My Name is Katrina
By Mrs. Allen’s sixth grade class
My name is Hurricane Katrina. I was born August 23, 2005, over the Bahamas. I made my first landfall two days later in Florida. The land did not stop me. I grew bigger and I made my second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Monday, August 29, in Louisiana.
I grew up during the most active hurricane season in recorded history. Some people say global warming caused me. Other people say the warm ocean water made me come alive. Scientists still argue over what really caused me to form.
I was a large storm and I caused damage all along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. In the open water, I became vicious. I destroyed oil rigs, pushed boats to shore, and made the ocean surge. The storm surge destroyed beaches, damaged casinos, buildings, and flooded neighborhoods.
At first, no one knew how badly I hurt the Gulf Coast area. In Mississippi and in Alabama I destroyed homes and neighborhoods. As the day progressed, the people of New Orleans lived in a nightmare as the levees broke. They saw the water pour into the city of New Orleans. The rising water trapped people inside their houses, on their roofs, and in their attics. People walked through contaminated water to get to safety. The whole world watched as the media reported the disaster I caused.
When people think about me now they mostly think of what happened to the people in New Orleans. People say the government should have evacuated the city completely. Many people still fight about this to the present day. Some people did not leave the city before I came. They had to go to the Superdome for shelter. The Superdome was not a very good place to stay. It was dirty, crowded, uncomfortable, and people called it a “refuge of last resort.”
People looted the city in my aftermath. Fires burned unattended. News reporters came in and showed the whole world what I had done to the Big Easy. (The Big Easy is another name for New Orleans.) People got very mad at the government because they did not help rescue people quickly. Aid poured in eventually, but it was too late for over 1,800 people who lost their lives because of me.
I will live forever because people will always remember my wrath. I was the costliest hurricane in the history of America. I caused a political storm that continues to this day. I changed the Gulf Coast and especially New Orleans forever. Many people who used to live in the areas I affected left and never returned.
My name is Hurricane Katrina. I was born August 23, 2005, over the Bahamas. I made my first landfall two days later in Florida. The land did not stop me. I grew bigger and I made my second landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on Monday, August 29, in Louisiana.
I grew up during the most active hurricane season in recorded history. Some people say global warming caused me. Other people say the warm ocean water made me come alive. Scientists still argue over what really caused me to form.
I was a large storm and I caused damage all along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas. In the open water, I became vicious. I destroyed oil rigs, pushed boats to shore, and made the ocean surge. The storm surge destroyed beaches, damaged casinos, buildings, and flooded neighborhoods.
At first, no one knew how badly I hurt the Gulf Coast area. In Mississippi and in Alabama I destroyed homes and neighborhoods. As the day progressed, the people of New Orleans lived in a nightmare as the levees broke. They saw the water pour into the city of New Orleans. The rising water trapped people inside their houses, on their roofs, and in their attics. People walked through contaminated water to get to safety. The whole world watched as the media reported the disaster I caused.
When people think about me now they mostly think of what happened to the people in New Orleans. People say the government should have evacuated the city completely. Many people still fight about this to the present day. Some people did not leave the city before I came. They had to go to the Superdome for shelter. The Superdome was not a very good place to stay. It was dirty, crowded, uncomfortable, and people called it a “refuge of last resort.”
People looted the city in my aftermath. Fires burned unattended. News reporters came in and showed the whole world what I had done to the Big Easy. (The Big Easy is another name for New Orleans.) People got very mad at the government because they did not help rescue people quickly. Aid poured in eventually, but it was too late for over 1,800 people who lost their lives because of me.
I will live forever because people will always remember my wrath. I was the costliest hurricane in the history of America. I caused a political storm that continues to this day. I changed the Gulf Coast and especially New Orleans forever. Many people who used to live in the areas I affected left and never returned.
