The Causes of the Hurricane Katrina Disaster
Introduction
The Hurricane Katrina disaster occurred at 6:10 am on the Monday morning 29th of August, 2005 ( Heerden et al. 2009, p. 292 ). It was one of the most mighty cyclones around category 4-5 that the coast of America had never met before, strong winds, large rainfall, waves and cyclones were brought by it to attack the Gulf of Mexico shores of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ( ASCE 2007, p. v). At the end of the disaster, the flooding was flowing into the city of New Orleans due to the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system. The causes of the Hurricane Katrina disaster were the water-filled gap in design flaws and the inadequate funding process in mismanagement. This article …show more content…
There was a disconnection between the people who were in charge of design & construction and the people who were responsible for controlling finance, it made some influence on the quality, safety and reliability of the Hurricane Katrina protection system ( ASCE 2007, p. 72; Leavitt & Kiefer 2006, p. 312). Because the funding was not sufficient, the project solution must to be low-cost whatever the project was required to postpone or reduced ( ASCE 2007, p. 72). However, the project not only based on the time, but also based on the funding, the construction became incomplete as a result ( ASCE 2007, p. 72; Leavitt & Kiefer 2006, p. …show more content…
In the design flaws, the strength of soil was not enough and the length of the critical sliding surface that all made the I-wall was not vertical. However, the out-of-line wall was resulting in the generation of the water-filled gap, and the safety factor reduced a lot compared to before. So these two aspects caused the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system in design. In the mismanagement, the shortage of funds led to construction and project to make some concessions. The project has been delayed or reduced to a serious impact on the quality, safety and reliability of the Hurricane Katrina protection system, the incomplete structure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system did not play a real role. Therefore, these two causes directly led to the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection
Introduction
The Hurricane Katrina disaster occurred at 6:10 am on the Monday morning 29th of August, 2005 ( Heerden et al. 2009, p. 292 ). It was one of the most mighty cyclones around category 4-5 that the coast of America had never met before, strong winds, large rainfall, waves and cyclones were brought by it to attack the Gulf of Mexico shores of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama ( ASCE 2007, p. v). At the end of the disaster, the flooding was flowing into the city of New Orleans due to the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system. The causes of the Hurricane Katrina disaster were the water-filled gap in design flaws and the inadequate funding process in mismanagement. This article …show more content…
There was a disconnection between the people who were in charge of design & construction and the people who were responsible for controlling finance, it made some influence on the quality, safety and reliability of the Hurricane Katrina protection system ( ASCE 2007, p. 72; Leavitt & Kiefer 2006, p. 312). Because the funding was not sufficient, the project solution must to be low-cost whatever the project was required to postpone or reduced ( ASCE 2007, p. 72). However, the project not only based on the time, but also based on the funding, the construction became incomplete as a result ( ASCE 2007, p. 72; Leavitt & Kiefer 2006, p. …show more content…
In the design flaws, the strength of soil was not enough and the length of the critical sliding surface that all made the I-wall was not vertical. However, the out-of-line wall was resulting in the generation of the water-filled gap, and the safety factor reduced a lot compared to before. So these two aspects caused the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system in design. In the mismanagement, the shortage of funds led to construction and project to make some concessions. The project has been delayed or reduced to a serious impact on the quality, safety and reliability of the Hurricane Katrina protection system, the incomplete structure of the Hurricane Katrina protection system did not play a real role. Therefore, these two causes directly led to the failure of the Hurricane Katrina protection