David's Deep Dives: Hurricane Katrina 20 Years Later

Join us as Kyle David dive's deep into one of the most destructive and deadly hurricanes in American and weather history on its 20th anniversary: Hurricane Katrina. We'll be going into the timeline of events that unfolded with Katrina as it happened, and we'll also have special commentary from Kyle on touring New Orleans almost 20 years after Katrina slammed the city. To wrap it all up, we have a special edition of our "Weather or Not Trivia" themed around Katrina and the city of New Orleans.

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Hello and welcome to the Everything Weather Podcast where we talk with people about the weather world, explore and discuss everything weather, and have a little fun along the way. I'm your host, Kyle David, and this is a very special episode of the Everything Weather Podcast. We're doing a David's deep dive on Katrina, hurricane Katrina. The 20th anniversary is, or around this day as of the release of this episode, and it's special for a couple of other reasons as well. We're gonna be talking about that. Before we get into the deep dive on Hurricane Katrina and what we're gonna be talking about with this episode, I gotta acknowledge the elephant in the room. This has been quite a while since the last episode we did with Tom De Liberto, so we're gonna talk about a little bit about why there was such a gap. I also have a couple of other special announcements, not just with me professionally, but also with the Everything Weather Podcast. And we've got some other details for you. So first off, the other details. Speaking of Tom De Liberto, I'm happy to share that he is now working with Climate Central as one of their media directors. Now, if you haven't listened to our episode, our conversation with Tom, how recommend you go and check it out. But basically he was affected by the 2025 layoff that happened in February. He was working with Noah as one of their. Climate communicators. Unfortunately, because of the mass layoffs within many different government departments, he was let go. But I'm happy to share that he's now working with Climate Central, doing great work over there. So huge congratulations to Tom. Hopefully we'll be able to get him back onto the podcast to talk about his new and exciting role over there. Now, getting to the gap between. That episode and this episode that you're listening to right now. During that time when I was back in April, may of 2025, I was working on completing my master's degree and it was quite the crunch in terms of schoolwork. During that time as well, I had also started freelancing with A, B, C News as one of their freelance weather producers and meteorologists. And in the span of a few weeks, I graduated from Johns Hopkins with my master's in Communications. And literally not even within two weeks, I got the call and. A b, C News wanted me to join their weather and climate team as a full-time weather producer and meteorologist. So within a span of only a couple weeks, all this happened, and that really got in the way of me recording new episodes and then also editing the ones that are already done and getting those out to you. But I'm happy to announce that the recorded episodes that I've done so far. Are edited, they're gonna be released in the coming weeks. And we also have a couple of other episodes as well that we unfortunately did not get to finish with these people, but I still wanted to release them just because it, there's a lot of time that goes into making these podcast episodes and I wanted to respect the time that these people gave and showed what we've got so far with that. Now, getting into those episodes, we've got five other episodes in the wins. Pun intended there that are gonna be released in the coming weeks. You're gonna be seeing those details coming out shortly. But we've also got this episode, which is gonna be a very special deep dive into Hurricane Katrina now around the release of this episode. It is the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and its landfall over Louisiana and the devastation that it brought to New Orleans and also Mississippi and Alabama as well.'cause it wasn't just New Orleans, it was far reaching in terms of its impacts. Thank you so much for supporting My Little Weather podcast and allowing me to share my passion for the weather, and then also share other people's passion and experiences in the weather world. With you now getting into those episodes and what the future plan is for the Everything Weather Podcast, we'll be releasing those five episodes, and this is a little bit of sad news. I will be putting the podcast on hiatus after those episodes. Because I want to focus on my new role at A B, C News and all of the exciting opportunities that come with that. Not just working with Ginger Z, who is experienced in weather and climate communications and all the other people there at the Weather Climate team at a BC News. And even the other parts of the A BC news as well. I've been enjoying learning from them, but all the other opportunities that will be coming to me in the professional meteorology weather world, and I want to be able to focus on those endeavors. So for right now, I will be putting the podcast on hiatus. This is not a goodbye. I wanna make that very clear. This is not. Forever. This is just a pause. We're gonna take