This government organization received a lot of criticism for delayed relief efforts.
What is FEMA?
100
Enacirruh
What is hurricane spelled backwards?
200
20 feet
What was the height of the storm surge of flood water?
200
Category 5
What was the category of Hurricane Katrina as it crossed the Gulf of Mexico?
200
Intended as a last resort for about 10,000 people, it was estimated to shelter over 26,000 people.
What is the Louisiana Superdome?
200
$108 billion
What is the estimated total damage for Katrina, according to FEMA?
200
This group released a song in 1971 with the lyrics,
"If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break
When the levee breaks I'll have no place to stay"
Who is Led Zeppelin?
300
More than a million.
What is the number of people initially displaced by the storm?
300
273,000 people
What is the peak amount of people in hurricane relief housing?
300
80%
What is the percentage of NOLA that was flooded after the levees failed?
300
This non-governmental relief organization mobilized the largest relief effort in its 124-year history to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
What is the American Red Cross?
300
This now-famous drink was created at Pat O’Brien’s Bar in New Orleans in the 1940s.
What is the Hurricane?
400
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana on this day.
What is August 29?
400
"the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history."
What is Katrina, according to FEMA?
400
Ray Nagin
Who was the mayor of NOLA during the hurricane?
400
Of the $120.5 billion in federal spending, the majority — approximately $75 billion — went to this, not rebuilding.
What is emergency relief?
400
Also referred to as Satchmo, he was a famous New Orleans jazz trumpeter.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
500
Which House is currently leading in points?
What is the KNIGHTS?
500
1,833
What is the total number of direct and indirect fatalities?
500
17th Street Canal
Where did the first levee fail?
500
Although it sounds like a military organization, this charity helped by serving 5.6 million meals, assisting 3.3 million people, and donating nearly $400 million.
What is the Salvation Army?
500
The first celebration of this in the United States actually took place in Mobile, Alabama, in 1703—not New Orleans.