Hurricane Katrina came ashore near New Orleans in the August of 2005, creating a further blow to the Bush administration. New Orleans is located below sea level, making it vulnerable to flooding if heavy rains or a hurricane like Katrina were to occur. The delayed orders to evacuate New Orleans resulted in an increased number of people that were killed by the violent actions of the deadly natural disaster. A number of the people in New Orleans could not evacuate due to the fact that they did not have any mode of transportation. Vast numbers of people died in the flood water and a number of house demolished by the fast, powerful flow of water. Damage costs stood at a total number of eighty billion dollars by the time aid had arrive to help in
