Hurricane Katrina's Path
Hurricanes are major disastrous tropical storms that can unleash damage on an area at any given time. They come in various sizes. The little ones usually stay within the ocean or body of water in which they were created. The larger ones, on the other hand, they’re the ones we have to worry about. Throughout history we have had quite a few major hurricanes. One we all may remember is known as Hurricane Katrina.
Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005 in the Bahamas because of a tropical wave. It traveled in the direction of Florida as it progressed to a tropical storm and headed towards land. Warnings were given out throughout the area as the storm reached a status of a category one hurricane. On the 25th it hits southern Florida and then continues to the Gulf of Mexico. The warm water of the Gulf strengthened this hurricane and brought it up to a category two. Around the 28th, predictions were made of Katrina being a category five.
By morning of August 29th, the storm had weakened as it moved towards the New Orleans, resulting in a category three hurricane, which has the following results:
- 111-130 mph winds
- Devastating Damage
- High risk of Death and/or injury
- Lots of broken glass
- Lots of uprooted trees
- Power/water outage for many days
Warnings were given out and many people evacuated except for the ones who couldn’t afford it or didn’t own cars. This included the poor and many of the elderly living in retirement homes. In fact, seventy percent of the retirement homes weren’t even evacuated. A total of about 100,000 remained.
Eighty percent of the city was flooded, some waters rose to the rooftops. Twenty percent of the city’s population was stranded on their rooftops with no food, water, or electricity for many days until help came.
Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005 in the Bahamas because of a tropical wave. It traveled in the direction of Florida as it progressed to a tropical storm and headed towards land. Warnings were given out throughout the area as the storm reached a status of a category one hurricane. On the 25th it hits southern Florida and then continues to the Gulf of Mexico. The warm water of the Gulf strengthened this hurricane and brought it up to a category two. Around the 28th, predictions were made of Katrina being a category five.
By morning of August 29th, the storm had weakened as it moved towards the New Orleans, resulting in a category three hurricane, which has the following results:
- 111-130 mph winds
- Devastating Damage
- High risk of Death and/or injury
- Lots of broken glass
- Lots of uprooted trees
- Power/water outage for many days
Warnings were given out and many people evacuated except for the ones who couldn’t afford it or didn’t own cars. This included the poor and many of the elderly living in retirement homes. In fact, seventy percent of the retirement homes weren’t even evacuated. A total of about 100,000 remained.
Eighty percent of the city was flooded, some waters rose to the rooftops. Twenty percent of the city’s population was stranded on their rooftops with no food, water, or electricity for many days until help came.
Hurricane catagory chart, as you can see, it is based on wind speed in the time that it travels per hour. Catagory 5 being the greatest, and catagory 1 being the lesser sort of hurricane. Hurricane Katrina was a 3 on this scale.
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