catastrophic event known as Hurricane Katrina, mother nature destroyed much of New Orleans. This hurricane caused billions of dollars in damage to the area and killed many many people. One of the major reasons that it was so destructive was because the levees that held water out of the land were broken. When this happened water flooded into the city and caused much more destruction than the hurricane would have caused by itself. On August 29, 2005 there were over 50 failures to the levees outside of New Orleans
story, Horne talks about the people of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. He describes the actions people made and how they handled and experienced Katrina. Some got out of town, some relied on the Dome, an all-weather temperature controlled coliseum, for safety and then there were some that underestimated Katrina and stayed in their homes. Aware of the hurricane taking place, Fats Domino stayed inside his home like he had past hurricanes. However, by late Monday, Domino was on his roof, helplessly
Haiti is a small mountainous country that shares the borders of the island Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic. Haiti a beautiful country and it’s known for the humid tropical climate and extensive mountains. On January 12, 2010 at 4:53pm a 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the country of Haiti followed by two more 5.9 and 5.5 aftershocks. It is estimated that more than 3.5 million people in Haiti were affected by the Earthquake and more than 200,000 people were estimated to be dead. In 2012 the