Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans Storm Surge

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24th August 2005 the National Hurricane Centre in Florida scrambled its hurricane hunter aircraft, their mission, to fly into the heart of a powerful new storm that was building over the Bahamas. It was the eleventh in a busy season and had been given the name Katrina. Like all tropical storms, Katrina was powered by the surface of the ocean, warm moist air sucked high into the atmosphere then sent speeding back down to create an immense whirlpool of supercharged wind and rain.
Hurricane Katrina was the deadliest and most destructive Atlantic tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the deadliest hurricanes in the history of the United States. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods. The most significant number of deaths occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system catastrophically failed.
As the centre of Hurricane Katrina passed southeast of New Orleans on 29th August winds downtown were in the Category 3 range with frequent intense gusts and tidal surge. In the City of New Orleans, the storm surge caused more than 50 breaches in drainage canal levees and also in navigational canal levees and precipitated the worst engineering disaster in the history of the United States. By 31st August around 80% of New Orleans was flooded, with some parts under 15 feet of water.
Between 80 and 90 percent of the residents of New Orleans were evacuated safely in time before the hurricane struck, testifying to some of the success of the evacuation measures. The Louisiana Superdome was used to house and support some of those who were unable to evacuate. Television shots frequently focused on the Superdome as a symbol of the flooding occurring in New Orleans. The disaster had major implications for a large segment of the population, economy, and politics of the entire United States.
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[@GazeldaS]

Ms. Africa did a nice job explaining her circumstances without breaking down. I do hope God has blessed her and her family since Katrina.

[@alybriere4440]

1,300 people died in New Orleans because of the city’s negligence. They knew for many years the levees were faulty and needed to be reconstructed..so much damage and lives lost which could have easily been avoided...Smh

[@CoTreyLoZ]

Those people shouldn't have stayed...but I agree with the negligence.

[@suzvalentino1901]

@@CoTreyLoZ Lot's of those poor souls lived paycheck to paycheck and didn't have the funds or means to get out. Maybe they didn't have an 8 seat big ass SUV to to get out of Dodge with. You don't think before you comment do you Cory.

[@CoTreyLoZ]

@@suzvalentino1901 They could've went to shelters in the city. There were ways to get out if you wanted to get out. Most folks who stayed done so cause they wanted to or they "didn't think it was going to be so bad." Well, guess what. I think you're just one of those people who like to make excuses for decisions that aren't smart. I don't. I'm also not afraid of telling people how it is whether they like it or not.

[@kamariaellis3226]

@@CoTreyLoZ 2 days in New Orleans you wouldn't survive with that attitude. I lost my mother father sisters brothers cousins nieces and nephews uncles aunties we had a business and a nice home we live in the good and the bad. but it's not like u would understand anyway.because of the ignorance is bliss

[@CoTreyLoZ]

@@kamariaellis3226 I can't imagine what that's like. But I can imagine that when that storm was on it's way to pay attention to the warnings and get out. Your family obviously had the means to get out and that's what they should have done. Then you wouldn't be on yt hating on me for telling it like it is.

[@beastking-zk1yk]

me and my mom was homeles for 1 year but we made it never for get that day

[@vedantpatel1238]

spiderman 7 👊

[@9thGenerationCajun]

Was homeless 16 months, moved 90 miles to "high ground " and got hit by a 9ft flash flood in Denham Springs 2016 flood, Homeless once again.

[@nizzam1]

Glad you guys made it through.feel sorry for all the pets who perished and were left behind

[@masteroogway3040]

@Gabriel Inestroza Lara wow funny 😐

[@TDMnurse]

The storm chasers out there getting blown away is just crazy..

[@plutoic4909]

After 2022 I still think the world let Louisiana, USA down. Jesus. It wasn’t days or weeks, but months. So sad and sickening to see the slow help. Thankful for those that risked their lives to help others💚

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

as someone from louisiana, we are raised to help our neighbors no matter what bc we get hit w hurricanes almost every year. we literally have a ‘hurricane season’ thing going on. people are still living in those terrible FEMA trailers, there are places that have been shut down forever since katrina and the 2016 floods. trust even when the world won’t help us, louisiana got each other’s backs in the end

[@chelseafuller8412]

6:59 is someone in the car??? The break lights came on. Or is that because of the water causing some sort of malfunction?

[@kanoiamayfield5610]

I'm trying not to cry I was only Three months old When it hit me and my parents left I had apnea So i would stop breathing even when i was awake

[@BigMoney23223]

This is the first I’ve seen of those views inside the hurricane. Fricken beautiful and so deadly at the same time

[@1987FX16]

What kind of an ending is that?

