On August 23, 2005, Hurricane Katrina was first recognized as the twelfth tropical depression and has formed over the Bahamas. The weather system or tropical depression was about 350 miles east of Miami. On the following day, the weather system gained strength and was given the name of tropical storm Katrina. Still off the east coast of Florida the winds begins to blow at about 40 miles per hour. On August 25, 2005, Katrina is now classified as a hurricane (category one) and winds are clocked at 75 miles per hour. The weather system is now only 15 miles east of Fort Lauderdale (FL) and about to touch land. The eye of the hurricane first touches land between North Miami Beach and Hallandale Beach on the southeastern coast of Florida.
Early the following morning, Katrina weakens and is reclassified as a tropical storm. The storm travels from the Florida peninsula and heads towards the Gulf of Mexico. As the storm touches the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico it immediately regains its strength in becomes a hurricane once again. The winds have gathered enough energy and clocked at 100 miles per hour. The Governor of Louisiana and Mississippi declares states of emergency. With the eye of the storm only 460 miles southeast of the …show more content…
The population in these states combined to be 5.8 million people and of those one million people lived in poverty. According to the U.S Census Bureau for 2004, the poverty rate combined averaged 19.03% whereas the United States average is only 13%. The median household income combined is $34, 487 and the United States income averaged $44,684. Of the 5.8 million people living in the area that was affected the hardest, 1.3 million lived in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Census data indicated that more than one in four of the city’s residents lived in poverty. That’s an incredible
Early the following morning, Katrina weakens and is reclassified as a tropical storm. The storm travels from the Florida peninsula and heads towards the Gulf of Mexico. As the storm touches the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico it immediately regains its strength in becomes a hurricane once again. The winds have gathered enough energy and clocked at 100 miles per hour. The Governor of Louisiana and Mississippi declares states of emergency. With the eye of the storm only 460 miles southeast of the …show more content…
The population in these states combined to be 5.8 million people and of those one million people lived in poverty. According to the U.S Census Bureau for 2004, the poverty rate combined averaged 19.03% whereas the United States average is only 13%. The median household income combined is $34, 487 and the United States income averaged $44,684. Of the 5.8 million people living in the area that was affected the hardest, 1.3 million lived in the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Census data indicated that more than one in four of the city’s residents lived in poverty. That’s an incredible