Katrina Video

A  The ultimate key is to drain the Mississippi River.

B  The ultimate key is to build a massive coastal wall.

C  The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.

D  The ultimate key is to build more levees.

E  Both A and B

A  A ½ degree of temperature equals one atomic bomb.

B  A ½ degree of temperature equals one billion atomic bombs.

C  A ½ degree of temperature equals one million atomic bombs.

D  A ½ degree of temperature equals one hundred atomic bombs.

E  A ½ degree of temperature equals one thousand atomic bombs.

A  They have tripled

B  They have remained the same

C  They have doubled

D  They have declined

A  The Persian alphabet

B  The Aztec alphabet

C  The Indonesian alphabet

D  The Greek alphabet

E  The Russian alphabet

A  The water flowed over the top of the levee wall.

B  The levee dissolved when sewer water hit it.

C  The London and 17th Street canal failed because it had a pressure burst and the whole canal just pushed back.

D  The levee was blown up in an effort to spare other parts of the city.

A  It took over a week to drain the city.

B  It took days to drain the city.

C  It took over a month to drain the city.

D  It took four months to drain the city.

A  No

B  Yes

A  No

B  Yes

A  46 feet tall

B  4 feet tall

C  28 feet tall

D  12 feet tall

E  52 feet tall

F  19 feet tall

A  The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 70 miles off.

B  The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was incorrect.

C  The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 20 miles off.

D  The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was correct, only about 120 miles off.

E  The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was exact, less than ½ mile off.

A  Louisiana loses an area the size of a posted note every hour.

B  Louisiana loses an area the size of a city bus every hour.

C  Louisiana loses an area the size of a kitchen table every hour.

D  Louisiana loses an area the size of a football field every hour.

E  Louisiana loses 10 square miles every hour.

A  The defense was expanded when the wetlands were expanded.

B  The defense was an illusion that never worked to begin with.

C  Starved of new soils because of the levees that were put in, the defense disappeared with the wetlands.

A  Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline

B  The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River

C  New Orleans held its first hurricane drill

D  The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River

A  An ability to measure wind speed

B  Levees to stop  all floods

C  Pumps and drainage canals to drain the city

D  An accurate way to forecast storms like hurricanes

A  When they drained the water out they lost nutrients, which caused soils to compact or to shrink.

B  New Orleans is below sea level in somewhat of a bowl shape.

C  New Orleans continues to sink, dropping the city further below sea level.

D  None of the above

E  All of the above

A  Heart attacks

B  Car accidents

C  Injuries from flying debris

D  Drowning

E  Lightning strikes

A  Bulges of water called the storm surge

B  Funnels of static air

C  Lowering of sea level

D  Lightning

A  110 MPH

B  155 MPH

C  95 MPH

D  130 MPH

E  145 MPH

A  1/10 of the population evacuated

B  99% of the population evacuated

C  1/5 of the population evacuated

D  3/4 of the population evacuated

E  1/3 of the population evacuated

A  The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds

B  The amount of moisture in the storm

C  Wind speed

D  The Earth’s rotation

A  Hurricane Pam was a hurricane simulator that showed what would happen to New Orleans in case a huge hurricane coming through the town. It showed that the city was well prepared for a storm like this.

B  Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Miami. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.

C  Hurricane Pam was a hurricane that hit Texas. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.

D  Hurricane Pam was a hurricane simulator that showed what would happen to New Orleans in case a huge hurricane coming through the town. It showed devastation for New Orleans with 61000 people dead, half a million homeless, and multiple injured people as well.

A  Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes

B  The ATF monitors hurricanes

C  No one

D  Meteorologists monitor hurricanes