Talk:Hurricane Katrina effects by region

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[edit] Infrastructure

This article is entitled "Damage to infrastructure," but is the Superdome or a High School considered infrastructure?

Excellent point. My intention when I created this article was to include anything under public ownership. I think I chose somewhat of a nebulous term, though, in infrastructure. (Schools do qualify under "soft infrastructure, but I really have to prove a case for the Superdome.) Ultimately, I see this article illustrating the massive public works projects necessary to rebuild after this disaster, as well as those facilities that are just abandoned. Thoughts?? --Twigboy 01:26, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
Public ownership seems like an odd restriction to me. What about all the oil platforms and refineries that have been trashed? They're still essential infrastructure, even though they're under private ownership. As for New Orleans, at this point it would probably be quicker to list the stuff that hasn't been damaged. --221.249.13.34 06:52, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
I surely expected to find information on power outages (and perhaps the amount of damage sustained by the electric production and distribution network) and mention of pipelines. The Colonial pipeline, while privately owned, is certainly a piece of infrastructure I'm interested in since I get my gas from it! -- ke4roh 01:06, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
I agree! Be bold and add it, perhaps add an Interstate heading for the pipeline. --Twigboy 13:26, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

"This is important due to the fact that the bridge is the I-10 Hazardous Materials route due to the underwater tunnels that cross under the Mobile River. "

Could you tell us a bit more of this? I've never heard of a Hazardous Materials Route. Kimera757 19:27, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Every day in the US there are tons of tractor-trailers on the highway transporting various types of Hazardous materials. Even before 9/11, the dangers of allowing these trucks on certain highways, mainly those with tunnels, were well recognized. Therefore, these shipments are not allowed through those tunnels and must take alternate routes to destinations that are often more circuitous that the tunnel route. Autiger 02:06, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Infrastructure also includes the complex of gas supply, processing, transportation, and conversion to vital plastics, fertilizer, and other feed stocks in the petrochemical industry. The U.S. capacity has been seriously damaged in this regard by the recent hurricanes. see http://www.ennrg.lsu.edu for Power Point slides from talks given by David E. Dismukes of the LSU Energy Center. The content of his conlusions is even more alarming. Asked where the shortfall of natural gas will come from, he throughs up his hands. Could the U.S. be on the brink of major shifts in the global economics of plastic and fertilizer? hlsodom 11/11/2005.

[edit] Unclear scope of this article

I feel it is a bad idea to move this entire section away Hurricane Katrina. Furthermore, no summary is provided in the main article. The title of this article is unclear too. We should instead move the section on Hurricane Katrina effects on oil industry, because it is an isolated, well-defined topic. --Vsion 20:27, 31 August 2005 (UTC)

That article will likely be next to be moved. The reason this was moved is because so much is being added to this so fast, as there are dozens of local news sites that we are building this page from. This is the information you likely won't find on CNN or other mainstream national news, but for those affected by flooding (even if it is isolated inland), Katrina heavily affected them too. It is easier to update this without having to be concerned about the fast-moving grand scope. CrazyC83 20:58, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
This page has much less editing activity in comparison to Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans and Hurricane Katrina; and this was supposed to be a busy page. People are updating the death toll table in Hurricane Katrina, but not providing the details here. The title of this page is just too general, i'm afraid, and most contributors are not following the links. ... --Vsion 18:57, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
The reason is that much of the new information is from New Orleans, and the updated death tolls are not being updated here. CrazyC83 21:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Indeed, why does Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Mississippi exist, yet Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Louisiana redirect here? --Belg4mit 03:38, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Katrina offshore

I am having trouble finding information on wave heights and offshore impact between Florida and Louisiana (apart from oil in coastal Louisiana). Are there any sources that can help me on that? That is the one area we really are lacking information on. CrazyC83 23:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Katrina's effect on other Louisiana parishes?

I would like to know how Katrina has affected St. Tammany Parish and Washington Parish, as well as Pearl River County, Mississippi. Please include such information if it can be found. Many thanks. Diamantina 04:08, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

There's a message from the St. Tammany Parish President updating the situation there: [1] --Vsion 06:05, 2 September 2005 (UTC)


Sorry, Not A Good Wikier, Yet But I have a resource where I'm organizing the NOLA.com forums postings, where most New Orleanians go, where people are organizing, blah, blah.

http://thinknola.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

Okay. That's it. I've neverposted here before. I hope I didn't hurt anything, and I'm very sorry if I did. But please list this effort somehow.

We would really benefit from a broad article at Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Louisiana, if someone can seriously expand the content on areas outside of New Orleans. Thanks to anyone who takes this up.--Pharos 23:12, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

I have family living in central Louisiana, the storm itself didn't even touch that part of the state.
JesseG 18:49, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] ohio deaths?

this article mentions two indirect deaths in ohio. however, the external link provided does not mention the deaths. can someone please provide a link to a source to verify that two died in ohio because of Katrina? thanks. Kingturtle 08:42, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Damage to infrastructure by Hurricane Katrina?

It seems to me like the Damage to infrastructure by Hurricane Katrina article is somewhat incomplete, and also has a lot of the same information in it as this article does. I am also uncertain why the article seems to be connected to the Economic effects of Hurricane Katrina article in the template (and in the article itself)? Perhaps a merger of these two would be a good idea? Dr. Cash 00:02, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

The Damage to infrastructure by Hurricane Katrina article has just been merged into this article, and the article was cleaned up and references were formatted. Dr. Cash 04:38, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Order

Shouldn't this be in chronological order? It seems a little confusing that Florida, the first place it effected, is third in order. Hurricanehink (talk) 00:46, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Hmm, good point. Dr. Cash 04:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Present tense?

Why are large sections of the article written in the present tense? Rstandefer 15:42, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Update

This article is seriously out of date. I added {{update}}. --Coredesat 02:41, 1 November 2007 (UTC)