Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

Date

Answer 1

29th August 2005 USA Medc

Question 2

Deaths

Answer 2

1,836

Question 3

Causes

Answer 3

Bgan as low pressure weather system in Atlantic over 270c sea it obtains energy and moisture here. Air rotates anti-clock wise
→then strengthened to become a tropical storm
→moved west and neared Florida coat on 25th August

Question 4

Percentage of city flooded

Answer 4

80%

Question 5

Depth of water

Answer 5

6m

Question 6

What contributed to flooding

Answer 6

Rainfall from storm

Question 7

Effects of people

Answer 7

→ thousands of homes and businesses destroyed
→jobs lostt
→ millions of dollars lost in tax incomes
→ Tourism centres were badly affected

Question 8

Refuge

Answer 8

Superdome stadium ; conditions were unhygienic and there was a shortage of water

Question 9

Congestion

Answer 9

Major highways disrupted and major road bridges destroyed

Question 10

Number of people made homless

Answer 10

1 million

Question 11

Costs

Answer 11

$300 billion

Question 12

Environment affects

Answer 12

Flodded refineries and broken pipe lines

• oil rings in gulf of Mexico damaged causing oil spills
• petrol process rose in UK and USA
• Agricultural production damaged by tornadoes and flooding, cotton and sugar cane crops flattened

Question 13

Crime

Answer 13

Looting and commonplace throughout the city, people were looking for food and water

• some lotters were shot on sight
• business owners took the law into their own hands and defended their properties
• Car jackings, murders, thefts ,rapes in NewOrleans
• National guard and federal troops mobilized

Question 14

Percentage of marshes overun by water

Answer 14

20% and lands were lost for marine mammals, brown pelicans, turtles and fish, redhead ducks

Question 15

Human response Before

Answer 15

President Bush declared state of emergancy in Louisians, Alabama and Mississippi two days before hurricane made landfall
-New Orleans mayor (Ray Nagin) ordered the first ever mandatory evacuation

Question 16

What time was Katrina upgraded to what storm

Answer 16

10.a.m on August the 28th Category 5 storm

Question 17

Number of emergancy shelters established

Answer 17

57

Question 18

Number of people int he superdome

Answer 18

20,000

Question 19

During the storm

Answer 19

Government established sveral “refuges of last resort for citizens who couldnt leave the city

• mobile hospitals
• water treatment plants
• canned food
• bottled water
• poorsest people remained in city

Question 20

After the storm short term

Answer 20

• sandbags airlifted by army

Question 21

Long term

Answer 21

several months for water to drain, made new building standards for leeves to ensure saftey( rebuildt them stronger), they are not building on low land areas (flooding)

Question 22

Amount air given by government

Answer 22

$50 billion

Question 23

Criticism of authorities

Answer 23

• lack of evacuation and planning
• Lack of coordinated response
• slow process in evacuating people, poorest and most vulnerable left behind
• Bush didn’t arrive untill several days had passes

Question 24

What did Katrina highlight

Answer 24

when a disater is large enough even very developed countries stuffle to cope with natural disasters especially poorest people

Question 25

Future preperation

Answer 25

Residents advised to sucure their property and storm shutters over the windows and to ensure a supply of adequate water for drinking, cooking and sanitary purposes

• people told to set up evacuation plans and drills
• medicals special needs shelters have been set up in the even of a hurricane

Question 26

Current situation

Answer 26

Five years laster thousands of displaced residents in Misssissippi and Lpuisiana are still living in temporrary accommodation