Hurricane Katrina
1.
Name________________________________
What “Hurricane” hit New Orleans one year before Katrina? ______________
2. Where was this “Hurricane” created? ____________________
3. The simulation thought how many people would be killed? _________________
4. Katrina originally developed off the coast of _________________ as a small
storm called a tropical depression.
5. At _____________ miles an hour a tropical depression is upgraded to a tropical
storm.
6. _____________ of all tropical storms become hurricanes.
7. Hurricanes are labeled by category. A Category ________ is the weakest level of
hurricane, but a Category ________ is the strongest level of hurricane.
8. Category 1 has winds up to ____________mph
9. Category 2 has winds up to ____________mph
10. Category 3 has winds up to ____________mph
11. A huge bulge of water that also comes with a hurricane is called a
_______________ _______________
12. ___________percent of deaths from hurricanes come from drowning.
13. New Orleans sits at ___________ to _____________ feet below sea level.
14. The only high ground in New Orleans is this historic area
___________________________________
15. Who took control of the levees after the big flood of 1927?
_______________________________________________- they had the
responsibility to build and repair the levees.
16. After Hurricane _______________, which was a Category 3, Congress made laws
about how to maintain the levees.
17. A hurricane turns clockwise or counter-clockwise? ________________________
18. The surge is strongest on which side of the hurricane, east or west?
_________________________
19. The wetlands were disappearing ___________________square miles a year, or
roughly a football field every ________________.
20. How many hours do they need in order to get people evacuated?
_____________________________
21. What was the percentage of people they estimated would leave?
_______________________
22. Which meant how many people would stay? _________________________
23. Where did the Army Corps stay during the hurricane?
______________________
24. At what time did Katrina strike land? ___________________________
25. At 10 A.M. how high was the storm surge? ________________________
26. By nightfall was the water still rising, yes or no? ____________________
27. What was the percentage of New Orleans under water? _________________
28. Africa used ____________________________ to float on, and used
___________________ to paddle.
29. _____________________ houses were declared damaged beyond repair.
30. The flood wall failed at the _____________________. They were
under_____________________ not over_____________________.
31. They are repairing them to sustain a hurricane up to a Category ______________.
32. What year was the busiest hurricane season on record. _____________________
33. The ocean temperature has risen ________________________.
34. One hurricane is equal to __________________________ atomic bombs in
power.