a break from this and I will be coming back to this. I don't know when I'll be coming back to this, but I will be coming back to do more everything, weather, podcasts. So that being said, I encourage you to follow the podcast on wherever you get your podcasts from. Also follow us on social media so when we eventually come back, we'll have a strong return and can really get back into talking with the weather. Talking with people about the weather world, exploring the weather, and having some fun along the way, that's the most important thing, having some fun as well. Now let's get into this episode. This, again is going to be a deep dive into Hurricane Katrina. We'll have segments broken up into other episodes that will be released in the coming weeks. They'll be put together in this special episode, but there's also bonus content with this as well for the next five episodes that come after this. Each segment of on this day weather history will be a segment of this deep dive that we're gonna be doing into Hurricane Katrina. But there's gonna be additional content after the end of the deep dive into Hurricane Katrina. I'll be talking about my experiences touring New Orleans almost 20 years later. I went back in January, 2025 to New Orleans and had the privilege of taking a tour of New Orleans, all the different areas that were impacted by Hurricane Katrina and seeing firsthand what. Remained of the damage of Hurricane Katrina to communities, to culture there, the environment. It really. You can go there now and see the damage that it's done. There's still scars from Hurricane Katrina. That's how impactful and unique this storm was. But we'll be talking about that and at the end. We'll have a special weather, or not trivia, that is New Orleans theme, and also Hurricane Katrina themed as well. So it's a very special episode. Got a lot more than just the deep dive. There's a lot more at the end as well. So with that further ado. Let's get into the deep dive. On August 19th, 2005, a tropical wave merged with the remnants of tropical depression, 10 near the Lester. Over the next few days, the combined disturbance became more organized organizing into tropical depression, 12 on August 23rd over the southeastern Bahamas. By the next morning, the tropical depression strengthened into tropical storm Katrina over The Bahamas. Katrina began to turn west towards Florida and quickly strengthen into a hurricane two hours before making landfall north of Miami on August 25th while weaker than historic hurricanes that hit Florida. Katrina still brought flooding, rains and heavy winds that downed trees and power lines across the southern half of the state. A tornado that tracked through marathon on August 26th caused damage up to $5 million, including at the local airport. In total, Katrina caused more than$600 million in damages across Florida and claimed the lives of 14 people. Katrina emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on August 26th. Moving over unseasonably warm waters. It quickly intensified as it slowly turned northward towards the Gulf Coast. Later that day, the National Hurricane Center shifted Katrina's forecasted track from the Florida Panhandle West towards the Mississippi, Alabama coast, placing New Orleans in the center of its forecasted pack. Louisiana was no stranger to visits from hurricanes though. With 57 hurricanes impacting the state from the mid 19th century to 2023, an average of one hurricane every three years. Earlier in the hurricane season, hurricane Cindy had claimed the lives of six people and caused $320 million in damages due to heavy rain, coastal flooding, strong wind gusts, and some tornadoes across the southeast. Cindy also caused the most extensive power outage in New Orleans since Hurricane Betsy in 1965. But as forecasters and residents, soon learned, Katrina would be unlike any hurricane they had ever experienced before by August 27th. Hurricane Katrina reached category three strength, becoming the third major hurricane of the 2005 season. The system began an eyewall replacement cycle where a new outer ring of thunderstorms developed outside of the original eyewall and becomes the new eyewall of the hurricane. This eyewall replacement cycle briefly weakened Katrina, allowing it to better take advantage of its environment and to double in its size. Within nine hours, Katrina rapidly intensified from a category three to a category five hurricane over the Gulf of Mexico as it barreled north towards Louisiana. The National Hurricane Center issued a hurricane watch from Morgan City, Louisiana to the Louisiana, Mississippi border. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagan declared a state of emergency for the city, calling for voluntary evacuations in low lying areas. With those who cannot simply evacuate the city due to a lack of transportation or physical or financial limitations. Mayor Ray Negan designated the Superdome as a shelter of last resort for those who could not or simply chose not to evacuate by the evening. Hurricane warning stretch from Morgan City to the Alabama Florida border. The storm surge forecast also called for catastrophic flooding. With heights up to 15 to 20 feet above sea level to the New Orleans area, and 18 to 25 feet along the Mississippi Coast. Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center warned that Katrina was expected to be an intense and dangerous hurricane language reserved for the most catastrophic situations in anticipation of Katrina, most, if not all of the freight, Amtrak, air and ground traffic into the evacuation areas. Came to a massive slowdown or a complete halt. During the overnight hours and into the morning of August 28th, Katrina strengthened into a category five hurricane. Later that morning, the National Weather Service Office in New Orleans published an unusually dire warning, pleading residents to evacuate and forewarning that areas hit the hardest, could be quote, uninhabitable for weeks. Louisiana Governor Kathleen Banu Blanco. Issued mandatory evacuations of all residents from the St. Charles, St. Tammany and Plex Mines parish. While others in surrounding areas were strongly urged to leave as soon

