A.   Meteorologists monitor hurricanes

B.   The ATF monitors hurricanes

C.   No one

D.   Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes

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 devastation for New Orleans with 61000 people dead, half a million homeless, and multiple injured people as well.

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 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.

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

A.   The Earth’s rotation

B.   The amount of moisture in the storm

C.   Wind speed

D.   The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds

A.   3/4 of the population evacuated

B.   1/3 of the population evacuated

C.   1/5 of the population evacuated

D.   1/10 of the population evacuated

E.   99% of the population evacuated

A.   130 MPH

B.   110 MPH

C.   155 MPH

D.   95 MPH

E.   145 MPH

A.   Bulges of water called the storm surge

B.   Lowering of sea level

C.   Lightning

D.   Funnels of static air

A.   Heart attacks

B.   Car accidents

C.   Drowning

D.   Lightning strikes

E.   Injuries from flying debris

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

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

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

D.   None of the above

E.   All of the above

A.   Levees to stop  all floods

B.   An accurate way to forecast storms like hurricanes

C.   Pumps and drainage canals to drain the city

D.   An ability to measure wind speed

A.   New Orleans held its first hurricane drill

B.   The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River

C.   Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline

D.   The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River

A.   The defense was expanded when the wetlands were expanded.

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

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

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

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

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

D.   Louisiana loses 10 square miles every hour.

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

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

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

C.   The projected track of Hurricane Katrina was incorrect.

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

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

A.   4 feet tall

B.   19 feet tall

C.   12 feet tall

D.   52 feet tall

E.   46 feet tall

F.   28 feet tall

A.   Yes

B.   No

A.   No

B.   Yes

A.   It took four months to drain the city.

B.   It took over a week to drain the city.

C.   It took days to drain the city.

D.   It took over a month to drain the city.

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

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 water flowed over the top of the levee wall.

A.   The Russian alphabet

B.   The Indonesian alphabet

C.   The Greek alphabet

D.   The Aztec alphabet

E.   The Persian alphabet

A.   They have tripled

B.   They have doubled

C.   They have remained the same

D.   They have declined

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

B.   A ½ degree of temperature equals one atomic bomb.

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

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

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

A.   The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.

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

C.   The ultimate key is to drain the Mississippi River.

D.   Both A and B

E.   The ultimate key is to build more levees.