Hurricane Katrina

Question 1

Hurricane Katrina was the ___ hurricane of the season

Answer 1

4th

Question 2

What category was the hurricane?

Answer 2

5

Question 3

What year was one of the most active hurricane seasons ever recorded in the Atlantic?

Answer 3

2005

Question 4

Wind speed?
Gusts?

Answer 4

280 km/hr
345 km/hr

Question 5

Central pressure of the hurricane?

Answer 5

902mb

Question 6

Where did the hurricane hit first?

Answer 6

Louisiana and Mississippi

Question 7

What date did it hit land?

Answer 7

29th August 2005

Question 8

Height of the storm surges?

Answer 8

10 metres

Question 9

How many people became refugees?

Answer 9

1 million

Question 10

Which state in particular struggled to cope with the influx of people?

Answer 10

Texas

Question 11

What percentage of New Orleans was deluged with flood water?

Answer 11

80%

Question 12

______ out of ______ houses in New Orleans were flooded

Answer 12

110,000
180,000

Question 13

How many houses were damaged so badly by floods that they couldn’t be repaired?

Answer 13

55,000

Question 14

How many people were left without power?

Answer 14

5 million

Question 15

How many months did it take to reconnect everyone?

Answer 15

2

Question 16

How many people died?

Answer 16

1242

Question 17

The price of what immediately increased?

Answer 17

Oil

Question 18

In the UK, what did the petrol prices rise above for the first time?

Answer 18

£1

Question 19

Which area in New Orleans was severely damaged which reduced tourism?

Answer 19

The French Quarter

Question 20

What was sent to restore order after looting?

Answer 20

National Guard (army)

Question 21

What was the cost of damage?

Answer 21

£200 billion

Question 22

What meant that businesses could continue due to insurance claims?

Answer 22

Risk sharing

Question 23

How many Atlantic hurricanes have there been since 1924?
At what category?

Answer 23

33
5

Question 24

What percentage of New Orleans was below sea level?

Answer 24

50%

Question 25

What percentage of the levee system was completed?

Answer 25

60-90%

Question 26

How long before Katrina’s landfall was the evacuation plan drawn up?

Answer 26

19 hours

Question 27

How many people remained in New Orleans?

Answer 27

150,000

Question 28

What were the 3 hurricanes in 2005 that hit New Orleans?

Answer 28

Katrina -> Rita -> Wilma

Question 29

When did President Bush declare a state of emergency?

Answer 29

27th August

Question 30

How much Government aid was given in the first week of September?

Answer 30

$10.5 billion

Question 31

How much Government aid was given in the second week of September?

Answer 31

$31.8 billion

Question 32

How much money did the public donate to American Red Cross (NGO)?

Answer 32

$1.8 billion

Question 33

How many shelters were set up?
In how many states?

Answer 33

275
9

Question 34

What happened after 4 days?

Answer 34

All refugees had to be evacuated following reports of crime such as theft and rape
No electricity, water, functioning toilets or washing facilities

Question 35

Examples of community spirit?

Answer 35

Homes and churches opened their doors
Schools took in additional children

Question 36

Who were the most affected people?

Answer 36

Black urban dwellers