This graphic narrative, “New Orleans After the Deluge”, tells the story of hurricane Katrina feature different peoples reaction and plans. After reading this narrative, it made me just sit back for a moment and just think about how much these people of New Orleans went through. Not just New Orleans natives, but surrounding cities also suffered from the hurricane. I really enjoyed this graphic narrative because it was just like a movie watching events happen in chronological order.
My dad owns his own hurricane website and tracks them. So when hurricane Katrina was approaching, I was very involved and knew what was going on. In the months following after Katrina, many shocking pictures and video clips were surfacing around America. I saw many of those clips and pictures and in the past few years, I have sort of forgotten how much damage Katrina actually did cause. Living in Florida, hurricanes can be a great danger. Luckily we haven’t had one hit the Tampa bay area in a while [KNOCK ON WOOODDD!] but in the past few weeks, through watching “when the levees broke” and reading “New Orleans After the Deluge” has really made me think. How lucky we are to have dodged so many bullets. But it wont last forever. We cant dodge EVERY bullet. Eventually a hurricane WILL hit. What will the residents of Florida do…? Stay…? Evacuate…? Will we be hit with one as worse as Katrina…? Has FEMA learned what to do…? Only God knows. So for now, its pretty much a waiting game….
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I love the way you turned your reaction into a "what if" type thing. And i like the fact that you can relate so much to the hurricane because your dad tracks them. Does your dad just track them or does he like get in his car and follow them when they hit land? I agree with the fact that Tampa Bay can't dodge every hurricane; one will hit us some day, if not this year, maybe next year. And you're right, the biggest question is what will the people of Tampa Bay do when it hit. I think you did a great job this week :)
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