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    Hurricane Katrina: An Interactive Modern History Adventure
    Hurricane Katrina: An Interactive Modern History Adventure
    Hurricane Katrina: An Interactive Modern History Adventure
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    Hurricane Katrina: An Interactive Modern History Adventure

    By Blake Hoena

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    It's late August 2005, and a storm is brewing in the Gulf Coast. When it strikes, Hurricane Katrina will be one of the deadliest and most destructive storms in U.S. history especially for the residents of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Biloxi, Mississippi. Will you: Flee to the New Orleans Super Dome as floodwaters surge through the city? Try to save your home along the floodwalls near Lake Pontchartrain? Attempt to ride out the storm at your home in Biloxi, Mississippi? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or to death.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCapstone Young Readers
    Release dateJan 1, 2014
    ISBN9781491415948
    Hurricane Katrina: An Interactive Modern History Adventure
    Author

    Blake Hoena

    An editor and script doctor extraordinaire, Blake is also an author of dozens of graphic novels. His published works have been licensed through DC Comics, National Geographic Kids, and Sports Illustrated Kids.

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    Hurricane Katrina - Blake Hoena

    ABOUT YOUR

    ADVENTURE

    YOU are living along the U.S. Gulf Coast in August 2005. A huge storm is headed your way—Hurricane Katrina. The Gulf Coast has withstood many hurricanes in the past. This time won’t be any different—or will it?

    In this book you’ll explore how the choices people make can affect their lives and those of others. The events you’ll experience happened to real people.

    Chapter One sets the scene. Then you choose which path to read. Follow the links at the bottom of each page. After you finish one path, go back and read the others. Use your device’s back buttons or page navigation to jump back to your last choice. Then try a different link for a new adventure.

    YOU CHOOSE the path you take through history.

    For the best You Choose experience,

    view in portrait (vertical) orientation.

    CHAPTER 1

    A Monster Storm

    It is Wednesday morning, August 24, 2005. A tropical storm kicks up white-capped waves in the central Bahamas just Southwest of Florida. Winds whip around counterclockwise at nearly 40 miles per hour. Thunder rattles the sky. This tropical storm has all the makings of a hurricane. The National Hurricane Center names it Katrina. The next day Katrina’s winds reach hurricane status. The storm barrels down on Florida.

    Katrina causes hundreds of millions of dollars in damages and several deaths in Florida. But it isn’t finished yet.

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    Hurricane Katrina is considered one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history.

    Katrina crosses Florida’s southern tip and enters the Gulf of Mexico. The Gulf’s warm waters fuel the storm. Katrina quickly builds to a category 2 hurricane. It heads for the U.S. Gulf Coast.

    As Katrina reaches category 3, the National Hurricane Center’s forecast track shows it making landfall near New Orleans. The city of about 500,000 people is surrounded by water. It hugs the southern shore of Lake Pontchartrain. The Mississippi River winds through the city. Lake Borgne borders the city to the east. A marshy delta separates New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico.

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    Katrina crossed Florida before moving to the Gulf Coast, eventually hitting Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.

    Governors Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana and Haley Barbour of Mississippi both declare states of emergency. National Guard and U.S. Coast Guard units are put on standby. Oil companies evacuate their rigs in the Gulf. State police are ordered to be on high alert. Many people living in threatened areas, including New Orleans, leave their homes and head to safety.

    President George W. Bush declares a federal state of emergency Saturday, August 27. Federal agencies are now allowed to use their resources to help residents in the area. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) prepares several teams. The agency also gathers supplies such as food, water, and blankets.

    Early Sunday morning Katrina builds to a category 4 hurricane. Its storm surge—huge waves pushed to shore by the wind—could cause massive flooding. By 7:00 a.m., with winds topping 155 miles per hour, the hurricane reaches the rare category 5 status. Katrina is a monster storm.

    You live along the Gulf Coast. What choices will you make with Hurricane Katrina barreling down on your home? Many of those choices will depend on where you live.

    To be

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