principle of federalism had a major part of contributing. Before Hurricane Katrina, there was a lot of warnings of this terrible weather to come. The Local, State, and Federal government were the main contributors. The Local, State, and Federal government are layers of the Federalism System. They…

In 2005 New Orleans’ preparedness was tested to the limits against a natural disaster. Hurricane Katrina was categorized as a 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, which meant that it was an extreme hurricane but that was not the end of it. The aftermath of the hurricane was the worst, all of the citizens living in New Orleans believed the worst was over when the storm calmed down but the worst was yet to come. The response system to aid the survivors of Hurricane Katrina was very slow and we can thank…

voodoo, also known as New Orleans Voodoo, a unique form of voodoo religion practiced-- as its name suggests--mainly in Louisiana and the southeastern United States. The historical…

real horror came when the levees breached, causing New Orleans to fill up like a bathtub. Gary Rivlin discusses the racial, political, and geographical change of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in Katrina: After the Flood. Gary Rivlin is a journalist and author of five books. His works have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Mother Jones, GQ, and Wired. Rivlin was born in New Woodmere, New York. He had no personal connection to New Orleans, and most of his interactions with the city…

Author, Dave Eggers, in his piece, “Zeitoun,” depicts the story of Abdulrahman Zeitoun and the people of New Orleans following the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Eggers’s purpose is to enlighten people about the impact of Hurricane Katrina and the prejudice against Muslims post 9-11. He creates a sympathetic tone to appeal to the audience’s emotions. Throughout “Zeitoun”, Eggers shows how people, including Zeitoun and his family, have to struggle with keeping their dignity after the disaster of…

destructive power that caused flipping over everything that stays on its way and flooding. According to Whitten 2015, on 08/29/2005, hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and water flooded New Orleans. City was devastated right after levees that were keep the storm failed, and approximately 80 percent of area in New Orleans was under water. Plyer 2016, states that hurricane Katrina and the flooding caused in a lot of deaths. The main reasons of deaths were: “drowning (40%), injury and trauma…

Every store you could think of whipped out of food and water due to the massive hurricane on its way. August 23, 2005 - August 31, 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit which affected several states mainly New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of Houston was affected as well as Galveston. It left many people in Louisiana without shelter, clothing, food and water due to the massive flooding throughout the city. Everyone evacuated before it got worse. Majority of the people came to Houston, Texas. Everyone in the…

first reached land in Florida and was classified as a category 4 hurricane. As it moved along toward Louisiana, it became slightly less powerful, but was still a major threat (Elliot & Pais, 2006, p. 303). Richey (2011) explained that the people of New Orleans were warned to prepare for a hurricane and as the storm moved closer they were suggested to evacuate. However, being in an area that saw storms fairly often, some people opted to stay home and board up their windows to ride out the storm.…