as possible at 2: 12:53

00 PM it reached its peak strength about 300 miles south of New Orleans, with maximum sustained winds of 175 miles an hour. At that time, it became the strongest hurricane ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico. In less than 24 hours, Katrina would slam the Gulf Coast and forever change the region. Later on the morning of August 28th, new Orleans Mayor Ray Nagan. Ordered the first ever citywide mandatory evacuation warning that Katrina would be a storm that most of us have long fear. The National Weather Service Office in New Orleans also followed with another urgent bulletin predicting devastating damage, and that anyone without shelter could face certain death. This language is only reserved for the most extreme and life-threatening events later that day. Katrina's outer Band started across the Gulf Coast. But the worst was yet to come. Most of New Orleans sits below sea level protected by a complex network of levees that keep the water from the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ponit Tran from Submerging the city. But on August 29th, the protective barriers would be pushed past their limits. Some levees were overtopped, allowing water to not only go over them, but also erode the ground underneath the levees at around 5:00 AM local time. A section of the industrial canal failed, sending over 10 feet of water into Fillmore Gardens. This would only be the beginning of a chain of levy failures at 6:10 AM Local time Katrina made its second landfall as an intense category three hurricane over plaques. Mines parish, Louisiana, about 45 miles southeast of New Orleans. Although Katrina had weakened slightly, its hurricane force winds extended almost 120 miles. From the system center spelling, disaster far beyond the eye of

the storm at around 7: 15:03

45 AM Local time, another larger chunk of the industrial canal, explosively failed. Sending a 20 foot wall of water into the lower ninth ward. Any structures near the levee break where are destroyed or wiped away from

their foundations by 9: 15:19

00 AM local time. The entire neighborhood and surrounding areas were submerged under six to eight feet of water. Within 24 hours, over 50 levee failures were reported on August 29th or the following day, including several at the industrial canal, the London Avenue Canal, and the 17th Street Canal. Some of the pumping stations around the New Orleans area meant to pump any rain or coastal flood waters out of the city also failed to do the sheer amount of rainfall and storm surge that overwhelmed the system. These failures resulted in the flooding of about 80% of the city of New Orleans. All of the St. Bernard Parish and the East Bank of the Planks mines parish, the flooding was unlike anything the city had experienced in its over 200 years of history of hurricanes and other extreme weather. Even the Superdome, which was designated a last refuge for more than 20,000 people who had not evacuated New Orleans, sustained significant damage. The hurricane had compromised two sections of the super dome's roof and peeled off some of the waterproofing material of the dome. Exposing the tens of thousands in seeking shelter to the elements, most of the major connections into and out of New Orleans were also damaged with the only major intact highway into and out of the city. Being the Crescent City connection, the Huey P Long Bridge and the Lake Poncho Tran Causeway. With available connections limited due to the extensive flooding across the city, or extensive storm damage aid needed to get into the city would have to face many bottlenecks. Katrina's landfall was only the beginning of what would become a full scale crisis for New Orleans and other areas of the Gulf Coast. After devastating New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana, hurricane Katrina continued. Its deadly March northward into Mississippi, despite weakening to an intense category three hurricane during its landfall over Louisiana. Katrina's massive size and destructive power were far from diminished. Later in the morning of August 29th, Katrina made its final landfall near the Louisiana Mississippi border with winds up to 120 miles per hour After crossing the Bretton sound as Katrina's powerful right front quadrant passed over the west and central Mississippi coast. A 27 foot storm surge penetrated six miles inland in many areas and up to 12 miles along bays and rivers. Coastal towns like Waveland Bay, St. Louis, Gulfport and Biloxi suffered catastrophic damage. Entire neighborhoods were flattened. Casinos