PSYCH101 Lecture 1: 206 - 1 Notes.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Hurricane katrina: the storm that drowned a city (55 minutes) (by nova) 1300 dead, 100"s of 1000"s homeless, orleans drowning and nearly destroyed (most vibrant city in: aka: doomsday storm . America: orleans is protected by levees and walls - were they overwhelmed or not up to job, concrete structures were pushed laterally like blade no one guessed they would fail (levees) 6 days after prediction, killer storm hit: national hurricane center in florida busy since hurricane season and katrina was going to hit new. 2004 disaster exercise: focused on issues faced if catastrophic hurricane struck: 61,000 dead, 175,000 injured, million homeless, participants seemed to take it seriously, understood roles and stuff, but there was skepticism. Dropsan, like weather balloon, temp, pressure, rel. humidity and gps gives wind direction and speed floating to surface, it feeds back data increased to 59 mph, approaching hurricane force.