There isn't much time for warning as Katrina Gains Strength, On the morning of August 26, 2005, Katrina whipped through the Miami area, snapped trees and power lines the National Weather Service clocked wind speeds of 87 miles per hour. Katrina was already a level 1 hurricane. The storm was stronger than many people expected. Siding came off houses, and wind scattered debris. Sheets of rain flooded the streets, Before Hurricane Katrina made landfall, Governor Katrine Babineaux Blanco declared a state of emergency in Louisiana on August 26, 2005, and asked President Bush to do the same at the federal level the next day, a request with which he complied. This authorized FEMA to organize and mobilize resources as it saw fit to help the residents
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The surge of weather reached 22 feet, people were risking lives in order to get a video tape the storm one video was of a driverless car that had slammed into the front door the water had carried it there no one was driving it. Lots of marine life was found around town that had been swept in by the storm, In addition to major damage at the Gulfport airport terminal, the rental car facility and air cargo facilities were destroyed. The entire general aviation area including 40,000 square feet of hangar space was wiped out. Members of the engineering firm that designed the terminal recall the scene resembling a war zone. Estimated damage cost was around $50 million dollars, after the devastation Long Beach, Mississippi, the storm surge has been so massive it waashed some apartments completely away. After the damage in Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan stated it was complete devastation, people are still trapped in there attic and on their roofs lots of people haven't survived bodys are continuing to be found because there were not given enough time to evacuate safely. The government While all this was going on, the President of the United States remained aloof from the disaster. Day after day, George W. Bush continued a long-planned vacation at his 1,600 acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, and his …show more content…
Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and its federal partners have worked very hard to continue to mobilize personnel and resources to support state, local and tribal efforts throughout Texas and Louisiana. More than 21,000 federal staff are deployed in support of Tropical Storm Harvey response. While people are still being rescued in some places in many places relief efforts are starting to take place Approximately 53,000 pounds of medical equipment and supplies have been deployed to affected areas, the US military long with the US coast guard and the US national guard were transporting supplies as well as assisting with rescues. Just hours after hurricane Harvey made landfall there were people on the ground ready to help and more people on the way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE is working in partnership to support the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Harvey something you did not see after Hurricane Katrina, the US postal service had set up in places in order for people that have been displaced by the storm to still receive their checks from the US treasury like social security checks. Along with banks that set up so people would be able to withdraw money that they had in the bank in order for them to be able get there lives back on track and start the repair process. All in all Hurricane
The surge of weather reached 22 feet, people were risking lives in order to get a video tape the storm one video was of a driverless car that had slammed into the front door the water had carried it there no one was driving it. Lots of marine life was found around town that had been swept in by the storm, In addition to major damage at the Gulfport airport terminal, the rental car facility and air cargo facilities were destroyed. The entire general aviation area including 40,000 square feet of hangar space was wiped out. Members of the engineering firm that designed the terminal recall the scene resembling a war zone. Estimated damage cost was around $50 million dollars, after the devastation Long Beach, Mississippi, the storm surge has been so massive it waashed some apartments completely away. After the damage in Gulfport Fire Chief Pat Sullivan stated it was complete devastation, people are still trapped in there attic and on their roofs lots of people haven't survived bodys are continuing to be found because there were not given enough time to evacuate safely. The government While all this was going on, the President of the United States remained aloof from the disaster. Day after day, George W. Bush continued a long-planned vacation at his 1,600 acre Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford, Texas, and his …show more content…
Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA and its federal partners have worked very hard to continue to mobilize personnel and resources to support state, local and tribal efforts throughout Texas and Louisiana. More than 21,000 federal staff are deployed in support of Tropical Storm Harvey response. While people are still being rescued in some places in many places relief efforts are starting to take place Approximately 53,000 pounds of medical equipment and supplies have been deployed to affected areas, the US military long with the US coast guard and the US national guard were transporting supplies as well as assisting with rescues. Just hours after hurricane Harvey made landfall there were people on the ground ready to help and more people on the way the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers USACE is working in partnership to support the local, state, and federal response to Hurricane Harvey something you did not see after Hurricane Katrina, the US postal service had set up in places in order for people that have been displaced by the storm to still receive their checks from the US treasury like social security checks. Along with banks that set up so people would be able to withdraw money that they had in the bank in order for them to be able get there lives back on track and start the repair process. All in all Hurricane