How was the damage done by Hurricane Katrina in Texas?

Question

How many people died? What category was Katrina when she hit Texas? When did she hit Texas?

Answer 1

Texas only caught the edge of Katrina, it was little more than a bit of bad weather. The coastal areas picked up a little flooding from the storm surge, but it wasn't bad. East Texas got a lot more trouble from Hurrican Rita, it wasn't a direct hit, but a good portion passed over.

Answer 2

I think that Katrina was more like a thunderstorm with some bad winds in Texas. It was pretty much more on the outskirts. They say Katrina was a Cat. 3 when it came in, but I swear it was a 5. I don't think many people died in Texas.

Answer 3

The damage was primarily displaced New Orleans refugees moving to Texas. The damage they have done to Texas is ongoing. The cost may never be known.

Answer 4

It only hit black neighborhoods in New Orleans. ha ha. No, Wid and water damage everywhere it hit. The storm surge caused flooding everywhere.

Answer 5

Killed : 1,836 total
When Hit : Aug. 31 2005
Catagory : 3

Answer 6

Actually it was a second hurricane that hit about two weeks later that theatened Huston but landed right on thge border of Texas and Loisianna that caused a lot of damage..

again wikipedia

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Hurricane Rita Category 5 hurricane (SSHS)

Hurricane Rita in the Gulf of Mexico on September 21, 2005
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Formed September 17, 2005
Dissipated September 26, 2005
Highest
winds 180 mph (285 km/h) (1-minute sustained)

Lowest pressure 895 mbar (hPa; 26.44 inHg)
Fatalities 7 direct, 113 indirect
Damages $11.3 billion (2005 USD)
$11.68 billion (2006 USD)
Areas
affected Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas
Part of the
2005 Atlantic hurricane season
For other storms of the same name, see Tropical Storm Rita (disambiguation).
Hurricane Rita was the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most intense tropical cyclone ever observed in the Gulf of Mexico. Rita caused $11.3 billion in damage on the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 2005.[1] Rita was the seventeenth named storm, tenth hurricane, fifth major hurricane, and third Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.

Rita made landfall on September 24 near the Texas-Louisiana border as a Category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale. It continued on through parts of southeast Texas. The storm surge caused extensive damage along the Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas coasts and completely destroyed some coastal communities. The storm killed seven people directly; many others died in evacuations and from indirect effects.[2]

Contents [hide]
1 Storm history
1.1 Trivia
2 Preparations
2.1 Louisiana
2.2 Texas
3 Impact
3.1 Deaths
3.2 Arkansas
3.3 South Florida and Cuba
3.4 Florida Panhandle
3.5 Louisiana
3.6 Mississippi
3.7 Texas
4 Aftermath
4.1 Economic effects
4.2 Military relief operations
4.3 American Red Cross operations
4.4 AmeriCorps relief operations
4.5 Retirement
5 See also
6 References
7 External links



[edit] Storm history

Storm pathThe storm system that became Rita formed at the tail of an old frontal boundary, where convection and low-level circulation around an upper-level low developed steadily for over two days. A surface low formed near the disturbance, and the season's 18th tropical depression soon formed east of the Turks and Caicos. Less than a day after forming, the depression became the 17th tropical storm of the season on September 18 and was named Rita. A mandatory evacuation was ordered for the entire Florida Keys.

Rita was slow to become a hurricane; National Hurricane Center (NHC) reports early on September 20 estimated the storm's sustained surface winds at hurricane force (75 mph or 120 km/h). However, Rita lacked a complete eyewall; forecasters identified Rita as a tropical storm with 70 mph (110 km/h) winds overnight. Aircraft observations released at 9:45 a.m. EDT showed a closed eyewall and winds clearly at hurricane strength. Four hours later, the NHC reported that Rita had reached Category 2 hurricane strength, with 100 mph (160 km/h) maximum sustained winds.


Hurricane Rita encountering the Gulf Loop Current and Eddy Vortex.Warm water in the Gulf of Mexico, 1° F (0.5 °C) above average, favored storm intensification. As Rita entered the Gulf, rapid intensification began. National Hurricane Center advisories issued every three hours each showed strengthening from 5 p.m. EDT on September 20 to 11 a.m. EDT on September 21, when Rita's maximum sustained winds increased to 140 mph (225 km/h). Rita continued to gain strength unabated. An update at 2:15 p.m. CDT (1815 UTC) said maximum winds had increased to 150 mph (240 km/h) and Rita's minimum pressure was 920 mbar (hPa). Less than two hours later, at 3:55 p.m. CDT, another update reported that Rita had strengthened to a Category 5 hurricane, with maximum wind speeds of 165 mph (265 km/h). At 6:50 p.m. CDT, a reconnaissance aircraft recorded pressure of 899 mbar (hPa) away from the storm's center; the actual central pressure was thought to be lower still. At 10 p.m. CDT, Rita reached its maximum intensity, with sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h) and an estimated minimum pressure of 895 mbar (hPa), (26.43 in Hg).


Hurricane Rita making its final landfallHurricane Rita's rapid intensification may in part be attributed to its passage over the Gulf Loop Current and Eddy Vortex. (NASA animation showing the storm track before landfall)

Lt. Col. Warren Madden, a Hurricane Hunter and meteorologist for The Weather Channel, recorded a peak wind gust of 235 mph (380 km/h) while flying in the eye of the storm, and called Rita "the strongest storm that I've ever been in." Rita's intense winds destroyed or disabled several buoy-based weather stations.

Rita made landfall between Sabine Pass, Texas, and Johnson's Bayou, Louisiana, at 02:38 CDT (07:38 UTC) on September 24, 2005 as a category 3 Hurricane with winds at 115mph. Rita lost both hurricane and tropical storm status the day of landfall. Rita's remnants — technically an extensive low pressure area — moved quickly out of the lower Mississippi Valley and were absorbed by a cold front. The Hydrometeorological Prediction Center ceased monitoring Tropical Depression Rita early on September 26.


[edit] Trivia
Most intense Atlantic hurricanes
Intensity is measured solely by central pressure
Rank Hurricane Season Min. pressure
1 Wilma 2005 882 mbar (hPa)
2 Gilbert 1988 888 mbar (hPa)
3 "Labor Day" 1935 892 mbar (hPa)
4 Rita 2005 895 mbar (hPa)
5 Allen 1980 899 mbar (hPa)
6 Katrina 2005 902 mbar (hPa)
7 Camille 1969 905 mbar (hPa)
Mitch 1998 905 mbar (hPa)
9 Ivan 2004 910 mbar (hPa)
10 Janet 1955 914 mbar (hPa)
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce
The use of the name "Rita" reflects the record-breaking activity of the 2005 hurricane season: only once before had a name starting with "R" (the seventeenth name in the list each season) been used for an Atlantic storm, in 1995 for Hurricane Roxanne. Rita was, actually, the third seventeenth storm to form in a season since tropical storm naming began in 1950. However, in the 1969 season, under less-sophisticated forecasting systems, many tropical storms were not named; the seventeenth storm of 1969 was named Hurricane Martha.

Other records set by Rita:

Earliest 17th named storm in Atlantic hurricane season
Fourth most-intense storm in Atlantic basin
Greatest one-hour pressure drop in Atlantic basin
Most intense hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico "

Peace....

PS yes some count the 'cost' of Katrina refugees as damaging Texas but that is like saying that an accident victim disrupts a hospitals routine.