and beachfront properties were washed away, and critical infrastructure was rendered inoperable Mississippi bore the full brunt of Hurricane Katrina in bay. St. Louis. Storm surge and wave action obliterated nearly every structure along the coast. In Biloxi, large sections of this historic seaside city were almost entirely flattened by this storm's powerful surge within two city blocks of the shore, two floating casinos. The casino magic and the Grand Casino Biloxi were entirely wiped from the city's waterfront. The surge carried the casino magic inland and deposited in a parking lot across the street. It was one of the few structures to retain its form from the storm surge. All residential buildings in the immediate coastal area were swept away, replaced by vast debris fields to the East. Alabama also suffered significant impacts. Mobile experienced flooding of its downtown area as a 12 foot storm surge pushed water from Mobile Bay into the city streets. The mobile causeway in sections of Interstate 10 were submerged or destroyed. The Cochrane Africatown USA bridge in Mobile carrying us. Roots 90 and 98 were also damaged when the storm surge ripped a maritime oil rig off its moorings and rammed into the bridge. The west end of Dolphin Island was completely submerged with most homes washed away by the surge. Significant beach erosion occurred from Dolphin Island eastward to Dustin, Florida. Inland areas of Mississippi and Alabama were not spared either. Katrina's torrential, rainfall and powerful winds, as well as tornadoes from its outer bands cause widespread power outages down trees and flash flooding Cities as far north as Jackson, Mississippi were left in the dark and emergency services stretched thin. In total, more than 230 people lost their lives in Mississippi alone with thousands more injured or displaced. But even as Katrina weakened, the full extent of its wrath was far from over. The nation was only beginning to grasp the scale of the catastrophe and the humanitarian crisis that was unfolding in real time. After raking through Mississippi and Alabama, Katrina moved England and weakened rapidly. By August 30th, it had become a tropical storm over Tennessee. Then by August 31st, it transitioned to a remnant low as it moved into the Ohio Valley. But despite losing strength. The remnants of Katrina still produced heavy rain at severe weather across the Midwest and Northeast before dissipating completely on September 1st in New Orleans, rescue operations were hindered by widespread flooding, impassable roads, and hot temperatures with 80% of the city underwater. Tens of thousands of people were stranded on rooftops in attics or within the sweltering confines of the Superdome and the Earnest and Morial Convention Center. Both of which quickly became overwhelmed and under-resourced food, water and medical supplies were scarce and conditions were deteriorating rapidly. National Guard troops were mobilized to provide aid and distribute much needed resources. On August 29th, however, the limited three ways due to flood waters and storm damage took time for troops to get to certain parts of the city. By then, tens of thousands of residents had became trapped in horrific conditions at the Superdome, the convention Center. And submerged buildings without food, water, or proper sanitation. The evacuation of the remaining residents was a massive undertaking with the effort taking multiple days and refugees scattered across the country in one of the largest internal migrations in the United States' history, more than 700,000 people were displaced from their homes in New Orleans. Some residents never returned to the area, altering the demographics and characteristics of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. It also took over 40 days to pump the billions of gallons of flood water out across the area. By then, the staggering death and destruction became apparent. At least 1,833 people lost their lives across the Gulf Coast, most of whom were in Louisiana and Mississippi. This made Katrina the deadliest US hurricane since the 1928 Okeechobee hurricane. Additionally of the more than people who lost their lives in Louisiana from Katrina. Almost two thirds of the deaths were due to levy or flood wall failures. The storm caused over $125 billion in damages, making it the costliest in US History, critical infrastructure across the region was devastated. Ports and waterways were closed. Distributing commerce throughout the Mississippi River system oils and gas production in the Gulf of Mexico with severely impact affecting national energy supply. The destruction of refineries and pipelines created fuel shortages that extended far beyond the imminent disaster zone. In the following months and years, numerous investigations were conducted on the response at the local, state, and federal levels. And in terms of what happened meteorologically with Hurricane Katrina, some investigations revealed that Katrina had disproportionately affected poor and minority communities who lacked the resources to evacuate and lived in the most flood-prone area. These findings and the many images of people stuck on rooftops in the most flood prone regions sparked a nationwide conversations about equity and storm preparedness. Other studies revealed that the levee failures were not caused by the over topping storm surge alone, but by critical