Immediate Responses

• How did charities help?

  Collected donations and provided aid, including millions of hot meals
• How did the emergency services help?

  The coast guards, police, fire station and army rescued over 50,000 people
• What did Mississippi and Louisiana do?


  Declared states of emergency, set up control centers and emergency shelters and stockpiled supplies.
• How many were evacuated before the hurricane hit New Orleans?


  1.7 million people were evacuated, but 20-30% of people were forced to stay
• Which building was used for the unevacuated population?


  The superdome - built to withstand 200mph winds and contained 70,000 seats