A hurricane caused chaos in New Orleans like this
New Orleans, Louisiana, is surrounded by water on three sides. Its average altitude is below sea level, and the lowest point is 3 meters below sea level. It usually only relies on flood control embankments, flood drains and giant water pumps to pump water to fight floods. The city's main industries are tourism, manufacturing and ports, and its total population is approximately 485,000.
Meteorologists predict that the huge waves and floods brought by Hurricane Katrina will be nearly 10 meters high, exceeding the height of the city's flood walls, which may cause a catastrophic blow to the city.
According to news from the National Hurricane Research Center on the morning of the 28th, Eastern Time, the wind speed of Hurricane Katrina has reached 257 kilometers per hour, rising to a Category 5 hurricane. It is expected to develop in the early morning of the 29th Eastern Time. Landfall along the southeastern coast of Louisiana.
In the Saffir-Simpson system, Category 5 hurricanes are the highest level. This system divides hurricanes into five categories from strong to weak: Category 1 hurricanes have wind speeds between 118 kilometers per hour and 153 kilometers per hour, and the wave height caused by the storm is 1.5 meters; Category 5 hurricanes have wind speeds exceeding 249 kilometers per hour, and the storms cause The wave height is more than 5.5 meters.
This time the damage is mainly caused by three states, concentrated in two states, one is Louisiana and the other is Mississippi. The economy of these two states accounts for 2% of the US economy. Everyone says that even if it is less 2% doesn't matter, but these two states have more important points. The "New York Times" and "Wall Street Journal" in the United States, including American satirical magazines, have made lengthy analyzes of this economic loss. The most important point is to compare it with 9·11: 9·11 destroyed New York's financial center is an economy of a single nature. Louisiana and Mississippi are called mixed economies of old and new. In addition to networks and connections, there are also many things such as shipping and logistics. These things are very large and specific substances. For example, ports, oil pipelines, and Louisiana are the largest exporters of grain in the United States, including soybeans, corn, and barley exported to China, all of which pass through this port. But if the port facilities are destroyed, the software can be easily restored, but the hardware transportation machinery will be very slow to repair. Therefore, the impact of this hurricane on the U.S. economy is far greater than that of 9·11. After 9·11, it is very easy to copy. To put it bluntly, white-collar companies can copy.
The U.S. economy is very closely connected with the global economy. There are 14 refineries in these two states and the oil refining in the Gulf of Mexico. Nine of them have been closed now. Atlanta has already experienced an oil shortage. Gasoline has dropped by 20% and natural gas has lost 23%. Raw materials have a strong impact on the next step. Let me give you an example. Due to the disruption in the transportation of food and cereals, the price of bananas imported into the United States has increased by 25%. Of course, there are also related product price increases, which not only affect the entire United States, but also have a very large impact on the global economy.
Five victims in the hurricane-stricken areas of the United States died of cholera, and 400,000 people may lose their jobs
New Orleans is still a beautiful city full of vitality and vitality. After being "laundered" by hurricanes and floods, the city is now almost a "ghost town".
U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Reid estimated on the 6th that the cost of disaster relief and reconstruction of hurricane-stricken areas in the United States may eventually reach as high as 150 billion U.S. dollars.
The mayor of New Orleans said the number of victims could reach 10,000. New Orleans Deputy Police Chief Riley said that among the city's 1,600 police officers, about 400-500 people are missing.