Ode to Hurricane Katrina.

Hurricane Katrina is considered one of the top five deadliest hurricanes from the Atlantic. Hurricane Katrina touched land in 2005 and hit hardest in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. At least 1,833 people died in the hurricane and subsequent floods, making it the deadliest U.S. hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. In Florida it started off as a category 1 hurricane but the hurricane strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane over the warm Gulf water. This rapid growth was due to the storm's movement over the "unusually warm" waters of the Loop Current, which increased wind speeds.Eventually 80% of the city and large tracts of neighboring parishes became flooded, and the floodwaters lingered for weeks. Even to this day not all of New Orleans is back to the way it was. Katrina redistributed over one million people from the central Gulf coast elsewhere across the United States, even to my own hometown of Houston increased in population by 35,000 because of this hurricane. This hurricane hits close to home for me,literally, because that I am from Houston I had to deal with much of the aftermath.