Case Study Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

Location?

Answer 1

Gulf Coast and New Orleans (Louisiana)

Question 2

When?

Answer 2

August 25th 2005

Question 3

Category

Answer 3

4

Question 4

Deaths?

Answer 4

1,836

Question 5

Cost?

Answer 5

$300 billion

Question 6

Max wind speed?

Answer 6

175mph

Question 7

Primary: agriculture and infrastructure?

Answer 7

$105 billion for agriculture and infrastructure repairs

Question 8

Primary: other economic?

Answer 8

Damage to forest industry and damage/destroyed 30 oil platforms

Question 9

Primary: homeless and other?

Answer 9

1 million homeless, people traumatised and public transport shut down

Question 10

Primary: Storm surge and water?

Answer 10

Storm surges caused beach erosion, completely devastating some areas. 217 sq. miles of land transformed to water.

Question 11

Primary: oil spills?

Answer 11

Oil spills from 44 facilities throughout southeastern Louisiana - resulted in over 7 million US gallons of oil leaked

Question 12

Secondary: unemployment and forest land?

Answer 12

Unemployment rose and $5 billion land of forest destroyed

Question 13

Secondary: insurance?

Answer 13

Insurance companies stopped insuring homeowners because of high cost of hurricanes

Question 14

Secondary: redistribution?

Answer 14

1 million people redistributed (e.g. Houston had increase of 35,000 people)

Question 15

Secondary: social problems?

Answer 15

Population almost halved and racial tensions exposed as many victims were Black (67% before and 60% after) and in general lots of theft & murder

Question 16

Secondary: wildlife?

Answer 16

Damage cause 16 National Wildlife Refuges to close and lands that were lost were breeding grounds for marine mammals, pelicans, turtles and fish

Question 17

Secondary: diseases?

Answer 17

Contaminated dirty water was health risk to humans and animals (e.g. Cholera)

Question 18

Immediate response: aid package?

Answer 18

Pres. Bush signed a $10.4 billion aid package and few days later requested an additional $51.8 billion in aid

Question 19

Immediate response: other help?

Answer 19

Pres. Bush ordered 7,200 National Guard troops to the region and firefighters from around country were called to the region

Question 20

Long-term response: help from outside area?

Answer 20

More than half of states were involved in providing shelter for evacuees and international community responded quickly with over 70 countries pledging monetary donations or other assistance

Question 21

Long-term response: changes?

Answer 21

Changes made to FEMA and rebuilding of levées that failed to stop damage