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Hurricane Katrina - College Essay

Hurricane Katrina

In terms of natural disaster, New Orleans was actually on the weaker western side of the storm. It took a glancing hit rather than a direct blow from Hurricane Katrina. If New Orleans "dodged the bullet" in terms of natural disaster, however, it was not so fortunate in terms of man-made disaster. The levee system, long neglected by state and federal officials, failed under the weight of water the storm piled against it. Situated below sea level, New Orleans began to fill water like a great bowl.

INSIDE HURRICANE KATRINA does an excellent job of presenting the details of both the levee failure and the chaotic local, state, and federal response, a response that effectively made a very bad ...

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460 miles (740 kilometers) southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River in Louisiana.

Around, AUGUST 27 Katrina's strongest winds was estimated at around 115 miles an hour (185 kilometers an hour), making a determining Category Three hurricane.

It was during the day that Hurricane-hunter aircraft fly into Hurricane Katrina to measure wind speed, barometric pressure, ocean surface temperature, and other data.

Reports coming out of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, said that meteorologist indicated that the hurricane was not only large but very strong as it approaches.

In upcoming days Hurricane Katrina's winds increased to about 145 miles an hour (235 kilometers an hour), making it a Category Four storm. The eye of the storm was about 310 miles (500 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River.

11 a.m.: Hurricane Katrina has mushroomed into one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to form in the Atlantic. The storm's strongest ...

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Added: 12/9/2012 11:03:40 PM
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