level due to all of the levees that were built. These levees were built as a way to control rising river waters and ward off floods, as it had been done for thousands of years. Hurricane Katrina struck both Louisiana and Mississippi on August 25th, 2005. When the hurricane hit, it drove walls of water into the gulf coast, as well as into the surrounding rivers, lakes, and ponds. The lakes could not hold the floodwaters back, and due to this, the levees broke. When the levees broke, it flooded roughly
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