Hurricane Katrina 2005

Question 1

When was Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 1

23rd-31st August 2005

Question 2

How many hurricanes occurred in 8 states from the storm?

Answer 2

62

Question 3

How much did it cost?

Answer 3

$300 billion

Question 4

Where did it form?

Answer 4

Gulf of Mexico

Question 5

How many fatalities were there?

Answer 5

1800 people died

Question 6

What city did it affect the most?

Answer 6

New Orleans

Question 7

What is the region of NO like physically?

Answer 7

Sits in a natural basin and some of the city is below sea level so it is prone to flooding

Question 8

How high was storm surges in hurricane Katrina?

Answer 8

As high as 19 feet

Question 9

What happened on the 24th August?

Answer 9

Tropical depression starts to form over the Bahamas
39mph winds

Question 10

What happened on the 25th August?

Answer 10

Category 1
80mph winds
Power lost and 11 lives were lost by collapsation

Question 11

What happened on the 26th August?

Answer 11

Hits north and Gulf of Mexico
Category 2
Declared a state emergency

Question 12

What happened on the 27th August?

Answer 12

115mph winds
Category 3
Starts to direct towards NO
18,000 cars an hour tried to evacuate

Question 13

What happened on the 28th August?

Answer 13

Category 4-5
175mph winds
Everyone told to evacuate

Question 14

What happened on the 29th August?

Answer 14

Goes back to category 4
Makes landfall at 6am
Storm surges

Question 15

What happened on the 30th August?

Answer 15

NO crushed
Looting breaks out
1000s ended up at Superdome

Question 16

What happened on the 31st August?

Answer 16

Looting and violence escalated
Arresting people instead of saving people

Question 17

How many houses were destroyed between 2005-2006?

Answer 17

154,522 houses

Question 18

How many people’s electrical supplies were cut off?

Answer 18

3 million

Question 19

How much of NO was flooded as a percentage?

Answer 19

80%

Question 20

How many businesses closed down after Hurricane Katrina?

Answer 20

2400 businesses

Question 21

How much damage was caused?

Answer 21

$125 billion

Question 22

How many people were evacuated from states of Mississippi and Louisiana before storm struck?

Answer 22

1.7 million

Question 23

How many people were rescued by the coastguard?

Answer 23

35,000 people

Question 24

How much did the US congress allocate on aid and food?

Answer 24

$62 billion

Question 25

What were 2 criticisms of prep and responses?

Answer 25

Response was slow and ineffective and the national response plan didn't adequately provide a way for federal assets.

Question 26

When did the Hurricane strike Louisiana and Mississippi and what was the wind speed?

Answer 26

29th August - 200km/hr

Question 27

Why were the main routes out of NO disrupted?

Answer 27

I-10 bridge destroyed

Question 28

What were polluted and what did this cause?

Answer 28

Water supplies from sewage - 5 people died

Question 29

How many schools were destroyed and how many were badly damaged?

Answer 29

18 schools were destroyed and 74 badly damaged

Question 30

How many jobs were lost due to damaged businesses?

Answer 30

230k people

Question 31

How much forest was destroyed in Missippissi?

Answer 31

5300km2

Question 32

How much damage was caused due to the forest damage?

Answer 32

$5 billion lost income from logging

Question 33

In terms of the environment, what damage was caused?

Answer 33

Coastal habitats such as sea turtle habitats destroyed and some conservations areas were destroyed and flooding of salt marshes

Question 34

What is the USA's system like to predict if and where a hurricane will hit?

Answer 34

Very sophisticated

Question 35

Who announced the warning for Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama on August 26th?

Answer 35

National Hurricane Center

Question 36

With the National Hurricane Center monitoring it what did this help the Federal Emergency Management Agency do?

Answer 36

It helped FEMA start preparing

Question 37

How did FEMA prepare?

Answer 37

Position helicopters and boats around areas likely to be affected Organised teams and supplies Some areas were in order of evacuation e.g NO

Question 38

How was the response in terms of during the hurricane?

Answer 38

Emergency shelters were set up - Louisiana super dome in NO Rescue teams

Question 39

How many people were sheltered in the Superdome in NO?

Answer 39

26,000

Question 40

What did charities collect and why?

Answer 40

$4 billion in donations to provide public aid