A.   Meteorologists monitor hurricanes

B.   No one

C.   Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes

D.   The ATF monitors 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 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 that the city was well prepared for a storm like this.

A.   The amount of moisture in the storm

B.   The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds

C.   The Earth’s rotation

D.   Wind speed

A.   1/5 of the population evacuated

B.   3/4 of the population evacuated

C.   1/10 of the population evacuated

D.   1/3 of the population evacuated

E.   99% of the population evacuated

A.   145 MPH

B.   130 MPH

C.   155 MPH

D.   110 MPH

E.   95 MPH

A.   Lowering of sea level

B.   Bulges of water called the storm surge

C.   Funnels of static air

D.   Lightning

A.   Car accidents

B.   Drowning

C.   Heart attacks

D.   Injuries from flying debris

E.   Lightning strikes

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.   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.   New Orleans held its first hurricane drill

B.   Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline

C.   The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River

D.   The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River

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

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

C.   Louisiana loses an area the size of a city bus 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 projected track of Hurricane Katrina was incorrect.

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

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

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

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

A.   28 feet tall

B.   12 feet tall

C.   46 feet tall

D.   19 feet tall

E.   52 feet tall

F.   4 feet tall

A.   No

B.   Yes

A.   No

B.   Yes

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

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

C.   It took four months to drain the city.

D.   It took days to drain the city.

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

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

C.   The levee dissolved when sewer water hit it.

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

A.   The Indonesian alphabet

B.   The Russian alphabet

C.   The Persian alphabet

D.   The Greek alphabet

E.   The Aztec alphabet

A.   They have doubled

B.   They have declined

C.   They have remained the same

D.   They have tripled

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

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

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

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

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

A.   Both A and B

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

C.   The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.

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

E.   The ultimate key is to build more levees.