How were the people affected by flooding in New Orleans?
This is a tough problem. Morally I am opposed to doing someone else’s homework. Yet as a resident of N’Awlins I want folks to know the truth. I’ll answer but you will have to do some work to shorten it. Can’t do ALL of your work for you. OK, here goes… Hurricane Katrina blew in a lot of water to Lake Ponchartrain (north of the city) and up the mouth of the river (south and southeast of the city) because of the rotation of the cyclonic winds and the path that Katrina took. More water was in the drainage canals than normal, which increased pressure on the canal walls. Some of the canals were constructed poorly and failed, thus allowing water to enter the city. N’Awlins is partly above sea level, partly below. But with the wind pressure driving water inland, the water levels were above sea level. Water rushed through the breaks in the levees that protected the canals. So much water was moved through the breaks that in places, 15 to 20 feet of storm surge wiped away whole neighborhoods a
