As Katrina prepared to hit land the winds prevailed and the ranking shot up to a number five, the highest ranking a hurricane can be. At this point trees were falling over, …show more content…
Debris was then covering the streets and that with the emergency officials not responding in time, the bit of people that were left were now screaming for help while trying to survive the power of Katrina. The some people were rescued and others had to get to safety on their own, other less fortunate people who didn’t find safety died. Long term effects of Katrina were that many people lost their life leaving there family’s in grief of what happened, the city was destroyed, race wars commenced and as for the government they had to deal with the aftermath of everything that went on as the city of New Orleans as well as try and restore all the damage that was