2 years later and the vivid pictures from the damage that Hurricane Katrina did here in South Florida and in New Orleans are still fresh in the minds. Here is what they are saying about the most devasting weather event to hit the United States that caused alot of racial divide amongst black and whites due to the Bush Administration handling of getting relief to the City of New Orleans and surrounding area 5 DAYS LATER!
The storm weakened before making its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 storm on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line, respectively.
The storm surge caused severe damage along the Gulf Coast, devastating the Mississippi cities of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, and Pascagoula. In Louisiana, the flood protection system in New Orleans failed in 53 different places. Nearly every levee in metro New Orleans breached as Hurricane Katrina passed east of the city, subsequently flooding 80% of the city and many areas of neighboring parishes for weeks.[1]
At least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Criticism of the federal, state and local governments' reaction to the storm was widespread and resulted in an investigation by the U.S. Congress and the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown. The storm also prompted Congressional review of the Army Corps of Engineers and the failure of the levee protection system. Conversely, the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service were widely commended for accurate forecasts and abundant lead time.
Please take a moment to reflect on the lives loss and look forward to change in a better response to natrual disasters with a new democratic president! As we have sene the last few months several key republician government officials resigning you know someone is doing something right to force pressure these crazy people who have no sense. Now all we need is to impeach President Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney.
We Remember Hurricane Katrina Victims: 2 Years Later