Instead, letâs express these unique differences as a vector: 1  The size of the cross product is the numeric âamount of differenceâ (with sin(theta) as the percentage) 2  The direction of the cross product is based on both inputs: itâs the direction orthogonal to both (i.e., favoring neither)
Main Content. Hurricane Katrina was a long-lived hurricane that made landfall three times along the United States coast and reached Category 5 at its peak intensity. The storm initially developed as a tropical depression in the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. Two days later, it strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane a few hours before making its first landfall between Hallandale Beach and North Miami Beach, Florida.
Hurricane Katrina struck the gulf coast on Monday, August 29, 2005. This was the worst hurricane to hit New Orleans since Hurricane Betsy in September of 1965.he hurricane hit the southeast United States, but caused the most damage to New Orleans, since the city is below sea level. Hurricane Katrina made three landfalls in the US. The first was in southeast Florida as a Category One.