Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans in 2005 Most of the population in the United States is known for living in coastal cities such as: Houston, New York, and Miami. Although these cities have significant landscaping, behind the landscaping is a hidden body of water. That body of water is mostly an ocean rather than a river. Since coastal cities are closer to a body of water – known as an ocean – the chances of floods increase through seasons. While living in the coastal planes, there is a higher chance of undergoing a hurricane or tornado due to the land being located by a big body of water. Unfortunately, in 2005, a hurricane known as Hurricane Katrina hit the most vulnerable city in the United States, New Orleans. New Orleans is located …show more content…
Barriers are walls or materialistic blockades made to prevent a specific intrusion from trespassing. These barriers are only limited to an amount of force, if there is a high flood, then there is a chance of the blockade being broken. If the blockade is broken, then the region will be damaged through the flooding and properties will become untenable. Once barriers are no longer a solution, the only solution to avoid interfering with danger is relocating to another place that is away from the coastal region with rising sea levels. Since New Orleans was subsidized, it was surrounded by levees. Unfortunately, those levees that surround the city failed to keep water out and were destroyed. Since the levees were destroyed, the city began to fill up with water, thus flooding …show more content…
Forecasting is the process in which the data that scientists gather is gone through reviews that are published to officials which warn the public of hazardous events, like in this case, a hurricane. Through technology, many scientists were able to collect data and information about the wind speed of the hurricane and an approximate date it could potentially hit New Orleans. There were many warnings of hurricane Katrina, as it was known to hit other places before it even hit New Orleans. With the power of the news media throughout the coast of the United States, during 2005, New Orleans had many warnings that warned the public of the hazardous Hurricane Katrina. Not only was the public warned about the hazardous event, but they were also told of ways to stay safe. The main way of educating the public through warnings was to let them know how to store their foods and ways to hide through places in the home that could be potentially safe – such as: basements. But as time went by and the hurricane began to get closer to New Orleans, at one point, forecasting had a problem. The data that scientists gathered, was not accurate. Many news outlets believed that the hurricane was not going to impact the city and the levees that surround the city was going to be enough to hold the city together. Though forecasting usually allows the public