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Hurricane Katrina August 2005
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Hurricane Katrina Word Webs In your notes draw the two word webs below. You will complete the word webs as we talk about Katrina. Human Impact
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Hurricane Katrina One of the five deadliest hurricanes in history Affected the Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and most of Eastern North America 43 tornadoes came from Katrina – Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi
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Katrina Time Line August 24, 2005 – storm begins to form August 28, 2005 - becomes a category five; mandatory evacuation is announced; warning the levees might break; people are warned of the danger, but don’t evacuate; FEMA and National Guard start to supply the Superdome
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August 29, 2005 levees start to break (massive flooding results); media starts to report ; road and communication damage make it difficult to find new information and send supplies
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August 30, 2005 80% of New Orleans is under water; Superdome is surrounded by water
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September 2005 Evacuation of New Orleans becomes mandatory; Bush visits and send billions of dollars in aid, including active duty troops, search for survivors continues; people starting returning by the end of the month
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2005 October – 9 th Ward residents still not allowed to return November – some public schools re-open December – residents of the 9 th Ward are allowed to return By December of 2006, less than one half of New Orleans population has returned
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Facts and Estimates Facts are still controversial and changing – Hit the Gulf Coast: Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida – 1,273 deaths, 564 missing people, 93 bodies remain unclaimed or unidentified – 750,000 people were forced to evacuate, 1 million people were displaced – 444,000 people in New Orleans before Katrina 191, 000 people in New Orleans a year later – 125-150 billion dollars in damage – 80% of New Orleans was under water on Aug 31, 2005 – 35 miles of debris left in New Orleans (10 superdomes)
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