Hurricane Katrina is widely considered the measure for a destructive storm, holding the maximum Category 5 designation for a full 24 hours in late August 2005.

卡特里娜飓风被广泛认为是破坏性风暴，在2005年8月底的整整24小时内，它的最高级别为5级。

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But, depending on the aftermath of the storm, that could be part of a new emergency-response normal - at least so long as the sting of Katrina remains.

但是，由于风暴带来的后果，这将可能成为新的应急反应的一个常规部分——至少只要“卡特里娜”带来的阵痛没被忘记前。

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I guess it's a reflection of human nature that the highest peak of hurricane searches was around the period of hurricane Rita, the storm that came right after Katrina.

我猜想这是人性的一种反映搜索飓风最频繁的时候就是在里他飓风那段时间里他飓风紧随卡特里娜飓风后而来。

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Once a Category 5 storm, Katrina had weakened to a Category 3 storm with 127 mph winds when it made landfall on the morning of August 29, 2005, between Grand Isle, Louisiana, and the mouth of Mississippi River.

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Their suggestion is that the United States is still woefully unprepared for a storm of Katrina's scope.

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Donald Powell said that if another storm like Katrina were to hit New Orleans, there would be some flooding, but it would be manageable.

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