Go to the animation at: http://www.nola.com/katrina/wide.ssf?/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf
Answer the following questions:
1. The first levees breached were on the __________ side of New Orleans. (a) north (b) south
(c) east (d) west.
2. The large lake north of New Orleans is called _____________.
3. ___________ had very little flooding. (a) Algiers (b) Chalmette (c) Arabi.
4. The water depth in New Orleans was _____ feet. (Click on water depths on the lagniappe
link.)
5. The Mississippi River was a major factor in the flooding. (a) True (b) False.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/features/katrina-retrospective.html
Answer the following questions:
6. What was the date Hurricane Katrina hit land?
7. Katrina killed more than _________ people.
8. Once the hurricane moves by, the sea water temperature ___________. (a) Rises (b) falls
9. The color red on the hurricane animation means that more than ____ inches of rain are falling
in an hour.
10. New Orleans flooded after landfall was mainly __________ of the Mississippi River.
(a) north (b) south (c) east (d) west.