New orleans is the same as Galveston Texas
This article is about hurricane Katrina. It talks about what troops and organizations arestill doing and not doing to help the people in New Orleans. Basically, they are no longer looking for the dead, but are still looking to rescue the living. Also, there are people there working on things such as electricity, law enforcement, and transportation.
On September 8, 1900, there was hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. This was said to be the biggest hurricane to that date. When it hit the coast, the winds were at 140 mile per hour. The total number of deaths reached 6,000 and there were 3600 buildings totally destroyed. Before the storm, Galveston was a vacation spot for families and an important port, where more than 70 percent of the countries cotton would pass through. Before the storm, people had suggested building a storm wall. No body thought it was necessary. When the waters started to rise, people could not get away. The highest point of elevation on the island was only about 9 feet above sea level. This wasn’t high at all considering the storm surge was 15 ½ feet.
In order to prevent this from happening again, the city residents not only built a seawall, but also raised the elevation of the entire city, which is what New Orleans should do. At the seawall the elevation was increased by 16 feet. Hurricane Katrina is the only storm since that could even compare to the damage in Galveston, Texas.
On September 8, 1900, there was hurricane that hit Galveston, Texas. This was said to be the biggest hurricane to that date. When it hit the coast, the winds were at 140 mile per hour. The total number of deaths reached 6,000 and there were 3600 buildings totally destroyed. Before the storm, Galveston was a vacation spot for families and an important port, where more than 70 percent of the countries cotton would pass through. Before the storm, people had suggested building a storm wall. No body thought it was necessary. When the waters started to rise, people could not get away. The highest point of elevation on the island was only about 9 feet above sea level. This wasn’t high at all considering the storm surge was 15 ½ feet.
In order to prevent this from happening again, the city residents not only built a seawall, but also raised the elevation of the entire city, which is what New Orleans should do. At the seawall the elevation was increased by 16 feet. Hurricane Katrina is the only storm since that could even compare to the damage in Galveston, Texas.
posted by Anonymous | 9:15 PM
1 Comments:
Good article and comparison. What has changed since 1900? Why was the Galveston hurricane so much more devstaing than Katrina? In other words, on the surface there is much is the same between the two disasters, but there is much that is different too.
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