PPT-Hurricane Katrina Update:

PDampR Assistance Dana Bres PE Research Engineer Affordable Housing Research and Technology Division Office of Research Evaluation and Monitoring Hurricane Katrina Landfall on 29 August 2005. Hurricane Katrina - 2005. The most destructive (in terms of property damage and cost) natural disaster in US history.. Approximately 1800 directly related deaths, countless indirectly related. One of the most powerful hurricanes – winds over 250km/h. Park. Mrs. Cherry, 2. nd. Grade. H. urricanes. What is a hurricane?. A hurricane is a powerful storm.. A hurricane is made up of lots of little storms in the ocean.. Hurricane winds can be 185 mph and get up to 375 mph. Brevard County Emergency Management. Myths & Misconceptions. “. Brevard County doesn’t . get. hurricanes…That’s why they put the Kennedy Space Center here…”. TRUTH. Merritt Island & the Cape were chosen because:. Story of Determination, Resiliency & Overcoming. Governments Role; Struggles After Katrina. Share Hard Lessons Learned. Importance . Of . Timely Investment/Preparedness . Hurricane Katrina: rainbows after the storm. Economic Impact of Hurricanes Isaac & . Katrina. Hurricane Isaac. Damage:. August 23- August 30, 2005. Category 3 when it reached the Louisiana coast. Storm surge flooding of 10-20 feet above normal tide levels in Louisiana. Alex Liu. The Flood. Denise reunites with her family at the hospital, and the four are transported to a convention center. There, she witnesses the collapse of authority firsthand.. In Houston, Leo and Michelle learn about the floods and the probable loss of Leo’s comics. They decide to travel to St. Louis and stay with Leo’s parents.. http://www.iflscience.com/environment/london-has-issued-a-toxic-air-alert-over-high-levels-of-pollution/. And one about the impacts of parents. . Followup. to the “who is responsible for teaching kids stuff” talk we had the other day. . What category was your hurricane?. Hurricane`s maximum wind speed and minimum pressure. 2.The maximum wind speed was 160 mph. the pressure was 920 mb.. If your hurricane made landfall anywhere in the united states.. Motifs & Themes. Dave Eggers. Memoir: . A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Short Fiction: . How We Are Hungry. Creative Nonfiction “Novel”: . What is the What. Nonfiction: . Zeitoun. Hurricane Katrina. ICRC 2017. R. Tyler Spradley, Associate Professor SFASU. –The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned. “The magnitude of Hurricane Katrina does not excuse our inadequate preparedness and response, but rather it must serve as a catalyst for far-reaching reform and transformation.” . B. lue . H. eat. Team Members:. Team leader:. Student1_Name. Student2_Name Student3_Name . Student4_Name Student5_Name. Hurricane . K. atrina. Katrina became one of the most devastating . natural disasters . From Hurricane Betsy to Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane ?? 2 Flood Control Act of 1928 What happened in 1927? What are the immunity provisions? Flood Control Act of 1928, 33 U. S. C. §702c -- which states that "[n]o liability of any kind shall attach to or rest upon the United States for any damage from or by floods or flood waters at any place" MEDC. VS.  . Cyclone Sidr, Bangladesh . LEDC. Aim: To compare a tropical storm in an LEDC with an MEDC. Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, USA MEDC. Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005. It tracked over the Gulf of Mexico and devastated most of the coastline from Louisiana to Alabama (see map below). It arrived as a . and Alaina Herrig. Characteristics. A hurricane looks like a bunch of spinning clouds.. A hurricane forms over the Atlantic ocean.. Warm moist air rises and turns into cool air.. Then the cool air turns into warm air and forms a cycle..