design and construction flaws. These engineering failures led to a massive overhaul of the region's flood protection system while Katrina's legacy is one of tragedy and decimation for those affected along the Gulf Coast. It was also a watershed moment that improved hurricane forecasting, storm preparedness, and disaster response. FEMA underwent major reforms. Following widespread criticism of its response, the agency changed its approach to disaster response, beginning to move resources before being requested and improving coordination with state and local officials. Investment in communications infrastructure increased dramatically, helping ensure better coordination in future disasters. Forecasting and weather communications also improved after Hurricane Katrina. The storm's rapid intensification gave forecasters and meteorologists key insights into what makes a hurricane rapidly intensify new weather. Satellites with enhanced capabilities were deployed and computer models were improved. To better predict storm intensity changes, especially rapid intensification. These advances had led to more accurate forecast. Better early warning systems and more comprehensive communications before and after weather events while parts of the Gulf Coast continue to heal today, hurricane Katrina painfully remains a defining moment in American and meteorological history. It continues to be a sobering reminder of nature's unfiltered fury and the importance of resilience, equity, and preparedness in the face of utter catastrophe. As of this recording, Katrina remains tied with Hurricane Harvey as the costliest tropical cyclone on record. Katrina was the fourth most intense Atlantic hurricane on record to make landfall in the continuous United States behind the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Michael in 2018. Due to the immense devastation and loss of life, the World Meteorological organization retired Katrina. From the Atlantic Hurricane Naming list in April, 2006, while the name would never be used again for a tropical cyclone, history, would never forget the name Katrina. And that is the deep dive into Hurricane Katrina. Now we talk a little bit about my own experiences with Hurricane Katrina, even though I was only. Say about five. At the time when Hurricane Katrina made landfall, I was able to go down to New Orleans back in January, 2025 as part of the American Meteorological Society's Conference that's held every year in different cities. This year it was in New Orleans. And one of the special conference programs that was offered was a tour of New Orleans and all of the different areas that were impacted by Hurricane Katrina and was given by climatologist Barry Kam. He's over at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. He's also a native to New Orleans, so he was able to speak firsthand about what had happened with Hurricane Katrina, not just from his expertise in the weather and climate, but also his personal experiences as well, seeing his hometown. Destroyed, leveled by this powerful hurricane and all the levy failures that had occurred. Little eerie, but we tore different areas of New Orleans, and Barry the climatologist, who gave the tour, pointed out different landmarks. We stopped at different places. One of the first stops that we made was to a Starbucks, which doesn't sound. Consequential at all. But what stuck out to me about this Starbucks was on the outside of the building, you can go to the Starbucks, I forgot where it is specifically, but on the outside of the building there is a, a marking about, say, six and a half feet high, and it marks where the storm surge went up to in that particular neighborhood. And for me, I'm six foot three. Seeing that line above me, I can almost picture what the storm surge looked like in this particular neighborhood. And that wasn't even the worst of the storm surge and the flooding from the levee failures, the water pump failures. It. There were spots where it was even higher than that, and we got to tour those spots as well, specifically in the Lower ninth Ward by some of the levies that broke that day. We also got to tour by a house that is basically frozen in time. It's kept there and maintained by one of the historical societies there, and in the inside you can see. What the house looked like when Hurricane Katrina went through, you could see the wood, the furniture all destroyed, faded away. All of the different pieces of furniture that were in there. Moldy, the ceiling starting to fall apart and it's called the Flooded House Museum. And if you're down in New Orleans, I encourage you to go and check it out among the other stops that I'm going to be talking about a little bit more. But seeing this particular house, it being frozen in time, basically was very interesting and also powerful as well. There was one of the signs there outside of the flooded House Museum that said this house was basically underwater. The entire house, it was a one story house granted, but the entire house was completely submerged in the waters from the breach levees, the storm surge. It was incredible to see that, and there were other stops that we got to take that weren't necessarily Katrina related. We got to tour one of the French cemeteries, the St. Vincent DePaul Cemetery, which if you don't know, these are old European style cemeteries where the graves are above