Hurricane Katrina was the sixth strongest hurricane ever recorded and the third strongest hurricane

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Did you know...?

• Hurricane Katrina was the sixth strongest
  hurricane ever recorded and the third strongest
  hurricane ever recorded to make landfall in the
  U.S. It was the most costly and destructive
  natural disaster in American history.
• New Orleans levies were only designed for a
  Category 3 and Katrina was forecast as a Category
  4 featuring gusts topping 140 miles an hour (225
  kilometers an hour).
• The storm surge from Katrina was 20-feet (six
  meters) high.
• adequate maintenance. Apparently, the designers,
  builders and maintenance people did not devote
  enough time or attention to the levees in the
  region.
• More than one million Gulf Coast residents lost
  their homes and many of the refugees who were
  living below the poverty line before the storm
  struck.
• The final death toll was at 1,836, primarily from
  Louisiana (1,577) and Mississippi (238). Its
  very difficult to determine the exact cause of
  the deaths but they were all caused either
  directly or indirectly by the Hurricane.

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An estimated 80 of New Orleans was under water,
up to 20 feet deep in places. Hurricane Katrina
caused 75 billion in estimated physical damages,
the most costly hurricane in history, but it is
estimated that the total economic impact in
Louisiana and Mississippi may exceed 150
billion. About 90,000 square miles were
affected by Katrina. Before the hurricane, the
region supported approximately one million
non-farm jobs, with 600,000 of them in New
Orleans, but hundreds of thousands of local
residents were left unemployed by the hurricane.
More than 70 countries pledged monetary
donations or other assistance. Kuwait made the
largest single pledge of 500 million, but Qatar,
India, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh made very
large donations as well.
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Craig Gilliam, New Orleans

• My family and I evacuated on Sunday to relatives
  in northern Louisiana.
• Though I thought it couldn't get worse when the
  hurricane ruined my 17th birthday, the days after
  are hurting much more.
• I am seeing pictures and hearing news of after
  effects of the hurricane - not knowing about my
  house, my friends, about my life.
• It was such a sudden thing that my family didn't
  think to grab a lot.
• Everything is sitting in that house and slowly
  drowning under the Mississippi River.
• Our family income has halted, and all cell phone
  connections to any friends or family are down.
• It's such a desperate feeling, and I never
  imagined that it would make me angry to listen to
  all these new broadcasters talking about the
  area, because it feels like they are trying to
  make it seem like they care so much.

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David Schneider, New Orleans

• My family left for Dallas on Saturday night - a
  15 hour drive. My sister and mother arrived
  later.
• Our home in uptown New Orleans likely survived
  the storm but may succumb to the continued
  flooding.
• My sister's house is gone, she lived in one of
  the coastal locations where the eye passed.
• My mother has 12 feet of water in her home, the
  same home that had six feet of water in it from
  Hurricane Betsy in September 1965.
• I remember the flooding and our escape by boat 40
  years ago, and am stunned that the loss has
  repeated itself.
• My son will now witness the same rebuilding I did
  as a child.
• We will return and rebuild.
• I wish all of the citizens of New Orleans luck
  with the rebuilding.

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Windi Sebren, New Orleans

• My city, New Orleans, has fallen into utter
  chaos.
• I am in Baton Rouge now. I have heard sparse, but
  hopeful reports of my own neighbourhood (Lower
  Garden District) but I expect that my apartment
  will be flooded.
• I live on the second floor but the house was old
  - if the wind didn't get it, I'm sure the flood
  will have
• I expect that I have lost everything, except for
  what I carried when I fled to Baton Rouge.
• I have not heard from my boss, but my work was in
  a flood-prone area in Jefferson parish and I'm
  pretty sure it's underwater.
• I work for a Mardi Gras supply company, and I'm
  pretty sure that Mardi Gras will be cancelled or
  at least greatly reduced next year.
• Either way, I am almost certain that I am out of
  a job.
• I love New Orleans and I want to go back, but I
  don't think I could ever go through this again.
• I love the culture, the food, the feel of New
  Orleans, but this is devastating.
• I can't even begin to think of the future, and
  whether I will go back, or even if there will be
  anything to go back to.
• My life in New Orleans is over for the time being
  - I have to start over completely.

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Joshua Norman, Mississippi

• The worst of the storm has passed.
• Miraculously, we have internet, but no phones, no
  electricity, and no running water.
• The building got a few bumps and bruises, but it
  held up
• There were a few scary moments and strange sounds
  coming from the cement roof.
• The TV station across the street was wrecked.
  Their main transmitting tower came down and half
  the roof was ripped off.
• Just looking out our windows, the devastation is
  amazing.
• I've been told to be wary of snakes, but my
  waders are made of thick rubber.
• Looting has started, but the police are already
  back out on patrol.
• I fear what I will find.
• Internet is spotty, so I must be brief. I'm fine.
  Everyone at my office is fine.
• I hope I can say the same for everyone else.

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Jonathan Hare, New Orleans

• I stayed in New Orleans during the hurricane
  because I didn't have anywhere else to go.
• I was in a friend's house during the hurricane
  and a couple of windows were blown in during the
  storm.
• But in the Garden District uptown, we escaped the
  worst of the winds.
• After the hurricane we went to check on our
  houses and all were fine. There was some flooding
  but it wasn't that bad at that stage.
• Most of the damage seemed to be confined to
  downed trees and power lines.
• The flooding only followed afterwards.
• I and two friends decided to get out before the
  flooding got worse.
• There was also a very unpleasant atmosphere in
  the city, with all the looting going on.
• There was an atmosphere of lawlessness, the place
  was out of control. I was frightened, to be
  honest.
• As we were leaving town there was water
  everywhere on either side of the interstate.
• We had to drive 80 miles to find a gas station
  that was working. From there we drove to Austin,
  Texas.
• It's strange to have to flee the city you live
  in, especially after you think you have ridden
  out the storm.
• But the situation is obviously very bad there now
  - there is no sanitation or electricity. Couple
  that with the fact that it's very hot, there is
  dirty water and mosquitoes everywhere.
• I can't get through to anyone on the phone. I
  work at the Louisiana State University, close to
  the Superdome, but I don't know if it's flooded,
  and I don't know where my colleagues or friends
  are.
• I think my apartment is okay, but I'm not sure
  until I go back.
• Whenever that is, I'm not sure. The authorities
  will obviously have to try to get rid of all that
  water first.

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Ihsan Mahdi, New Orleans

• My neighbourhood is under water.
• There are corpses all over the city. The stores
  are being looted.
• All residents of New Orleans are now refugees.
• Now I have a taste of what people in war ravaged
  countries go through.
• Please pray for us. My future is murky.
• My children cannot grasp the scope of this
  catastrophe.
• My friends are missing. Take me away from this
  madness.

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