Natural Disasters In New Orleans

With a vast variety of flourishing tourist attractions, New Orleans was a lively city located in the state of Louisiana, and neighbors Mississippi. Although there had been widespread natural disasters in the past, nothing could compare to the unforgettable tragedy of Hurricane Katrina. This devastating topic was chosen to be written about because of my fascination of such natural disasters, and admiration for people. My aspirations to become involved in the field of psychology in the future encouraged me to write about the impact of such a destructive, significant and life-changing event. The comprehensibly disastrous cyclone itself was alarming, and dreadful. However, it was the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that negatively took a toll on the innocent citizens’ well-being in New Orleans, both economically, emotionally, and physically. During the month of August, 2005, the most tragic natural disaster in one hundred years, known as Hurricane Katrina occurred. The 175 mile per hour winds slammed into the Gulf Coast and headed towards New Orleans as a category three hurricane, resulting in only a few casualties. On August 29, brewing into a category five hurricane, the monstrous natural disaster had soon terminated …show more content…
Death was inevitable for those who could not seek shelter or get to higher grounds in time, before the waters submerged the city. Furthermore, health and emotional damage was just as destructive as the hurricane itself. Even after many years, once the hurricane was over, the impact on the citizens still remain as it did on August 29. Katrina was just as detrimental to the population of New Orleans, as the tsunami and earthquake of 2011 in Japan. Although Hurricane Katrina happened ten years ago, the generation of today, and the future will never forget about that tragic day in