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This 8 page paper takes a look at Hurricane Katrina and the damage it caused to U.S. shores. Particular attention is paid to the Ninth Ward section. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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and would see many people lose their jobs and homes. What was the storm like? One detailed description had been relayed as follows: "AROUND four-fifths of New Orleans was under
water on Wednesday August 31st, two days after Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana, with winds roaring up to 140 mph" ("The damage that Katrina," 2005). It was perhaps not so
bad until the levees broke. After the storm subsided, much discussion would come about in respect to the damage that the storm caused and what would be expected as far
as clean up was concerned. There were environmental issues like mold growth and all of the things one might be worried about when a major flooding incident occurs. There has
also been talk of global warming, but since Katrina is now a distant memory, much of the discussion has died down. Despite the fact that there had been speculation
as to the reason for the magnitude of the disaster, the problems do not appear to be associated with global warming. Katrina was an aberration and it really would not
have been so bad had New Orleans not been below sea level and the city had a better infrastructure. II. The Cause of the Problem Again,
the cause of the storm is perhaps attributed to environmental issues and maybe tied to global warming, but a student suggests that the disaster was really due to poor engineering
that would see the levees break. Indeed, no matter what caused the storm to hurt New Orleans, the storm did a lot of damage. Some argue that had the levees
been in better shape, they might have been strong enough to withstand Katrina. In the end, when fully analyzed, it does appear that maintenance of the levees was a key
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