Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

1. Where?

   • East New Orleans, hitting nearby St. Bernard.
     • Most people went to high areas or their rooftops to seek refuge.

2. When?

   • August 29, 2005. By August 31 2005, New Orleans was flooded

3. Effects

   • Natural Effect: The city leeves broke somewhere. These breaches were responsible for most of the flooding.
   • Economic Effect: In April 2006, The Bush Administration sought $105 billion dollars for repairs to the town.
   • Economic Effect: Hundreds of thousands were left homeless and jobless. About 600,000 of these people had farming jobs in the town.
   • Economic Effect: No paychecks were being cashed and no money was being spent, so no taxes for the local government.
   • Civil Engineering; Oil refining was discontinued in the town and therefor the increasing of oil prices worldwide.
   • People: Thousands of people drowned and therefor causing grief over the whole city.

4. Important Facts:

   • The storm surge impacted all 100km of St. Tammany Parish's coastline.
   • Some parts were flooded 4.5 metres deep. And most produce was not growing any longer.
   • 90% of residents were evacuated because the evacuation plan was ver successful. It was the most successful evacuation of a major urban areas.
   • When the storm hit, New Orleans was already one of the poorest countries in the region with one of the highest unemployment rates.
   • The extra 10% that remained in homes were elderly and could not survive longer than the others.

5. More information:

   • The lack of revenue will limit the resources that the town does not have.
   • Katrina has also stimulated good research in academics into planning urban, real estate finance and economic issues.
   • The economy also lost a lot of their natural minerals and resources such as grain and oil.