[@liz7590]

I know right

[@Layton_2010]

I used to get so aggravated when all I hear is “NOLA this NOLA that” when the subject of Katrina comes up. Over the years I got over it but I can at least say that Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama were all affected greatly by Katrina. However people who were not in MS during Katrina’s impact/wrath will never understand the frustration the media caused us when our MS coastal cities all looked like they were nuked by an atomic bomb - then when you talk to other people from other places about Katrina, people ask “Oh I thought the storm hit New Orleans?” -_- During Katrina in MS, I watched a tornado touchdown and wipe out an entire FAMILY (yes you read that right!), buildings collapsing, waves of water, 9 hours of constant 120mph roaring wind, dead bodies all over the beaches, etc. and then after the storm, we lived outside for two weeks praying that it would rain cause of the heat and dehydration. That experience really messed with me physically and mentally. Yet, the levees break in NOLA and all of a sudden (me as a MS Katrina survivor) according to the media, I was no longer classified as a Katrina victim. Don’t get me wrong, what happened in NOLA was messed up! But let me just say this, Mississippi got the brunt of the STORM, Louisiana’s main issue was the levees breaking -which was due to poor management and the priorities of the city. No this is not a competition of who got affected more by the storm. We can ALL agree that Katrina affected us all. The point in me adding this post is because of the media. The media hates our state for some reason... I guess you would only understand if you lived here. A nuclear bomb could literally explode in the city of Biloxi and the media would somehow make it about New Orleans. It’s annoying always being the shadow of another city for no reason at all. If it’s not NOLA, it’s Mobile. 🙄 (I love both cities by the way! Nothing against you guys that live there, you know what I mean)

[@RetroHabit82]

Right! All new Orleans suffered was flooding the hurricane destroyed Miss and Bama

[@BigGirlGibbs84]

Lance Ladner ...I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.😪🙏🏾I hate that Mississippi and other states were lost in the media tellings. I know it had to be HARD for your city to SUFFER AS IT DID and to be totally disregarded. My husband at the time and brother N law came down after the storm to Biloxi(I think that's where we came too initially)they WORKED TO CLEAN UP AFTER KATRINA. We purchased our own trailer(those FEMA trailers were large/nice)but too costly and later determined to be health hazards with that Formaldehyde in them. The location in Mississippi where we parked our trailer did look like an atomic bomb had struck the area. I have my own video footage to prove it. So I know exactly what your city endured, it was HEART WRENCHING TO SEE & EXPERIENCE even arriving after the storm. So what you are saying is WARRANTED and TRUE. I Pray that here in 2019 that life has returned to some sort of normalcy for you and your loved ones. I know it will NEVER EVER BE THE SAME.

[@BigGirlGibbs84]

YES it was Biloxi, MS where we stayed. Lance what was one of the strongest things in my mind that I saw was a LARGE!! and I do mean LARGE PIECE OF IRON or STEEL that was wrapped around a McDonald's Sign as if it was rubber!! It was something that I never knew was even POSSIBLE. You could not have told me, even SEEING IT WITH ME OWN EYES that it was possible, I WAS IN TOTAL DISBELIEF. That let us know the severity of Hurricane Katrina on Biloxi. And along that stretch of beach(I'm unfamiliar with what you all call that area), there was a church we were told was OVER 100 Years old that was totally GUTTED. And everything along that stretch for MILES was obliterated. I took photos and video because people sitting at home behind their TV screens had no idea of the REAL IMPACT. Lance this is bringing back so so many horrible memories right now for me, so I could only PRAY for what it was like for you all as actual residents of Biloxi. I know there are places in your city that probably NEVER RECOVERED or was never rebuilt by your city. One thing Hurricane Katrina showed me was the POWER OF A HURRICANE or STORM OF THAT MAGNITUDE.

[@BigGirlGibbs84]

@@RetroHabit82 YES it DESTROYED Biloxi MS. That was wind and water damage that we saw.

