Inside Hurricane Katrina Part 1 Assignment
1. What was the casualty count from Hurricane Pam – Baton Rouge
Louisiana?
2. In what area was Hurricane Katrina upgraded from a tropical storm to a
hurricane?
3. As a category 1 hurricane, what made Katrina so dangerous?
4. In detail describe how New Orleans and area prepared for Katrina.
Describe thoroughly.
5. Was New Orleans prepared for Katrina? Discuss, with examples from the
documentary some problems that occurred.
6. Describe the poverty in New Orleans as discussed in the documentary.
How did this poverty affect some of the people getting out of the city?
7. How did the military and the city prepare to wait out the hurricane? Use
examples such as food etc.
8. Explain fully what happened when the levees broke?
9. How did officials begin the first response of Katrina?
10. How did a General in charge of “first response” compare Katrina to a
military operation?
11. Describe the after effects of Katrina and how relief efforts in New Orleans
were uncoordinated.
Inside Hurricane Katrina Part 2 Assignment
1. Find a minimum of one example for each of the six geographic concepts
from the video. Explain each how each example links to each concept.
2. Go back to your notes on comparing and analyzing natural disasters. Apply
the terminology/examples from your notes to Hurricane Katrina specifically.
3. What did you learn about Hurricane Katrina that you never knew before?
What was most shocking to you?
4. What did you learn about natural disasters and their relationship to humans
that you never knew before? What conclusions can you draw/what lessons can
be learned?
**Note** Each question must be at least two paragraphs each.
DUE: Monday, March 31, 2008