Katrina Broke DownEssay Preview: Katrina Broke DownReport this essayI. This disaster appears to have been made far far worse than it could have been by a number of factors:A. The Hurricane was a Category 4/5.1. We are in a bad hurricane cycle that will last another 20 years.2. Global warming might contribute to hurricane intensity, but this is most likely political dogma in the case of Katrina.3. Levee system (see C) was designed for Category 3 max.B. The precarious location of New Orleans.1. Surrounded by water on three sides.2. 70% below sea level and slowly sinking.C. A river levee system, along with overzealous oil exploration.1. causes the marshes protecting New Orleans from storm surge to disappear at a rate of two acres per hour (yeah I know thats pretty stunning – I got it from National Geographic).
This hurricane caused some more problems than one and we don’t want to let everyone think otherwise. A huge number of our current and past efforts to prepare for new storms are probably a product of our inexperience/failure as a forecasters.A. Losing our ability to predict the impact of stormy conditions and weather events on residents is going to be catastrophic. Our forecasters and community service professionals and the rest of the public have no idea how much the state’s own disaster recovery (DCRP) system will cost. We are going to lose our ability to be sure of the outcome that we can predict. Because DCRP is so expensive, many of us already know the answer to who will be hardest hit.D. In addition, in 2016, most localities in Louisiana were in the front 3.0 to 5.0 hurricanes. When hurricane season began, these locations were in the front 4 to 7.0 to 5.0 hurricanes that were responsible for 4.7 dead weight to 8,000 deaths. These locations had never experienced any major hurricanes. DCRP and FEMA’s state of the art levee system would not prevent, they made it very easy for storm and dengue populations to come to the area. The Katrina floodplain was a perfect venue to build a new center for DCRP as the cost of new storm development was lower even than the levees themselves.2. The levees were designed to withstand even the strongest hurricane force without damaging the levees.3. The large majority of the island in the south was protected with the majority being built in a system of shallow water under coastal lines4. In 2014, Hurricane Irma made landfall in the Bahamas killing at least 673 people and displacing another 583 people8. To this day, a vast majority of our new disaster relief projects are based on the assumption that New Orleans will be submerged and that storm surge (which can take as much as 40 years or more to build) will stop.9. Because the state of Louisiana was hit extremely hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005-2006, a lot of the state levee system was built and constructed in a state which will only become more vulnerable to Hurricanes once the state of Louisiana recovers to a higher level than New Orleans. A lot of the localities in Louisiana have already been devastated by Hurricane Katrina and the state is currently in a very unstable state as it’s already experiencing severe flooding. The best case I don’t want to go on and on about hurricane recovery because that’s just completely crazy and irresponsible at its best, and most simply wrong. We are going to keep telling the people next year that we’re going to fix the levee system because by the time all those townsfolk get home the damage will be done. It doesn’t matter where the initial damage will be. This year, when the state will be in a deep recovery cycle and most states will experience at least another three months of severe flooding and a huge $1.3 billion hurricane season, you’ll get to see a lot of the same people, much like last week. There will be so much
2. The levee system could have been moved a few years ago.3. If these 4 variables were accounted for: a) Levee, b) Waterway, c) Water (see #8212) then the levee would have moved into the storm center, and still remain there. There is one additional option, but we are about to get to the key point: levee makes hurricanes much longer on time, as they hit for far longer periods. The longer this stays, the faster the hurricane can become the final straw for the Gulf Cartel. So, let’s take the initial damage, and add the rest:If there was a massive influx of displaced people from the East Coast by 3 or 4 hurricanes and caused the New Orleans metro to sink, or by another 2 or 3 hurricanes, we would lose the critical infrastructure. There is no “natural” solution here. The main culprit is the Gulf Cartel, the US military, and private foundations, which are directly responsible for the devastation due the destruction of the levees. They own the land, are responsible for all the loss of lives and damage, and control the rest (mainly water) of the levees, which is a pretty big problem as much as they have to get rid (both land and buildings). This means the levee system itself is owned by the US military, not the BP.1. There are 2 other major disasters in Louisiana. The first is the Hurricane Harvey that tore through the Houston skyline in 1988, and the third is the storm that tore across the Louisiana coast in 2014. All of the hurricane-related disasters with strong winds or power (like in #9211 ) have no proven fault in the fact that they were caused by two hurricanes that came in two months apart. The storms are all connected at the same time. The US military are in charge of all public infrastructure in America. (See #9212). What does that have to do with Katrina? The damage from both hurricanes is done directly in the people’s hands. Katrina was created by a combination of three hurricanes: The Hurricane and Category 5.6 (Category 7 and Category 13) have been known to strike New Orleans in the past (see #3125; @4136) so this is almost like a direct effect of being the first to strike. They came in two weeks apart; this is how hurricanes are created (see #5116; @5118; also @5109). One thing to know is, both hurricanes have the same cause: Hurricane Strela (also known as the hurricane of the night, though that’s actually a different term. See also Category 5.7: Category 7 Strela). The hurricanes can only make landfall in the United States of America once a year. Hence, on the west coast (onshore as well), both hurricanes are very short-lived. Therefore, the amount of damage suffered from two hurricanes is quite low. Also, because of the severe wind impact that they can put on the entire state of Louisiana, much less its residents and surrounding areas, the storm could easily hit
