Case Study- Hurricane Katrina Flashcards
When did Katrina occur?
August 2005
What category Hurricane was Katrina?
5
What were the maximum wind speeds reached in Katrina?
235 kph
How many people had fled New Orleans by 5th September?
600,000
Why was the Superdome a good place to go on paper?
Huge Sports stadium, sturdily constructed, not to far too go and could be reached by foot by the poor
Why did the Superdome fail?
Under resourced which led to crime, squalor and fear
Thefts and rapes were reported
100mph winds ripped the roof off
No electricity, water or functioning toilets
How much of New Orleans was under water due to levee failure?
80%
Why were armed police ordered to cease rescue operations?
Deal with lawlessness instead
How much did congress give as aid?
10.5 billion
Who were the people that were left in the city of New Orleans and why
Poor and Black people- because they didn’t have transport to get out of the city
What were the criticisms of the Katrina Hurricane?
-Slow response- 150 Britons unaccounted for for too longer
how much was spent on improving flood defences after the hurricane?
$20 billion on 350 miles of new levees, flood gates etc
how big was the storm surge at the katrina hurrincane
10m- no match for the defences
