Assignment 4- Katrina

This is a picture of downtown New Orleans, Louisiana a day after Hurricane Katrina hit. Hurricane Katrina was the largest hurricane, and third strongest hurricane to hit the United States of America. A total of 1,836 people died as a result of Katrina. Katrina's total economic impact could have exceeded 150 billion dollars. Although this was very tragic and disturbing for the people in Louisiana and Mississippi,  it showed the goodness of people from all over the world. Upon seeing pictures of Louisiana people were distraught and upset, however rather then trying to abate their vexation, a lot of people tried to abate the situation. Over 4 billion dollars were donated from America alone. Moreover, millions upon millions of dollars were donated from countries all over the world! Kuwait alone donated 500 million dollars to help Katrina relief, along with Qatar donating 100 million, and many more. In spite of the tragedies that occur during terrible disasters like this one, I like to look at the silver lining, how during these tough times those who are more fortunate tend to band together and help those in need.