It’s been 12 years when we had one of the deadliest hurricanes that brought us into difficult situation. On August 29, 2005, a storm made landfall in the Gulf Coast of the United States. The rating of the storm in Saffir-Simpson was Category 3, and it had 100-140 miles per hour of sustained winds. Many people underestimated the strength of Hurricane Katrina that caused more than $100 billion in damage, and it killed almost 2,000 people. Hurricane Katrina has led to massive residential flooding and evacuations, and many people felt the government was slow to help the needs of the people. Many people in New Orleans chose to wait out of the storm at home that eventually gave big problems on them. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, many people
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Renaldi that gave me different feelings and point of views about Hurricane Katrina, and that is called “The Fury of Hurricane Kartrina”. The poem is about what happened in the Hurricane Katrina before the storm and aftermath. Reynati writes, “Evacuate! Evacuate! was the urgent cry” (2). It reminds me how people didn’t evacuate before the storm that hit the Gulf Coast that caused flooding. If people would’ve been evacuated before the storm hit them, it would lessen the people who have been killed and the negative impacts on them such as stress, trauma and depression. Another line that got me was “And merely responded with a sigh” (4). I felt disappointment and miserable because many people ignored the warning about the storm. We should always be prepared and not underestimate any kind of natural disasters. It’s because we never know if that will give us our last breath in this earth. This line by Reynati its says “Energetic workers and rescue helicopters appear” (19). This line gives me different kinds of perception. It gives the audience a hope that the people suffered from that storm will rise up again, and we will see their smiles again. Hurricane Katrina’s victims searched for a new road that will give them a new chapter in life, and a motivation in life to keep fighting for every obstacle that they’re going to have in the
Renaldi that gave me different feelings and point of views about Hurricane Katrina, and that is called “The Fury of Hurricane Kartrina”. The poem is about what happened in the Hurricane Katrina before the storm and aftermath. Reynati writes, “Evacuate! Evacuate! was the urgent cry” (2). It reminds me how people didn’t evacuate before the storm that hit the Gulf Coast that caused flooding. If people would’ve been evacuated before the storm hit them, it would lessen the people who have been killed and the negative impacts on them such as stress, trauma and depression. Another line that got me was “And merely responded with a sigh” (4). I felt disappointment and miserable because many people ignored the warning about the storm. We should always be prepared and not underestimate any kind of natural disasters. It’s because we never know if that will give us our last breath in this earth. This line by Reynati its says “Energetic workers and rescue helicopters appear” (19). This line gives me different kinds of perception. It gives the audience a hope that the people suffered from that storm will rise up again, and we will see their smiles again. Hurricane Katrina’s victims searched for a new road that will give them a new chapter in life, and a motivation in life to keep fighting for every obstacle that they’re going to have in the