Hurricane Katrina

This Website is about one of the worst (if not the worst) natural disasters in the history of the United States. This is about the havoc that a hurricane shed on a very large region of the United States. It's not just about New Orleans, its about the entire Gulf Coast, the entire United States. The devastation is beyond belief, and this online experience is about education, humanity, and hope for the future. In this experience you will learn something about hurricanes, but more importantly a lot about the region and the people that this particular hurricane, "Hurricane Katrina" impacted. Hurricane Katrina brought havoc to an area of approximately 90,000 square miles. This activity and resource is designed to help us understand the magnitude of this natural disaster, and to point us toward ways to reduce the destruction and loss of life caused by natural disasters.