Katrina; Aftermath
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Hurricane Katrina:
The Road to Recovery
Sean Armstrong
WRA 110, Section 19
Professor Durding
March 27th, 2009
Abstract
In August 2005, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to alter their lifestyles due to one of the most costly hurricanes in United States history. New Orleans is a vital part to the United States of America’s economy, life-style, and overall persona. New Orleans has always been a renowned United States city, popular to tourists, famous for music, entertainment, education and food. In August of 2005 however a giant storm was creating out in the Gulf of Mexico and was on a direct path leading directly towards New Orleans. It is hard to comprehend how much damage hurricane Katrina really caused in New Orleans. With the majority of the Gulf coast in shambles and with hundreds of thousands now homeless, action needed to be taken as soon as possible. In an immediate response, president Bush signed a 10.5 billion dollar disaster relief bill to help the thousands of people who were affected by the storm. Today New Orleans is finally starting to build back up to hopefully one day become the city it once was. The population just recently peaked above 300,000, yet this is not the 500,000 that it once was.
Hurricanes and natural disasters are a phenomenon that everybody knows very well could happen; yet very few people actually are around to witness and experience first hand. In August 2005, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to alter their lifestyles due to one of the most costly hurricanes in United States history. Hurricane Katrina was a disaster that we as a country are still trying to rebuild and recover from. The death toll, catastrophic damage caused, and overall economy of the Gulf coast, specifically New Orleans, resulted in a multi billion-dollar city to almost to fall. With our country being at times of war with the Middle East, as well just recovering from the September, 11th world trade center attacks, as well as...
The Road to Recovery
Sean Armstrong
WRA 110, Section 19
Professor Durding
March 27th, 2009
Abstract
In August 2005, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to alter their lifestyles due to one of the most costly hurricanes in United States history. New Orleans is a vital part to the United States of America’s economy, life-style, and overall persona. New Orleans has always been a renowned United States city, popular to tourists, famous for music, entertainment, education and food. In August of 2005 however a giant storm was creating out in the Gulf of Mexico and was on a direct path leading directly towards New Orleans. It is hard to comprehend how much damage hurricane Katrina really caused in New Orleans. With the majority of the Gulf coast in shambles and with hundreds of thousands now homeless, action needed to be taken as soon as possible. In an immediate response, president Bush signed a 10.5 billion dollar disaster relief bill to help the thousands of people who were affected by the storm. Today New Orleans is finally starting to build back up to hopefully one day become the city it once was. The population just recently peaked above 300,000, yet this is not the 500,000 that it once was.
Hurricanes and natural disasters are a phenomenon that everybody knows very well could happen; yet very few people actually are around to witness and experience first hand. In August 2005, hundreds of thousands of people were forced to alter their lifestyles due to one of the most costly hurricanes in United States history. Hurricane Katrina was a disaster that we as a country are still trying to rebuild and recover from. The death toll, catastrophic damage caused, and overall economy of the Gulf coast, specifically New Orleans, resulted in a multi billion-dollar city to almost to fall. With our country being at times of war with the Middle East, as well just recovering from the September, 11th world trade center attacks, as well as...