Hurricane Katrina Flashcards

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1
Q

where and when was hurricane Katrina?

A

Southern USA 2005 August

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2
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where did the hurricane develop and when?

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developed over the Bahamas on the 23rd August
upgraded and name Katrina the next day

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2
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when did it become a category 4 and where was it heading?

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28th August became a category 4 and became clear it was heading for coast of Mississippi and Louisiana

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3
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when did it become a category 5?

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28th August same day it became category 4

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4
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when were advanced warnings given?

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on the 26th August for possible ‘unprecedented cataclysm’

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5
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when was it declared a state of Emergency?

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27th August president Bush declared state of emergency in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi two days before hurricane expected to make landfall

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6
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What did the major of New Orleans announce and when?

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ordered the city to be evacuated after it reached a category 5 on 28th August

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where is New Orleans? what does this mean?

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on the Gulf coast of the USA so it can expect tropical storms some parts of the year

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what was the problem with the levee system?

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had not been built to modern standards and replacement work was only 60-90% complete

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what had original flood control measures resulted in?

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resulted in shrinking of soils so over 50% of land is now under sea level

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10
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what caused the levee system to fail?

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a storm surge

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how many people remained in New Orleans by choice? and how did most people leave?

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150,000
left in private cars, school buses

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what were refugees ‘left behind’ encouraged to do?

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seek protection in the massive Louisiana superdome

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what was delivered to the 150,000 people and for how long?

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food and water for three days

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14
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when did Katrina hit Louisiana and what followed?

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29th August and accompanied by storm surge

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15
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how many people displaced?

A

over 1 million
and tens of thousands located 1,000km away

16
Q

how much of New Orleans floded?

A

80%
110,000 houses flooded

17
Q

what supplies disrupted?

A

water and power supplies and took almost 5 months to reconnect

18
Q

how many died?

A

1,242

19
Q

After the event were there many deaths and why?

A

afterwards there were little deaths as USA had infrastructure to ensure people had access to clean fresh water, medical care and food supplies

20
Q

What happened to petrol price in UK and why?

A

petrol price within the UK shot up as oil rigs and refineries were damaged on the Gulf area so oil price went up

21
Q

what area of New Orleans was damaging tourism?

A

the french quarter was damaged so reduced the amounts of tourism

22
Q

why was there national guard deployment?

A

due to looters ransacking homes and shops

23
Q

what was the financial cost of the storm?

A

$200 billion

24
Q

how were businesses affected?

A

insurance companies issued profit warnings to shareholders

25
Q

how much did the public donate and to who?

A

$1.8 billion to the American red cross (more than amounts raised for boxing day tsunami)

26
Q

what was Bush criticised for?

A

visiting the area late

27
Q

why was search and rescue programme criticised?

A

as people said response would have been different for white people within America

28
Q

what did the US senate do?

A

authorised a bill assigning $10.5 billion in aid during first week of September

29
Q

how much was allocated from federal funds?

A

$51.8 billion