Nova: The Storm That Drowned a City

Where is the National Hurricane Center located?

• Louisiana

• Texas

• Florida

• Hawaii

What was Hurricane Pam

• Computer simulation of a hurricane in Huntsville

• Computer simulation of a hurricane in New Orleans

• Computer simulation of a hurricane in Baton Rouge

• Most devastating hurricane in history

What produces Hurricanes?

• Thunderstorms

• Blizzards

• Tornadoes

• Tsunamis

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

What Hurricane caused people to evacuate New Orleans in 2004 (one year earlier)

• Katrina

• Isaac

• Ivan

• Irene

• Ilene

• Iris

These computer models help....

• Tell exactly where the storm path will travel

• guess how much wind the storm will generate

• generate infared imagery of tornadoes

• make more precise predictions over a shorter period of time

New Orleans is a city that...

• is similar to a giant soup bowl below sea level

• resides 10 ft above sea level

• is protected from hurricane winds by natural sea walls

• has never had hurricanes

For 300 plus years, the city was protected by....

• Sand dunes

• Earthen and Concrete/Steel levees

• Army Corp of Engineers

• large pumps that removed flood waters

What direction does a hurricane spin?

• Clockwise

• Counter-Clockwise

How long did he think it would take to safely evacuate people from the area?

• 24 hrs

• 24-48 hrs

• 48-60 hrs

• 60-72 hrs

• 72-84 hrs

How high had the river risen before even making landfall?

• 11 feet

• 11 inches

• 1 foot

• 30 feet