The week three activity involved collecting, analyzing and reporting on the data surrounding the Category 3 landfall of Hurricane Katrina on August 29th, 2005. Four maps were produced analyzing the data several different ways.
Map 1 is a base map, analyzing the elevations and hydrography of Coastal Mississippi.
Map 2 is an analysis of the land flooded by the 15’ storm surge, broken down by land type. The investigation revealed that 55% of the flooded land was coastal wetlands shown in the bar graph displayed on the map.
Map 1 is a base map, analyzing the elevations and hydrography of Coastal Mississippi.
Map 2 is an analysis of the land flooded by the 15’ storm surge, broken down by land type. The investigation revealed that 55% of the flooded land was coastal wetlands shown in the bar graph displayed on the map.
Map 3 was used to analyze the coastal infrastructure and the hospital facilities within the flooded areas that were potentially at risk. A recommendation for resource funding was to be made from the analysis.
Map 4 depicts the land types likely to be flooded along the coastal region of impact with a table insert displaying the acres and square miles of each land type affected.
The most challenging phase of the analysis was the initial base map. A strict adherence to the outline was required to achieve the desired result.