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

@RetroHabit82 NOLA was the main place it hit, MS and AL were side places that got drug into it all. new orleans went UNDERWATER w 20 ft surge waves. that’s not ‘just flooding’. it went to the tip of roofs on multiple level homes. everyone suffered. people died. it wasn’t like it was a foot or two of flooding. we deal with that all the time in louisiana so to call katrina just a ‘flood’ shows you don’t experience these things often. we have NEVER been thru something like that since other than the 2016 floods

[@tightywhitey9779]

2005 was a long time ago. These scientists look like they’re from the 1980’s

[@fratersol]

The entire Louisiana national guard was serving in Baghdad Iraq during Katrina. We watched in disbelief on the chow hall tv.... We came home a month later from tour

[@ashleylewis744]

So sad

[@beastking-zk1yk]

i was 9 wen this storm hit new orleans wow

[@findingayoutubename2014]

Than how do you not know how to spell when

[@queeniebeanie3196]

😭😭😭in guessing English isn’t ur 1st language

[@arnarnie6844]

@@findingayoutubename2014How do you not know the correct way to type “then”?😂

[@arnarnie6844]

@@queeniebeanie3196And, “I’M” guessing English isn’t “your” first language either.😂😂

[@blugreencat6395]

This is why no one f*** with mother nature

[@will1998100]

Who they pointing they guns at....wtf they people gon do SPLASH U?

[@crawfish70510]

Mrsneaks jesus...when night time came all u heard was gun shots by luders and people so YES THEY NEEDED GUNS

[@justinfuller6681]

Chassy Prejean looters!!! And they aren’t looters they were and are America citizens that need to survive so don’t ever say they were looters

[@CoTreyLoZ]

@@justinfuller6681 They were looters. They should've evacuated. To stay in a city that's BELOW sea level with that kind of storm coming is asking for it...then when they got it they wanted to blame others.

[@MasterGlam]

@@CoTreyLoZ You sound like a pompous idiot. Most of the people that were in that area were living paycheck-to-paycheck. So if you're barely paying your rent or usually deciding if you should pay your light bill VS having bus fare for the week to get to work how are you going to fuel up a car or even get a car and go ELSEWHERE especially when many peoples families ALSO lived in the same area. I guess they should have drive to higher ground and slept in a car. Your reality check will come soon.

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

@Cory Monteith this is the second thread i’ve seen you in on this video saying we were asking for it. and there is a bunch of people calling YOU out. if that doesn’t make you rethink your words then nothing will, and proves the ignorance you hold inside you

[@melissajohnson2935]

1:00.....how does a 12 year old get a job on the hurricane hunter plane?

[@sammiller552]

i was thinking the same thing lol

[@runechuckie]

Could be an internship or something like that.

[@Xrmore]

I'm guessing volunteers

[@OnyXPipes88]

I actually got to go on this plane they had an exhibit in Baton Rouge La. & I asked that question and was told I either have to be air force or press only way to be on the plane to fly in a hurricane

[@jerrifetherson4146]

Bless 🙏🏾them All🙏🏾

[@UKKMOBOSS]

this sad

[@RetroHabit82]

It's always New Orleans that got media coverage, Mississippi was hit worse, but nooo all we talk about is New Orleans this, New Orleans that.

[@blugreencat6395]

Well I mean most residents of new orleans were poor and didn't have cars Some did though It's pretty sad

[@rodboijones7390]

its because new orleans is a major city thats why it got most of the coverage.

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

y’all mad over not being talked ab during katrina? you must have not been listening cause there were plenty of news coverage on MS AL and LA. it’s not a competition, the people who lived thru it don’t go around fighting ab who got the most attention in the news. there are people still living in FEMA trailers in nola, biloxi and all those places have been fixed. new orleans barely got back on its feet after this

[@Tipzyy____]

My friend was born right after that

[@emilyd.6371]

ok

[@DeeGlocksss]

Florida wasn’t as bad ass New Orleans

[@erikgolden3242]

84,000 viewer!!

[@subbingtoeveryonewhosubs1372]

Savage

[@Amirulite]

creepy

[@Imadeyoumad79]

Where was lil wayne and birdman

[@imalex1778]

It's New Orleans not "New Orleeahns as you pronounced it incorrectly

[@MonteeAdamsdacoach]

Aint no R in new owlins!!! Lol. Its spelled that way but its not pronounced that way. LOL

[@jakurdadov6375]

Most of the natives pronounce it "New Or-lenz" or "New Or-lee-unz," always with emphasis on the "Or." Only drunks and idiots pronounce it "New Awlins."

[@e.s.1503]

The New Orleans Hornets had to move to OKC due to the Katrina hurricanes

[@notspongebobsquarepants3028]

The City Underwater

[@logandavis7508]

Yuh

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

Atlantica 2.0

[@Hotdogwateryum]

Hurricens

[@christhefro2844]

Anyone else watching this at 2x speed to finish an essay.