ground rather than below the ground. And during Katrina, some of these tombs, these graves were up. Unearthed from the storm surge, but going to see one of these was a little bit cool. It was also a little bit eerie. Somehow I got an eerie vibe with the weather, with, you know, the way the setting was. But anyways, going back to the Katrina tour, there were other parts of the tour that stuck out to me and the one that really stuck out to me was when we toured through the lower ninth Ward, was, was hit the hardest by these levy breaches and the storm surge that flooded. Inundated these areas and you can still see, if you go today into the lower ninth Ward, you can still see entire plots of land where there once was. Houses. Now just bear. Keep that in mind. The entire neighborhoods where houses were, where people used to live, gone still even 20 years later now thinking about a storm that I remember more Hurricane Sandy. I remember seeing the impact from that. I remember seeing people's houses at the shore, the Jersey shore flooded, damaged. There were a few houses that did not rebuild because the damage was so severe. But if you go down there today, it's thriving down in the, at the Jersey shore, but for New Orleans. This was an event that happened almost 20 years later when I took this tour, and to see areas that. We're basically gone where the one's houses, buildings. It really just stuck out to me, and it was kind of sad to see a storm like this ultimately not only change the trajectory of a city, but the people, the culture, the environment. There's nothing really like Hurricane Katrina. In modern history, there are some storms that come close to it in power. There are some that even dwarf Hurricane Katrina's power or Hurricane Katrina was only a category three landfill, but you really shouldn't focus on the number. But to see the devastation that this particular storm brought, I don't think there is anything like it in modern times. And I pray, I hope that. There's nothing like this that happens ever again. But on a lighter note, there are some other cool parts of the tour that I got to do, including touring the Battle of New Orleans Battlefield, which was pretty cool. It was kept intact in its pre. 18 hundreds state where the Battle of New Orleans was fought in part of the war of 1812, this big plantation open field. And the the climatologist, Barry k was talking about his ancestry.'cause funny enough, he has a. Ancestry that lived in these areas of New Orleans and was actually once part of a settlement before eventually being returned back to NA State Park or National Park, and he was talking about his ancestral history. That lived, his ancestors that had lived in this area before. It was torn down, unfortunately due to cultural issues and societal issues at the time. But going to see, this was actually a little, and we also got to see other parts of New Orleans as well. There was a park, I forgot the name. There are also other parts of the tour that we got to do. The last stop that I remember. Taking on this tour was to the Rusty Rainbow Bridge and the PT Gardens Park that's right along the Mississippi River. And the climatologist was talking about a pier that once was here right on the riverside. And as a result of Katrina and the flooding that had occurred, you could still see what remains of the burned pier basically. Uh. And all that remained of it were the struts and the lower foundation of this pier, and the rest of the structure was burned in this fire. Unfortunately, the first responders could not get to this building and put out the fire in time because of the flooding, the intense damage that was across the city of New Orleans. I mean, 80% of the city was underwater, and that had a number of different impacts. This particular building was one of them. Seeing what remained of it and seeing all the other different areas of neurons that still have yet to heal 20 years later is, is eerily awesome and, and creepy and sad to see a storm to. Change things so much in, in a negative way, but there's also good to it as well in my time down in New Orleans for the conference and exploring the different areas. I got to see that New Orleans has a rich history and it has a history, a culture that I've yet to experience anywhere else. Granted, I haven't done much traveling in the United States, let along outside of the country, but this particular city. Has a rich culture and history that I hope I get to go back to experience and see all the different other parts of New Orleans as well.'cause I only got to scratch the surface with my time there and learning about the culture, the history as well. All right. With that said, that brings us to the end of the deep dive and now we get to go to our special weather, or not trivia that is going to be themed around Hurricane Katrina, but also. New Orleans related. So it's an honor to New Orleans. It's a, so it's kind of a, a tribute to New Orleans and the culture there. And also a, a reminder of what Hurricane Katrina was, how impactful it was, and what it brought to the city, and what still is bringing to the city to this day. All right. Now with that said, let's get into our special, whether or not trivia. To cap off this special episode of the Everything by the podcast. This is going to be related to Hurricane Katrina, but also to the city of New Orleans. To not only serve