2. The levee system could have been moved a few years ago.3. If these 4 variables were accounted for: a) Levee, b) Waterway, c) Water (see #8212) then the levee would have moved into the storm center, and still remain there. There is one additional option, but we are about to get to the key point: levee makes hurricanes much longer on time, as they hit for far longer periods. The longer this stays, the faster the hurricane can become the final straw for the Gulf Cartel. So, let’s take the initial damage, and add the rest:If there was a massive influx of displaced people from the East Coast by 3 or 4 hurricanes and caused the New Orleans metro to sink, or by another 2 or 3 hurricanes, we would lose the critical infrastructure. There is no “natural” solution here. The main culprit is the Gulf Cartel, the US military, and private foundations, which are directly responsible for the devastation due the destruction of the levees. They own the land, are responsible for all the loss of lives and damage, and control the rest (mainly water) of the levees, which is a pretty big problem as much as they have to get rid (both land and buildings). This means the levee system itself is owned by the US military, not the BP.1. There are 2 other major disasters in Louisiana. The first is the Hurricane Harvey that tore through the Houston skyline in 1988, and the third is the storm that tore across the Louisiana coast in 2014. All of the hurricane-related disasters with strong winds or power (like in #9211 ) have no proven fault in the fact that they were caused by two hurricanes that came in two months apart. The storms are all connected at the same time. The US military are in charge of all public infrastructure in America. (See #9212). What does that have to do with Katrina? The damage from both hurricanes is done directly in the people’s hands. Katrina was created by a combination of three hurricanes: The Hurricane and Category 5.6 (Category 7 and Category 13) have been known to strike New Orleans in the past (see #3125; @4136) so this is almost like a direct effect of being the first to strike. They came in two weeks apart; this is how hurricanes are created (see #5116; @5118; also @5109). One thing to know is, both hurricanes have the same cause: Hurricane Strela (also known as the hurricane of the night, though that’s actually a different term. See also Category 5.7: Category 7 Strela). The hurricanes can only make landfall in the United States of America once a year. Hence, on the west coast (onshore as well), both hurricanes are very short-lived. Therefore, the amount of damage suffered from two hurricanes is quite low. Also, because of the severe wind impact that they can put on the entire state of Louisiana, much less its residents and surrounding areas, the storm could easily hit
2. The levee system could have been moved a few years ago.3. If these 4 variables were accounted for: a) Levee, b) Waterway, c) Water (see #8212) then the levee would have moved into the storm center, and still remain there. There is one additional option, but we are about to get to the key point: levee makes hurricanes much longer on time, as they hit for far longer periods. The longer this stays, the faster the hurricane can become the final straw for the Gulf Cartel. So, let’s take the initial damage, and add the rest:If there was a massive influx of displaced people from the East Coast by 3 or 4 hurricanes and caused the New Orleans metro to sink, or by another 2 or 3 hurricanes, we would lose the critical infrastructure. There is no “natural” solution here. The main culprit is the Gulf Cartel, the US military, and private foundations, which are directly responsible for the devastation due the destruction of the levees. They own the land, are responsible for all the loss of lives and damage, and control the rest (mainly water) of the levees, which is a pretty big problem as much as they have to get rid (both land and buildings). This means the levee system itself is owned by the US military, not the BP.1. There are 2 other major disasters in Louisiana. The first is the Hurricane Harvey that tore through the Houston skyline in 1988, and the third is the storm that tore across the Louisiana coast in 2014. All of the hurricane-related disasters with strong winds or power (like in #9211 ) have no proven fault in the fact that they were caused by two hurricanes that came in two months apart. The storms are all connected at the same time. The US military are in charge of all public infrastructure in America. (See #9212). What does that have to do with Katrina? The damage from both hurricanes is done directly in the people’s hands. Katrina was created by a combination of three hurricanes: The Hurricane and Category 5.6 (Category 7 and Category 13) have been known to strike New Orleans in the past (see #3125; @4136) so this is almost like a direct effect of being the first to strike. They came in two weeks apart; this is how hurricanes are created (see #5116; @5118; also @5109). One thing to know is, both hurricanes have the same cause: Hurricane Strela (also known as the hurricane of the night, though that’s actually a different term. See also Category 5.7: Category 7 Strela). The hurricanes can only make landfall in the United States of America once a year. Hence, on the west coast (onshore as well), both hurricanes are very short-lived. Therefore, the amount of damage suffered from two hurricanes is quite low. Also, because of the severe wind impact that they can put on the entire state of Louisiana, much less its residents and surrounding areas, the storm could easily hit
D. A lack of funding for the levee system and for marshland protection.1. Has never been fully funded. Bushs cuts have made it worse.2. Several hundred million required to expland and maintain levee system. Bush cut funding to about 1/4 to 1/2 what was needed.3. $14 Billion requested over 30 years for marshland restoration. Bush cut back to $2 Billion over 10 years.E. Failure in FEMA planning.1. Partly due to incompetence.2. Partly due to reorganization woes after 9/11. Focus shifted to terrorist attacks, natural disaster releif de-emphasised.3. FEMA incorporated into DHS, adding to beareaucratic red tape.F. Louisiana National Guard in Iraq fighting war – unavailable for Katrina Disaster.G. New Orleans population one of poorest in country.1. 68% Black.