[@DrDallas]

I had to do a natural disaster project soooooo hello comrade

[@elagbyvndtaylorrshedydhdhh4608]

Omg so relateble

[@glitchhunter8977]

Who's watching this in live after Hurricane Laura hits New Orleans today?

[@digitalojos]

Sad

[@shalathingz3768]

Me 😅

[@WiiLoveWeather7-12-16]

Nate now.

[@jimmyrojas7867]

Dislike because that boy didn't say new orleans right

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

lmaoooo

[@bwane4269]

No way this supposed to have happened

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

yea it happened, was out of power for over a week in Clinton Louisiana

[@Nucky131973]

They didn't tell these people to leave c'mon

[@crawfish70510]

Enoch Johnson 😂😂😂um...yea. they did

[@shaunbrogan4157]

They didnt tell people to leave bla bla bla , dude u left 5 comments on this so far! U are a complete idoit E-noch. U must of been left behind because u were drunk the 5 days prior to it hitting and telling people to get the fuck out! Go drink the rest of your useless life away E-NOCH

[@skbwolverine]

Leave? How? They are poor-which means no money and/or no transportation. Many were already homeless. They clearly stated that in this video.

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

yea they told us. a lot of people did leave, my family brought in some from new orleans and after it was done they moved states. we still hear from them:) some people couldn’t leave because they couldn’t afford it, didn’t think it was gonna be that bad (we get hurricanes every year. we call it ‘hurricane season’. it’s why we some weren’t worried cause it’s a common occurrence. if you lived your life constantly every summer being hit by them it wouldn’t worry you as much) , and some didn’t have anywhere else to go. there were thousands of people in that city who left. most on greyhound busses. all of multitude of reasons to stay or go

[@alli.meauxb]

I went through this I was only 1

[@jennyhong6222]

Glad your ok

[@DatWigga]

same with me but I was in Miami & I was a few months old then after we were hit by Wilma ( thank god we weren't in that one part of Mexico 😨 ) as a cat. 3 I almost died from that then in 2011 we were hit by tropical storm Debby it put about a half a a foot of water in the garage then a year later we went through the edge of Sandy on the coast of fl

[@shalathingz3768]

My sister was the same age as you

[@angelauguste3778]

i did this at school the flood like the water was toxest and they had to hide under the superdoom

[@emilyd.6371]

...how does one hide under the superdome...?

[@aprilpotts5731]

Emily D. Lol , I guess they all lifted it up and got underneath.

[@crawfish70510]

April Potts 🤣😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

they did stay in the stadium, but there was a lot of issues with that place in general. sewage backup, theft, etc

[@Nucky131973]

Why didn't Africa have renters insurance or any insurance shit happens

[@christybrewer6284]

Enoch Johnson Maybe she did. You don't know and honestly it wasn't even for you to know.

[@shaunbrogan4157]

Alert ! Drunk E-noch is walking again! This footage is what your brain looks like.. Drunk ass

[@ImTheMan78]

Shaun Brogan lmao

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

we have flood insurance in louisiana. you cant get it before a hurricane hits, gotta get it a year earlier for it to count. plus some places aren’t yet known if it floods cause they are new buildings. most of our infrastructure has a TDLR that states the property floods before you put money down on jt

[@jakurdadov6375]

My mother never had flood insurance. They told her she didn't need it, she had a levee.

[@HollywoodColt]

A hundred atomic bombs HOLY FUCKING SHIT

[@GIguy]

Don’t understand why so many of the homes and structures built so poorly, don’t they have any building codes or regulations at all?, Especially given they are right on the ocean and prone to hurricanes. Don’t understand why so many of the homes and structures are built so poorly, don’t they have any building codes or regulations at all?, Especially given they are right on the ocean and prone to hurricanes.I hope they learn their lesson, and construct all structures with reinforced concrete, not brick and mortar, that is easily destroyed, where is concrete with rebar is damn near impossible to blow over. Yes it costs more to build, but what’s more important, a few extra dollars or your life?

[@tubafats100]

TJ Devereaux 😂 man where are you from? This is the south we have some of the oldest neighborhoods and houses in the country. Here in New Orleans most of the houses are literally 60 or 70 years old and a lot of the people live below the poverty line which means they can’t afford to make the structure stronger. Now after Katrina most homes that had to be rebuilt from the ground up are built better, but a lot of homes only got water damage which means they only fixed the inside of the home but they made no effort to stabilize the homes.

