Will Hurricane Issac bring as much destruction as Katrina?
Will Hurricane Issac bring as much destruction as Katrina? Many people are already out of power and it looks like the gulf coast is going to get hammered. Will it be as bad as Katrina? Will the rain help the Mississippi return to regular traffic?
What do you think?
Yes, Issac will be as bad!
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No, Issac will not be bad!
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The talking heads say "no", but I think it's 50-50. The talking heads mention how Katrina was as strong as a Cat. 5 at times and Isaac is just a Cat. 1. Especially in a place like New Orleans, it's all about the rainfall, since NOLA is below sea leve. As they said themselves, twenty inches of rain will flood any city. Add high tide and storm surge to the mix and at a minimum things are going to get very wet. There probably won't be as much wind damage as last time, but really the water is enough. If you know anything about water damage, you know it pretty well ruins everything it touches. Side: Yes, Issac will be as bad!
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Nowhere near as bad. I live in south mississippi, and I went through katrina. Katrina is several orders of magnitude worse than Isaac. It wasn't until 2010 that most of the coast had been rebuilt from Katrina. Isaac will probably take a few weeks to clean up, maybe a month. Side: No, Issac will not be bad!
No, Issac is a category 1 hurricane while Katrina was a category 5 when it hit New Orleans. The only reason why Issac is getting so much media attention is because it follows the same path as Katrina. We were also unprepared for Katrina as it changed course so fast unlike Issac in which we had alot of warning. No, Issac will not be that bad. Side: No, Issac will not be bad!
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According to investigations and statistics Hurricane Issac will bring less destruction as Katrina Hurricane. First of all, the rotation of sustained winds of at least 39mph(63 kph), whereas the rotation of tropical storm of Katrina was 65mph(105kph). Besides,Isaac had less intensity . It stayed a tropical storm for a week, when its maximum sustained winds picked up to 75 mph (121 kph), comparing to Katrina 127 mph (204 kph), still a major hurricane. Katrina caused $125 billion in damage and 1800 was killed in Louisiana, New Orleans. However,since 2005 year people constructing heavily reinforced floodwalls along the canals, and installing a new system of pump stations, preparing for hurricane(Issac). Finally, according to CNN, mandatory evacuations have been ordered in Louisiana, Mississippi and so on, whereas during destruction of Katrina, many disabled and people without car were not evacuated and died. To sum up i would like to say probably Isaac Hurricane will be less harm than Katrina was. Side: No, Issac will not be bad!
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