Ocean 115 - Introduction to Oceanography » Spring 2022 » Katrina video

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Question #1
Who monitors hurricanes?
A.   Hurricanologists monitor hurricanes
B.   The ATF monitors hurricanes
C.   No one
D.   Meteorologists monitor hurricanes
Question #2
What is Hurricane Pam? What did Pam show would happen?
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 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.
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 that hit Miami. It showed the damage a storm like this would do to New Orleans.
Question #3
What causes the storm to spin counter clockwise?
A.   The amount of sunlight that hits the clouds
B.   Wind speed
C.   The Earth’s rotation
D.   The amount of moisture in the storm
Question #4
What percent of New Orleans population evacuated during Hurricane Ivan?
A.   1/5 of the population evacuated
B.   1/10 of the population evacuated
C.   1/3 of the population evacuated
D.   99% of the population evacuated
E.   3/4 of the population evacuated
F.     
Question #5
The wind speed for a Category 2 hurricane is?
A.   155 MPH
B.   130 MPH
C.   110 MPH
D.   145 MPH
E.   95 MPH
Question #6
What do the high winds of a hurricane form?
A.   Lightning
B.   Funnels of static air
C.   Lowering of sea level
D.   Bulges of water called the storm surge
Question #7
What is the most common cause of death from a hurricane?
A.   Car accidents
B.   Injuries from flying debris
C.   Drowning
D.   Heart attacks
E.   Lightning strikes
Question #8
What makes New Orleans so vulnerable to hurricanes?
A.   New Orleans continues to sink, dropping the city further below sea level.
B.   When they drained the water out they lost nutrients, which caused soils to compact or to shrink.
C.   New Orleans is below sea level in somewhat of a bowl shape.
D.   All of these
Question #9
What did Baldwin Wood’s work allow?
A.   An accurate way to forecast storms like hurricanes
B.   Levees to stop  all floods
C.   An ability to measure wind speed
D.   Pumps and drainage canals to drain the city
Question #10
What happened in 1927?
A.   Six hurricanes hit the Louisiana shoreline
B.   The Great Flood happened on the Mississippi River
C.   New Orleans held its first hurricane drill
D.   The first bridge was built across the Mississippi River
Question #11
What happened to the defense the wetlands provided to New Orleans?
A.   Starved of new soils because of the levees that were put in, the defense disappeared with the wetlands.
B.   The defense was expanded when the wetlands were expanded.
C.   The defense was an illusion that never worked to begin with.
Question #12
How much wetland does Louisiana lose every hour?
A.   Louisiana loses an area the size of a posted note every hour.
B.   Louisiana loses an area the size of a kitchen table 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 city bus every hour.
Question #13
How correct was the projected track of Hurricane Katrina?
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.
Question #14
How high was the storm surge at Bay St. Louis?
A.   46 feet tall
B.   52 feet tall
C.   4 feet tall
D.   12 feet tall
E.   19 feet tall
F.   28 feet tall
Question #15
Was there a plan to fight the water once it entered the city?
A.   No
B.   Yes
Question #16
Were people warned about the flood coming into the city?
A.   No
B.   Yes
Question #17
How long does it take to drain the city?
A.   It took days to drain the city.
B.   It took four months to drain the city.
C.   It took over a month to drain the city.
D.   It took over a week to drain the city.
Question #18
Why did the London and 17th Street Canal fail?
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 was blown up in an effort to spare other parts of the city.
D.   The levee dissolved when sewer water hit it.
Question #19
What alphabet had to be used to deal with the large number of hurricanes in 2005?
A.   The Indonesian alphabet
B.   The Persian alphabet
C.   The Greek alphabet
D.   The Russian alphabet
E.   The Aztec alphabet
Question #20
What has happened to the number of category 4 and 5 in recent years?
A.   They have tripled
B.   They have doubled
C.   They have declined
D.   They have remained the same
Question #21
What does a ½ degree of temperature in the Gulf of Mexico equal in terms of energy?
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 thousand atomic bombs.
D.   A ½ degree of temperature equals one hundred atomic bombs.
E.   A ½ degree of temperature equals one million atomic bombs.
Question #22
What is the ultimate key to saving New Orleans?
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 build more levees.
D.   The ultimate key is to restore the wetlands.

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