as a tribute to the city, but also serve as a reminder of the impacts Katrina had and also dive a little bit deeper into that one last time. So that said, let's get into it. Our first question is related to Hurricane Katrina. Records. Katrina was the costliest tropical cyclone on record before being tied by which hurricane in 2017? Was it a Helene b Irma, C Sandy, or d Harvey? Again? Katrina was the costliest, tropical cyclone on record before being tied by which hurricane in 2017? Is it Helene, Irma, Sandy, or Harvey? And with that, the time is up. The correct answer is Hurricane Harvey in 2017, which devastated parts of the coastal portion of Texas, including Houston and Galveston with tons of rain inches, feet of rain. It also stands out as another unique storm that will be remembered. Just like Hurricane Katrina now next question is related to New Orleans culture. What New Orleans neighborhood, also known as the View Carre, is home to Jackson Square, bourbon Street, and the original Cafe Dumont. Is it a French Quarter B, central City, C Lakeview, or D, the Garden District again, what New Orleans neighborhood, also known as the v cre, is home to Jackson Square, bourbon Street, and the original Cafe Dumont, not the other ones that have cropped up across the city, but the original OG Cafe Dumont. And with that, the time is up, the correct answer. Is a, the French Quarter and all the different parts of the French Quarter. I got to also tour around are. It's pretty cool. I recommend you go and explore the French Quarter and other parts of New Orleans as well. Each district, each neighborhood has its own unique part of the city's culture history to it. Now next question is related to the name Katrina. The name Katrina was retired by the World Meteorological Organization in April, 2006. And replaced with, which name is it? A Katia B, Kyle, C Key, or D Klaus. Again, the question is the name. The name Katrina was retired by the World Meteorological Organization in April, 2006 and was replaced with, which name was it? Katia Kyle. Keith or Klaus. With that, the time is up. The correct answer is Katya, Keith and Klaus. Those two names have actually been retired and those along with Katrina are the only few K named storms that have been powerful enough to retire. The name Kyle, though is still being used in rotation. Kyle was one of the original names of the naming list. And it's still being used to this day. All right. Next question is related to New Orleans cuisine, which iconic sandwich is said to have originated in New Orleans? Is it a, the chopped cheese? B, the Poe boy, C, the sausage peppers and onions, or D, the fat sandwich again, which iconic sandwich is said to have originated in the city of New Orleans. Was it the chopped cheese, the Poe Boy sausage, peppers and onions, or the fat sandwich? And with that, the time is up and the correct answer is B. The chopped cheese was actually invented in the New York area, sausage peppers. I'm not sure where it exactly was made. The fat sandwich was made in my alma mater hometown, Rutgers University in New Brunswick. So a little fun history for you as well with all those other foods. And now I'm getting hungry with that. All right. The next question is related to songs about Katrina, the 2007 song. The Little Things Give You Away, which is about Katrina's. Devastation was written by which band? Is it a Green Day? D Lincoln Park, C Prince, or d Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, and a clue. All of these bands have actually written songs that Katrina, but the one that we're referring to wrote the song to the 2007 song. The Little Things Give You Away. Which one of the bands wrote The Little Things Give You Away? Was it Green Day? Lincoln Park Prince or Bruce Spring Street or Bruce Springsteen and the E Street band, and the time is up. The correct answer is B Lincoln Park. The song was featured on the album, minutes to Midnight, but that said, we get to the last question, which is related to New Orleans history, and I may have even given you a clue. Earlier in my conversation about the tour of New Orleans, which war was the battle of New Orleans fought? Was it A, the revolutionary war B, the American Civil War C, the war of 18, 12, or D, the Toledo War again? In which war was the battle of New Orleans fought? Was it the Revolutionary War, the American Civil War? The war of 1812 or the Toledo War, and with that, the time is now up. The correct answer is C, the war of 18, 12. And yes, the Toledo War. For those that are wondering, it's an actual war that occurred, but it was a more or less. Peaceful conflict. It was more of just an argument of words rather than guns and weapons. It was more of just a verbal sprawl than anything over a piece of land in Ohio. And with that said, that brings us to the end of this special David's deep dive on Hurricane Katrina. Thank you so much for listening to the Everything Weather Podcast. We've got more episodes coming in the works soon. We'll be sending out more details on social media, so make sure you're following us there. Make sure you follow us wherever you get your PLA podcasts from, and if you love the podcast, please leave a comment, give us some feedback. You could also even reach out to me through the show notes. I have a link set up where you can send. Messages to me. 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