What r the similarities 10pnts quickly?

Question

what the similarities between the great flood of 1927 and hurricane katrina when the levee's broke

and whats your personal opinion?

Answer 1

Some facts about the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927:

The flood began when heavy rains pounded the central basin of the Mississippi in the summer of 1926. By September, the Mississippi's tributaries in Kansas and Iowa were swollen to capacity. On New Year's Day of 1927, the Cumberland River at Nashville topped levees at 56.2 feet (17 m).

The Mississippi River broke out of its levee system in 145 places and flooded 27,000 square miles or about 16,570,627 acres (70,000 km²). The area was inundated up to a depth of 30 feet (10 m). The flood caused over $400 million in damages and killed 246 people in seven states.

The flood affected Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Arkansas was hardest hit, with 14% of its territory covered by floodwaters. By May 1927, the Mississippi River below Memphis, Tennessee reached a width of 100 km (60 mi).



A river levee is blown up at Caernarvon in 1927As the flood approached New Orleans, Louisiana, about 30 tons of dynamite were set off on the levee at Caernarvon, Louisiana and sent 7,000 m³/s (250,000 ft³/s) of water pouring through. This prevented New Orleans from experiencing serious damage, but flooded much of St. Bernard Parish and all of Plaquemines Parish's east bank. As it turned out, the destruction of the Caernarvon levee was unnecessary; several major levee breaks well upstream of New Orleans, including one the day after the demolitions, made it impossible for flood waters to seriously threaten the city. There is some belief by some[specify] that the purpose of the levee explosion was to save the wealthier parts of the city by directing the flow of water to the more rural, less developed communities in order to minimize financial losses.

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Some facts about Hurricane Katrina:

Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the five deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. It was the sixth-strongest Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the third-strongest hurricane on record that made landfall in the United States. Katrina formed on August 23 during the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season and caused devastation along much of the north-central Gulf Coast. The most severe loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed, in many cases hours after the storm had moved inland. The hurricane caused severe destruction across the entire Mississippi coast and into Alabama, as far as 100 miles (160 km) from the storm's center. In the 2005 Atlantic season, Katrina was the eleventh tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and second Category 5 hurricane.

It formed over the Bahamas on August 23, 2005, and crossed southern Florida as a moderate Category 1 hurricane, causing some deaths and flooding there, before strengthening rapidly in the Gulf of Mexico and becoming one of the strongest hurricanes on record while at sea. The storm weakened before making its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 storm on the morning of August 29 in southeast Louisiana and at the Louisiana/Mississippi state line, respectively.

The storm surge caused severe damage along the Gulf Coast, devastating the Mississippi cities of Waveland, Bay St. Louis, Pass Christian, Long Beach, Gulfport, Biloxi, D'Iberville, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Moss Point, and Pascagoula. In Louisiana, the federal flood protection system in New Orleans failed in more than fifty places. Nearly every levee in metro New Orleans breached as Hurricane Katrina passed east of the city, subsequently flooding 80% of the city and many areas of neighboring parishes for weeks.

At least 1,836 people lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina and in the subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane. The storm is estimated to have been responsible for $81.2 billion (2005 U.S. dollars) in damage, making it the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history. The catastrophic failure of the flood protection in New Orleans prompted immediate review of the Army Corps of Engineers, which has, by congressional mandate, sole responsibility for design and construction of the flood protection and levee systems. There was also widespread criticism of the federal, state and local governments' reaction to the storm, which resulted in an investigation by the U.S. Congress, and the resignation of Federal Emergency Management Agency director Michael D. Brown. Conversely, the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service were widely commended for accurate forecasts and abundant lead time.

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Similarities:

Over 100,000 people were displaced because of the flooding alone. . . Both disasters affected several states. . . Parts of New Orleans such as the French Quarter was spared amazingly enough. . . Over and estimated 1,000 people lost their lives. . .There was total terror of the people at both times with much violence and deaths occuring. . .The African American community was hurt the most and not taken care of immediately in both tragedies. . .

Both times relief aid was not given for a long time for most people. . . Many people went for days without food or clean water. . . Boats were used during both instances for rescue. . . Wildlife was severly affected. . . "Big Named" people helped a lot with donations. . . Many songs have been created for both events. . .Other areas/people helped quickly compared to the government. . . Both sparked much controversy within the population, government, and around the world. . .People will remember each incident for the rest of their lives with a lot of grief.

Personal Opinion:

I feel that in both situations things could have been handled better by the government.  Many people I know/church groups acted swiflty to send supplies and people down there to help with Katrina, and I was very glad to see how Americans can pull together to help one another when the going gets tough.  I used to live in Slidell, LA and was here in Missouri when the disaster struck.  I always wanted to go back home, but with friends and family gone, and all of the insanity, it may be many years before I ever get to see my land of paradise again. . . I just hope that our government will be better prepared in the future, and if not, I have confidence now in our people doing something about whatever may happen.

Addendum:  By the way, great question!!!  Did the research within a 20 minute period.  Reminds me of the old college essays, but back then we did not have the WWW. . . lol. . . sweat rolling :)