Keynote Materials - Andreea Toca

These are just some extra things I am putting in the keynote, and i know we have to cite everything

August 26, 2005

The governor of Louisiana declares a state of emergency.

Federal troops were deployed to Louisiana to meet with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to coordinate aftermath operations.

August 27, 2005

Mandatory evacuations were ordered in low-lying areas of Louisiana, as well as some voluntary evacuations.

At 5 PM, the mayor of New Orleans announced a state of emergency and voluntary evacuation.

Mandatory evacuation for New Orleans would be delayed until 30 hours before Katrina was expected to make landfall. This gave residents in low-lying areas a head start on evacuation.

Tolls on highways were suspended to speed up evacuation.

Many residents in low-lying areas were too poor to afford leaving town.

August 28, 2005

The Superdome is opened as a “last resort” for New Orleans residents.

August 29, 2005

Hurricane Katrina hits the state of Louisana at 205 km/h.

At this point, Hurricane Katrina is a Category 3 hurricane.

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Media References

1. Greenmannower. "Hurricane Katrina New Orleans." Flickr. August 23, 2006

http://www.flickr.com/photos/911review/222607703/ (Accessed January 18, 2010)

2. NASA. "Hurricane Season 2005: Katrina". NASA. October 13, 2005.

http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/lookingatearth/h2005_katrina.html (Accessed January 18, 2010)

3. ibid

4. ibid

5. ibid

Information Sources

1. "Timeline of Hurricane Katrina". Wikipedia. 2010

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Hurricane_Katrina (Accessed January 18, 2010)