Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

when was it?

Answer 1

29th August 2005

Question 2

where did it hit?

Answer 2

south east usa. florida, louisiana, alabama, mississppi

Question 3

what category was it?

Answer 3

reached category 5 but hit new orleans at a 4

Question 4

how many of the affected states were evacuated before the storm hit?

Answer 4

80% (advanced monitoring systems)

Question 5

what states declared states of emergency?

Answer 5

mississippi, louisiana (stockpiled supplies)

Question 6

name some primary environmental effects

Answer 6

-80% of new orleans under 6ft of water
-roads and railways submerged
-75% of all rooves ripped away in gulfport
-mississippi below sea level= levees
-flooding damaged petrochemical plants, released toxic chemicals into environment

Question 7

name some secondary environmental effects

Answer 7

-levees broke
-new orleans flooded by storm surge
-water supplies polluted

Question 8

name some secondary social effects

Answer 8

1 million evacuated from new orleans, 100,000 wanted to stay behind.
-looting in louisiana
-water, electricity and telecommunications failed
-100,000 homeless in gulfport
-dead bodies not buried= diseases
-those who migrated had little/no possessions
-9000 people sheltered in super dome (3 dead)
-evacuees travelled 560km to houstons astrodome in texas
-prisoners in mississippi had to abandon prison = flooded

Question 9

name some secondary economic effects

Answer 9

$25 billion damage
-oil production disrupted, prices rising globally
-superdome as emergency accommodation
-mississippis casinos generated $500,000 in tax a day
-houses and facilities destroyed
-230,000 jobs lost

Question 10

name some primary social effects

Answer 10

-110 drowned in mississippi
-200,000 homes without water/electricity in Mobile
-100,000 drowned in new orleans
-100 dead in biloxi
-1800 killed
-300,000 homes destroyed
-3 million homes without electricity

Question 11

name some primary economic effects

Answer 11

-2 casinos destroyed in biloxi
-oil rigs in gulf of mexico ripped from anchors
-productive farmland ruined by saltwater

Question 12

name some immediate responses

Answer 12

-$50 billion aid given by government
-sent police in to prevent looting and raising crime rates
-saving people on rooftops, airlifted to safety
-evacuation of superdome. thousands living in squalid conditions
-worldwide disaster relief appeals for donations from other countries

Question 13

name some long term responses

Answer 13

-began to strengthen flood defences in louisiana, mississippi and alabama
-government began to allocate increased funding to areas vunerable to flooding in usa
-set up expensive and difficult task of pumping floodwaters from “basin” in new orleans
-coastguard, police, fireservices, and army rescued over 50,000 people, access to helicopters
-government aid promised Bush
-10,000 national guard troops sent to louisiana