hurricane katrina was 8 when it hit.
hurricane katrina was 8 when it hit.
how strong was hurricane katrina when it hit?
8
in 2000 the county had a population of 42,967. a vast majority of this population was exposed to the harsh effects of hurricane katrina. hurricane katrina made landfall on the us gulf coast on august 29, 2005 as a category 3 hurricane. the town of waveland was destroyed and has been described as "worst punishment katrina could mete out".









































official reports stated that approximately 50 people died when waveland was hit directly by the eyewall of katrina and the storm surge. hurricane katrina came ashore during the high tide of 8:01am, +2.2 feet more.
new waveland cafe and clinic
poetry has been used to criticize events in america, calling the government into question or being used to show the viewpoint of citizens. one example of this is the government's handling of hurricane katrina. hurricane katrina was a natural disaster which devastated the gulf coast region and many people lost their homes and families to both the storm and subsequent man-made disaster. in, "hip hop as disaster recovery in the katrina diaspora", zenia kish demonstrates the political role that hip hop played in an effort to portray a positive view of the residents that were criticized and labeled as "refugees" during hurricane katrina. the music created after hurricane katrina demonstrated how influential it can be by "... giving a voice to 'those who are losing their own.'" the music that was created in the aftermath of hurricane katrina was a way to express the injustices of treatment and media representation. many african-americans who had just lost their homes and loved ones were being labeled as refugees instead of disenfranchised victims who lost their housing. this hip hop music movement is similar to the birth of the blues music genre. these types of music were created in response to a natural disaster and to represent how african-american and other minority cultures had been affected. this also gave hip hop artists motivation to criticize the mainstream media as well as the u.s. government and fema for the lack of support for the victims.  by using musical and lyrical forms of poetry, artists brought awareness to survivors that were mislabeled as refugees. local artists mia x and 5th ward weebie both used the platform of hip hop to express the difficulties their community was experiencing in the aftermath of katrina. more popular and mainstream artists such as jay-z and kanye west used this platform to speak out against the prejudice against those affected by hurricane katrina. a notable example of criticism comes from an off-the-script speech during a concert for hurricane relief where kanye west candidly exposed double standards in the media when it came to the ethnicity of looters. this was similar to richard macwilliam's political poem, "a time of change", where he pinpoints poverty and alienation as possible causes of the september 11 terrorist attacks.
political poetry