Katrina by the Numbers

by ilona

Sat Sep 3rd, 2005 at 03:49:09 PDT

(From the diaries -- Plutonium Page. This is the magnitude of the tragedy.)

A collection of raw numbers that offer another glimpse on the magnitude of the events of the past week.

• # of days since hurricane Katrina slammed into the US Gulf Coast: 5
  
• # of days before US federal government response: 4
• # of months in average hurricane season: 6 [ends Nov. 30]
  
• # in line of named tropical storms/hurricanes for Katrina: 11
  
• # of current tropical storms/hurricanes in Atlantic basin: 13
  
• # of tropical depressions formed in Atlantic basin: 15
  
• Area covered by federal disaster declarations: 90,000 sq. miles
  
• Wind speed of Katrina as she struck LA on Monday: 140 mph
  
• # of Kristina's hurricane category at landfall: 4
• Combined length of NOLA hurricane levees: 350 miles
  
• Size of gap in NOLA's 17th Street Canal levee breach: 300 feet
  
• Depth of water covering parts of NOLA: 20 feet
  
• % of NOLA under water: 80%
  
• # of days engineers and crews expect to need to dry out NOLA: 36-80
  

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