[@crawfish70510]

TJ Devereaux well. You definitely aren't from here..idioracracy at its finest... 1. Its the GULF not the Ocean 2. Mostly old homes..but knew homes also got screwed up 3..lets see how you would survive waves of over 15 feet coming in back to back 4..RESEARCH the power of water and what it can do 5..we do have building codes..

[@crawfish70510]

TJ Devereaux Since u FRENCH you should know NEW ORLEANS is 1 of the oldest cities in the us.

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

nola is known for its tiny streets in the main areas. it’s cause it was built back in the 1800’s where there were just horse drawn carriages. you can only have one line of cars at a time on those streets, mainly everyone is walking. it’s a largely historical place and a main tourist attraction for louisiana bc of that. please do research guys before jumping the gun to judge others with bad attitudes💀

[@justinfuller6681]

Let’s talk abt them white militia groups coming down with guns

[@flahertyrick88]

Pants up don't loot Haha

[@aamiyadenton9874]

They don’t do awareness like they do 9/11 to people who lost their lives but these ppl lost their lives due to drowning in water ppl couldn’t find their children and ppl got raped and worse

[@green_jet3470]

Naked science???

[@dujuancarter4457]

Bad news bad music ha tell tell eye ice and wind natavie American 🇺🇸 74 miles per hour look it up.

[@closed.thebrosgaming4941]

RIP six flags n.o. 2000-2005

[@emilyd.6371]

RIP all the lives lost on the Gulf Coast.

[@bigpimping15]

I wish it would comeback but they won’t let it happen bc they scared they want wont make enough money from it

[@Nucky131973]

Not like they would leave anyway it's perfect stealing time

[@shaunbrogan4157]

Idoit

[@bigpimping15]

Not cool dude

[@Nucky131973]

In a.c during Sandy there was a black mayor he told everyone to stay home it won't be bad

[@shaunbrogan4157]

Another idoit remark from E-Noch. I see u wake up every 2 months from drinking to leave remarks

[@TKnight]

@@shaunbrogan4157 😂😂😂

[@astalyberth]

Sensationalist fear propaganda

[@nataliestowers-n8b]

yep. total propaganda. it was all a lie. 100%🙄

[@Nucky131973]

Number I question after kartrina where's my food stamps who's paying my car note

[@shaunbrogan4157]

Foid stamps? Hell we are paying your incarnation bill , us tax payers.. Drunk piece of shit. If i could get to you id smack the shit out of u drunk

[@Xrmore]

If I was alive during Katrina I would get a surfboard and go surfing on the water.

[@DylanMcMullen]

No you wouldnt

[@Nucky131973]

Natural disasters happen I was out of my house for 8 months because of Sandy there is no one to blame it sucks but shit happens

[@shaunbrogan4157]

You were out of your house because you lost your way drunk

[@azman67]

Look at the Lorentz effect...How and why Tornados and Hurricanes form? They use electricity from ground to space inside this arc gap of the atmosphere. They are nothing more than an Electro Magnetic Vortex created by the flow of energy fro the ground to the edge of space. Here is the simple tornado and hurricane model in the laboratory... kzbin.info/www/bejne/iXLPYn-MhceMnrs ElectroMagnetic Vortex by Magnetflipper shows how a six volt battery and a neo magnet produces a viscous tornado or hurricane underwater. our atmosphere is moist and water droplets do hold a slight magnetic field thus is the Lorentz force or something very similar. Water vapor created by transmutation kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn64g3-Kg9l0qZo yes, when the atmosphere spins water droplets are magnetized by lightning and the spinning atmosphere actually creates a form of planetary electrical charge. Here is the math equation for the Lorentz force animation kzbin.info/www/bejne/nKjMfIWfqJZna6c

[@Scatpack-gw9kb]

Fun fact: GWB opened the levies

[@Petrslav]

What?

[@Scatpack-gw9kb]

@@Petrslav what?

[@Petrslav]

@@Scatpack-gw9kb what does your post mean?

[@cierasimms5425]

Actually the city was flooding before the levees broke… I was 15 when Katrina hit. I stayed home in New Orleans east and I lived directly across the street from the levee on Lake Ponchartrain. Feet of water was pouring over the levee…

[@BritBrat444]

george w. bush

[@Nucky131973]

Hey no black scientist

[@weightlosschronicles6760]

MY UNCLE JERRY WAS ON THE CAR RIP 🪦 🙏🏽🥹🤍🥲